Sound On Photography

Everyone, meet my friend, Chris Bartelski. He is a fairly new friend of mine who does theatre sound design down in Atlanta, and will be going into photography with his wife in the near future. She actually did my wedding photography and she comes highly recommended. Well anyways, this afternoon Chris asked me to create a logo for his new blog, and I have to be honest I was pretty pumped about it. I mean, today started out pretty awful cause i was terribly sick and had to come home from work, but all of a sudden I had a great project to work on in the midst of my sickness.
Anyways, since I am a sharer of all my design, i figured I wouldn't keep this one from you guys. You will get to see the entire evolution of this logo... and please give me your feedback... what you think is obviously very important, since you are undoubtedly a blog reader, and this logo is for his blog. So please leave comments, suggestions, and thoughts.
Share with me, just as I share with you!



So this is the first proof i created:




And this is the second:


I have just recently sent these to Chris for his feedback, i haven't heard from him yet, so the evolution will begin soon! Again, give me your feedback, as a blog reader!

the fifth element.

So, on Saturday, I took my element out for a quick photo shoot up at Mountain Campus at Berry College, but it was kind of gray and gloomy outside. So, I figured if I couldn't get a really good picture why not just use what I had, and play with some fun stuff on Picnik that I haven't used before like saturation, adding objects, and the posterizing effect. And I pretty much love my latest work of art, but probably because i pretty much love everything about my element.

Burning Color

okay, so Dashboard was obviously a good idea from Apple, for convenience sake. But i have to share my favorite widget ever invented. I have had this on my dashboard for quite sometime, but i just shouldn't keep it all to myself. It is the ColorBurn widget by firewheel design. It is just a great inspiration of colors to use for absolutely anything. And not only is it very useful in choosing or deciding on colors for various designs, but some of the names for their daily color palettes, are actually humorous. Anything that is practical/useful, and can make me smile, gets an A+ in my book.
My one and only complaint after I downloaded it and used it for a week was that there wasn't an archive of their color palettes on the widget itself, BUT after some "digging" I found someone who loved the widget as much as I do, and created an archive. So, now I am pretty much happy all around with my daily dose of color, and if i need to find one that i saw a while back, i can check the archive. pretty sweet.

Download it for your dashboard here

Look at their archive of colors here

The Music Genome Project

okay, so in my "digging" through the internet, i happened upon a genius musical idea: Pandora.
Now, i have to admit, I have never been a big music fan, I didn't really follow new artists, I just had my own set of people that i liked and i listened to the same people and the same songs over and over.
Pandora has changed my whole music world upside down. In like three days, i have found songs i have never ever heard of by the same artists that i have loved forever, AND it chooses songs that i might like based on one artist that i know i like. It is absolutely crazy. I am so overwhelmed with so many artists that i want to check out. I mean i just don't even know what to do right now with following so many new groups, bands, and artists.
One of my new favorites: The Carolina Chocolate Drops
Just Watch, But Definitely Watch In the Full Screen Mode. Also if you have time, click through several songs, they play absolutely everything from kazoos, to spoons, to glass jugs. Oh my gosh, they are so talented. Okay, so just go ahead and see for yourself.

a few thoughts...

So, i am really kind of new at really digging through the internet and finding all these different sites buried out there that have existed for quite some time. And i have to say that i am really fascinated by all the great design stuff that i am seeing. I have pretty much been stuck in my own little design world, with my liberal arts education from Berry College, which didn't really go into "teaching" design. But I am so encouraged by all the stuff i see out there on the internet. I love taking ideas and being inspired by someone's photography, or someone's art, or someone's typography. Typography is something that i love and would like to get into more. Anyways, just wanted to share my enthusiasm for all the millions of different forms of graphic design/art.

I am thinking of starting a design diary, and I will be posting images on picasa. I will go ahead and tell you that the days will not be consecutive, cause I know myself, and i know i wouldn't create and upload an image everyday. So maybe weekly would work... we'll see. :)

Some More Exciting News: Adobe Creative Suite 3 will be arriving hopefully sometime this month, and I can quit cheating on picnik! (not that i consider it cheating, cause i honestly enjoy that website!)

Also, another update: i found out how to link my blog to facebook, so check me out on Facebook's Blog Network, and become a reader!
my blog on facebook (you have to be signed in to facebook for this link to work)

new form of design = the glog

found another really great design website today: www.glogster.com
except that i am not exactly sure what the practical use for this "glogs" are. i know you can link it to your blogger account, and post your new glogs on your blog. which i did. but it still seems a little strange and foreign to me now. my first glog was created in a matter of about 7 minutes, which didn't really allow me enough time to investigate all the tools and options yet, but i plan on digging a little deeper when i have some more spare time... so keep your eye out for some more glogs on my blog. who comes up with these terms?

"Jackie" Palmer

one of my favorite people in the world is my nanny.
i swear i absolutely love this lady.
and if you have ever met her, you know exactly why i adore her.
and if you have never met her, you should, cause you are missing out on one of the most important people in the world.
she is strong, independent, loving, and absolutely hilarious.
and she loves me the most.
so i designed a little something for her.