Graphic Tips with Eric Saar: January 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

50 Fantastic Typography Tutorials

Ingredients: Type, and Photoshop. Add these two together to get some amazing results. Get best of both worlds when these fine tutorials help you create some very cool images.

Find these combinations here

Monday, January 25, 2010

Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers

I have students all the time that ask if there is a list of short cuts and tricks. As most of you know, I love short cuts and power user tips and tricks. This Smashing post has a lot of the exact key commands. Take a look at the post and see what you can learn.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Best and Worst Identities of 2009

Some times you look at a company logo and think "Wow that is fantastic!" or "What were they thinking?"
Here are some of the Worst and Best logos of 2009. Decide for your self right here.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Best Wallpapers of 2009

National Geographic's Best images that made wallpapers from 2009. Enjoy!

See them here!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

Life is very busy and I know that my blog has taken a back seat, well it will continue to do so. I am keeping the blog up and running, just not going to blog all the time.

As we start the new year you will see a lot of best of things from 2009. Here is very cool look at what is being done in the movie industry and use of green screen technology. I love stuff like this. My son and I just went last night to see the new Avitar movie, and it was AMAZING!

Please enjoy this clip.

About Me

Name: Eric Saar

Location: Binghamton, New York, United States

I have worked as a Graphic Designer/ Graphics Systems Coordinator for Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for the past 18 years. With a BA in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and over 20 years of experience in the graphic design field, I bring a wealth of knowledge to my freelance business, Eyedeas Design. Eyedeas Design creates brochures, posters, promotionals, identity logos, web pages and other multimedia presentations from conceptualization to completion. Besides working full time at Security Mutual, and managing my own business, I am also an adjunct professor at SUNY Broome, where I have taught Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, and DreamWeaver for the past 9 years. Once every six months or so I also conduct graphic SIGs (Special Interest Group workshops) for students, teachers, and other business professionals who are interested in learning more about using the Adobe Creative Suite software. I have been a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) for over 10 years. I am also a member of CAST (Communication Association of the Southern Tier) and IFCA (Insurance & Financial Communicators Association).