Sickdesigner

My name is Radu Chelariu, I'm a web designer and here you can get to know me better.

Letter from a coder to a (bad) designer

In my work as a web designer I’ve come across designers that are able to work in a team & others that have no consideration for the front end coder. I decided to develop on the subject and point out some of the most common

Redesigning the new sickdesigner

Hey, it’s me again. This new year has come with some major changes both for me personally and also for my favorite pet, so I think it’s fitting for this to be the first post of this new year. Read on, my good people, read on.

Being inspired 101

I recently came across an article on Web designer depot called “Great Designers Steal?” and it got me thinking. Are designers really just thieves in disguise? Are we that incapable of artistic inspiration that we…

6 tips to improve P&S photography

Many, if not all, of us have at least one point & shoot camera. They’re great for carrying with you basically anywhere because they’re small, light and easy to use. Their biggest disadvantage is the…

Poor man’s photo enhancement

Hey there everyone, I’m back with another sick tutorial. Today we’ll be talking about improving amateur pictures taken with a regular point-and-shoot camera.

The makings of a wine bottle

Bon jour mes amis! Welcome to what seems to be another sick tutorial. Oh, no, it only seems to be. This one’s more like a case study … but with tips. Ok, so it kind of is a tutorial.

Photo manipulation: Jump for joy

Photo manipulations have always been one of the most tackling and time consuming techniques in the graphic world. So today we’re diving into the wonderful & sometimes mind bending world…

What grinds my gears #3

This week fonts grind my gears. Fonts on the web that is. Between the CSS @font-face selector & the myriad of font replacement tools available the futureis looking quite bleak. Considering how many pages per day a normal user browses can you imag

The right type for the job

How do you choose the right font type for your web project? This is one of those questions I kept asking myself for a long time. I found that other blogs or e-zines dealing with this issue simply didn’t…

What grinds my gears #2

You know what grinds my gears? This week browsers grind my gears. All of them. I’m not just one of those regular IE haters. Neah, I hate them all. I hate the competition, the diversity, the…

Typographic tornado

Of popular demand, I’m bringing back one of the old tutorials that wasn’t available anymore: the Typographic Tornado. It is actually one of my favorite tutorials and really one of the most information packed

Color choices (how not to suck)

Hey everyone. Today we’re talking about choosing the right colors for your project. This is one of those articles that transcends mediums and focuses more on style and feel. We will be dealing not only with choosing your color palette

What grinds my gears #1

This week clients grind my gears. Not all of them though. The stupid, unreasonable, know-it-all, slave driving corporate hogs are what drive me bananas. And don’t even pretend you’ve never experienced the likes of these morons as a web de