Entries Categorized as 'Creative'

Windows Music

Date October 10, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is probably really old by now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it. All sounds used in the music are from Windows XP and 98. At the end, you can see how it was done.

Daredevil Squirrel

Date September 15, 2008


Dogwood Bloom

Date September 9, 2008

Makes a great desktop image. Feel free to click on the image and save the large version (1024×768).

Scott McCloud Introduces Google Chrome

Date September 2, 2008

UPDATE: It looks like the download will be available at 2 p.m. Eastern. According to Google search, you will be able to download it here. Available for download! Go get it!
UPDATE 2: Google has published the comic for public viewing.
While the talk of the blogosphere may be all about Google’s new Chrome web browser, the bigger [...]

Actias Luna (Luna Moth) Larva

Date August 26, 2008

Actias Luna

Second Shotz, Week 10

Date August 24, 2008

Check out the Second Shotz pool on Flickr for more entries!

Condos in Vancouver

Date August 16, 2008

My entry for this week’s Second Shotz group on Flickr:

Original photo courtesy Kinnigurl.

Logo Design from Start to Finish

Date August 9, 2008

Tara at graphic design blog posted a logo project from sketches to finished product.
I love seeing the full process from other designers because it gives an insight into other methods and creative processes. It also shows a real world progression of how a logo can start as one thing but end up completely different, [...]

Photo Editing Craziness Abounds in the Second Shotz Flickr Group

Date August 7, 2008

In an effort to better learn the inner workings of Photoshop, I joined a Flickr group called Second Shotz. It’s a group run by two great photographers, Chica from Photo Projectz and Drew from The BenSpark. Some members are new to Photoshop, others quite experienced, but none of them are arrogant and condescending. It’s a [...]

Font Bashing

Date August 5, 2008

I ran across a site today via Design Float called 10,000 Words where they compiled a list of seven fonts that must die. Of the multitude of available fonts, they chose Dear Joe, Dolphin, Papyrus, Copperplate Gothic, Brush Script, Trajan and Coolvetica.
While I’ve never used Dear Joe, Dolphin or Coolvetica, I’d still never use [...]