Archive for July, 2009
Jul 24
Purple Pondering
In Life's Design Tagged color, learn, life, rainbow, 2 commentsHave you ever played the road-trip game where you find an object that begins with A, then B, then C, etc? Or how about the one where you just find the letters of the alphabet in road signs or license plates? This morning, for some reason I found myself playing a similar game, only with the [...]
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Tonka, guardian of the north
In Pics for fun Tagged animals, cat, pics,Tonka spends much of his free time hunting the vast woods and fields around our house. If he knows we are outside, however, he comes running and stays close the whole time. This evening I watched him sit on top of a fence post for upwards of half an hour, just watching the fields as my [...]
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Round 2: RLI Solutions
In Design Time Tagged design, image, logo, sketch,I put together some adjusted versions of what Eric and I had discussed. I spent a little extra time with the version he said he kept going back to. I wanted him to be able to see it in all its various aspects. I explained that a good logo needed to be able to move [...]
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Van Gogh in blue and red
In Life's Design Tagged art, life, nature, painting, 1 commentA great friend, whom I have had the pleasure of knowing since 5th grade, sent me some awesome and intriguing images a while back. Jen is a brilliant science type, Ph.D. at Brown, and can talk circles around me when it comes to microbiology and bio-technology, and I’m sure a lot more “ologies.” She sent me the images [...]
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Round 1: RLI Solutions
In Design Time Tagged design, image, logo,As I stated before, communication between myself and my client is of paramount importance. It is not a one way road either. I want a customer to feel comfortable enough with me to be completely honest about their thoughts or feelings regarding a design. After all, it is going to represent them and their business. [...]
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the Birth of a Logo
In Design Time Tagged design, image, logo,I recently had a small company owner contact me about creating a logo. RLI Solutions, owned and operated by Eric Burdo, is a web-based marketing firm. He specializes in creating a web presence for businesses, which includes domain names and hosting. He also offers website reviews and user interface reviews. So, basically he sets you [...]
READ MORE »Jul 10
The First Page
In Life's Design Tagged Blog, design, learn,I spend so much of my time working on some one’s image, that I sometimes forget what it is I want mine to be… So I have spent the last two hours browsing through templates, waiting for the lighting to strike. I picked out a few to try on, but not overly excited yet. Now that [...]
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