Photoshop Design Exchange

Last updated December 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, Signs, The Ink Well, Trade Show, Vehicle Graphics Tags: Adobe, brush, copyright, design, Exchange, inspiration, marketing, Photoshop

From time to time I like to offer places of inspiration such as this. Adobe Exchange is a great place to gain Ideas and inspiration about graphic design and possible marketing ideas for your business.
They offer a ton of free brushes, actions, and design elements as well as some more intricate ones that require purchase. [...]

Vehicle Wrap Fun

Last updated November 26, 2008 at 1:28 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, The Ink Well, Vehicle Graphics Tags: design, Fun, vehicle, Wrap

Here is a fun design we made up for vehicle wraps…
Click on the thumbnail to see some marketing ideas we have. Sometimes it is fun to come up with something unexpected for your business. It helps keep things feeling fresh and often times can make your clients excited to see new marketing ideas as [...]

Creative Billboard and Marketing Design

Last updated November 21, 2008 at 1:29 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, Signs, The Ink Well, Trade Show, Vehicle Graphics Tags: billboard, bozeman, Creative, design, marketing, montana, Printing, trade, vehicle

It is always great to see what different markets are doing with their graphic design and marketing. Here are some fun examples of creative billboard, package, and branding ideas.

Not everything would work as well here in Bozeman Montana, but we believe that gaining inspiration from other markets will help us to determine the best [...]

Cabodent Popup Trade show Booth

Last updated November 12, 2008 at 4:07 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: booth, bozeman, Cabodent, crystal, design, exhibit, hardware, laminate, montana, Popup, presentation, Printing, solution, style, tabletop, trade, Tradeshow

Recently we did a pop-up tabletop trade show booth for Cabodent, here in Bozeman, Montana. Everything from the hardware to the graphic design, we worked closely with them to find the best solution for their tradeshow need. High quality printing with a crystal laminate finish off this presentation with proffesional style.

For more information on tradeshow [...]

Graphic Design Photoshop Tutorial

Last updated November 4, 2008 at 2:59 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, The Ink Well Tags: custom, design, Exploding, Graphic, Photoshop, sign, Tutorial, Tutorials

Here is another fun graphic design photoshop tutorial. This could be called the exploding parrot or camouflage parrot, either or. The tutorial comes from Photoshop Tutorials, and though it’s a little vague, it really gave me some great tips on creating fun custom looks with brushes and layers.
The trend in graphic design seems to [...]

Trade Show Accessories

Last updated November 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: Art, banner, Banners, bozeman, brochure, business, design, Graphic, graphic elements, Ink, lighting, literature, literature racks, logo, market, marketing, montana, presentation, Print, Printing, printing brochures, printing custom, printing graphics, promotional, sign, solution, Stands, trade, Trade Show, trade show booth, trade show display, Tradeshow, tradeshow booth, video

Why spend thousands on a new tradeshow booth when all you may need to do is update? Trade show accessories can add new life into your booth or display. You may have missed this years trade show season in Montana and surrounding areas, but it is never too late to plan for next year.
Accessories, [...]

Montana Promotional Products

Last updated October 24, 2008 at 11:09 am Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: bottle, bozeman, color, custom, Ink, logo, marketing, montana, package, Pens, Printing, product, sunscreen, Western GranTree

Sometimes the best way to advertise is to give your clients something fun. Promotional products can do just that. Pens, mugs, shirts or key chains, almost anything can be customized with your logo for distribution. A promotional product shows you went the extra step to provide something useful and interesting.
Recently in Bozeman Montana, Best Western [...]

Montana Trade Show Solutions

Last updated October 13, 2008 at 5:24 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: apparel, backwall, banner, booth, brochure, custom, design, display, displays, distributor, Ink, island, lighting, literature, montana, Nomadic, Printing, tabletop, Tradeshow, warranty

It is officially trade show season here in Montana, and around the nation, and is your business ready? Tradeshow events are great for learning about new technologies, networking with other companies and also promoting your own business.
Ink Outside the Box is a distributor for Nomadic Displays in Montana, and through them we offer a [...]

Bling Sail Banners for Fall

Last updated October 10, 2008 at 2:05 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Signs, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: banner, Banners, Bling, custom, Indoors, Printing, Sail, variety

Now more than ever is a great time to advertise in a unique way. These banners look like sails, and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Also known as feather flags or teardrop banners, these eye catching solutions are sure to turn heads in any situation.

The best part about these [...]

Custom Color Vehicle Graphics

Last updated September 30, 2008 at 11:04 am Filed under:General News, Printing, The Ink Well, Vehicle Graphics Tags: banner systems, bozeman montana, color palette, gradient, marketing design, matching colors, pantone colors, small businesses, vehicle graphics, vinyl colors, window graphics

Often times, people believe that when it comes to their car graphic, they are limited to only a few select cut vinyl colors. There is a limited color palette to choose from when designing vehicle graphics with cut vinyl, and often times they are not exactly the shades you want.
Bozeman, Montana like many other places [...]

A Standee That Stands Out

Last updated September 22, 2008 at 12:47 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Promotional Products, Signs, The Ink Well, Trade Show Tags: Board, bozeman, cardboard, cutout, durability, Gator, Ink, marketing, montana, quality, Rosauers, standee, Stands, substrate

Recently here at Ink Outside the Box, we did something fun and unique for Montana State University Bozeman. This “standee” was created to promote a special contest sponsored by Rosauers. The idea of the cardboard cutout has been around for many years, so we won’t take complete credit for this novel idea, but the things [...]

Glowing Text Effect

Last updated September 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm Filed under:General News, Printing, Signs, The Ink Well Tags: effect, Glowing, Photoshop, PSDtuts, Text, Tutorial

Here is another Photoshop Tutorial brought to you by PSDtuts. It takes a little while to get the effect looking correct but the end result is pretty nice. Click here to view the tutorial. Enjoy!