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Category Archives: Stuff We Make
My first project, and the quest to find it
A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Delaware, where I’d lived for a few years before coming back west to California. (While visiting Delaware might sound weird to you, it was part of an East Coast Nostalgia Tour … Continue reading
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Final Project #3: The Commercial
This was the final project to close out Spring 2010 at Sacramento City College. It was the most involved one, and probably the most fun. And I managed to kill two classes with one stone when it came to this … Continue reading
Final Project #2: The Photography Portfolio
One of my great wants in life has always been to take a photography class. I love photography, love taking snapshots. But I wanted to up my game and finally learn how to shoot you know, manually. Learn about shutter … Continue reading
Final Project #1: The Ad Campaign Extension
A few days back, I mentioned the marathon that was school and the raft of final projects that were due. Here’s the first in the series of projects. I was really pleased with how everything turned out. This first project … Continue reading
The never-ending quest to learn
Today wrapped up a very hectic, sometimes mind-numbing, sometimes sleepless, sometimes frustrating five months in which I decided to take three different classes at Sacramento City College. I hadn’t taken that many classes in a while, but there were so … Continue reading
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Would you like motion with those graphics?
In the quest to always learn new things, one of the classes I’m taking at the local junior college is a motion graphics class. We’re learning how to use After Effects. (I have to say, After Effects is awesome. I … Continue reading
Here’s what I’ve been doing… part 2
Last time, I talked a bit about one of the final projects in my typography class. Continuing on that topic, this week I wanted to focus on the other major final in that class – a semester long journal. The … Continue reading
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Here’s what I’ve been doing lately… part 1.
So it’s been nearly a year since my last post – whoa. Unlike my post count, though, my design skills haven’t been stagnating. Through classes at SCC and specifically the GCOM club, I’ve been involved with a couple different projects … Continue reading
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A patch of pumpkin photos …
It’s still fall, not too cold yet (well at least for us on the West Coast). Went to a friend’s pumpkin patch a little while ago and took my trusty Nikon D60. Sometimes it’s just fun to shoot random things. … Continue reading
Ready, Set, Design (in 30 minutes!)
In any design job, you face deadlines. Clients want things right this very minute! Or, they needed it yesterday! (My boss likes to throw that one out at me a lot.) But what if you had only 30 minutes to … Continue reading
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Little ninjas in Illustrator.
A little while ago, I posted about a tutorial on SpoonGraphics about creating a gang of vector ninjas in Illustrator. I did get around to playing with the tutorial with these results: (OK, so it’s a single ninja, not a … Continue reading
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Textures, brushes and Photoshop, oh my!
Textures are always one of those things that if used tactfully and well, add a nice touch to a project. For instance, that weathered-looking note looks nice when you’ve got it on weathered paper. Or maybe you’d like some grass … Continue reading
Welcome!
This is Dabbling in Design, the project of designers Jenn de la Fuente and Andrew Clementi. We love design. We love designing things. We love talking about design and trying things out. So we figured, heck, why not blog about … Continue reading
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