I started my career as a graphic designer and I like to say that I cut my way into it with an exacto knife blade. Yup, it was that long ago with the hot wax and the knives so I guess that says a little about how long ago it was. I have experience laying out large publications, complex prepress work, designing large scale graphics for trade shows and bus billboards. I can help you with your brochures and rack cards as well as any other business identity you are trying to create. Please contact me if you have a project you would like to discuss.
Beginning Photoshop CS5 hands-on course in Antioch
I will be teaching 6 hours of hands-on training in Adobe Photoshop CS5 at the Antioch Recreation Department. You’ll start with a basic introduction of the interface to feeling comfortable with many of the tools. You’ll fix photos and create your own artwork from scratch. Registration Information...
read moreCollege website gets a makeover
I’m excited to be able to show a sneak peak of my colleges new website due to go live on Tuesday! I originally revamped the site in 2003 and it was good for the time but then the content outgrew itself. This new launch was a year in the making with the first half of the year doing nothing but usability testing with our various audience profiles with several different navigation structures. You can read about the process of the usability study here. The main goal was to have a website that was easy to find information and still provided a...
read moreEstimating time by weighted average
Anyone who knows me is going to find it extremely strange that I of all people should post a math formula! When it comes to managing your projects though there doesn’t seem to be any way around it. Your client is always going to want to know how long the project is going to take. You’re going to want to know too since you don’t really want to work for peanuts. It’s difficult at times when the projects are complex and lots of factors involved. I was discussing this with a friend the other day and it made me remember a...
read moreWhat’s that typeface???
Ever want to know what a particular type face is? Then this is a great resource! I saw a design on the internet and liked the font for the word photographer. I took a screen grab of the word and then uploaded it to myfonts and it worked great! See for...
read moreFloating in the clouds
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to make your text float in a cloud but really you could do this with any object. Start with a good photo of some clouds or download the source files at the end of this post to try it for yourself. Make sure there are areas of the clouds that are very white so you can get it to wrap around better. I played with the level in the photo to adjust for this slightly. Make sure that your clouds are on the bottom layer in photoshop. This will work with CS4 as well at CS5. I am not sure about CS3. Click the...
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