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…

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.

Hello to all the new blog readers on my site.

I have just put this link to my blog on my site and I am guessing if you are reading this, you found that link. In the last few days, I have had quite a few visitors to my site thanks to the Media Lab website. Media Lab has put a link to my site on their page of Sitegrinder built sites.

If you haven’t heard of Sitegrinder, check it out. If you are a designer and don’t have a whole lot of time to learn coding and web design layout CSS, Sitegrinder may be your best friend.  Design your site in Photoshop, exactly how you want it to look, add some Sitegrinder hints and in 5 minutes, you have a fully built website with all the proper files.  This isn’t a plug for Media Lab and Sitegrinder, but people have contacted me and asked about Sitegrinder, and honestly, as a designer and not a web site coder, this plugin has saved me not only money, but time and mental exhaustion too.

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