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April 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
Project: Online Advertising Banners | Client: BetEagle
Description: It was a dream to be able to design something for my favorite college sport, Basketball; especially for the big showdown in Houston. The original Houston logo was a little flat this year, so I thought giving the logo the illusion that it was floating in space would jazz things up a bit. With Houston being the command center for NASA, this concept fit nicely. I added the astronaut holding the championship trophy to connect the ideas of NASA and Basketball. In the end, this banner proved effective and this year’s tournament was just as mad as it was out of this world. (more…)
Tags: advertising, banner design, basketball, Design, graphic design, marketing, online advertising, online marketing
Posted in Design, Marketing, Online Advertising
January 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Project: Online Advertising Banners | Client: BetEagle
Description: A sports per head information site hired me to create a series of online banners and bring more visual interest to their homepage. The banners resulted in an increased flow of traffic to the website, an increase in business and raised awareness of the company in general. These banners allowed BetEagle to separate themselves from their competitors and today they are among one of the top in their industry. (more…)
Tags: advertising, banners, Design, graphic design, marketing, online, online marketing
Posted in Design, Online Advertising, Web
January 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Project: Website, Email, Social Media Campaign | Client: Luz en el Cielo
Description: Luz en el Cielo is an exotic eco-hostel in Montezuma, Costa Rica. This start-up hostel is in a remote location on the Nicoya Peninsula and is disconnected from the noise of the modern world. Although Luz is far from any major city, there is a strong competition for real estate and travel accommodations in this tiny town. Therefore, they needed a cutting edge online brand that would help them stand out of the crowd. (more…)
Tags: costa rica, eco-tourism, email, graphic design, hostel, html email, montezuma, Social Media, Travel, web design, website
Posted in Design, Email Campaigns, Social Media, Travel, Web
October 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
Check out BrandleDesign’s latest Photoshop tutorial, The Creation of Om Mani Padme Hum, over at Inspiredology. It explains various techniques used to get the visual effects seen in my latest wallpaper. Read the tutorial and feel free to use anything you learn in your own work. If you have any other techniques you would like to share, please leave a comment below!
To get the wallpaper for free, download it here.
Tags: buddha, graphic design, Photoshop, tutorial, wallpaper
Posted in Design, Freebies, Tutorials, Wallpapers
September 13th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
These days, you can pretty much do anything with Photoshop. This weekend I decided to have a little fun and tried out a few new photo manipulation tricks with some of my old photography. While searching through the depths of my hard drive, I came across a Buddha statue from a temple in Laos and thought it could be really cool to use for a wallpaper. I cropped out the Buddha, grabbed a few elements from some other photos, and pieced together this design. With a few saturation and contrast tweaks, some dodging and burning, and layer adjustments, I ended up with a cohesive photo manipulation piece. Kudos to PhatPuppy for the background texture. If there is enough interest, I would love to share the techniques I used to get this effect. Enjoy! (more…)
Tags: aum, buddha, Design, freebie, graphic design, om, photo manipulation, Photography, wallpaper
Posted in Design, Freebies, Photography, Travel, Wallpapers
