Posted by KarenL on Mar 3, 2010 in Graphic Design | 2 comments
I’ve been so behind in posting for the daily design challenge — I have several clients who have bugged me for their “new” desktop calendar freebie since I put the first one out in January, so here’s what I’ve done for March.
The first is a grungy calendar – I’m experimenting with texture and wallpapers – trying to learn how much is too much, and what is enough…not quite sure I’ve achieved the right mix here, but it took about 25 minutes and that’s all I the time I had for it. I’ve looked for the original source on the wallpaper (I downloaded it from deviantart), but can’t find it, much to my chagrin.
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Posted by KarenL on Mar 3, 2010 in Web Site Graphics | 4 comments
I tried my hand at creating a custom 404 error page for a client who is launching a wardrobe consulting business. It was so much fun!
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Posted by KarenL on Mar 3, 2010 in Web Site Graphics | 2 comments
Until Ilene posted her landing page for Facebook, I had no idea it could be done. I’m currently learning the FBML (which is really fun!) but this is what I did for a friend who recently published a book:
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Posted by KarenL on Feb 13, 2010 in Graphic Design | 2 comments
I’ve been working nonstop on things totally not related to design and have wanted to do *something* for Valentine’s Day for the last two weeks.
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Posted by KarenL on Jan 13, 2010 in Graphic Design | 8 comments
I’ve seen some really cool typography art and posters and had some on my list to attempt, but ran out of time today to do one of the tutorials. It’s often been said that art is an unspoken language.
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Posted by KarenL on Jan 12, 2010 in Graphic Design, Photoshopped Photography | 8 comments
I’ve been feeling pulled in many different directions this week and have yet to find some focus – hence my ‘Distracted” piece. This was created in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and took about 30 minutes.
I followed (mostly) the tutorial
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Posted by KarenL on Jan 11, 2010 in Photoshopped Photography | 20 comments
Ever wonder how some photographers are able to take a really plain photo and make it pop? The colors are vivid, the exposure dynamic, the details almost alive — well, I found a little secret that I want to share…
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Posted by KarenL on Jan 11, 2010 in Photoshopped Photography | 3 comments
Just having fun today — I went back through some of my Lynda.com Photoshop tutorials to read up on blending modes and decided to alter a photo I had taken when visiting our farm last year as a refresher.
I played around with the different effects and layered the photo so that the background would look more surreal, while the tub was more realistic.
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