A Couple More Rita Nu Yu Poses
Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:57 PM
Here's is my attempt at some more interesting poses of New University's mascot.
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New Rita Nu Yu Pose
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:28 PM
I made this at work. She's the New University's mascot.
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Daydreaming Wallpaper
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:42 AM
Oh boy. This only took about 3 days to do.
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Abstract wallpaper
Monday, August 06, 2007 11:53 AM
Just bored at work... got around to doing this:
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Patterned Trees
Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:38 PM
School's over! Yay! Here's a composition that I made... I originally conceived of something a little more pattern-texture heavy, but it would have looked too busy, and my computer would have died on top of that.
Link of the day:
Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work
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Graduation House Ad
Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:45 PM
I know it's been a hella long time since I've posted. Recently I've been helping take over a normally full-time position at the newspaper and haven't had the time to mess around. Anyway, here's a house ad I designed at work:
It's for the Graduation section of this last issue. There were a lot of filler spaces to fill up, so that was one of them that I designed to cover that up.
Link of the day:
10 Quick Tips for an Easier CSS Life
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Carpe Diem Logo
Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:00 PM
I was thinking about logos for some fictional company titles and came up with this one:
Link of the day:
CSS Hacks and Issues
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Mountains - WIP
Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:42 PM
I'm trying a watercolor-like composition today. It's not done yet. I'm still trying to figure out how to make the bamboo leaves look brushed in without it being too obvious. Here's how it looks like right now:
Link of the day:
101 Essential Freelancing Resources
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Last CV Staff Logo
Friday, April 06, 2007 12:36 AM
Here's the last one. It's due on Monday, and I probably won't have time to work on more.
Link of the day:
What Makes a Great Logo?
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More CV Staff Logos
Saturday, March 31, 2007 4:20 PM
Hola! I'm back from Spring Break. I've been cut off from the rest of the world since I've been on break because I don't have access to the Internet at home. Anyway, here are some more samples/ideas for the staff logos. They're do on April 9th, so I still have some more time to come up with better ideas.
Link of the day:
Ruining the User Experience
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CV Staff Logo
Friday, March 23, 2007 12:02 AM
Campus Village, the housing complex I currently live in, is looking for a new logo for their staff shirts next year. I decided to take a stab at it. Besides, it's good practice, since I don't regularly make logos.
Can you tell that I suck? It looks like a beetle with eyelashes or something. I'll try taking another stab at it later. Maybe this coming Spring Break.
Link of the day:
Step-by-step logo
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Happy St. Patty's Day!
Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:51 PM
Something appropriate to the occasion:
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I was making this... maybe that I want a shamrock cookie wrapped in fancy plastic?
Link of the day:
Five Principles to Design By
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Balloon with Gradient Mesh
Friday, March 16, 2007 4:48 PM
I've been using gradient mesh so far for simple abstract things. It's such a hard tool to manage, but it can be really useful for drawing. I decided to try and draw a balloon with it, and here's the result:
Pretty bad, I know. And the mouth of the balloon is too big, but I realized that a little too late while playing with the gradient mesh, so I wasn't really able to fix it without starting all over again. Anyway, just another Illustrator thing I need practice on, I guess.
Link of the day:
CSS-Based Navigation Menus: Modern Solutions
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Brambles & Fruit
Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:56 PM
I haven't done anything really abstract in a while. As you can see... I like spirals and circles.
Link of the day:
Samuel L. Jackson's Pulp Fiction in Typography
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UCI Dermatology Logo Contest - Attempt 1
1:37 AM
UCI Medical Center's Department of Dermatology is holding a logo contest. I took a stab at it, but out came this fugly thing. I'll try again sometime later, I suppose...
Link of the day:
Color Schemer Gallery
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Bare Tree
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:45 PM
I haven't really experimented with Illustrator's brush set much. Mostly because they're too fanciful to be useful in any practical sense. However, I just recently realized that I could make my own brushes if I wanted to. So, using both pre-made brushes and simple ones that I made, I created the following:
Link of the day:
Web Typography Cheat Sheet
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Housing Handbook Front Cover
Saturday, February 24, 2007 4:30 PM
The deadline for the submissions of cover designs is coming up. I've managed to finish the front cover, but I might end up changing it up a bit. I'm not too happy with it as it is right now. It's so... blah.
Link of the day:
Validation, What Is It Good For?
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Rukia Vector (WIP)
Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:30 PM
Agh, I didn't have any time to work on anything today. And since I'm going to be busy tonight, I guess I'll just post up a little side project I've been doing.
I'm making vector graphics of my friend's favorite anime characters, since she likes making fanarts. This should give her more flexibility with her fanarts. I'm planning on giving some of these to her for her birthday (which isn't until May), but I'm starting out so early on because I expect that a)I will be busy with so much other things and b)it actually takes me quite a while to do each of these. I'm hoping that she doesn't look at my blog here, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't.
Plus, it helps me with my pen skills on Illustrator.
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My Chinese Name in All Its Brushy Glory
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:15 AM
This little trial was inspired by the Chinese New Year cover I did for the New University newspaper. I was attempting to do traditional Chinese calligraphy for the characters "gong xi fa cai," and while it doesn't look too much like traditional calligraphy, I think it looks pretty interesting in its simulation of it.
I think that it could use some work, but the faults probably lie most with my sad inability to write well in Chinese. My name means tranquility, while my surname means yellow, thus the reason for my pick of colors here.
Link of the day:
Uberlook: Resources for Web Designers & Developers
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Housing Handbook Cover - WIP #2
Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:52 PM
So here's the continuation of my cover work. This time this is the silhouette of Campus Village, which is where I am living right now.
Link of the day:
A Webmaster's 19 Commandments
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