Cadian’s Birthday Invites

Written by Corey. Posted on December 28, 2009. Filed under Design. Tagged , , . No comments.
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Just fin­ished the invi­ta­tions for Cadian’s birth­day party. A sim­i­lar design printed through an online sta­tion­ary com­pany was going to be almost $70! Instead we tweeked it a lit­tle and will print it at home for about $10 worth of card stock and envelopes. Cre­ativ­ity really does pay off!

Joe & Amanda

Written by Corey. Posted on December 1, 2009. Filed under Design. Tagged , , . No comments.
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I recently had the oppor­tu­nity to design a save the date card for some friends of mine. They found a design online they liked and I wanted to help them make it bet­ter. I spent about an hour com­ing up with three dif­fer­ent designs and two vari­a­tions of one of the designs. They ulti­mately went with num­ber three, enjoy… [...]

Watches and Respect

Written by Corey. Posted on November 1, 2009. Filed under Sponsored. Tagged . No comments.
Bulova chrono­graph watches are the per­fect gift for that spe­cial some­one in your life. Have you ever noticed how a man with an awe­some watch demands more respect than a man with no watch at all? Don’t let your man walk around demand­ing less respect than he deserves! Say “I love you, and I want every­one to know [...]

The Perfect Gift

Written by Corey. Posted on November 1, 2009. Filed under Sponsored. Tagged . No comments.
With Valentine’s Day just around the cor­ner, don’t you think it’s time to start shop­ping for that spe­cial some­one in your life? Every­one knows, and by every­one I do mean myself, that women love jew­elry. But what do men love? I’ll tell you… men love jew­elry too, just not the same types of jew­elry. Last year [...]

Art Direction Explained, At Last!

Written by Corey. Posted on October 28, 2009. Filed under Design, Reviews. Tagged , , , , , . 5 Comments.
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Art Direc­tion Explained, At Last! by Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne does a phe­nom­i­nal job of answer­ing the ques­tion I know I’ve asked so many times, what is it that art direc­tors do? This book does an amaz­ing job of walk­ing you through the tech­ni­cal aspects of being an art direc­tor. You also get a glimpse into the [...]

Upcoming Reviews

Written by Corey. Posted on October 21, 2009. Filed under Musings. Tagged . No comments.
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I just received two new books from Lau­rence King Publishing, Bib­li­o­graphic: 100 Clas­sic Graphic Design Books by Jason Godfrey Art Direc­tion Explained, At Last! by Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne …and on it’s way from All­worth Press, Green Graphic Design by Brian Dougherty Make sure you sub­scribe so you don’t miss a sin­gle review. I have a good feel­ing [...]

Designers Don’t Read

Written by Corey. Posted on October 18, 2009. Filed under Design, Reviews. Tagged , , , . 6 Comments.
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Whether you’re a free­lance designer fresh out of col­lege or a 10 year vet­eran, Design­ers Don’t Read by Austin Howe is a real treat. From top­ics like “HOW MANY IDEAS SHOULD YOU PRESENT?” and “CAREER LAUNCHERS” to “NOCTURNAL GENIUS” and “THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESENTATION SKILLS”. Each chap­ter is as enter­tain­ing as it is infor­ma­tive and dou­bly inspirational.

CommentLuv

Written by Corey. Posted on October 10, 2009. Filed under Web. Tagged , , , . 17 Comments.
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I recently stum­bled across CommentLuv…quite pos­si­ble the most unique Word­Press plug-in I’ve seen in quite a while. Like so many other peo­ple, I’ve spent a good bit of time try­ing to pro­mote my blog and often find myself com­ment­ing on sim­i­lar blogs in an effort to meet new peo­ple, spark con­ver­sa­tions and ulti­mately drive addi­tional traf­fic to [...]

More GPS enabled photography

Written by Corey. Posted on October 5, 2009. Filed under Musings, Photography. Tagged , . No comments.
Thanks to Google Maps tech­nol­ogy and few smart word­press plu­g­ins coders, there is a really cool way to dis­play your geocoded pic­tures! I upgraded my cell phone to the new Touch Pro 2 last week and quickly dis­cov­ered that the built-in cam­era was far supe­rior to other cam­era phones I’ve owned. On top of the 3.2m sen­sor (I [...]

Saint George Island

Written by Corey. Posted on October 3, 2009. Filed under Musings. Tagged . No comments.
We’re headed to Saint George Island at 6am tomor­row!  I’m really look­ing for­ward to the fresh seafood and the ocean, but mostly see­ing Cadian’s reac­tion to the sand! I’ll be post­ing Geo tagged pho­tos to flickr from my new phone all week, so make sure you watch for those. Accord­ing to Wikipedia, Saint George Island was [...]
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