The Incident I’ve always considered myself an extra careful person. I check my bank accounts regularly, call the bank if there is a penny missing. I keep my software up to date. But as I …
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Music education leads to smarter kids.
Music is an extremely important subject for all children to learn and can lead to better brain development, increases in human connection, and even stress relief.
Continue readingAnimation station: My love letter to animation
Animation for me and most tends to remain in the realm of design and creative magic. It may sound like the ravings of a madman but many us of who can still remember what their …
Continue readingPrepping images for animation. Adobe Illustrator to After Effects.
Prepping images for animation in After Effects takes a bit of planning, but from my experience, these critical steps will save you from thousands of headaches later.
Continue readingDesigning with Adobe XD. Book’d a user experience design case study.
A few years ago I partnered with a local startup to create an app called Book’d. The following is a user experience design case study based on that project.
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Selling a pre-launch app with video, special effects and 3D. Vidwal: A Case Study
How do you create a convincing app promotional video, for an app that was pre-launch with interactive prototypes or pre-launch version?
Continue readingThe rise of self-employment; manifest destiny or a survival tactic.
In the fall of 2007, the United States came to a stark realization. The realization was that their stable way of life and income was not that stable after all.
Continue readingGiving back feels good, and it’s worth doing at least once a year.
Giving back feels good, and it’s worth doing at least once a year. A lot of us as creative professionals, tend to get caught up in the day to day hustle.
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Getting inspiration from everywhere. One of the unsung skills of a creative designer.
One of the unsung skills of a creative designer is getting inspiration from everywhere. A couple of years ago while working for Dell the team of designers that I worked with was asked to enter …
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The best point-and-shoot camera available to you is the one you have with you right now.
The smartphone camera is the new on the fly, point-and-shoot for amazing sharable photography.
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