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Sarah Susan Designs
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The flag of #Bangladesh is nicknamed "Lal-Sobuj," the "Red-Green." A bright red disc stands for the rising sun and the blood shed in the country's Liberation War of 1971. The green is for the land, teeming with life. Pairing complementary colors signals confidence and dynamism. 🐅 🇧🇩
The Bangladesh flag: a large red circle slightly off-center, surrounded by dark green. Captioned: Bangladesh.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The night is howling, crackling, snapping, and cackling...
But don't get spooked: "Tis the wind and nothing more!”
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#Halloween #EdgarAllenPoe #Poe #Nevermore #Lenore
A silhouette of crows perching on a bare tree. Captioned: Nevermore.
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A+ #composition
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Delivery Across The Tracks
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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July 10, 1973, marked the #Bahamas' independence from the #UK and the raising of this fine-looking flag—a black triangle pointing a laser beam of sunlight over aqua waters. Dramatic contrasts and direction—this composition commands the elements. 🇧🇸
#BahamasFlag #FlagDesign #LogoDesign
Flag of the Bahamas: A black triangle pointing away from the hoist over three bands, two teal and one yellow between them.
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A nation's flag is its #logo. The flag of #Kazakhstan features a #SteppeEagle flying beneath a sun with 32 rays. Centralized but dynamic, with an uplifting theme. To the side, the #koshkarMuiz bears the standard. All on a turquoise background—what a winner! Learn more: bit.ly/3Kj11Tz
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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AI Art Critique #3: The sense of depth is fantastic. But the background isn't fading; it's melting, like a nuclear holocaust. Not a good look. Kind of scary.
#VanGogh #StarryNight #LinearPerspective #AerialPerspective #FadeOut #DepthPerception #AI #VisualDesign #ArtIllusions #DepthOfField #AIArt
AI image prompted by caption: #3 Create a post-impressionistic image of a starlit night in France, just at dawn, overlooking a sleepy village in the mid-1800s.
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#AI Art Critique #2: *Why* is this hideous? Because AI split the baby in half, right down the middle. The top is cool and bright; the bottom is warm and murky. Pancaked between them, another dead-center sunset? #Transitions matter.
#composition #DesignCritique #DesignTips #VanGogh #StarryNight
AI image based on prompt, captioned: #2 Create a post-impressionistic image of a starlit night in France, just at dawn, overlooking a sleepy village in the mid-1800s.
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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AI Art Critique #1: The focal point is dead center, and not in a good way. (See #DaVinci's Last Supper for a master class in dead-center focal points.) Here, AI draws us into a blob of blobs, pierced unnervingly by the church spire. What else is wrong?
AI Image from prompt, captioned: #1 Create a post-impressionistic image of a starlit night in France, just at dawn, overlooking a sleepy village in the mid-1800s.
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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"We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both." —Louis Brandeis
To everyone who works: #HappyLaborDay!
#Brandeis #WealthDistribution #FairWages #ChildLaborLaws #EightHourWorkday #WorkerSafety #RightToOrganize
Kathe Kolwitz etching: The March of the Weavers in Berlin, showing 19th-century workers with tools marching for their rights. Captioned: Happy Labor Day, You Earned It.
September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Is a tasty morsel enough to get people's attention? No, you need a surprise, a twist, an ironic pivot. That's a hook.
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#contentWriting #writing #copywriting #writingCopy #ContentDevelopment #SEO #WebWriting #Marketing
Drawing of a fish about to bite a worm on a fishing hook.
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Pretty colors aren't a rainbow until they line up in their assigned positions. 🌈 🌈 🌈
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#Rainbows #RainbowColors #ROYGBIV #VisibleSpectrum #ColorTips #DesignTips #RainbowOrder #Rainbow
Three rows of six multicolored circles, with the middle row sequenced in rainbow order.
August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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An overcrowded, chaotic composition repels the eye. Make sure your designs include places for the eye to rest. Aren't we all busy enough as it is?
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#Design #DesignTips #Composition #VisualComposition #RestingSpace #RestingSpot #Rest #NegativeSpace #CleanCompositions #GraphicDesign
Illustration of two empty beach chairs under an umbrella in the sand. Captioned: Rest.
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#AltText is an attribute added to an image tag in HTML: (your image description) Describing your image provides access for users with low or no vision. Can you skip this step? Sure. But what would your mother say?
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#usability #accessibility #GuiltTrip
Silhouettes of a mother and baby bear. Captioned: Alt="A brown bear walking with her cub."
July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If you underline all of your text, you're *emphasizing* none of it. Use capitalization, italics, boldface, and underlining sparingly and only when it really packs a punch.
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#emphsais #Typography #graphicDesign #overEmphasis #LessIsMore
Repeated word: emphasis, occasionally in all caps, boldface, italics, and underlined.
July 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Why do cool colors recede while warm colors advance? Because our brains process longer wavelengths of light, like red, more quickly, making us think they're closer to us. Now, how *cool* is that?
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#color #colorTemperature #designTips #VisualCognition
A pattern of blue raspberries with one raspberry colored red.
July 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The #GoldenRatio is based on the mathematical #FibonacciSequence, and it defines the logarithmic spirals we see in nature: seashells, flowers, trees, hurricanes, and even galaxies. Use the golden ratio in your own compositions, and you'll see the difference right away.
#GraphicDesign
A pair of snails sliding up a spiral in golden-ratio proportions.
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy 4th of July, America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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#America #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #4thOfJuly2025 #July4 #landofthefree #homeofthebrave #USA #UnitedStates #American #freedom #IndependenceDay
July 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Color theory in a nutshell: Complements cancel each other out and turn to gray. The more precise the complements, the more neutral the gray.
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#ComplementaryColors #NeutralColors #ColorTheory #DesignTips #DesignElements #Color #ColorScience
Two large circles, one green and one red, overlapping in a gray section. A gray heart floats above. Captioned: Perfect Harmony.
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy Father's Day, everyone! 🏆 🏈 🎯 ❤️
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#FathersDay #Dads #Padre #Fathers #Parents #CelebrateDads
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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To contain or not contain, that is the question. Images that *bleed* to the edges surround the viewer's eye, demanding intimacy. Framed images create distance and separation. Which one's better? Both!
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#design #GraphicDesign #Bleeds #FullBleed
A framed image of a bonsai tree set over a bonsai tree background.
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Kerning is how we adjust the space between letters. Fonts are not always crafted with optimal spacing. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. Scratch your kerning itch here: type.method.ac/
You're welcome.
#kerning #graphicDesign #design #typography #letterSpacing #KerningGame
The word goldilocks is typed three times with kerning too wide, just right, and too tight. The head of a teddy bear is peeking up from the bottom.
June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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To every mom everywhere: Thank you! 🌺 🌻 🌼 🌷 🌸 💖
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#MothersDay #Moms #Mom #Mother #MomsRule #CallYourMom #MothersDayBrunch #MothersLove #LoveYourMom #NewMoms #AdoptiveMoms #FosterMoms #GrievingMoms
May 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Zooming in on a very small subject transforms our perspective, creating both intimacy and awe. Macro photographers know this!
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#composition #scale #Design #DesignTips #VisualDesign #VisualComposition #Macrophotography #Ants
A magnifying glass held over a trail of ants, encircling a single, enlarged ant.
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Is your website sending users into a labyrinth from which there is no escape? Being lost is unnerving even without a lurking Minotaur. Structure your website and style your navigation so anyone can find their way.
#webDesign #Usability #WebsiteNavigation #InformationArchitecture
A map icon preceeded by a curvy, looping dotted map line. Captioned: Navigation.
April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Looking for a writer for a law blog. Must be able to research and write clearly without AI. This is a contract job. See post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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#writers #bloggers #seekingWriter#writersB#bloggersl#seekingWriters
Vintage illustration of a 50's woman drinking coffee, smiling, wearing pearls. Captioned: Seeking Writers.
April 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM