18 Jun 2013 | No Comment |
Adobe Creative Cloud Is Here

Adobe Creative Cloud has finally released, Senior Graphic Designer Roberto Blake discusses Adobe Creative Cloud and its place in the creative industry.

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18 Jun 2013 | No Comments |
Adobe Creative Cloud Is Here

Adobe Creative Cloud has finally released, Senior Graphic Designer Roberto Blake discusses Adobe Creative Cloud and its place in the creative industry.

Posted to Articles //Reviews //Technology

1 Jun 2013 | 6 Comments |

Many creative professionals have been very vocal about their rejection of the Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription Model, particularly within LinkedIn and Reddit. However the primary objections they have concerning this do not standup to scrutiny when certain facts are brought to light. This article will highlight those facts in an attempt to clarify why these objections and the petitions from customers likely will have little impact.

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27 May 2013 | No Comments |

In this blog post I will attempt to do a few different things: Clear up some misconceptions about Creative Cloud that are still going on, make a case for switching to Creative Cloud, make a case for keeping your current licensed Adobe product(s), make a case for why Adobe should allow both methods to exist, and finally explain some of the logistical and support issues for Adobe’s decision to go all in on Creative Cloud.

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5 Mar 2013 | 4 Comments |
Indesign Vs Quark 2013

With in the Print Design and Production Art field as well as among those working as InHouse Designers there has been a debate for years as to which layout program was better, Adobe InDesign or Quark/Quark Express. Having used both pieces of software before I decided to break down the argument into 4 parts: Tools and Capabilities, Ease of Use, Cost and Workflow.

Posted to Featured //Inspiration //Typography

28 Feb 2013 | No Comments |
Design Inspiration 3D Typography Poster

TweetI designed this poster in a very short period of time using Adobe Photoshop. It had been a while since I had a reason to do much with the new 3D typography tools in Photoshop and I wanted to do some images that would allow me to experiment. This just happens to be one of many pieces of typographic artwork that I have in mind to produce over the next few weeks and share with the design community. I have several other ideas that also use 3D typography and a …

Posted to Articles //Learning Graphic Design //Typography

27 Feb 2013 | 3 Comments |

Many professionals and design professors frown on the use of Free Fonts, I am not one of them. Fonts are merely a tool, and while in some cases the quality of the tool is proportionate to its cost, its not a rule that is set in stone.

Posted to Featured //Headline //Photo-Manipulation

25 Feb 2013 | One Comment |
Photo Manipulation The Unmaking of Her

Ultimately I wanted to create an image that I could tie to the emotion I felt looking at the original photograph. It conveyed to me a sense of being under strain or stress, of being worn down. I wanted to contrast those feelings rather than take the easy route of a stark, harsh depressing or dark image.

Posted to Photo-Manipulation //Photo-Retouching-tutorials //Tutorials

24 Feb 2013 | No Comments |
Photoshop CS6 Changing Hair Color Retouching Tutorial

In this Photoshop CS6 Tutorial I will show you how to Change Hair Color in Photoshop using Non Destructive Editing. The tools we’ll be using are Quick Mask Selection (Using a Wacom Tablet), Layer Masking and Adjustment Layers as well as Layer Blend Modes.

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13 Feb 2013 | Comments Off |

Even the most experienced handcoder will have a problem turning around a well designed website that is consistent in most browsers, looks aesthetically perfect and uses all the fonts and branding conventions of the existing advertisement, and turn it around in only a day, or less than a few hours. Much less convert a PSD to and HTML equivalent in that time frame. Adobe Muse was meant to solve this problem and furthermore allow nearly everyone to take the web into their hands and build a presence there, not just the “handcoding elite”.

Posted to photography //Reviews //Technology

30 Jan 2013 | No Comments |
Nikon D40 DSLR Review

The Nikon D40 is arguably one of the best DSLR camera’s Nikon has ever made. It’s light weight and compact size make it convenient for anyone to use and easily adapt for a dual battery kit or other accessories that usually add more weight to the camera.

Posted to Marketing //Video

5 Dec 2012 | No Comments |

In this video I will show you How To Make Better Youtube Videos using affordable equipment. I will cover Camera’s, Lighting, and Audio Equipment.

Posted to Featured //Headline //photography //Reviews //Technology //Video

25 Nov 2012 | 3 Comments |
Nikon D3200 Review

I recently just purchased a Nikon D3200 DSLR. This camera has a great live view display, stereo audio, full HD video (1080P) and shoots 24 Mega Pixel images. If you’re looking for a great and affordable entry level DSLR or just a really easy to use light weight camera for professional shooting, this is definitely an option you should consider.

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29 Oct 2012 | No Comments |
The Google Nexus 10 is Here

The Google Nexus 10 is here, and just in time since I was going to finally buy the Nexus7. This device seems like the mostly likely candidate to challenge Apple, just as it made a 7inch Tablet of its own to compete with the price umbrella and success of the Nexus7 and Kindle Fire HD.

Posted to Graphic Design //Learning Graphic Design //Tutorials

29 Oct 2012 | One Comment |

Photoshop is the primary tool in Graphic Design and Advertising for a reason. It has amazing features that allow you to produce fantastic images and composites. One the main techniques necessary to do the high end design work featured in advertisements, movie posters and book covers, requires you to remove images from their background and combine them seamlessly with other images and backgrounds.

Posted to Featured //Graphic Design //Headline //Tutorials

23 Oct 2012 | One Comment |
Horses and Bayonets Logo Design

Like most of the rest of the twitterverse I got a chuckle out of the “Horses and Bayonets” meme from the Presidential debates. However, even though it hadn’t been long the design community and print on demand sites were flooded with less than stellar images for something so “epic”. I took it upon myself to try and develop the “logo design that Horses and Bayonets deserves”.