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Flyer Design Variations Over the Course of 2 Years

by Danny Cruz| Follow Danny @sixstringsensei on Twitter HERE

This is what happens when you stick to a flyer template and adjust it every time there is a price or product change over the course of 2 years. The template works and it has been producing sales, so the saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Just change the colors and the pricing a little bit! A new design should be in the works soon nonetheless. This is a legal sized sheet of paper and it actually adapts well to email marketing at 700px wide. In other words, even though the design is quite busy and complicated, at 700 pixels wide it is still readable. Not that you can read the tiny examples here, but then again, that was never the intention of this post. I just wanted you to see the array of colors and variations that went into this flyer design over the course of 2 years. -DC

Flyer Design Variations

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A Post About Whatever the Heck I Want!

May 29, 2011

Yes! Right now I’m writing a nice post about whatever the heck I want! I don’t care if it does well.  I don’t care if it ranks well on the search engines.  I just want to write for the sake of writing. It’s Sunday.  The very day before Memorial Day.  I participated in a regatta [...]

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QR Code Marketing and Design

May 28, 2011

What are QR codes? Let me clarify before we begin: Take a look at the image to the left. That’s what a QR codes looks like. There are other types of similar codes in use today that look similar, but QR codes are the most used. A user with a smart phone (iPhone, Android, Blackberry [...]

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WordPress Customization – Secret to Pro Blog Website Design!

May 25, 2011
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There are a trillion WordPress websites out there! Yes, I said a trillion. Meaning lots! Mucho grande. With those trillion WP sites out there comes the desire by the owners to customize those sites. As most of you know, there are tons of ways to do WordPress customization. Methods available are both free and paid [...]

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What is the Job of a Junior Graphic Designer?

May 15, 2011

In my years in the creative design industry I’ve worked with many designers. A question I get asked often is: What is the job of a Junior Graphic Designer? While this might be up for personal interpretation, there are certain traits that describe a junior designer. Maybe you are looking to hire one. Or maybe [...]

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Brochure Design Ideas – How to Best Accomplish the Design of a Brochure.

May 12, 2011

Just about every serious business person who’s marketing a product or service must develop a brochure to help sell that product or service. Even if you are not doing the design yourself and hiring somebody to do it, it’s your job to understand all the ins and outs of development. This will ensure that you [...]

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MTB Cycling Gloves – Impressive Packaging Will Give Product an Edge Over the Competition.

May 12, 2011

You’re an avid cyclist.  You need a new pair of mountain bike gloves because your old pair has worn through.  You show up at a bicycle shop after doing your research.  However, you arrive at the shop with your mind already set on a pair of Specialized cycling gloves.  You look around at the display rack [...]

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Mountain Bike Action Magazine 29er Hardtail Carbon Fiber MTB Ad

April 28, 2011

Here is a beautiful magazine ad design piece for the biggest craze to hit the mountain biking market in recent years.  I’m talking about… 29er Mountain Bikes This ad was released in the May 2011 issue of Mountain Bike Action Magazine. It garnered quite of bit of attention and generated a large number of inquiries. [...]

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Road Bike Action Magazine RavX CNC Parts Ad

April 21, 2011

What can I say? Very happy with the turn out of this ad. I wrote more in detail about the design process in my blog post Rush Jobs Make the Day Shorter here.  However, one thing I did not mention in the design process post is the location of the ad. When the final printed [...]

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Product Graphic Design – Professional Bicycle Racing Saddle

April 12, 2011

Designing graphics for product is one of the facets of design that I enjoy the most. The design process is more 3-dimensional. I greatly enjoy that. The concepts are put together on a flat art board in 2 dimensions but the thought process requires you to consider the shape and area where the final design [...]

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