Something Cool Every Day

Hockey Vectors

2012-01-25T08:58:00.000-08:00

I have quite a few hand drawn hockey related vectors - sticks, pucks, balls, etc - that I made for this project, let me know if I should post them!

Check out more on this project - also I don't really post on this blog anymore...as you can see. If you would like to post here or take over...let me know.

Day 115

2010-04-20T22:51:00.000-07:00

Day 114

2010-04-19T23:42:00.000-07:00

Day 113

2010-03-28T12:33:00.000-07:00

Day 112

2010-03-26T08:37:00.000-07:00

Day 111

2010-03-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

a quick poster I made for ...well you can just read the poster. 2 more colors after the jump...

Day 110

2010-02-20T00:56:00.000-08:00

After 2 previous attempts to hold this event, it is [allegedly] finally going to take place this Tuesday. Oddly enough the image of our president that I had used for the first two posters became unfit for print for this third version, and with literally 10 minutes to revise this poster I came up with the universal sign for the handicapped - upon reflection I realize that my train of thought didn't make a lot of sense, but it sounded logical at the time...

Day 109

2010-02-12T14:41:00.000-08:00

Day 104

2010-02-09T20:07:00.000-08:00

Day 103

2010-02-06T00:48:00.000-08:00

I made a drawer to hold a typeface. I am taking an advanced printmaking class, we get to choose 2 "concentrations" for the semester, I chose letterpress and screen-printing, for the first half of the semester I'm doing letterpress. I think I might be the first student at school to venture into this area of printing, as a result there is a lot of set-up work for me to do, I unpacked a box with an old Kelsey Model U proofing press, along with a typeface that was scattered around the box, which is what prompted me to make this drawer ...more pictures after the jump

Day 102

2010-02-05T00:38:00.000-08:00

This is the second sculpture that I made in Intro to Sculpture...more after the jump

Day 101

2010-01-25T23:55:00.000-08:00

Day 100

2010-01-16T02:16:00.000-08:00

for more of these...I guess this is the 100th post, it's definitely been more than 100 days, but...it is so hard to work in this cold.

Day 99

2009-12-14T23:54:00.001-08:00

a project for my photography class: construct/deconstruct

Day 98

2009-11-18T23:26:00.000-08:00

detail after the jump...

a collage I did for a photography class assignment "interacting with the print surface."

Day 97

2009-11-12T15:23:00.000-08:00

A (rejected) poster...

Day 96

2009-11-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

Day 95

2009-10-31T09:43:00.000-07:00

Day 94

2009-09-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

Day 93

2009-08-31T19:04:00.000-07:00

Day 92

2009-08-24T00:22:00.001-07:00

Day 91

2009-08-14T11:12:00.000-07:00

Day 90

2009-08-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

Day 89

2009-08-06T01:13:00.000-07:00

It was a blustery day.

Day 88

2009-08-05T23:35:00.000-07:00

grunge much?

milk

2009-08-05T23:08:00.001-07:00

Day 87

2009-08-04T19:52:00.000-07:00

Day 86

2009-08-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

Day 85: Free vector

2009-08-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

a quick vector design I made for a friend's high school cheer-leading group... I couldn't find a free vector of a bullhorn/megaphone so I just drew it myself...if you want the .ai file just ask

Day 84

2009-08-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

collage...

2009-08-01T14:01:00.000-07:00

done using mostly stock photos since i don't have access to my own pictures right now.

Day 83

2009-07-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

Day 82

2009-07-30T19:40:00.000-07:00

Day 81

2009-07-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

Day 80

2009-07-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

Day 79

2009-07-27T18:18:00.000-07:00

Day 78

2009-07-26T19:53:00.000-07:00

Day 77

2009-07-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

Day 76

2009-07-24T00:04:00.000-07:00

Day 75

2009-07-23T21:14:00.000-07:00

Day 74

2009-07-22T17:17:00.000-07:00

Day 73

2009-07-21T01:16:00.000-07:00

Day 72

2009-07-20T09:40:00.000-07:00

Day 71

2009-07-19T00:03:00.000-07:00

Day 70

2009-07-18T00:03:00.001-07:00

Day 69

2009-07-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

Day 68

2009-07-16T01:17:00.000-07:00

Day 67: A glance at a genre through poster design

2009-07-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

This poster and the other version of it, seen below, are probably two of my favorite band/tour posters, a simple, yet very eye-catching design.

The above poster for the 'Take Action Tour' is one of my least favorite posters, very cluttered...unfortunately this is how way too many tour/band posters are designed these days...I guess some could see it as a reflection of the style of music...

note: the artwork for this poster was done by one of the guitarists of ETID, Jordan Buckley, who is also an artist. He does all his work the old-school way: with a pen on paper. More of his stuff can be seen here. While some it might not appeal to your aesthetic, at least you can appreciate the skill and attention to detail in the drawings...

Simple, clean, effective, with a bit of an old-school style to it, another one of my favorites.

Day 66

2009-07-14T01:30:00.000-07:00

Day 65

2009-07-13T01:26:00.000-07:00

Day 64

2009-07-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

I am in the midst of a re-branding, so to speak, and I am making a custom template for my blog...slowly but surely learning CSS and html...

Day 63: Don't type BRB. Just go and come back.

2009-07-10T15:30:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to keep up posting something that I make every day, and I am anticipating that once school starts I won't be able to either, so I have decided to free myself up and post "something cool" that I find, in hopes that other people will benefit...somehow.

This article is in the latest issue of 'Wired' magazine...absolutely brilliant.

Some awesome photos of Brad Pitt (just when my I thought my man crush was going away...) by Dan Winters - if you haven't heard of him, he's photographed everyone from Mr. Rogers to Tupac Shakur.

I'm not going to write a review of the article, because that is ridiculous. Just go read it for yourself, and take some of the advice to heart, some of my favorites were "hunger and fatigue are not interesting status updates."

Unfortunately, the layout of the online version is totally different than in print (I guess for obvious reasons) but if you have access to a physical copy of it, just look at it. The layout is very appealing, breaks tons of rules (no consistent discernible grid system, about 50 different fonts, etc) but it is just brilliant. Despite the fact that it might seem disorganized at first glance, there is a visual flow that is very subtle, yet extremely effective.

Parting rules:

Turn off "Sent from my iPhone" email signatures. > No one cares that you have an iPhone, if anything their annoyed that you feel the need to rub it in their face, especially if they don't have one. And if you don't know how to turn it off, please send me your iPhone because you clearly don't deserve it.

Don't waterboard terror suspects. > Seriously.

CC'ing your boss after hours does not impress him. > Really? Shoot. I thought I was scoring major points.

Day 62

2009-07-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

this is what the invitation finally ended up looking like...obviously this was not what was sent to the printer, the image on the left is the front and back of the card, and the image on the right is the inside...

Day 61

2009-07-08T00:12:00.000-07:00

So...I spent the better half of my day customizing a friend's blog...now that I look at it the fact that it took so long is depressing. This is the banner...it turned out to be a huge pain in the foot. Basically I wanted the picture portion of it (e.g. just the part of it that was a picture - NOT the words) to be centered, then the words would be coming out to the left...so technically the whole thing would be off centered to the left a little, but it would look centered. It took me about 3 hours to figure out how to do that.

FML.

I guess with all of this new-found knowledge I should update my own blog...

This is the blog if you want to see more.

This is my email address if you want a custom blog template.

edit: changed the top banner to this and also did some subtle refinements.

Day 60

2009-07-07T23:24:00.000-07:00

I've been busy...so lately I fail at this blog. But here is an invitation I spent the better part of my afternoon working on. It is an invitation to a going away party ... does "bid farewell" sound too morbid?

Day 59

2009-07-06T16:27:00.000-07:00

for travis

Day 58

2009-07-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

Also, I have been trying to do some HDR stuff...

Day 57

2009-07-04T22:04:00.000-07:00

another panorama, 19 pictures...into 1...I'm trying to make up for the week I didn't post...

Day 56

2009-07-03T17:30:00.000-07:00

Day 55

2009-07-02T21:18:00.000-07:00

Day 54

2009-07-01T21:16:00.000-07:00

Day 53

2009-06-30T20:12:00.000-07:00

Day 52

2009-06-29T23:09:00.000-07:00

Day 51

2009-06-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

Day 50

2009-06-27T11:49:00.000-07:00

Day 49

2009-06-26T22:33:00.000-07:00

Day 48

2009-06-25T21:57:00.000-07:00

Day 47

2009-06-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

Day 46

2009-06-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

Day 45

2009-06-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

for the next while...I'll be making wallpapers...1920 by 1200...if you want a different resolution and [are too lazy] can't resize them...just let me know

Day 44

2009-06-21T23:18:00.000-07:00

Day 43

2009-06-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

my sweet new profile pic...

Day 42

2009-06-19T22:05:00.001-07:00

Day 41

2009-06-18T22:04:00.000-07:00

Day 40

2009-06-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

An initial sketch for another logo created for a friend...suggestions? the yellow drop shadow thing isn't going to stay...I might outline it a little better but...yeah have to talk to the client.

edit: here is a final/more polished looking logo...

Day 39

2009-06-16T20:52:00.000-07:00

Day 38

2009-06-15T22:52:00.000-07:00

Nothing too fancy today...I was asked to make a "design" that could be printed on some sort of children's Sunday school bag (that is already been colored...I think it might be a blue canvas bag...or maybe some other sort of pre-colored cloth)...9.5'' by 9.5'' in one color - I'm not entirely sure what it is supposed to be printed on, other than its blue...so I'm not sure how white would work, or if white is even an option...is there white ink? is that a dumb question? I figure that in order to print white on a dark background, it would require a ton of ink to make it a solid white....so I guess my best bet would be to make it a really light grey. I tend to favor the white on blue...so should I make a light grey on blue, instead of white?

What do you think? any changes? I have like 4 or 5 different versions of this same design...outlined trees, filled trees, white, black....etc. Please give me some suggestions...before tomorrow afternoon...

Day 37

2009-06-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

Day 36

2009-06-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

I made a miniature model of SEA-TAC ...

Day 35

2009-06-12T16:28:00.000-07:00

Day 34

2009-06-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

some old mock-ups I needed to re-work:

check this project out... for my graphics 2 class we made logos for this ... and I wanted to redo mine since I didn't put too much time into it the first time around, suggestions? comments?

Day 33

2009-06-10T19:46:00.000-07:00

after trying for about half an hour to make a seemless map background...I realized that a map is probably one of the hardest things to make seamless. At least the way I was doing it...so instead I made a book cover, of sorts...

Day 32

2009-06-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

I know what you're sayin 'we saw this...yesterday' but! this is a perfectly tile-able image...meaning you can tile it. and you will not see any seams. it took me a while to figure out how to do this so...it counts!

I just became a tweeter(?) - (check me out?)

so yeah. I made this so I could have a unique background...there were a few challenges though: a) it had to be seamlessly tile-able, b) it had to be less than 800kb....and c) somewhat creative...yet not too distracting...so. I know I got 2 out of 3....

Day 31

2009-06-08T16:51:00.000-07:00

working in photoshop has reduced my 'dependence' - if you can call it that - on a grid system....not sure if that's a good or a bad thing - also; I don't care about readability.

Day 30

2009-06-07T21:35:00.000-07:00

Day 29

2009-06-06T21:09:00.000-07:00

for some reason...when I saved this for "web and devices" my smooth gradients...turned choppy...why...does photoshop...not do what I want it to do...

edit: turns out the 'choppiness' that I was referring to is technically referred to as "banding" (at least in some circles) and it is a result of working with images in 8-bit mode, however if work with a 32-bit image...I cannot use most of the filters and blending modes that I use to make this stuff...so basically if I don't want banding...I can't do cool stuff. Basically. So if any of you know how.../what I could do...I tried merging the layers and then converting...doesn't work. Maybe...CS4 ...I need it.

Day 28

2009-06-05T21:20:00.000-07:00

Day 27

2009-06-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

I thought the latest Offspring album cover could use a little bit of a remake...I listened to the cd 4 times all the way through while I was making the new cover...hopefully that helped.

edit: made the logo a bit more prominent...etc

Day 26

2009-06-03T18:04:00.000-07:00

For some reason...I had my proof color profile as CMYK...instead of RGB. Took me about 45 minutes to figure this out and change it...

I HATE photoshop.

Day 25

2009-06-02T23:28:00.000-07:00

Day 24

2009-06-01T20:46:00.000-07:00

Day 23

2009-05-31T23:13:00.000-07:00

Day 22

2009-05-30T23:38:00.000-07:00

Day 21

2009-05-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

Day 20

2009-05-28T00:02:00.000-07:00

Day 19

2009-05-27T09:36:00.000-07:00

A new book

Day 18

2009-05-26T23:01:00.000-07:00

Misery Signals wallpaper I made w/photos I took ...I think my HD has too much on it because Illustrator won't open...

Day 17

2009-05-25T23:19:00.001-07:00

after working from 6 to 4...

Day 16

2009-05-24T19:53:00.000-07:00

A new store -

Day 15

2009-05-23T22:43:00.001-07:00

This took about 4 hours, including research...which variation is preferred? The paper background was an afterthought, I think it relates well to the old, illustrative aspect of the design and provides a good contrast to the modern, sans serif typeface. However it does muddy the design a little bit, especially in the color variation. I prefer the black/paper & the color/white combination's.