Drawing Shakespeare on a Surface Pro 3 using Fresh Paint
A few years back, tablet artist Paul Kerkal introduced me to drawing on a tablet. Windows 8 tablets are particularly well suited to this, especially the new Surface Pro 3 which has over 250 levels of pressure sensitivity and Palm…
Quick generation of Windows 8 app tile and visual assets
In order to take advantage of the different screen resolutions and pixel densities that your Windows apps will be displayed at, you’ll need to output some of your apps’ bitmap assets at different sizes – this is to factor in…
Monochromatic Icon resources for Windows Apps & the Modern UI
Creating great icons for apps and web projects is hard. It is a skill that many people take forward to a full time occupation as it not only requires great thought and inspiration, research and dedication but also technical and…
Windows 8 and Windows Phone Guidance for Visual and UX Designers
At least once a week I craft an email to an agency or developer or designer who has asked for design support for Windows or Windows Phone. At Microsoft, our approach changes as our platforms mature and grow. Earlier in…
Windows 8 Training Camp
I’m not sure what market these are being show in, not sure its even in real languages based on the comments on YouTube, but I think they’re funny – don’t know if there’s any more in the series but I…
Designing your Share Charm experience on Windows 8
Every web page, app, café and even individual cans of drink now provide you with the ability to ‘share’ your current experience. Tell your friends on Facebook that you’re in a castle in Wales exploring the medieval dungeon (I did…