Design, Inspiration, nerdness and random nonsense in unequal parts. The view from my side of the monitor.http://26tigers.com/Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:19 GMThttp://backend.userland.com/rssRSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/<div class="post"> <p>Logo created  for a new CMS service soon to be released. Still fine tuning the colors and finalizing the typography but I believe it is pretty close to done. I really like the energy  and orange/cyan color scheme. What do you think?<img alt="" src="/Images/blog_images/circlespark_logo_v1r3.gif" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></p> </div> http://26tigers.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=609&A=Link&ObjectID=102557&ObjectType=56&O=http%253a%252f%252f26tigers.com%252f_blog%252f26_Tigers_Design%252fpost%252fCircle_Spark_Logo_Creation%252fhttp://26tigers.com/_blog/26_Tigers_Design/post/Circle_Spark_Logo_Creation/Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:14:00 GMT<p>The other day I made a certificate seal to use on product packaging and just for giggles decided to modify it and send to a friend as a joke. Besides laughing and demanding that I turn it into a t-shirt he wanted to know how I made it. It is a basic graphic and didn't require any special skills to create and consequently it occurred to me it could be used as a good introduction to Adobe Illustrator functionality. Considering this I decided to make a tutorial for him and will be sharing it with everyone soon.</p> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/Images/blog_images/orange_rocker_tut.gif" style="border: 0pt none ;" alt="Aging Rocker Certifed" /><br /> </div> http://26tigers.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=609&A=Link&ObjectID=94014&ObjectType=56&O=http%253a%252f%252f26tigers.com%252f_blog%252f26_Tigers_Design%252fpost%252fNew_Tutorial_in_the_Works%252fhttp://26tigers.com/_blog/26_Tigers_Design/post/New_Tutorial_in_the_Works/Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:59:00 GMT<p>If you have ever been to AirVenture in Oshkosh you've seen the EXPERIMENTAL placard that the FAA mandates homebuilt aircraft display. I understand what it means but I've always been a bit perplexed by the placard's purpose other than letting potential passengers know that they are in for possibly the (last) ride of their life. </p> <img alt="Experimental means innovation" src="/Images/blog_images/experimental.jpg" /> <p>In a similar vein this website should probably wear an experimental placard as well. This is my sandbox, my playground - a place where I try out techniques that would never make it into a client site. To that end, something may very well may look out place. (Especially on IE6, which frankly, it probably always will.)</p> <p>In particular, I've built the site upon the Business Catalyst CMS which is a new one for me. I figured there was no better way to get my head around it than to build something with it. I'm still learning how to harness its power and I'm finding very it powerful in some ways and not some much other ways. (Full report coming in the near future.)</p> <p>Further, I'm starting to play with HTML 5 and CSS 3 and nothing will break an old browser faster. </p> <p>You've been forewarned. You may not be in for the ride of your life however your experiences will vary. </p> http://26tigers.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=609&A=Link&ObjectID=44020&ObjectType=56&O=http%253a%252f%252f26tigers.com%252f_blog%252f26_Tigers_Design%252fpost%252fProin_porttitor_pulvinar_nunc%252c_sed_condimentum_leo_pulvinar_id%252fhttp://26tigers.com/_blog/26_Tigers_Design/post/Proin_porttitor_pulvinar_nunc,_sed_condimentum_leo_pulvinar_id/Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:29:00 GMT