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What a Great Monday Morning Song

Jeromy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:53:16 +0000

The Michael Gungor Band “White Man”. God is Love. God is Good. And, yes, God does love everyone!

Photoshop CS5 Video Sneak Peaks

Jeromy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:27:23 +0000

Yep. Here are some videos highlight s of what’s coming up in Photoshop CS5. (very secretive, shhhhhhh, don’t tell):

iPad: Apple’s Branding Debacle, or is it?

Jeromy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:12:01 +0000

Steve Jobs and the Apple marketing/branding team need to watch more TV.

Check out this prophetic spoof from MadTV made 2 years ago. How Apple missed this and STILL named their state-of-the-art tablet the iPad is beyond me.

Branding idiocy at its worst.

Or is it branding brilliance?

[see embedded video]

Adobe Suite Used Extensively on AVATAR

Jeromy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:07:43 +0000

It’s true. From start to finish the Adobe Creative Suite helped changed how movies are made on the set of the movie AVATAR. Check out this video that shows a five minute overview of the making of AVATAR with the Adobe products. (Once there, click on the See How it Was Made link for the videos). Seeing this simply inspires me to use these programs to their fullest as well…

Movie producer Jon Landau commented, “Photoshop was the first software used in the creation of Avatar.” See how Photoshop, AfterEffects, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, and Acrobat were instrumental in the Avatar Production.

Ice Cream Bonding

Jeromy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:36:29 +0000

My daughter and our dog, Cheddar, bond over some raspberry sherbet. So gross it’s funny.

[See embedded video]

The Fingerprints of Graphic Design

Jeromy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:42 +0000

This very creative video show just how pervasive graphic design is. Design is everywhere. The next time someone asks you, So what exactly does a graphic designer do?, show them this video:

Amazing Typophile Film Festival Video

Jeromy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Typography motion at its best. In a world of digital creation and manipulation, it is refreshing to see something beautifully handcrafted in stop-motion. Thanks for creating this, BYU design students!

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!

Creative Director & Faculty Mentor: Brent Barson
Writing & Storyboarding: Brent Barson, Jessica Blackham, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, John Jensen, Regan Fred Johnson, Colin “The Pin” Pinegar
Construction, Paint & Glue: Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Casey Lewis, Reeding Roberts, Deven Stephens, Brian Christensen (Brain Sculpture)
Animators: Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Reeding Roberts, Deven Stephens
Cinematographer: Wynn Burton
Editing: Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Reeding Roberts
Hand Models: Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Deven Stephens, Michelle Stephens
Original Music: micah dahl anderson – www.micahdahl.com
Special thanks to Joe, Jared, Zara, and the Punchut/Typophile crew for enabling this!
Shot with a RED One, a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a Canon EOS 40D, and a Nikon D80. Stop motion created with Dragon Stop Motion.

Create a Character with Adobe Illustrator CS4

Jeromy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:52:03 +0000

Whenever I find a good resource, whether for training/how-to or simply inspiration, I will pass it on here. I needed a good tutorial on creating vector characters in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and came across this little gem from Colorburned. It walks you through the entire process, step-by-step, from sketch to final render with shading. I found his basic techniques very helpful. Here is an excerpt:

Step 1

To start, create a sketch of your character. I like to use my Wacom pen tablet and Photoshop to create the sketch, but you can use whatever medium you choose. After creating the sketch, scan it (if you are using traditional media) and save it on you computer in an easily accessible spot.

Step 2

Now to Illustrator. Create a new document and place you sketch in your new document by going File > Edit > Place. Find you sketch on your computer and center the image on your document. [read more...]

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This does require a basic understanding of Illustrator CS4′s Pen Tool so I have also included this online video tutorial on how to use the Pen Tool. Happy vectoring!

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Pen Tool Tutorial by Harry Hamernik.