Lorelai Roark {photography+design+illustration}

I wanted to touch on a subject that has been bothering me for a few years now. In all of my time on the web, I run across a great deal of websites, and I love to browse them. After all, the majority are small home-based businesses, just like mine. I take delight in seeing what everyone has to offer, and in turn, find myself wishing I could make a purchase from every one of the beautiful websites I visit so that I might support the great deal of effort I know is going into it, but until I hit the… Continue

of user experience. When I first began my schooling, I remember waiting patiently for my books to arrive so that I could dive right in and get a head start. But, my first shipment of books puzzled me....The Elements of User Experience? I thought to myself.....now why do I have a book like this, I'm supposed to be learning html and CSS and all the other useful things a person needs to know to build a website. But, what I didn't realize is that if you don't understand a user's experience on the we… Continue

I love soft image in pictures, it makes them look more.....dreamy. Here is one very easy and quick way to give your photos a soft touch. 1.) Open PhotoShop 2.) Open the image you would like to alter 3.) Right click on Background layer in the layer palette 4.) Choose Duplicate Layer… Continue