http://www.trevorfischer.com The weblog of Canadian web and graphic designer Trevor Fischer. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:05:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/04/12/why-hire-a-professional-web-designer/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/04/12/why-hire-a-professional-web-designer/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:05:38 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1036 In Defence of Eye Candy Stephen P. Anderson cites a 2002 study that found "the 'appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,' is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility".  That alone should make people with poorly designed websites shake in their boots!]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/04/12/why-hire-a-professional-web-designer/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/03/29/love-connection-2006/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/03/29/love-connection-2006/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:54:48 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1475 Video, 15:42 min. Synopsis: At first Rob is angered by the invasion of his best friends's new girlfriend, but as he watches his friend Sean, transform from playboy to boy-toy he starts to wonder if more sinister powers are at play.]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/03/29/love-connection-2006/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/02/28/eligible-magazine/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/02/28/eligible-magazine/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1433 I recently did some work for Eligible Inc. They're a high end dating service located in Toronto who've recently launched their own online magazine. They contacted me to customize the new website's look.]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2012/02/28/eligible-magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/12/07/case-study-presidential-air-before-and-after/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/12/07/case-study-presidential-air-before-and-after/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:10:56 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1327 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/12/07/case-study-presidential-air-before-and-after/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/04/09/sticky-note-doodles/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/04/09/sticky-note-doodles/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:51:06 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1308 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/04/09/sticky-note-doodles/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/03/15/giving-mr-and-mrs-hypnotist-a-facelift/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/03/15/giving-mr-and-mrs-hypnotist-a-facelift/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:33:40 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1236 I recently gave Mr and Mrs Hypnotist a facelift. Well, not Mr and Mrs Hypnotist themselves, just their website. Mr and Mrs Hypnotist are a husband and wife team consisting of Paul Irving and Beth Bovaird. They put on a live show involving Beth's skills as a hypnotist and Paul's as a comedian...]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2011/03/15/giving-mr-and-mrs-hypnotist-a-facelift/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/05/18/madfatter-inc-article-for-ryersons-chang-school/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/05/18/madfatter-inc-article-for-ryersons-chang-school/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 15:12:40 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1185 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/05/18/madfatter-inc-article-for-ryersons-chang-school/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/04/28/kim-gibbons-mortgage-superhero-site/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/04/28/kim-gibbons-mortgage-superhero-site/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:38:21 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1177 I just completed some updates on Kim Gibbons' Your Mortgage Superhero website and I found myself reading a few of her articles when I should have been working (naturally, I turned off the clock while reading). She has some very useful information for those who are curious about the upcoming HST...]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2010/04/28/kim-gibbons-mortgage-superhero-site/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/21/trade-show-kiosk-game/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/21/trade-show-kiosk-game/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:02:22 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1156 hushMedia wanted to provide a more entertaining way to distribute promotional items for one of their clients so they hired my company to create a trade show kiosk game. The backgrounds and prize revealing videos were created by 1UP Creations while I wrote the Flash ActionScript 3 code that powers the game and added special effects such as the elevator climbing animation, pulsing logo and red hover states for the buttons.]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/21/trade-show-kiosk-game/feed/ 0 http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/03/planit-site-goes-live/ http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/03/planit-site-goes-live/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:07:57 +0000 Trevor http://www.trevorfischer.com/?p=1145 Today the PLANiT Measuring site that I redesigned for Modern Empire went live.]]> http://www.trevorfischer.com/2009/12/03/planit-site-goes-live/feed/ 0