Author Archives: Leo Aljiro San Luis

About Leo Aljiro San Luis

Hi! I'm Aljiro and I create masterfully created intelligent designs that capture your audience.

Website Design Tools

Awesome Deals on Web Design Tools for Designers

Everyone is on a budget, especially freelance designers. Dealing with finite resources are a fact of life when you are deep in the trenches of the design warfare. Client expectations soar high with the budget staying the same, or worse gets cut. So what does a Frugal Designer shopping for Web Design Tools do? He scours the interwebs for a good deal that’s what.

Assuming you are in possession of the essentials in your field there are always things you just NEED to make a project go smoother. More fonts, more stock photos, more templates, more icons, more books, etc. but the problem is they aren’t always cheap. For example, investing in Helvetica may not be a bad idea if you have the budget but not everyone can shell out 885 Euro for the complete set.

Earlier today I was in search for a really good font for an upcoming project. I figured it may be time for me to invest in new fonts but I can’t really afford the really good ones like Helvetica or Vesta. I googled around and found MightyDeals and saw they had a font on their deal list and I was instantly intrigued. Imagine finding a font that will serve my purposes well for about 97% off. It was an insanely good deal so I snapped up the Desktop Version right away.

After buying the font I then looked around their site some more to discover that they have really good deals for the financially conscious freelancer. I wholeheartedly recommend checking out their website if you are like me who is always looking out for a good deal.

Know any good deals for designers? I would be very interested in what you have to say. Comment below and share your favorite deals. :D

 

*In the interest of full disclosure please be informed that I may be an affiliate for products or services that I suggest. I only recommend websites and products that I have personally used and had a pleasant experience with. Any monetary compensation from these companies go towards the growth of the blog so I can continue to provide valuable information and freebies. :)

Aljiro Welcomes 2013

Greetings Readers! :)

I bring to you the revival of my design blog. I know it’s been almost a year since my last post but things have really been crazy that I just forgot to update. Anyways I am looking forward to this new year bringing you awesome stuff and insights regarding the masterful science of communications design.

I would like to give a shout out to the creators of Actual Multiple Monitors. Their software was an enormous help in getting my productivity in line with a second monitor. As a designer, a second monitor really helps as you look at source material or what have you on one monitor and you are working on your designs on your primary screen. Check them out at Actual Multiple Monitors

Judging the Cover – The Truth About Product Packaging

We’ve all heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover” and its true that we should not judge something by how it appears from the outside alone but to seek a deeper understanding first.

Sadly, very few people take the time to understand and look into things. It may be the lack of time or motivation but one thing is clear. Continue reading

The Obligatory Hello World Post

The Obligatory Hello World Post

Hello world and all who inhabit it! :) Welcome to Leo Aljiro’s Design Blog.

I am Aljiro a freelance website maker, a solutions provider. Apart from being a designer I am also a technology enthusiast. I work with clients around the globe and locally. If you need a website done or if you are looking to get more competitive and relevant in today’s global market do send me an email at leo@aljiro.com or if you wish to know me more you can visit my main website at Aljiro.com

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