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screen break
What started as a short December break in 2024, turned into an almost eight-month hiatus. I did finish my master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology (🎉 hooray for that!), but I’ve also been navigating some medical issues. That’s put me in a strange creative space. For me, creativity runs on energy—and when the energy…
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infographic
IDN 528 Assignment: Using a tool of your choosing, create a basic infographic to introduce yourself. On an old episode of the Futur, with Chris Do, the late, inspirational Ker McLaren in Creating a Culture of Creativity, discussed his own unique life/business journey. “We are all pirates. Everyday we have to get up and sail…
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steal like an artist
I am only a decade late to this party, but this little 6×6 inch black book has one hundred and sixty-four pages of yummy goodness inside. Steal Like an Artist, written by Austin Kleon, is timeless. Although I read this through in a few sittings, it really is the type of book you want to…
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portfolio.
The research continued this week on how to present a professional portfolio. In his YouTube video artist and mentor Adam Duff, clarified for his audience the difference between a professional and an unprofessional portfolio: where an unprofessional portfolio highlights the process of the work, a professional portfolio displays the finished product, the work itself. Duff…
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color theory- green.
Green is considered a secondary color, and is a mixture of the two primary colors, blue and yellow. However, this gets a bit more complicated when you are talking about screen and print (perhaps a post for another time). There are many wonderful juicy variations of green, warm to cool, light and bright, or dark…
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grids & composition.
There has been no end to my complaining about WordPress (sorry WP). However, according to multiple online sources WordPress powers 43% of all websites and 97% of all blogs. Which means, understanding how to design a better WordPress site is valuable tool for a digital designer. So enough whining, time to get to work. Before…
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basic layout
Basketball. My two boys started playing basketball in 1st and 3rd grade. We were so fortunate to be embraced by a local youth program in our hometown that took us in and treated us like family. There aren’t enough words to express what it means to have solid men investing in my young men’s lives,…
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imagery.
Westlook Resort Living in Reno, Nevada is a quiet apartment complex located on a hillside with beautiful mountain views, but also boast a short five minute commute to downtown Reno. The company website summarizes Westlook Resort Living experience in the slogan, “City life, mountain moments.” Therefore, when creating a brochure, it is important that it…
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color theory.
You can see yellow. You can see blue. You can see other colors, too. Dr. Seuss. Color surrounds us. It appeals, repels, and sometimes we are not conscious of it at all. Scientist, artist, and philosophers have all been intrigued by color. Since Sir Isaac Newton wrapped the visible spectrum in a circle, color has…
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mood in type.
Nouns are everyday utility words, we do things, with, at, on, and around nouns. Most of us can remember the old grade school adage, a noun is a, “person, place, or thing.” Who can blame us then, for thinking nouns are slightly boring, just a bit dry, I mean who wants a noun when a…
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Sanger M&E Flower Shop
sangermandeflowers.com. sangermeflowers@gmail.com. FB: (559) 356-6106. Insta: 559-875-5574. Sign: 559-875-9192 I really enjoyed my visit to Sanger M & E, Flowers, which is a small local flower shop located at 1348 Church Avenue, Sanger, Ca. The shop was established in 2001, and moved to its current location 4 years ago. Sanger M & E is owned by Eli…
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