Trick or Treat? For your eyes.

Today is a day for tricks, and this ad is testing your eyes. What you see is not always what you are. You may of seen this already but weather you have or not it is worth seeing. It is the Dove Evolution Ad Make up and Photoshop are wonderful things.

Happy Halloween!

With Halloween a day a way I thought what would be nice to show some great Pumpkin creativity and Carvings. Check out ExtremePumpkins.com

Creativity Magazine online

There is a publication that a lot of people are aware of called Advertising Age it is a weekly publication that is all about Advertising and what is going on in that wonderful yet cut throat world. Well this magazine is very similar but covers more of a graphic design prospective. There are some great articles and ideas. Here is their web address, check them out.

Spot the hidden iStock Logo and win credits!

Many of you know that I love iStock and I use it a lot. The images are quality and also a huge range. They are running a great little fun contest, all you have to do is find the logo in the images and win free iStock credits. Check it out here.

11 Super Awesome Photoshop Movie Effects

Here are some fun Photoshop techniques that are always fun to try. Experimenting in Photoshop is the best way to learn so much more about the way to do things. Visit the link here.

Color Does Matter!

I get questions all the time about color and if people should learn more about it? Yes color matters and you should learn more about it. Here are some sites that might help.
Color Matters

Adobe Magazine PDF

Subscribe to the free, online quarterly, and discover fresh insight and tutorials from the wide world of visual communications. You'll see work that's breaking new ground, get an insider's perspective on how it was created, and find new ideas and tools to enhance your own projects. Find a down loadable PDF right here!

Lightroom Killer Tips

How many people have heard of Adobe Lightroom? How many people are using Adobe Lightroom? For those people that want to learn more about Lightroom, here is a great site Lightroom Killer Tips with Matt Kloskowski. Matt gives you a lot of tips and insight to the program.

New Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® software is the professional photographer's essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs so you can spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

Mac OS X - 10.5 Leopard Update

Apple announced this week that they are launching Leopard on Friday the 28th at 6 P.M. For those who have not heard or seen anything on this new operating system you can see the 300 new features and how things boil down with system requirements and demos. Leopard Server will also arrive around the same time.

What's new in Dreamweaver CS3

I have had a lot of people ask me what is the difference in Dreamweaver CS3 over CS2? Can I still work in one or the other with out any problems? Here is a nice little article on the new features and what is different.

How Should a Web Designers Portfolio Work?

I get asked this question a lot, from students or friends in the business. I have many thoughts on the subject and this article confirms a lot of my ideas and includes much more. Some people don't give this enough thought, so I hope this helps. View it here.

Here is another article on portfolios that might help.

Digital Thread

I found this site that has some nice graphic information, a lot on web design. View it here.

Graphic Design Tips

When I started this Blog, I did so to help bring great information to any one in the Graphic Design field. Well I have been trying to keep to a broad range of topics and software, here is a link to DTG Design, Type & Graphics, a site that has topics on most anything in this field. Well they have updated the site with some great tips and tutorials. View them here!

I'm Back!

Sorry about the long delay in my Blog. I have been very busy as of late and , well this causes a delay in my Blog.

I just got back last week from Dallas Texas, where I went to the IFCA annual awards conference. I attended a lot of great seminars and talks on many different subjects. I also attended the awards dinner where the Security Mutual Corporate Communications team was awarded two awards. We won an honorable mention for two posters that we created as promotions for our president's cabinet in Athens Greece. An Award of Excellence was given to the support matierals that we designed for that same meeting in Athens.

I have posted a picture gallery on my site for those that might be interested in seeing any of my trip.