Tinstar Studio Blog

AI and Graphic Design – Will I lose my job to a machine?

When it comes to the new technologies making creative professionals shiver in their boots, “it’s not AI that is going to take your job, but someone who knows how to use AI”. I’m yet to be convinced, but I’ve carried out a little experiment…

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Upgrade to the New Google Analytics GA4 Property

The announcement towards the end of last year from Google that the Universal Analytics property was being retired means that…

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Some Cookies are Misusing the Recommended sameSite Attribute – How to Fix

If you’re using the built-in developer tools in Google Chrome, you may have come across a new(ish) warning that: Some…

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Pinetops Nurseries transformed from a Physical Store to Online E-Commerce

Facing the prospect of throwing away thousands of plants in the wake of the Coronavirus lockdown, a local plant wholesaler,…

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Changing the Hosts file on a Mac or PC to Preview a Website

When we’re developing a website, there comes a time in the process (after the initial designs have been approved and…

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Share a Private Video on YouTube Studio

Having wasted time scrabbling around in the new (at time of writing) YouTube Studio trying to share a private video,…

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Ten Signage and Packaging Fails

Whenever I see an example of a graphic design or signage ‘fail’, I snap a photo of it. These examples…

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Charlie Herring Wine, Beer and Cider Label Design

I can’t believe it’s taken this long to write a post about the series of Charlie Herring Wines labels that…

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Customer Service? Computer Says No…

It hit me as I was standing in the rain a hundred yards from the studio, watching aghast as a…

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Digital Painting of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club

A couple of years ago I made a painting of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club for the cover of the…

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Charlie Herring bubbly comes very well wrapped

Tim Phillips of Charlie Herring English Wine popped in this morning, holding a couple of very welcome gifts – two…

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Triplex Invitations for a Royal Event

The construction of the new Royal Lymington Yacht Club pontoons was a project two years in the planning. Walcon Marine…

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A Voyage Around the Solent – Ten Years After

Exactly 10 years ago today, on the 18th March 2006, the good ship Windweaver of Pennington set sail up the…

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