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Campfire Jam – Live at Rocktown

May 1, 2010 Design

My last blog post got me thinking about an old flash video project that I thought was lost in the depths of the internet. Well, I found it, dug it out and dusted it off. I used to frequent Pidgin Mountain in Georgia with a few friends. There is an abundance of bouldering and caving [...]

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Thesis Theme for WordPress

April 27, 2010 Design

I love playing around with WordPress themes. By keeping the content seperate from the skin, WordPress makes it easy to preview your blog in different themes. I must download about five every month just to try them out. I had heard about the Thesis Theme from Chris Brogan‘s site and also saw other positive reviews. [...]

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Loading Up My Brush

April 21, 2010 Design

I recently enrolled in an oil painting class through the Lander Art Center. We have had two classes so far, and spend most of the time painting and experimenting. I have been painting a pretty easy still-life of a lemon and two strawberries. We started by sketching out color blocks onto the canvas. This step [...]

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Revisiting an Old Project: The Outer Limits – DVD Covers

March 30, 2010 Design

I was doing some spring cleaning this weekend and I came across some old DVDs that I wish were real. Oh, how I torment myself. I created these DVD covers for The Outer Limits as part of an early student project at Portfolio Center. The student project was to take an artist, create a book [...]

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Finally an Olympic Design That Hasn’t Been Sterilized!

February 17, 2010 Design

Having tried to design for the Olympics myself (as a student project), I know the guidelines, rules, and comity hoops that need to be jumped through to get anything done. That is why all Olympic advertising, graphic design, and even down to the Olympic Logo itself essentially look dumbed-down and whitewashed. Don’t want to offend. Don’t want to cause controversy.

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