It’s become a fairly common practice to use photographs of rust, wood, metal, concrete and dirty surfaces as a means to bring texture into designs and illustrations via photoshop layers. There are a ton of great images to be found online, both free and for a fee. And of course you can always grab a [...]
Today I have another little goodie for you; a set of vector t-shirts and a Vans Half-Cab shoe (my personal favorite from Vans, as far as the design of the shoe goes; though you generally always see me in my checkered slip-ons because they’re the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn). The shirts can be [...]
The other day I had an idea for a poster design that involved a vinyl record. I thought about taking a photo of one of my own records, like I had done for this cd packaging I designed last year but I had previously had issues with too much noise in the image (time for a [...]
After thinking about doing this for a while, I finally sat down and made my first set of photoshop brushes. I give you, the Rock and Roll Brush Set! These were taken from photographs of my own gear, so it’s all 100% brand new, never before seen photoshop brushes. The brushes were created in CS2 [...]
Last year, I taught a workshop on silkscreen printing to a group of kids and their parents, and we all really had a great time. By the end of the day, even the youngest student went home with a really awesome tshirt that she made (with a little help from dad!). It occurred to me [...]
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This blog started out in 2005 as an mp3 blog. Sadly, I lost two years worth of my old posts. But now I’m back with a new focus; design, photography, and illustration (with a mix of music thrown in now and then as well). I’ll be sharing textures/photos/photoshop brushes/illustrations and writing the occasional tutorial. Thanks for checking out the blog, I hope you like what you find!