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photographer spotlight – darrian amaker28May2009

darrian I just wanted to share some amazing photographs from a 17 year old. She could definitely be included among the other amazing young talent I posted in designers, developers, and bloggers under 18. She is also my cousin so maybe I am biased but I think her work is awesome and I can’t wait to see where she’s at in 10 years. I think she has great composition and has a knack for capturing “the moment” in many of her photos. Feel free to check our her flickr. › Continue reading

design thieves21Apr2009

david orellana Lately I have noticed some designs being stolen and I just wanted to point out a few. How do people expect to steal a design and go unnoticed? Especially when they are stealing the design from a well-known source. How can you claim to be a designer and just steal someone else’s design? Isn’t the reason for having a site is so that you can show it to people? I’m not sure why you would want to show something you have stolen to someone when there is a chance you might get caught and people will look down upon your name. › Continue reading

demographics – portfolio of david orellana20Apr2009

david orellana David is actually one of my very good friends from college in NYC. We had tons of design classes together and were even in a band at one point. Not only is he a friend, but he’s honestly a very talented individual. I taught this kid everything he knows. Ok not really, but I did help teach him Illustrator and that makes me feel special :D He’s a seriously fast learner. I used to try to talk to him about web design and coding and he wasn’t too interested. Print was his passion, but just a few months ago he decided to spend more time getting into web design and learning code. › Continue reading

finally31Jan2009

test_image I finally have my site up after having my “coming soon” page up for over a year [check it out here]. I always find it hard to design for myself and this seems to be true for most designers that I talk to. I’ve redesigned my redesigns about a billion times before finally settling on this one. I fell in love with the color palette, which of course included hot pink. Those that know me know that I love hot pink. Maybe a little too much… › Continue reading