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March 2nd, 2011
Photoshopped
February 22nd, 2011
Living Above The Fold
Getting back to the basics is one my favorite stress relievers, and still can spark new creative ideas.
Above The Fold, is a book by Brian Miller and will definitely help with new and old designers.
February 10th, 2011
Posts from my Evo #1
Hello all, today I came the realization that I need to blog every chance I get. So downloading wordpress for my Evo is step one in my quest.
February 10th, 2011
Using After Effects and Optical Flares I created this interesting scene, as if the beam was flying into the air.
After Effects – Beam Fly out effect
Using After Effects and Optical Flares I created this interesting scene, as if the beam was flying into the air.
October 6th, 2010
Adding color to my logo
I used a milk splash with some creative masking to create this dripping paint effect on the 3 bars on my logo.
If you find any company that distort their logo in a cool way, send a link!
September 29th, 2010
Website of the Day: ConceptMonster.net
Work by Alex Ruiz, a very talented artist who was kind enough to allow his work on my blog!
Be sure to check out http://www.conceptmonster.net/ for more amazing work.
September 28th, 2010
Website of the Day #2 – www.simoncpage.co.uk
Today’s Website of the Day is http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/portfolio/, created by Simon C Page, Simon use of colors, shapes and lines captures emotions and activity that I have seen rarely in the business today. Not only is the artwork great but the presentation is very innovative as well. Please check out his website for more of his work.
May 6th, 2010
Web Inspiration #3 – www.bentography.com
Searching for photos from home, I found www.bentography.com. Ben Tobin, has serious talent ranging from outstanding landscape shots, to very personal and emotional portraits.
April 8th, 2010
Future of Magazine Design: Wired Magazine Feat. Adobe Air
xd.adobe.com/#/videos/video/515 – To see the full video.
Such as great use of technology and innovation to reduce paper waste and promote… well the future of magazine design. Using the latest Adobe software, Wired is working on revamping their look with some really cool finger swiping, tapping and pinching features.
Get ready for a whole new flow of technology and information streaming into your home and workplace.
April 7th, 2010
Website Inspiration #2 – www.sanguebom.fr
I’ve seen a lot of websites that integrate music into the background of the websites, but sound designer http://www.sanguebom.fr/ has used music to make the design come to life.
Great work visually and audibly.
March 30th, 2010
Web Trick of the Day #2: Inspect Element via Google Chrome
Ever wonder how that image got placed into the page, or what font face is currently being used? Google Chrome has got your back!
Sample 1: In Google Chome when you right click on any non-flash webpage you’ll see the option to “Inspect Element”
(Sometimes you have to repeat the step to get the image specifically)
In the Elements section of the inspector you can see the code (nice and tidy, like the way your grandma wants you to look on your first day of school!) To the right you can see the styles used written in either the CSS stylesheet or inline code. With that said if the curious side of you wants to see how the big boys play, give it a shot and expand your coding knowledge. Although this is a very powerful tool, please don’t abuse it and steal from someone’s hard work.
March 26th, 2010
Adobe CS5 Coming Soon!
Thanks to the Adobe team, the Adobe Suite CS5 will launch in a few days. After visiting Max last October, I’ve been really excited to see whats to come out of the next release. I think the biggest part of me is psyched to see that you can finally create an App for the iPhone out the the flash platform, coded with AS3 (Start brushing up AS2 junkies). For the photographers and the intermediate Photoshop users, their are plenty of new tools in store for you as well. My personal favorite PS upgrade will probably have to be the extended use of the already amazing Content Aware tools, Content aware fill. An unofficial site cs5.org has a really good example of what I’m talking about.
With that said, you might need to start getting on your bosses or colleagues and have your dollar bills ready for the upgrade. This software is changing rapidly and unless the users do to, it’s only going to get tougher to catch up with the technology allowing us to further create visual masterpieces for client’s or one’s self.
March 10th, 2010
One Bit Wonder
Thanks for pointing this one out Meredith!
Great use of paper to make a fun interactive animation. Very original check it out people and have fun.
March 2nd, 2010
Web Trick of the Day
Tired of coding CSS by hand?! I found this perfect website that allows you to change your code visually and allow you to copy/paste your styled CSS.
February 9th, 2010
Cell Phone Interface: Else Mobile
February 3rd, 2010
Movie Poster Design: Tron Legacy
I came across this poster for Tron Legacy. The poster is well designed using a good contrast of light and space.
February 3rd, 2010
Today’s App Choice: Mobile Air Mouse
Download this App in theiTunes Store.
Spending eight hours a day on a regular mouse can be pretty boring. I really like that the versatility that this app gives the user. There are several modes that allows you to control pretty much any aspect that a regular mouse and keyboard can offer.
January 29th, 2010
Awesome Designs for iPhone
www.poolga.com Great designs for your iPhone background image.
This site is also very well developed! Check it out people.
January 26th, 2010
Shapes and You
January 25th, 2010
Website of the Day
Here is a company that has flat out some the best work I’ve seen in a while.
Good job guys.