Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on May 12, 2010
As you might know, Zise are proud sponsors of V8 Supercar Driver Jason Bright.
We'd like to share with you some photograph's of Jason's new helmet which features Zise (front center) and Jason's other sponsors.
Posted by: Amelia
in Graphic Design on Apr 14, 2010
Some of you might be heard that Adobe has released the new and anticipated CS5!
Here is a quick list of the new and enhanced features in CS5.
Illustrator – Top 5 Features
1. Perspective Drawing
2. Beautiful Strokes
3. Bristle Brush
4. Shape Builder tool
5. Multiple Artboard
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/whatsnew/?PID=3751719
Photoshop – Top 5 Features
1. Content Aware Fill
2. Better edge detection & masking
3. Precise warp or stretch graphics with the Puppet Tool
4. Wet Paint
5. Brush stroke effect
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/whatsnew/index.html?segment=design
InDesign – Top 5 Features
1. Multiple page sizes
2. Adobe mini Bridge
3. Redesigned Layers Panel
4. Tracking text changes
5. Paragraphs that span or split columns
http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/whatsnew/
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Mar 16, 2010
During the last month, Zise has been working with Karl Reindler and his team to build a new website which will be updated on a regular basis by Karl, Zise and Karls Team.
Karl Reindler is currently racing full-time in the V8 Supercar Championship with Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing. Karl is also involved heavily in Triathlons and other sports.
In 2008 Karl was named V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year. So keep a lookout for Karl during 2010 in his Walkinshaw Performance Holden Commodore VE!
You can visit Karls website by going to http://www.karlreindler.com.au/
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Dec 7, 2009
Over the last few months Zise has had the wonderful opportunity to train the ladies at Bima Wear how to Digitise and Design their screen prints on the computer.
Over a total of five weeks the ladies have been learning and practicing using a Digital Camera, Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablets. Using these tools and software, the ladies have created new designs for their screen prints and have also fixed up and re-digitised all of their older prints from the last 40 years.
In total the women would have designed well over 100 new designs and re-digitised and fixed more than 50 old screens. This is an incredible accomplishment!
It was a very exciting development and we thoroughly enjoyed our time at Bima Wear. We have made life-long friends and wish the Bima Wear Women the best of luck in the future and look forward to our next visit!
The Bima Wear Women - Unfortunately three of the women are missing in this photo.
Here is an example of one of the pieces that was completed using Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablet
And Another one!
An example of a re-digitised screen. A photo was taken of the original screen and then digitised with Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablets.
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Nov 25, 2009
Sorry for the vast distances between posts... As promised here are some more handy tips for typography and some links to find out more!
Understanding The Basics
- The Type Size, also called the Cap Height, is the overall height of capital letters in the formation of words.
- The Ascender is the upward tail on letters like h, l, t, b, d, and k.
- The Descender is the downward tail for letters like g, q, and y.
- The Counter is the white space located inside letters like o and p.
- The X Height is the height of the letter, and does not include ascenders or descenders.
- Tracking (the horizontal space between each character)
- Leading (the space vertically between lines of text - name comes from the physical piece of lead that used to be used in mechanical printing process to separate lines of text)
- Kerning (the amount a character's horizontal space encroaches into it's neighbour.)
- Baselines are the boundary that the lowest part of the letter rests on.
Type Alignment
- Default writing techniques will use left alignment to create easy to read text for the reader. Casual letters, unpublished manuscripts, and basic paragraph styles tend to fall into this category.
- Center alignment is used to draw attention and is used a majority of the time for Headlines or Titles. Newspaper headers, book titles, and report titles are excellent examples of center alignment.
- Right Alignment is a clean crisp professional look and is used quite a bit for corporate business letters, return address labels, business cards and a variety of other applications where a formal style of alignment is needed.
- Justified alignment. This type of alignment creates perfect alignment on both the left and right margins without regard for the actual characters. This can lead to a condition called tracking, or the creation of “rivers” of white space throughout the text body. If this happens, reduce the tracking gradually to correct the illusion.
You can read more about the information above by visiting -
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Oct 30, 2009
Hey Everyone,
Well we have finally managed to find a little time to post on our blog. Sorry for the delay and we will post part two of the Design Essentials Soon!
So what have we been doing lately? We have been very busy people designing all kinds of new and exciting things. We hope to post some of our new work to the blog soon :)
In the meantime, here is a look at the Danila Dilba Experience website.
Please click on the images to go to their live site.
Posted by: Zise
in Graphic Design on Sep 25, 2009
Over the next little while we will be posting some information relating to Design Essentials. We hope you enjoy the postings.
Lets start by explaining typefaces.
Type is used for a variety of purposes and is basically surrounding us. There are plenty of ways typography is used, such as in books, posters, newsletters, cards and just about anything you could think about.
Typography not only helps the communication process but is also used for creative and artistic reasons. For instance, type can be very useful in attracting a viewer or consumer to your brand. There are a variety of options you must face when using typography and these will be explained in our later posts.
To start with, here is some information on typefaces. You will notice that the most common typefaces are Serif and Sans Serif.
Serif - This typeface has the little strokes on the ends of each letter. Serif is used most commonly in printed materials such as magazines, books etc.
Sans Serif - This sytle of typeface has clean ending and are typically used for headings, signage and other areas where you need high readability (print).
When using typefaces for the Web, you will notice that most of these are using the Sans Serif Typeface as it is easier to read on lower screen resolutions monitors.
Common Sans Serif typefaces are Arial, Verdana and Helvetica
Ornamental Typeface - These are usually used for decorative purposes and are not really suitable for body text.
Symbol Typeface - This is used for symbol purposes. An example of a symbol typeface is wingdings or Dingbats
Script Typeface - The usuage of this typeface is to simulate handwriting or calligraphy. This typeface is not usually used with body text as it becomes difficult to read.
Here are a couple more you can read about :)
Monospaced Typeface
Gaelic Typeface
Blackletter Typeface
Mimicry Typeface
Stay tuned for our next posting...
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Aug 18, 2009
Here are some of Zise's latest designs for the Service Industries Training Advisory Council (SITAC). Here you can see the Entire Showcase of the following:
- 8ft Banner (behind the desk)
- 2 x Pull up Banners (left of image)
- Smaller Banner (bottom right of image)
- A5 Double Sided Brochure (image 2)
- A5 - 4 Page Brochure (image 2)
This has enables SITAC to start a whole new look and feel of their branding and identity.
We had fun working on this job and would like to say a big thank you to the team at SITAC for working together to achieve a wonderful result. You can visit their website at www.sitac.com.au
Actual Setup at Event
Brochure Designs
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Jul 30, 2009
The NT Government Library have just released their Virtual Tour that showcases the Darwin and Winnellie Library. The tour gives an overview of the Library and various information about each of its facilities. You can also view 360 Panoramic Images of the Library and its surroundings.
The Team at Zise would like to say thank you to the team at the library, in particular Eric and Jane for their wonderful efforts. We would also like to say a huge thank you to Pete, for helping with development.
Posted by: Zise
in Zise Blog on Apr 16, 2009
