Posts Tagged ‘graphic design’

oh, the dreaded portfolio

// July 31st, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Moo

I can’t believe it’s still not done.  Yeah, I can!  The truth is: when you’re a designer, there is sometimes a struggle between promoting yourself and your services – and actually PROVIDING those services.  It seems that every other designer/developer/artist I know is so busy taking care of their clients’ needs that they never have time to update their own site!

Such is the case with my online portfolio.  Oh, what a sad state it’s in.  Some day I will finish it.

And probably soon thereafter, I’ll decide to completely redesign my site and portfolio – and have to do it all again.

i’m just wacko for wacom

// July 31st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Design, Geekery

Quite a while back, I purchased a Bamboo Fun (Medium) Black Tablet with Pen, Mouse & Graphics Software to see what all the fuss about using a graphic tablet was about.  I admit that I tinkered with it briefly and stuck it back in the box for several months.  I have a designer friend who swears by tablets and even uses hers for basic computer operation,  OS navigation and such – not just for doing things in graphics applications.  She told me to just keep using the tablet and soon I’d get the hang of it.

So I did, and I liked it.  I was certainly no pro, but after learning to use the pen/tablet and seeing what I could do with it, I wanted to do more…so I decided to upgrade to the Intuos4 and have a little more power and flexibility.

intuos4Man, am I ever glad that I did.  I bought the Wacom Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet from Amazon (best price!) and have to say it’s one of the best hardware investments I’ve ever made.  The additional levels of pressure sensitivity, comfort of the pen, and customizable buttons and stuff are just…like butter.

Or honey.  Or anything you love that’s sweet and delightful.

At any rate, this thing totally ROCKS, and if you do any sort of photo manipulating, design, or especially illustration (which I am just dabbling in but hoping to learn more) I highly recommend that you add a Wacom Intuos4 to your tool arsenal.

designers are not rock stars.

// July 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Design

Great post from Eric Karjaluoto on “celebrity” in the design world!  Favorite line:  “At its core, ours is a medium of the people. We should remain weary of forgetting that.”

Smart guy!