You may have noticed it’s been a couple of months since we have posted on our blog, our apologies. We have been extra, extra busy these past few months. April was spent finalizing our wedding/honeymoon plans for our nuptials at the beginning of May. That of course also meant we had a slew of project deadlines to meet before I took a two week hiatus for the occasion.

There were many sleepless nights and stress filled days trying to get it all done but I was motivated, after all… Read the rest of this entry »

Finally! It has been long, long, long overdue. Our new portfolio mini site is finally up and running with lots of new work to boot!

What took so long?

As most designers know the most challenging job is designing your own website. Read the rest of this entry »

In-spi-ra-tion:
The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something…

I know it has been a while since I’ve posted anything….things have been busy, both personally (our wedding is just a few weeks away!) as well as professionally.

Like most creatives we run into the occasional creative rut for various reasons. As of late, for me that reason has been to much clutter in my head. With so much on my plate I tend to find myself overwhelmed, which then leads to my lack of concentration and ultimately my lack of creativity. Read the rest of this entry »

FreelanceSwitch took a survey back in July 2007 and the results are finally in! For those who took part, the results were emailed for everyone else you can download it at freelanceswitch.com for a small donation.

The results were very interesting, with out giving to much away I’ll hit on a few I was surprised by. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a time of re-design for a couple of major design resources. Just yesterday How Design launched it’s new and improved website. Much different from it’s previous version, it has a more blog/online magazine feel to it. Providing everything you would want to find on the site on the home page. I have to say I do like the menu set-up much better than their previous click and scroll menu. The flash(ing) headlines of feature stories is a nice touch as well.

Other features that are improved are they have placed their more visited areas of; Creativity, Business, Career, Forums and Competitions on the home page with a short descriptions for newbies to the site. Along with a section of recent article and blog posts of to the side.

The only problem with it is, it has a very similar feel to the newly redesigned Communications Art web site. Read the rest of this entry »

Disney reignites the imagination with it’s new ad campaign by recruiting famed photographer and genius, Anne Leibovitz to bring its’ “Year of a Million Dreams” campaign to life. Leibovitz has captures some of the most iconic images with a camera, from a nude and very pregnant Demi Moore, Queen Elizabeth and the infamous image of a naked John Lennon with Yoko Ono.

They took Disney’s classic fairy tales like; Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland and even Aladin added some famous faces like David Beckham, Beyonce, Lyle Lovett, Rachel Weiss and Scarlett Johansson and created some amazing images. Read the rest of this entry »