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[24 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

You heard right! We finally get our new toy in May of 2010! Apple Insider recently reported that Adobe will be unveiled on April 12th, with shipping expected to start a month later. This is very exciting news for the design industry, as Adobe CS5 will actually have been worth the wait.

Graphics-Portfolio, Photo-Manipulation, Portfolio »

[13 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Photo Manipulation Celestial Being

Celestial Being was one of my personal favorite images, it was featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine issue 67.

Graphics-Portfolio, Photo-Manipulation, Portfolio »

[13 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Photo Manipulation Touched

Touched is one my favorite new pieces that will be featured in my upcoming book, this image was also featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine issue 67 (march/april 2010).

Featured, Headline, Photo-Manipulation, Portfolio »

[22 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]
Photo Manipulation Dance Puppet Dance

I wanted to create something using this stock for quite a while. From the moment I saw it I knew that I wanted to try to make this concept work. Part of the image of course alludes to Pinnochio, but I also wanted to add a metaphysical aspect to it.

Typography, Video »

[22 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
The Importance of Typography In Graphic Design

Today’s video is about the importance of typography in the graphic design industry. Typography is something that many designers take for granted preferring to focus on the more glamorous aspects of design. However typography is something that will be immediately noticed and valued in your portfolio when applying for jobs in the field, especially in the advertising industry.

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[4 Feb 2010 | 6 Comments | ]
10 Tips For Freelancers

Speaking from personal experience freelancing can be daunting and scary for most designers and artist. However once you’ve made up your mind and committed to it, you’ll find that it can be one of the most enriching experiences of your career and very exciting! In this article I’ve compiled some tips to help you make the most of this transition.

Featured, Headline, Inspiration, Showcase »

[29 Jan 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
12 Stunning Prints by Digital Artist Alexiuss

Today’s featured artist has some truly amazing work, particularly some prints available through deviantart.com. Alexiuss is an amazing digital artist based out of Canada with a fantastic array of dark artwork. In fact I have to honestly say this represents some of the best dark artwork I’ve seen in the deviantart community.

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[25 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
Featured Artist Wiksa

Today’s artist that I’ve feature has some work that simply blew me away when I saw it. Her work managed to find its way into my favorites collection fairly quickly. She is 27 year old Turkish Graphic Designer Asli Yeniay Kizilay, and her work is just amazing.

Graphics-Portfolio »

[14 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
Photo Manipulation Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith is one of my newer photo manipulation projects and a chance to show off some refinement to my techniques. In some ways its is similar to my much earlier work “Cloud Chaser”.

Featured, Graphics-Portfolio, Headline, Photo-Manipulation »

[14 Dec 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Photo Manipulation Energetic

Energetic was a photo manipulation inspired by the song “Energetic” by BOA. It is a high impact club song with a great beat and energy to it and was able to inspired some of my best work. This image has also become one of my most popular photo manipulations on DeviantArt.

Articles, Inspiration »

[7 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Music Monday Inspiration 1

In honor of twitter #MusicMonday I decided to not only to a Music Monday graphic, but I decided to do a round up of music inspiration for you guys! I’ve included some Music Inspired Digital Art, Music Stock Photos/Resources, and even Music to Inspire Creativity! Enjoy Music Monday Everyone!

Articles, Blogging, Marketing, Video »

[4 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Video- Promote Yourself As A Graphic Designer

In this video I cover a lot of questions that new/young Designers and Digital Artist have asked me, but also address things that are relevant to any designer or artist looking to get more work or recognition.

Inspiration, Showcase »

[1 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Featured Artist Richard Turgeon

Richard Turgeon is an amazing Digital Artist whose work is well known int he deviant art community as well as over at Photoshop Creative. Richard aka Ricky, is an active participant in many of the contest over at deviant art, and it is not a wonder considering the amazing quality of his work!

Featured, Inspiration, Showcase »

[1 Dec 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
60 Pieces of Fantatstic Digital Artwork

There are far too many amazing artist out there to count, but in my largest collection to date I’ve brought you as many of them as I can. The work of many of these artist are too amazing for words! Enjoy this collection of over 60 Pieces of Fantastic Digital Artwork, produced by Digital Artist from all over the world!

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[27 Nov 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
New Book- ARTFUL MANIPULATIONS

For sometime now I’ve been working on a project I haven’t told many people about, but finally it’s time to let out the secret, if you read the headline of this post then you have probably guessed it, I will be publishing my first Art Book in the first quarter of 2010!

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[21 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Guide to Being A Better Design Client Part 1

Usually I develop articles to help designers and other creatives, but today I’m going to write something that will help both designers and clients. For designers this will allow you to understand that you are not alone in wishing that circumstances in your client relationships were better and possibly give you an idea as to how to communicate to your client or employer the changes you wish to occur in your relationship with them.