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I used this tutorial to make the image below. Fun stuff, I like the surreal effect and the glow of the abstract images.

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The past few weeks, I have come to realize the great importance of good design. This sounds obvious, but I think that there are few true designers in this world.  And, everyone is a designer in one way or another.  A teacher designs lessons.  An artist or a web designer designs their crafts and artwork.  A lawyer crafts their argument.  And yet, few people do it well.  Why?

There is a need to adopt a backward design methodology wherein desired results are FIRST identified and then decisions are made to support and achieve those desired results.  This is why objectives are such a key period of planning.  Incumbent on choosing these desired results is a deep understanding of the audience of your product or service.  For example, a teacher cannot decide on appropriate objectives if they are unaware of a student’s socioemotional environment or if they do not now the level of the students’ requisite knowledge.  Likewise, in web designing, the artist needs to consider the audience that will be viewing the site.  The artist should use bright colors if the audience is kids under age 12 or a simple, clean design to attract business people.  Further, with keeping the audience in mind and the purposes of the site, making the site user-friendly and easy-to-navigate will eventually increase its productivity.