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    • Three designers who influenced my career

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      • 13 Oct 2011
      • Blog , Career

      View large version of artwork There are a lot of designers out there I’m a big fan of. But, when I think about my career and where it’s taken me, a lot of it can be traced to the things I ... Continue →

    • A look back at my old job

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      • 12 Jul 2011
      • Blog , Career

      While cleaning out my hard-drive I came across an old folder I forgot about that had all the work I did at my last job over a period of almost three years. If you didn’t know, my last job was as... Continue →

    • Say hello to the newest designer at MoCo

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      • 04 Feb 2011
      • Blog , Misc

      There’s excitement in the air, as I’ve recently accepted a position at Moco, Inc as an interactive designer. MoCo is a full-service agency with offices in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and H... Continue →

    • The recoloring power of the Gradient Map

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      • 28 Jan 2011
      • Blog , Tutorials

      One of the great things about Photoshop is there are multiple ways of achieving the same effect. Some ways just work better or faster than others. This tutorial is designed to show how difficult recol... Continue →

    • Things Adobe Illustrator should be able to do

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      • 24 Jan 2011
      • Blog , General Design

      Adobe has been around for a while. If you’re anything like me, you’ve owned or used several versions of the slew of Adobe applications by now. My first introduction to Adobe came in 1999 i... Continue →

    • Create the Machinima Logo in Black Ops

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      • 02 Jan 2011
      • Blog , Tutorials

      Anyone who knows me knows I play a fair amount of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Most people who are fans of the Call Of Duty franchise will be familiar with Machinima. And, some of those people may have wa... Continue →

    • Is drawing THAT important in graphic design?

      • 15 Nov 2010
      • Blog , For Students

      While wandering around graphic design forums I noticed that one question kept popping up from design students. “Do I need to be able to draw to be a graphic designer?” This would have been an absu... Continue →

    • Design Crime: Balls Without Borders

      • 15 Nov 2010
      • Blog , Design Crimes

      Welcome to the first installment of Design Crimes—a reoccurring series in which we intend to seek out and prosecute those who would harbor bad visual design. Defendant: Balls Without Borders Charged... Continue →

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