Cool New Finds

August 31st, 2008

Just when I thought it was all done already someone comes up with keyboard characters. The question is would I buy it. Being that they have custom ones you can make heck ya!

Keyboard Characters

I remember placing so many kick me signs. These are great because they are done and have a good graphic design spin on them. Can’t beat free.

Designer Kick Me Signs

In case you need instruction on how to apply the Kick Me Sign you can view the instructions here.

Kick Me Instructions


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Funny Ads and Pics Collected Over Summer

July 17th, 2008
Bra Che

Was Hoping for "Bra Check"

Loan Tar Tit E Loans

Loan Tar Tit E Loans

Love Car

Love Car because it is cool

Limo at Dollar Movie

Limo at Dollar Movie?

Naked Nuts

"Naked Nuts" remember to open package from botom

These next post are from Mr. Chanchez

I Love it When Walmart Saves Me Money

I Love it When Walmart Saves Me Money

It only Cost a Quarter

It only Cost a Quarter

Never Heard of HEB Style Before

Never Heard of HEB Style Before


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Great Finds by Cliff

July 10th, 2008

Here are some great finds by a budy of mine (Cliff)

The Brown Corporation (The Website that sells the Shit Box)

Quote from website: How does it work?:

A step by step illustration of how Shit Box works

1 Pop box
2 Unfold box
3/4 Fold and insert tabs
5/6 Fold and insert stabiliser
7 Insert poo bag
8 Shit Box!
9 Stool
10 Remove & tie up poo bag
11 Dispose of responsibly
12 Collapse box to use again

Off you go!

The Website is Down (Very Funny Video, what web designers really do)

Make My Logo Bigger Cream

This last one took the cake. I can tell you how many times I have run into this situation. This is awesome.

Thanks Cliff for the awesome finds made me LMAO.


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Sleeveface Gone Wild

July 1st, 2008

Yesterday afternoon we headed to Thrift Town because I needed magazines for an art project. While there I noticed a shelf of old records and remembered a post I read about Sleevefaces. Sleevefacing at the thrift store is the best because all the costumes you need are there.

If you don’t understand what sleeveface is, here is what wiki explains it as:

Sleeveface is an internet phenomenon wherein one or more persons obscure or augment body parts with record sleeve(s), causing an illusion.

Here is a website devoted to sleeveface http://www.sleeveface.com.

Well here are our sleevefaces:
Davina Sleeveface Skye Sleeveface Olivia Sleeveface James Sleeveface Mike Sleeveface Isaac SleevefaceIsaac Sleeveface

Just in case you are wanting to sleevface you can watch the instructional video on youtube below.


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Graphic Design Definition

June 25th, 2008

Graphic design is the method of communicating a message visually. There is always underlying communication regardless if the message trying to be conveyed is aesthetically pleasing or not. For arguments sake take this question into account, is photography considered as graphic design or is it merely a resource to be used for design? This depends on whether there is an underlying message to the photograph. If underlying communication is discovered then yes it should be considered as design.

In order for there to be any underlying message or communication through any artistic piece, there must be a process of planning to effectively speak to any audience. If I were giving a speech at a public place and it was my job to persuade the crowd about a particular subject, I would make sure that all my ideas were in order. I would research about the subject, ask questions and learn everything I could about it. I would then plan out everything I was about to say, maybe even open up with some sort of ice breaker. My point is the actual process that went behind this speech is similar to the process of graphic design. There is research, thought and planning. The objective is to effectively communicate, to speak the words of this subject visually, because it has no words of its own to a particular crowd. The steps and journey that we take to get there is the true essence of graphic design.


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Changes to come

May 30th, 2008

Hello all, it has been a while since I last posted. It has been a wild past month. May has been a long month for us here with several medical occurrences and staying busy completing a research paper for school and not to mention we will be moving soon. Through it all, I have decided to redefine myself; what I stand for and who I am as a husband, a father, a brother, a friend, a student, an artist and a business owner.

My wife and I have had several ideas, some for her and some for me. One of the things I have been constantly thinking about was this blog, and some of the other ideas I have in my bag of tricks. So all in all I decided to write a paper on the definition of this blog. What should it be and what should I consistently talk about? I am still defining at this point but will post the definition here soon. One of the thoughts is that I will separate the blog (web and tech) from my personal, hence having two different blogs. I find that trying to achieve both purposes on this one blog is getting kind of tough because of the many different business owners (current clients) that visit this website.

Please bear with me as we will start to make these changes this summer. There may be a possible domain name change but all in all, this website domain will funnel all traffic to the right place.

Thanks for stopping by and I can’t wait for these changes to take place. Plus the addition of my wife’s online store (can’t spill the beans yet).


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Tim Duncan hits a *super* clutch three-pointer

April 20th, 2008

Spurs forward Tim Duncan sends Game 1 of the first-round match-up with the Phoenix Suns into a second overtime by knocking down his first three-point field goal of the season.

read more | digg story


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Coffee House Brand Project

April 11th, 2008

We were able to pick our second project for Design II class. I always wanted to brand a coffee shop from logo design to completion. I started playing around with names and wanted to add a little humor to it. The name of the coffee shop is “Evolution Coffé”. Below is my final in pdf form, a link to the website and a couple pictures I snapped of the products.

Brief and Assignment (5.56mb)

Evolution Coffé Website

Evolution Coffe Product Shot Evolution Coffe Closeup


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Graphic Design II First Project

April 6th, 2008

For my Design II class we had to select any of the many social issues that surround us and come up with several designs. I came up with two billboard designs. The pdf’s posted below are my brief, some sketches and the finals of the design.

Unit 1 Design Brief (62 kb)

Unit 1 Design Sketches (2.96 mb)

Unit 1 Design Finals (3.95 mb)

I should be posting my other project for this class next week.


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Sprint Ad Fun

March 16th, 2008

My son (4 years) and I were playing with a flashlight. It was his idea to go into the dark and tell scary stories. Usually when him and I play any game it evolves into something that is totally different than when we started. The great thing about this is it evolved into some great experimentation. I took my camera out while he was moving the light and left my shutter open while he moved the flashlight around. Of course I was having fun and decided to paint the air with my flashlight brush as well. Click the photos below to visit my flickr page. Sprint Ad Fun.

Smile at the camera


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