Entries from August 2009

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Heads Up – UPrinting Giveaway Winners

And the winners are <insert drumroll here> ————————————————————————————– ————————————————————————————– ————————————————————————————– Congratulations winners! I will be emailing you later today with more information on how to collect your prizes. My thanks to all that entered and helped spread the word about the giveaways. You all ROCK! And a huge thank you goes out to UPrinting who made [...]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

New Content – Stage Tutorial

Happy Monday everyone. This should be a good week because – Yea! I am finally writing the tutorial that everyone keeps asking for! And look, my logo got all dressed up for the occasion. So without further delay, today’s new content is part one of the Setting The Stage tutorial – How to make your [...]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Setting The Stage – Part One

This tutorial will teach you how to create a red curtain that might resemble one that you would see on a stage. It is part one of a tutorial series. Part two will include stage lights and how to create them from scratch. This tutorial is compatible with Photoshop versions CS2 and higher. Ok, let’s [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

U Printing Giveaway! Greeting Cards!

Greeting cards aren’t just about holidays or events, they can also be about promoting your business! Have you ever wished you had a small sample of your work to leave behind at an interview? Have you ever wanted to send your clients a personalized Thank You message? Are you going to be running a special [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

U Printing Giveaway! Business Cards!

Everyone needs business cards right? Of course they do! It’s your way of making a lasting impression in the minds of clients, future business partners, sponsors, or employers. They are a statement of who you are and what you can provide and no professional service is complete without them! And to all of you that [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Shout Out – Cannon Pearson

Every designer has a list of other artists or designers who’s work inspires them or just makes them feel good. Cannon, not Canon like the camera, is greatly becoming one of my favorite artists to check in on for this reason. Cannon Pearson has developed a method of starting with photographic pieces and manipulating them [...]

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Hot Site – Pencilmation

Today’s Hot Site is sheer unadulterated 100% fun. Ok, so maybe it’s 90% fun and 10% inspiration. Or maybe it’s 70% fun, 10% inspiration, 10% awesomeness, and 10% time-suck. But mostly it’s just fun. Pencilmation by Ross Bollinger is an animated series of stick figure cartoons set to peppy music and filled with quirky sound [...]

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Don’t Forget The Details

If my mother has drilled one thing into my head it’s “Details! I need details!” Her job has, for many years, thrived on making sure all details were in order. So, if I came home with a story of someone I knew and couldn’t answer her questions she would then rail me for not getting [...]

Monday, August 24th, 2009

New Content – Photo Corner Pack

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope everyone had a great weekend. I got a little sidetracked this weekend on a new PS illustration. I sat down just to test something out, next thing I knew I was building and so far into the piece that I lost all track of time and reality. I was in the zone.  [...]

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Photo Corner Pack

This pack contains one custom shape and one layer style. The layer style included was designed at 300 dpi making it great for prints or website related projects. The download is two seperate files that can be used together or separately.  Although these graphics are royalty free and available for commercial use, I would appreciate [...]