November, 2007

Job chooser made complex (the details)

UPDATED November 17, 2007: This is a modified and reposted version of an entry made back in September. I removed where I found this at the owner’s request.
To the untrained eye this set of select boxes may look harmless, but a careful examination of the details reveals a potential roadblock to finding what you are […]

Leopard text effects

Veerle posted a great tutorial on how to recreate Leopard’s “inset” text effect in Photoshop and Illustrator.
I wanted to offer up alternative way to recreate it in Photshop. Like Veerle’s method, I use layer styles, however instead of using a drop shadow I use a gradient stroke on the text.
Step 1:
Add a layer style to […]

My ‘Bookstack’

I’ve been tagged by Stephen…
Unfortunately, my “BookStack” is pretty short right now. Between preparing presentations, freelance work, and major life events, my free time doesn’t come cheap.

Top to bottom: The Kite Runner, Beyond Bullet Points, The Elements of Typographic Style, and Digital Photography Book.

I usually have a few books in queue. Sometimes I’ll […]