Colbow Design's Blog
Blog URL www.colbowdesign.com/blog2
Tags web design, graphic design, cleveland, the brads, web comic, illustration
Blog of Brad Colbow, an independent web designer and illustrator based in Cleveland Ohio.
Latest Blog Posts
- Hanging out at GoMedia on Sep 28, 2009 in Brad Stuff
I few weeks ago I was privileged enough to be invited to GoMedia for the day to take part in a photo shoot for their Weapons of Mass Creation campaign. I had a blast and met some amazingly talented and cool people. I’ve been meaning to write ab...
- The Brads One Year Later on Jul 30, 2009 in Brad Stuff The Bradz comics the brads
Among Cleveland web designers Brad Dielman is famous for being the first guy at a party and the last one to leave. He’s also know for stopping by after work for just one drink and spending hours talking about anything web. While discussing one...
- Attack of the Frankencomp - The Case for One Comp Design on Jun 15, 2009 in Brad Stuff Andy Rutledge Bing Doug Sims Frankencomp Kayak
I’m a big proponent of the one comp school of design. Last week Andy Rutledge did an interesting writeup on the topic and bashed the idea of designing multiple comps. This post started out as a list of things I agree with and don’t agree...
- Attack of the Frankencomp – The Case for One Comp Design on Jun 15, 2009 in Brad Stuff Andy Rutledge Bing Doug Sims Frankencomp Kayak
I’m a big proponent of the one comp school of design. Last week Andy Rutledge did an interesting writeup on the topic and bashed the idea of designing multiple comps. This post started out as a list of things I agree with and don’t agree...
- Design Questionnaire on Feb 3, 2009 in Brad Stuff The Bradz
I’m not sure why, but over the last few weeks I’ve gotten several requests from design students to do interviews. Since it seems to be a popular topic I figured I put up some questions I received yesterday along with my answers. 1. Wha
- The Design Process Step by Step on Dec 7, 2008 in design web design
Potential clients are often taken off guard when I tell them how much a new website design will cost. When they look through a portfolio they just see the finished design and not everything that went into creating it. Below is my process, the steps...
- Seperating Cartoons from Content on Nov 30, 2008 in Brad Stuff The Bradz the brads
Over the last couple months my writing has gone down quite a bit as I’ve spent more and more time drawing The Brads, my not so weekly comic strip. I’ve really enjoyed working on the comic, it’s a fun outlet or my illustration




