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Matte is the New Shine

August 6, 2008

I’m always keeping an eye out for trends especially when it comes to web design. Lately I’ve been noticing something very interesting. There is something that almost all of the really “new age” sites have in common nowadays stylistically. Go to sites like Flickr, Twitter, Digg, Vimeo, or Facebook and and you’ll see what I’m [...]

 

If you want a design job, you may want to read this

July 10, 2008

Back in the day I used to think about what interviewing and working for a design job would be like. I would always picture a real laid back agency with bean bag chairs (I don’t know why I always pictured bean bag chairs…), a wide open studio with lots of Macs and expensive equipment. As [...]

 

Upcoming Project: What About Hubert?

May 15, 2008

Years ago, I came up with a short story about a turtle who likes to take photos. I’ve been experimenting with several different mediums to try and illustrate this story, but overall it’s never been completed. I really haven’t had the free time to work on it while in school. I tried to use it [...]

 

Tutorial: A clean, reusable Web 2.0 shine

May 14, 2008

I came up with this technique when I was creating Photoshop templates at work which called for all sorts of different colored buttons. Typically before this, I created buttons the usual way, combining transparencies with gradients and other elements, and that worked out fine for a few different buttons, but what if you had to [...]

 

Portfolio Night

May 13, 2008

So this past Thursday was Portfolio Night in Boston. It was basically a seminar that takes place simultaneously all over the world where designers get to meet with some of the top agencies around the area. The creative directors from roughly twenty or so of these companies critiques your portfolio. My friend convinced me to [...]