This looks like fun. I hope you can join us on Saturday, June 4th at the Pinball Hall Of Fame, from 3-7pm. More details below.
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Super-mega-creative friends of mine in the Las Vegas-based band, Slow To Surface, released their newest EP today on iTunes. Once again, I had the fortune of being the guy they called for album art. I’m a fan, for sure. Have been since the first weekend I moved to Vegas in 2001. When you get to be, in a small part, a piece of the puzzle of a new release – it’s a pretty cool honor. Here’s a post with the album art and a logo concept we worked on last year.
Here’s a look at the digital version of the album cover. Promise me you’ll check it out on iTunes. They’re a damn good rock group and they deserve a couple spins on your iPod, dammit. I think you’ll like what you hear and go for more.
 Slow To Surface - Body Archery - Released Nov. 23, 2010 |
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Hey friends, if you know me personally, you probably know my summer has been a total zoo. (If I cash in all the “Rain Checks” I have issued, I’m going to be out of the house until Christmas!) I recently became a father, remodeled a home, moved my family into it, and turned my old home into a rental – all while working full time with no vacation time and the amount of sleep you’d expect with a 5 month old in ‘da house. All that said, Project Dinner Table is a can’t miss event in Las Vegas. I wrote about it earlier this summer here. Be sure to visit the official PDT site – check it for schedules, pictures, menus, videos and – no brainer – to buy your tickets!
Below, I’d like to share some photos from the last Las Vegas dinner event held in front of the El Cortez in one of my favorite places – Downtown Las Vegas, where it’s as funky as it is fun. Coincidentally, the next Project Dinner Table Event will be held only a few short blocks away, at the Historic 5th Street School – a truly cool space that really gets what it means to contribute to building culture in Las Vegas. From AIGA to The Vegas Valley Book Fair – each time a creative group needs a venue, Richard Hooker and the good people at the 5th Street School have their hands up willing to help. I hope to see you there on September 11th. I’ll be the guy with the camera 
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I’m extending a special invitation to the Las Vegas Creative Community about this event because I think its very important that Vegas steps it up a notch. In order to step up our game, we need to see what’s going on in creative communities globally. The days of picking up a publication and expecting design inspiration are soooo 1990s. 
This is the official event information. I hope you’ll attend.
Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://chineseexchangelv-efbevent.eventbrite.com/Ni hao!
…An exhibition and idea exchange
with 30 design ambassadorsSpend an amazing transglobal
evening socializing, exchanging ideas and crossing cultures. Thirty Chinese
graphic design professionals exhibit their latest work in advertising,
packaging, book design, posters, photography and contemporary Chinese
calligraphy.It’s a true cultural
exchange where we’ll share the flavor of Fabulous Las Vegas with our visitors,
while getting a glimpse into the design sensibilities of their vast and
fast-developing market.Las Vegas is distinguished to be one of only four U.S.
cities on the 11-day tour that also includes Washington, D.C., San Francisco
and San Diego.Hosted by the Center for CrossCultural Design, which fosters greater communication between designers across cultures, and a better understanding of the interwoven experience of design and culture.
EVENT PRESENTERS
City of Las Vegas
Center for
CrossCultural DesignColors of Lupus Nevada
Las Vegas Chinese Association
Las Vegas-Clark
County Library FoundationEVENT PARTNERS
AIGA Las Vegas
International Association of Business Communicators
Las Vegas Cultural Corridor Coalition
The Neon Museum Las Vegas
Studio J Photography
EVENT SUPPORTERS
American Advertising Federation
Association of Students in Communication, UNLV
Student Association of Graphic Arts, UNLV
Produced by eurie creative
Watch for new Event Partner and Event Support listings as additional sponsors come on board
For information about being
an event partner, contact Victor at victor@euriecreative.com,
or call him at 702-383-9805.
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Here in Las Vegas, design means commerce. Here’s a testimonial that says this is not always the case.
For the 2nd year in a row, I’m designing shirts for a memorial bike rally honoring a family who recently lost 2 brothers (husbands, fathers, friends) in Nebraska and Wyoming, near my hometown. Long-time friends of my family as a kid, and good guys to have a cold one or catch a concert with. And, for the 2nd year in a row, I’m feeling lucky as hell that I can contribute to the event. Today I received photos of the last event and it really hit home, especially now that I’m a father.
I’m reminded of a song by Rancid called Indestructible. The jist of it is that as an artist, you can live forever – indestructible – through your art. I get it. You can, without a doubt. Another way to be indestructible is to be a good friend, a father, a brother, a mother, a sister and leave your mark on things through helping other people and causes. That’s what these types of projects are about. Try getting this kind of emotion, longevity and gratification from a routine paycheck. Fat chance.
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Hey, you can do a quick google search and you’ll find several pages of people reviewing CS5 and Lightroom 3 beta. Some are experts, some are lame. I’m not going to waste my time or yours giving you another review. Instead, here are my notes / observations while I run Photoshop CS5 alongside Lightroom 3 beta for the first time, along with some screen shots:
- First glance of Lightroom 3 beta is very impressive. I knew in 2 minutes that I’d buy the upgrade in July. Very fluid import of a ton of large DNG files sold it for me.
- PS CS5 Lens correction filter worked somewhat well on a 16-bit photo. Took about a minute to load it, using what looks like the beginning of a flash movie loading up. Kinda cool. Kinda annoying like a flash site on a dial-up connection, depending on your processing power.
- Irritating that most of the filters still do not work with a 16-bit photo, even after converting it to a smart object. I’ll keep toying with this.
- Do we really still need the render>cloud filter?
- Freaking lovvvve the Kuler extension built in. Mini Bridge has potential to be great, too (ONLY if you have 2 monitors like I do).
- new photoshop color sampler tool is cool, though I’m not sure its functional.
- Grain feature in Lightroom 3 is nice. I think this will really make printed pieces look great. Or like a really decent scan of a film print, if there is such a thing.
- Brush heaven! If you are a digital painter, you’ll absolutely love the new brush functionality. Very cool with a Wacom Tablet. Identifies Left and Right handedness. Several new brushes.
- To date, I have not had a chance to sink my teeth into HDR photo conversion software. This product will be the tool that introduces the rest of the world to HDR photography. It’s easy to use, very intuitive, and allows amazing control for infinite creative possibilities. I know there are other HDR products on the market that are very reputable, but this one wowed me.
- Be patient when you play with the HDR images. The files can get really big in a hurry.
I’m just scratching the surface with these two applications. I’m curious to dive into the 3D tools and other improvements. The content-aware tools have got most of the attention to date, and I know my Vegas Photoshop User Group Co-Manager, Krystal Hosmer has plans to demo this at the Adobe User’s Group mega-meeting on May 25. You’re RSVP’d right? You should be there, since we’re giving away multiple copies of the CS5 Master Collection, as well as a whole gang of other cool schwag.
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Of course they are. But there’s a few no-brainers I want to shed some light on that can help your company save some money and evolve your 12 point piece of paper into a conversation piece, instead of something someone writes notes on.
1. Retail & sales contacts need cards. Back of the house staff don’t. Save yourself some dough and make a company card for those who don’t need a lot of them.
2. Don’t use a template that came with Microsoft Word/Publisher, etc. There’s a reason nobody uses clip art anymore. It’s garbage. Usually these are the wrong resolution, the wrong color mode, and incompatible with any professional software your printer can work with. Pay for a real designer who knows what it means to build a cohesive brand identity for your company.
3. Don’t have cheap cards. If you do, I fully expect you to show up to your next business meeting in sweatpants and a torn, stained white shirt, because you clearly don’t value first impressions.
4. Websites like LinkedIn, Facebook, eLance, etc. won’t kill the business card industry. Why? Not everyone has bump (or an iPhone, for that matter), and what are you going to give people at mixers, bars and golf courses?
Want some cards designed? Email me, maybe I can help.
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