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Transfer swatches from one Illustrator file to another August 20, 2010 No Comments

I learned a great trick yesterday and wanted to pass along the info. I’ve always been annoyed that I couldn’t figure out how to take swatches from one .ai file to another, and couldn’t accept that the simplest way to do it was making little boxes of all of the swatches I was trying to [...]

Chicago Variety Show August 5, 2010 No Comments

My very good and very talented friend, Shawn Roberts will be showcasing some new work at Rotofugi‘s Chicago Variety Show beginning August 13th, 2010, with the opening reception being from 7-10 pm that night. The show goes until August 22 and the gallery will also feature work from Jeremiah Ketner, Myong Kurily, Jim Pavelec, David [...]

Warning: no pixels were selected. No Comments

Does anyone else get a teence annoyed when this pops up while using the lasso tool in PS? While it’s not a big deal since there is the option to not show again, I really don’t understand why it’s reason for a warning in the first place.

Under construction! August 1, 2010 No Comments

That exclamation point is very deliberate because I’m pretty excited about revamping my entire site. I got an itch to change something and decide that I really wanted to make it much simpler and more centralized. So I decided to drop the flash and build out something more blog-based. The site will look the same [...]

Swatch Me: Purple Candy June 22, 2010 No Comments

I’m really liking this deep ultraviolet I see popping up all over the place. I recently picked up this tank from Gap in what they’re calling ‘purple candy.’

Collect files for output in Illustrator CS4 & CS5 June 21, 2010 3 Comments

This may seem rather delayed considering CS5 has already come out, but I know many of us are a little behind on updating. I was ecstatic when I finally learned how to package Illustrator files in CS3, but recently found out that it doesn’t work the same way in CS4. This sent me on another [...]

Some files are missing or modified June 7, 2010 No Comments

No, I can’t imagine why in the world I’d want to know which of my files went missing or see how the link I just modified looks in the layout. Why is this necessary and why isn’t there a “don’t show this again” option?

York Trash Bucket June 3, 2010 No Comments

On top of greatly appreciating simple type against a clean background, I’m also a fan of objects with a ‘super obvious’ element to them. That being said, this little trash can at Urban Outfitters spoke to me. I’m going to have to add this to cart.

Blurry iMac screen freak out June 2, 2010 No Comments

Alright, so I just saw my iMac’s life flash before my eyes. Yesterday, I noticed a little bit of fuzziness on the screen. The fonts on every web page I opened seemed hazy. Chalking it up to being tired or some weird glitch, I let it go. Today, I notice the same problem. And this [...]

Tree House Humane Society 2009 Year in Review May 28, 2010 No Comments

For about the past year, I’ve been doing volunteer design work for Tree House Humane Society, a no-kill shelter here in Chicago. I recently laid out their 2009 Year in Review booklet. Though I plan to incorporate it into the portfolio section of my main site, I wanted to share it here first.