This is an e-card graphic I made for my valentine.
2010.02.15
2010.02.04
random graphics from the vault
I was digging through and cleaning up some old files on a backup drive and came across these old graphics I had created in 2005 for a special someone’s birthday. I was really into ‘blocky’ and abstract text at the time.
2010.02.01
90four.com
I’ve begun work on a website to showcase the portfolio of artist and muralist [and friend!] Frank Hammond. At the moment, the content is being gathered and fine tuned so the full site won’t be up for a while. However, we needed to establish the domain name and get some basic contact info up so Frank would be able to better market himself, perhaps including the site address with his name when he signs his mural work. The web address is http://90four.com, but since the current basic page that exists there now will likely change, I’m hosting it here for posterity.
I had fun creating the graphics for this. The photograph was supplied by Frank, along with what the text should read. I utilized one of my favorite Photoshop tools, the Vanishing Point command, to orient the title text along the highway overpass. For the title text I used one of my newest favorite fonts, Yanone Kaffeesatz. I also put some of my jQuery knowledge to work on the site’s behavior, writing a simple .toggle function for the contact button. Look for 90four.com to expand in the near future!


2010.01.18
filter > vanishing point…
This is an image I created based on a photo I took of a modern addition to the Strathcona Music Building in downtown Montréal. Besides tweaking the Curves and some Saturation levels, I created a couple of layer overlays which have the Cutout filter applied. The main feature, though, is the use of the Vanishing Point command in Photoshop [alt+ctrl+v] which allowed me to drop in a layer of stripping for the sky and match the perspective of the shot, really accentuating the horizontal movement of the image.








2010