Designers Blog

Just a quick update to say that the voting for Showtime’s Dexter Tshirt design is over…it looks like I placed 2nd, just short by 3%  —Looks like I won’t get Comic-Con, but it was a great run and my design will still be sold at the Showtime Online Store along with being rewarded a prize pack, it was an amazing opportunity, and excellent for my resume….I will be posting links to the Store and images when i get more word on everything…

SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!!

I recently got word that one of my designs was selected as a TOP 5 Finalist for Showtime’s Dexter T-Shirt Contest.  First Place will be featured at Comic-Con 2010 —and I believe all finalist’s art will be sold in the Showtime store. Not only am I a huge fan of the show, but as a graphic designer, this is super exciting for me!   Voting is happening now.

The one that was chosen out of the 6 or so I submitted was the  “Miami Skyline Bloodslide”  TOP ROW/FAR RIGHT

Please go to Showtime’s Dexter site — and Vote!!

My Design is the Top Row Far Right--Miami Skyline Bloodslide

http://s.sho.com/DexArt

I am in the process of rebuilding my other site, The Pet Portfolio.  I have been working hard on it for the last few days and really like the way its starting to come out.  I have uploaded the site to get it online, but there are still quite a few things its lacking. I decided to go with a grunge and urban style for this site and keep true to my style of design.  Let me know any comments or constructive criticism you may have.

For the ones that haven’t been to The Pet Portfolio, this is a 2nd site of mine where I do Digital Art Pet Portraits.  Printed on high quality canvas or posters.  Immortalize your favorite pet in a one of kind, unique pet portrait.

I have been working on a new business card design for the last week and decided on this one. Thought I would go with the rough grunge look for this Summer 09 design. In my design research and search for inspiration, I found so many awesome blogs and web pages with both creative and inspiring business card designs and thought I would share some… CreativeBits and Inspiredology are not only great blogs for designers, but both have some very unique card designs. I also found CardObserver,  a must see site for any designer or anybody looking for cool card inspiration and design.
Thanks to Uprinting for all the help, printing and great deals on the products.

One nice, sunny, summer day here in Austin, I was sitting on a patio, drinking margaritas and watching all the dogs pass me by. Over and over, I was seeing people jogging with their pets, driving with their pets, eating on patios with their pets and I realized at that point, how much these animals play a role in the everyday life of their owners.  I, myself, have a cat and a dog and have always treated them like members of the family.

As a graphic designer with an entrepreneurial  spirit, I figured I would try to design a site dedicated to pet owners and a place where they can immortalize their pets with a cool/funky/retro/urban style art print on canvas or posters.

I started The Pet Portfolio and have had quite a bit of success with it since it first started up.  I know there are alot of pet portrait sites on the net, but everybody’s style is so different, it just depends on the type of art you are looking for.

Please check out the site @ The Pet Portfolio

This is my first blog entry for my website  AndrewGerome.com

I intend on updating this frequently with all types of design articles, tips, tricks, and Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials. I know there are some great resources out there and I hope to add to them with new things I have learned and attempt to to inspire and motivate the wonderful world of designers.