Category: Featured
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American Legion and Google web fonts
This week I did a little work for a local post of the American Legion Post 491. I am in the beginning stages with the client but thought appropriate to talk about right before Veterans Day tomorrow. This is the first time I have actually used Google web fonts. The welcome red header on this…
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Yosemite Fall Colors
I haven’t been to Yosemite when there was so much color before. Below is my attempt to capture some of that color but it’s nothing compared the real thing as the light streamed down and caught itself on the yellow leaves throughout the forest. This year I have managed to get to Yosemite at least…
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How to draw a vector-based jack o’lantern in Photoshop with shape layers
Happy Pumpkin! Since it’s season appropriate I thought I would share what I taught my photoshop class on how to make a Jack o’lantern using the pen tool and shape layers. Below is what the final image looks like that for the most part would scalable as a vector based graphic before I turned it…
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Being different is beautiful
Freak of nature or just a survivor? I have a stand of cattails growing beside my garden that I have blogged about in the past. They are just getting ready to blow their seeds and yesterday I noticed one really irregular looking cattail. As I came in for a closer look I realized it was…
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Welcome to the party!
I can’t help it. I think these birds are neat. They are called the New World Vulture and they are what naturally clean up our streets and fields when an animal dies. A friend of mind said these animals look mean. Perhaps if your only association with them is death then I can see how…
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Last light on a leaf
As I leave work at night the sun like to cast long shadows through the building. I love how this leaf seems to be waving goodbye to the sun