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15 Sep 2009 | One Comment |
Digital Painting-Lady Huntress of Autumn

Lady Huntress of Autumn is my latest digital painting, I’ve been working on this on and off for a good deal of the week. I’ve been working on this one for different contest. The work on this image was quite extensive, but it was fun to try some new things with it.
The model stock comes from http://sariennstock.deviantart.com/

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15 Sep 2009 | 9 Comments |

Here it is, a simple and straight-forward set of answers about Google search engine optimization and Page Rank. In this article I will explain methods for qualifying for a better Google Page Rank and Search Engine Position.

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15 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments |
Free Desktop Wallpaper- GET CREATIVE

Some simple inspiration for you today, GET CREATIVE! As some of you know I’ve shifted over to developing some of my typography based design, and to that end I’m going to be producing a lot more free wallpapers for you to download! You can download the zip folder for this wallpaper and choose the size that fits your desktop or even your iphone!

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11 Sep 2009 | No Comments |
Interview With Digital Artist Ferdi Rizkiyanto aka Pepey

Today’s interview is with Indonesia based Graphic Designer Ferdi Rizkiyanto, also known as Pepey. You probably remember him for one of his more popular photo-manipulations, a PSA demonstrating the threat of Global Warming. Ferdi’s graphic design work is amazing and has exceptional attention to detail.

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10 Sep 2009 | 6 Comments |
How Designers SHOULD Use Twitter to Succeed

As we all know twitter is the current craze of the internet, we can’t escape, we can’t deny it, and we can’t help but use it! Unfortunately this also holds true for people who want to flood the web with spam, scams, and useless marketing ploys. However if you are a Graphic Designer, Digital Artist or Web Designer/Developer, twitter can be one of your greatest assets if you really know how to use it!

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10 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments |
Photo-manipulation Steampunk Rocket-Girl

TweetSteampunk is something I’ve been seeing for quite sometime, and only recently decided to try. Recently fantasystock over at DeviantArt posted a few images of a Black Aces VF 41 Fighter Jet while I was going through stock photos and remembered that I wanted to do a stock image using Marcus J Ranum’s Sky Captain image. I had a distinct mental image of woman meets machine with interesting results.

Inspiration and Technique
I would definitely have to say that partly this image was inspired by an older movie called “The Rocketeer” and …

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9 Sep 2009 | One Comment |
Digital Painting- So Very Broken

Using the artistic nude stock of Marcus J Ranum usually has wonderful results.
“So Very Broken” is my latest digital painting. Marcus J Ranum’s stock image are amazing, they are of great quality, size and composition. I have been wanting to use this particular one for quite some time. I wanted to create an image using warm color that yet conveyed a feeling nearly infinite sorrow, as a way of contrasting color and emotion.

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4 Sep 2009 | 11 Comments |
Interview With Digital Artist Alena Lazareva

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing Digital Artist who specializes in Digital Painting. She is Russian based artist and designer Alena Lazareva and you may be familiar with her work from DeviantArt, Advanced Photoshop, Photoshop Createive, or ImageFX. Her images are nothing short of mystical and it was a real treat to get to talk to her about her work!

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2 Sep 2009 | No Comments |
Digital Painting-Lady Snowflake

Digital Painting by New York Graphic Designer Roberto Blake. “Lady Snowflake” is a winter themed digital painting developed for Photoshop Creative’s forum Challenge “Seasons”.

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2 Sep 2009 | 3 Comments |
Photo-Manipulation The Formless One

I’ve seen some amazing photo-manipulations and dark artwork in the online community lately and felt inspired to create a new piece for Photoshop Creative’s Web Challenge this month.

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27 Aug 2009 | No Comments |
Courage

TweetRoberto BlakeRoberto Blake is a Professional Graphics Designer and Photographer, living in Fayetteville NC, has work been working with Photoshop® for over 8 years now, and Flash® for the past 5 years.Website – Twitter – Facebook – More Posts

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24 Aug 2009 | No Comments |
5 Secrets of On Page SEO

Good on page SEO strategies come in all shapes and sizes, but these are proven. These 5 secrets tell you what you need to know to make an impact on the Search Engines.

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23 Aug 2009 | One Comment |
Star Girl III

The Star Girl, is a concept I’ve been revisiting in my Photo Manipulations, that I’ve become quite fond of. By combining and array of lighting effects to create the surreal image conveying energy and emotion. The concept was so well received when I did the first Star Girl image, that I decided to do a series of them.

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16 Aug 2009 | 10 Comments |
20 Top Tier  Photo-Manipulations

The online community is full of amazing, talented digital artist, and today I’m happy to showcase some fantastic photo-manipulation work I’ve seen on DeviantArt.

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16 Aug 2009 | 4 Comments |
4 Things You Need to Know About SEO

Search Engine Optimization is a huge cornerstone in web design and web development today, and with good reason. Search engines have become a big part of our lives. People utilize these for everything to research, event planning, shopping, or even finding perspective employees for their businesses.

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10 Aug 2009 | 3 Comments |
Interview with Karen McDade

Today I interview a truly talented Graphic Designer and Digital Artist you may be familiar with, she has been featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine, and Photoshop Creative Magazine just to name a few. I am personally a huge fan of her work and have had the pleasure of talking with her about it, her name is Karen McDade and her work is nothing short of spectacular!