Jennifer Farley

Jennifer Farley

Jennifer Farley is a designer, illustrator and design instructor based in Ireland. She writes about design and illustration on her blog at Laughing Lion Design.

Jennifer Farley

There are a number of ways to add breathing space to your type. White space or negative space helps to focus attention on the words, while line spacing and letter spacing can help to make your text... Read More
The Shift logo style’s roots lie in print rather than web design and they appear as transparent overlays of color. The shift look appears as letters or objects in RGB or CMYK, appearing as though... Read More
Favicons on the web have given us a taste of what some well known images and symbols can look like when reduced down to tiny squares. Pixels (short for pic ture el ements) are the smallest part of a... Read More
Although a bit behind the times (admittedly this whole debacle unfolded back in January), following much controversy and some verbal fisticuffs, US chat show host Jay Leno is returning to his late... Read More
 
In 2009, London 2012 ran a competition inviting young designers the opportunity to create a special version of the London 2012 logo. Designers aged between 16 and 21 were eligible to enter an... Read More
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Just when you thought you’d had enough football (or maybe not enough, in some cases) FIFA, the international football organization revealed the logo design for the next world cup which will take... Read More
 
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Just when you thought you’d had enough football (or maybe not enough, in some cases) FIFA, the international football organization revealed the logo design for the next world cup which will take... Read More
 
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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games logo was unveiled on Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro. The identity is made up of multi-colored figures holding hands over the Olympic rings, and the words Rio 2016 in a... Read More
 
 
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Type-and-symbol logos generally take the form of the company name in type, and a symbol representing the ideals of that company beside, underneath or above the name. When using both type and... Read More
 
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Type-and-symbol logos generally take the form of the company name in type, and a symbol representing the ideals of that company beside, underneath or above the name. When using both type and... Read More
 
Jennifer shows how to create a simple letterpress effect using the Appearance and Graphic Styles panels in Adobe Illustrator. You can see the full article here on Read More
 
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Jennifer gives an overview of smart quotes and how you can add them to your web pages.Read More
 
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Earlier this week Adobe announced a new service, FormsCentral, which lets you quickly create web forms and surveys.Read More
 
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Jennifer shows you how to create a matte and frame effect for your images in Photoshop.Read More