Sunday, June 12, 2011

Rant on designing

Hey hey, Jay here.

As most of you know I am not the type of guy who regularly designs iPhone Apps. I make the backend, strictly working with Objective C (xcode) to get the program functioning. I understand the value in making things look pretty but it is NOT my thing.

So I thought maybe I should train myself. I picked up a copy of Photoshop CS4 and a book to follow along. I get the basic interface, but for the life of me it is quite difficult to get the hang of everything. I now know I am not a designer. But can I even design a simple user interface that looks even slightly beautiful? Well, today I tried it out. Following some tutorials (btw, no good video tutorials on iPhone App desiging...get to work designers).

I was lightweight successful, I found a really cool resource that really helped with designing. Check it out, its a .psd file (photoshop layered file) with highly used iPhone app vectors:

but for now, I know that I am not the best designer out there. Anyone got any tips?

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My name is Jason, aka Jay. I'm one of those "guys" that bids on your iPhone development projects on places like olance, guru, and elance. I also do a lot of local work.
I'm both a designer and a programming whiz. Here, I'll give you tips on how to make your own iPhone app and what info on my daily life.
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