1. Christmas card- The making of

    The Christmas card was thrown together in about an hour and a half.

    Step 1- Set up a cheap green screen in the living room and light it.

    Step 2- Have Kelly make Tio jump for a treat. The trick is getting him to stretch out some and have his ears and tail in the right position. Here is the one that I used:


    Step 3- Unbend a coat hangar in order to make Kelly’s scarf stick out at the right angle. Set the self timer on the camera and go jump on the bench:

    Step 4- Grab a photo I took on our trip to Hawaii of Chinaman’s Hat, do a super quick Photoshop job with some tweaks in Lightroom and there you have it:

  2. Office Space

    I’ve posted a couple of photos of my office on Flickr and they seemed to be quite popular so I figured that if people were interested in my office then they would be interested in the rest of my team’s offices. I fully expect this to confirm any perceptions you had of how weird we are and how different we are. Make sure to  click on the images below to view the notes on different items in the photos.

    Justin- Intern


    Judith- Creative Arts Coordinator


    Ben- Production Designer


    Me- Production Designer


    DJ- Video Director


    Ken- Visual Director

  3. 72andSunny

    I saw this piece (bigger here- click on header video) via Motionographer and had to check out the team, 72andSunny, that made it.  I stumbled across this piece they did, which I find simply amazing, such a lo-tech/high yield concept.

  4. Design Police


    Ever see really bad design that needed to be commented on? Click the photo to get your own design critique comments to leave those wannabe designers some tips to push them to producing good content.
    via Ben

  5. Hotel-Museum-View

    Check out this hotel located on top of a museum with a sweet view of Paris. Make sure you check out the full screen panorama.

    via Chase.

  6. How Photography Can Make You a Better Designer

    JPG Magazine’s Blog has quotes from 39 designers on how photography can make you a better designer. I definitely agree that photography can make you a better designer whether it be through simply finding interesting textures that influence your work or because of examining how God composed a nature scene and pulling that type of composition or color scheme or element into a design.

  7. CS3

    In case you were wondering what you were getting when you upgrade to CS3, CreativeTech Tips has 3 .pdfs explaining what’s new in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

  8. More free fonts

    Because you can never truly have enough fonts, here are a bunch by Manfred Klein. I will warn you that there is no easily viewable index.

  9. Thought of the day: Improved workflow fuels creativity.

  10. The Price is Right

    While doing some research for an upcoming kids piece I came across this page of fonts used on The Price is Right, you never know when that could come in handy.