There will be times you’re laying out a file for a client, that will need several repetitive changes throughout the project. The file might be several charts of figures with perfectly spaced-out columns in the Word, but when you import the file, the formatting is all...
Sometimes there's the need for a client to create a font based on some poster, document where the words were hand drawn and they would like to use again for a retro look. These are mostly working notes the top will have the high-level steps then below will have how I...
Starting to learn how to do video editing, and to help focus the learning I needed to create some kind of project. I decided that Augy, a betta fish, would be my star, because of his star quality and he’s right here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHNwRkvYngs Keeping...
When working with the AWS contact form, I had created a graphic in Illustrator. You can see the post here. With this test form I wanted to have everything in one HTML file this way it’s just one file to upload and update when needed without making sure the other files...
How I made the ‘Classic Toys & Collectibles’ logo for the web form test. In Illustrator I created a document bigger than would be used. I think added the main title ‘Classic’ to the file. I picked a font that would look a bit kiddish and fun. Made the text a solid...
Found this old photo of my grandfather when scanning in family photos and thought it would be fun to work on it as some project. I first removed everything else from the photo in Photoshop. Then cleaned up the image, added parts that got lost with years of fading....
Working with a non-profit organization for their yearly fundraiser, where they would go and sell fruit, meat, and cheese gift boxes. Due to the COVID we tried something different and created a fillable PDF that people can fill out their orders and email to the...
Received certification in Adobe Illustrator from Eduonix. While I've been using Illustrator for years, it's always good to go back and go through classes. By going through new classes you can pickup what new features that have been added that you've missed or find...
This isn’t a full description of how to create your own graphic like this. This write up came later in the creation process so only a few screen shots and notes were kept. This is more of an overview of how I worked on this project. Like most projects this began with...
Figuring out a simple animation using a SVG file. The purpose with flash not being useable on several devices and various security concerns with flash files that people will have this feature turned off on their browsers this is a simple, small way to replace simple...
For the Christmas Parade this year I decided to make it more exciting by adding a title screen and some visual effects to the beginning of the video. Title was created in Adobe Illustrator where I created a swatch to make the candy cane lines. Exported as an AI to...
Fifth year for the Community Guide, inside layout was updated from previous year, new photos added to guide. New style cover to stand out from previous years. Redesigned a few of the ads from the previous year. Download Copy