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Yesterday I spent the  afternoon working on some tutorials, refining my skills using Illustrator for icon design. Today I put some of the things I learned into action. Working with the Mesh Tool in Illustrator is awesome! I worked on this illustration of a lightbulb and created it with a simple greyscale pallet that only consisted [...]

I totally want my own Wacom tablet! A few months ago I entered a contest to win one on PSD Tuts but the contest was rescheduled due to lack of involvement. You were required to make a video describing how the Tuts Network has changed your life. You can see the entry I created with the help [...]

I enjoy working in 3D and photo realism, especially in Illustrator and Photoshop. Awhile back I had seen a tutorial for making a 3D spray paint can and it looked like fun. Since Sunday evenings don’t offer much on TV for my liking I decided to dive into this tutorial. Using Illustrator and starting with a simple [...]

You’re here for the invite… right? Well there’s no need for me to explain what Dribbble is in much depth, as most of you know it’s a pretty rad community where you post sneak peaks of what you’re currently working on, in the form of 400 x 300 px images. Dribbble invites are like a [...]

My daughter Suzanne has always taken an intrest in my work. I’ve never pushed her to learn more about the computer she just naturally enjoys taking photos, editing them and creating designs in Photoshop. The last few years she mostly would just doodle in PS and play around with the layers and filters. Once in [...]

Since I began working at TapIt I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to capturing video on an iPad or iPhone. I’ve used everything from PowerPoint (YUCK) to After Effects to demonstrate how our ad platform works. After scouring the internet for a solution I came up with answer on my own, which [...]

Hauling my stuff back and forth to work is sometimes a laborious process. Packing my MacBook Air and MacBook Pro into my old canvas messenger bag worked but I was fearful of damaging them and also the bag was kind of ugly. Yea, yea… first world problems. Scotia and I braved the holiday weekend and headed out to the [...]

I have been wanting USB power outlets for a few years now. Unfortunately, until recently a couple of specialty companies made them and the alternative was piecing one together with a dermal and a solder kit. Somehow plugging a $400 plus device into a homemade charger seems like a bad idea. The other day I [...]