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Bette Midler

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:25:26 +0000

Illustration for Bette's website (iphone, photoshop and illustrator)

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First Dance

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:11:19 +0000

Drawn with my iPhone

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Fireworks

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:53:32 +0000

Taken with my iPhone

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Rainy Drive

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:19:11 +0000

Drawn with my iPhone.

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Morning Run

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:20:41 +0000

Taken with iPhone

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The Gate

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:56:32 +0000

Created with my iPhone

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WaterTub

Sat, 22 May 2010 04:47:46 +0000

Sent from my iPhone

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Self portrait

Sat, 08 May 2010 15:59:49 +0000

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Urban Playground 2

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:36:29 +0000

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Urban Playground 1

Fri, 07 May 2010 23:35:45 +0000

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Tracks

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:52:13 +0000

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Chicago Wordpress logo concept

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:46:00 +0000

Concept from train, fleshed out with Illustrator…

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Chicago wp group logo concept sketch

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:44:52 +0000

Created from my iPhone on el

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Spring

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:00:47 +0000

Creates from my iPhone

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Quick SEO for My Wedding Site Ranking

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:41:11 +0000

TJ and I realized tonight that there are several other TJ and Erin s getting married who have websites. We’ve spent the evening adding a sitemap, meta titles, descriptions and keywords. We’ll see if our minimal effort puts us above what our web illiterate competitors are doing.
Check out our site and help out our ranking www.tjanderin.com

Placeholder Image generator

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:02:13 +0000

“Sometimes you just need a placeholder image right at your finger tips.” According to www.dummyimage.com

This site, as reported on LifeHacker, is IMAGE “lorum ipsum” for designers.

“Just enter the width + x + height at the end of this URL and off you go!”

All you have to do is use this model http://dummyimage.com/640×480 and put in the x and y numbers you need!

The site also recommends this other site rndimg.com which will give you a colored paint glob like image at any size you type into their control.

enjoy!

Super Slick Gradient Maker

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:20:13 +0000

Today I came across a really neat time saver. I often have conversations with people who say they want to make their site “just a little better”. They’d love to do a re-design, but it is simply out of their budget. I tell them there are several simple things they can do to make their site look more current. One of those things is to add a gradient to the background. And simplify the rest of the colors they are using. This alone can transform a “homemade” site into a site that has a tad more credibility. The problem with that is they don’t have the software to do gradients and to hire a designer to do it would cost so much more than it should (especially in PM time).

This site http://gradient-maker.com/
allows you to set 2 different colors (gradient start & gradient stop) and set a height and width. When you click “Make Gradient” the background of the entire site changes so you can see your gradient.

Even though I feel this is the best it is slightly limiting in that it works mainly for vertical gradient images, There are other sites out there that do similar things that allow you to have more options:

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/gradient/
http://www.grsites.com/generate/resultbyid/6139406/
http://gradientgenerator.com/

New Markers!!

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:19:25 +0000

It has been a long time since my last Prisma Color phase. Tonight I was gifted with some then immediately dug up my blender (conveniently an arms length away) to have some fun on an envelope that was lying around. Of course the first thing I thought after adding the ultramarine blue to my navy bird was “Apple Z!!!” or Tap the bottom left corner (iphone sketchbook ap).

One could argue that computers have made it easier for artists, I argue differently. The fact is… Most people can come up with more ideas when they sketch out an idea then refine it later on the computer. This process, which I am sure has been driven into every graphic designer since birth, is lost somewhere after graduating and starting our first job. The computer works as a barrier sometimes and It is not that often that designers have the time at work to complete the sketches - many employers expect them to go immediately to the computer and puke their ideas onto the screen.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I am excited to use my new markers and “doodle”. There is a very real aspect to the fact that every line counts - you cannot go back to change a mistake - it may actually make the drawing stronger.

Perhaps something I doodle with my new markers will find a home in one of my designs.

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