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Sickdesigner.com is my own little web retreat. It's a place I use to share what I deem to be valuable content with my fellow designers, pursue web or graphic experiments, connect with like-minded people, discuss various design related issues, occasionally vent frustrations in regards to the profession of design and sometimes even land a freelance job or two.

My name is Radu Chelariu. And I'm known as Sickdesigner.

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05 September

Analyzing In-Browser Design

We’ve come such a long way from the times when CSS was just starting to become mainstream. It is now a widespread technology, with all browser makers offering wide, though still not complete, support. So maybe it’s time for another change.

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08 August

Contagion #4 – Bill Chambers

It’s time for another run down of a game of Contagion. This time I played with my good friend, Bill Chambers, hailing all the way from sunny California. We had loads of fun & ended up with a killer punk-rockin’ design so click to see it.

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03 August

Contagion #3 – Brian Purkiss

This Sunday I played a very fun and insightful game of Contagion with Brian Purkiss, a young, Texas based, designer. Our game was different than the other two, but if you’re curious why & what our collaboration yielded, then click that Readme link.

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25 July

Contagion #2 – Sergiu Mocian

It’s time to show off another game of Contagion, boys and girls. This week I played with a very good friend of mine, Sergiu Mocian. It was loads of fun and, as with the first game of Contagion, a valuable lesson in design, for both the players.

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19 July

Contagion #1 – Matt Ward

About a week ago I had a sick idea (I’m prone to have them) about getting a bit more personal with my readers (that’s you guys & gals). Comments, Twitter & Facebook are all very nice and dandy but they don’t provide too much personal involvement.

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26 May

Photo reconstruction: Venus de Milo

After the last few weeks when I focused more on the design update for the site , it’s good to get back in the tutorial game. And this time it’s a biggie: we’re going to give Venus de Milo her arms back. And we won’t be using any stock photos for it either.

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16 May

Get your designs to pop: Part 5 – Typography

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to the last post of our 5 part miniseries jam packed with easy to follow tips and tricks. In this episode we’ll be covering the basics for: Typography.

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11 May

Get your designs to pop: Part 4 – Depth

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to part 4 of our 5 part miniseries jam packed with easy to follow tips and tricks. In this episode we’ll be covering the basics for: Depth.

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07 May

Get your designs to pop: Part 3 – Colors

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to part 3 of our 5 part miniseries jam packed with easy to follow tips and tricks. In this episode we’ll be covering the basics for: Colors.

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04 May

Get your designs to pop: Part 2 – Light & Shadows

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to part 2 of our 5 part miniseries filled with easy to follow tips and tricks to get that lovely design of yours to pop! In this episode: Lights & Shadows.

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01 May

Get your designs to pop: Part 1 – Textures & Patterns

You know how, often times, clients demand that your design needs to pop more? Well, welcome to a 5 part article filled with easy tips & tricks to get that lovely design of yours to pop, while keeping quality high. In this episode: Textures & Patterns.

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26 April

Serene photo tutorial inspired by Justin Maller

Sometimes achieving a certain effect seems easy with a quick fix. But what separates the boys from the designers is the ability to see (in your mind) variations from the easy fix that change the mood and quality of the photo entirely.

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Friends of the sickness

The fact that this website is still alive is largely thanks to the amazing efforts of the design community, to which I owe deep & heartfelt thanks. However, among all the great people out there, a few have shown increased & consistent support for the sickness. This is their corner. Thanks, everyone!
  1. Bill Chambers

    Bill runs his own design agency based in Citrus Heights, California. A great father & friend, guitar afficionado & rock god.

  2. Alex Charchar

    A great Australian designer. He's passionate about typography & runs Retinart.net, a blog which you absolutely must read.

  1. David Cristian

    A freelance graphic/web design also based in Cluj-Napoca. Big Twitter guy & drummer. \m/

  2. Vitaly Friedman

    Founder of the legendary Smashing Magazine, Vitaly is a great guy with a huge heart.

  1. Adit Gupta

    A soon to be doctor of Astrophysics, math geek, designer & programmer. You may call him Dr. Gupta.

  2. Rich Hemsley

    Designer, Community Manager at Designmoo, funny man and musician. This guy does a lot of things. And he does them right.

  1. Anthony Hortin

    Anthony makes things pretty. Or so he says. He also makes things work. A proper good designer/developer.

  2. Polly Ivanova

    Polly is a rockin' Bulgarian web designer with a heart of gold and a backpack always ready for a hike.

  1. Jad Limcaco

    Jad is the man behind the famous Design Informer. A great guy and a great blogger from San Francisco.

  2. Janko Jovanovic

    Better known as Janko at warp speed, he's a world renowed web designer with super solid UX skills.

  1. Nikola Lazarevic

    Nikola is a Serbian web designer, an avid twitterer & he posts great articles on his blog, WebExpedition18.

  2. Steph Nash

    A true Aussie girl, Steph is a talented student with a bright future in web development.

  1. Brian Purkiss

    This mild mannered Texas based designer also runs a small web agency called Bold Perspective.

  2. Shawn Ramsey

    Shawn is another Texas based web designer who also runs BlueFAQs, an inspiration & resource blog for developers & designers.

  1. Becs Rivett

    With a passion for both cooking & code, this UK based designer will win you over with great humor & pics of yummy cupcakes.

  2. Milos Sutanovac

    Milos is a young Serbian web designer living & studying in Germany. A talented designer & future JS codemaster.

  1. Richie Thimmaiah

    Richie is a super funny, super talented designer based in Bangalore. He also posts awesome stuff on his blog, Richworks.

  2. Matt Ward

    Matt is a Canadian English lit major with a passion for design & masive blogging skills.

  1. James White

    World renowed designer, hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Aka Signalnoise. A true god among men.