April 3, 2012 by lshillings | 0 comments
Middle earth has been very warm this year. Farmers have been working the fields at a record rate. Temperatures have been at a record high for the month of March. Morel Mushrooms have been found 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
April 3, 2012
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March 29, 2012
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I went to my son’s 5th grade class today and spoke about being a graphic designer. It was career week at his school. I spoke on how most computer related games and websites required a graphic designer’s skills. I Also talked to them about brand recognition, print, and typography. Amazing how well mass marketing can effect a child. They recognized 10 logos that were displayed as only a portion of it- such as the wal-mart asterisk, and Taco Bell’s “bell”. They had fun during this easy test. At least they didn’t fall asleep.
I created a website for the 5th grade class according to some of their preferences.
Fifth Grade Site
I made a flash site for them as well using the same basic layout and links.
Fifth Grade Flash Site
March 27, 2012
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Graphic design advertising, a set on Flickr.
March 27, 2012
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I’ve added a few new plug-ins to the site. Not all of them are working as I expected, especially the flickr plug in/ widget. I’m still trying to tweak that one.
Here are the plug-ins I’ve installed:
1. pinterest
2. twitter feed
3. flickr stream
4. social sharing in the Jetpack function.
March 23, 2012
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adobe labs screenshot
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/
Get the Beta version before you buy. Or just to geek out on the wonderfulness of Adobe.
March 23, 2012
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We spent some quality time out of doors this week. As the temps have been in the 70’s, it’s not been a hardship to do so. Here’s the family playing bean bag toss, or more commonly known as corn hole.
March 14, 2012
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I posted recently about the Campus Insider, a student ran newspaper on campus.
I promised to follow up with a redesign of their front page- and here it is.
thoughts and comments are appreciated.
March 13, 2012
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While Jim’s been in Egypt, I’ve been busy in our basement. Here are a few of my favorite artworks. The two orange prints are from House Industries. They actually came as packing paper, wrapped around a larger print I had ordered of a bike rider in the snow. These hand pulled prints are more like wrapping paper, but I loved them so much- I decided to frame them and out them on the wall.
March 13, 2012
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Well, HGTV did not ambush me yesterday to tell me that I’M A WINNER!
oh well, there’s always next year…. Can’t wait to see who won the dream home on the 17th when they have their big show that lets the rest of us losers see how unexcited the actual winner is.
