There are occasions where a client may need a photo merged for publicity. In this case, my clients were traveling abroad with only each other, so they would take pictures of each other, but couldn't always have a photo taken of them together. I was given a set of four photographs in which both men were in an approximate similar area. Merging of this kind works really well when the subjects are in a similar environment. One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when merging photographs...
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This has to be one of the worst Photoshop jobs I've ever seen. There are some fundamental problems with this image. First is lighting. The light on Bush is soft and natural; the light on Clinton is a bit harsh. If the men were really standing in the same place, they'd be under the same light. Notice the difference between the shadow under Clinton's chin. That kind of shadow only occurs in strong light and evidenced by the grey background, the men are enjoying overcast weather. Something tell...
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Mr. Medicare will be a site that will help those that are entering the Medicare system navigate their way through the process. Keeping in mind the target audience, I am designing it to be very clean, moderately corporate, with simple navigation. As always, the site will be built in Wordpress which allows the client to update and manage content independently.
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Why would you want to re-size images? Well, there are a number of reasons, but primarily it's a good idea to re-size images that you have uploaded straight from your camera because newer cameras (even point-and-shoot) are, by default, set to be for printing, so the files are usually too large for the web. For internet browsing, images should be 800px on the longest side and at 72ppi. There are times you'll want it larger, but use this as a rule of thumb. Computer monitors don't need as many p...
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There is no better time to switch to Wordpress. Blogger sent out an email to its FTP customers: Dear FTP user: You are receiving this e-mail because one or more of your blogs at Blogger.com are set up to publish via FTP. We recently announced a planned shut-down of FTP support on Blogger Buzz (the official Blogger blog), and wanted to make sure you saw the announcement. We will be following up with more information via e-mail in the weeks ahead, and regularly updating a blog dedicate...
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Updtae: Version two. Jen wasn't hip on the vintage feel of the original design, so we went this other route. It's important for us to work together to find something that is different, but still stylish, modern and elegant. This design is still out on approval. One thing I often remind myself is that no work is wasted. The template she didn't choose will be used eventually because it is beautiful and fitting for someone else. No worries, whatsoever. We just built this little lo...
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I'm still working out many little clean-up things like the sidebars, dates, facebook integration, etc., but am very happy with the way it looks overall. Can't wait to make it fully live!
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Jenny won my services in a raffle. She's also my friend, so this is going to be a lot of fun! I've just sent her this image as the starting-point for her new website, but it has not been approved yet. Jen's got a thing for lions, and her drawing of this great lion wooed me into using more of a hand-written font than I had originally planned. The bottlecap images are just placeholders; they are not her work and I was simply using them as illustration to where her bottlecaps or other ephemer...
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The first step to many projects is mocking up an idea so that the client can see a visual representation of what I am envisioning. At that point, we look to find if we are thinking the same things and re-adjust as necessary. Here are a few examples: Child Opportunity Zone is a new client and also a non-profit agency for childhood and adult literacy through the Pawtucket School District for which I work twice a week teaching English to immigrants. This is the proposal design. It will likely...
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This picture tutorial is geared toward a user new to Wordpress. The Dashboard is the first page you'll see when you log in. The first thing you'll want to do is click on "Write" in the top left corner or "Write a New Post" in the orange bar from your Dashboard. Notice along the top left of your screen there are areas to Write, Manage, Design, Comments & (in this case) Gallery. These may be different on your site according to what plugsin you have, but you will always have the first fo...
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I am graphic designer partnered with Justin Lewis. Together we make websites based in WordPress. My professional background is in print design, fine art and research writing.
Additionally, I teach Beginning English to immigrants for Pawtucket Adult Education as well as manage an organic community garden at an elementary school in Pawtucket and Fox Point Community Garden in Providence. And I do it all by bicycle.
