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A Public Service Announcement

Brandon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:29 +0000

Photoshopping in beauty magazines has gone too far.

Portfolio

Brandon — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:12:00 +0000

Guess who’s not a slacker any more? This guy! I finally finished my portfolio, which you can view here. (Well, it’s almost finished. I need to get the writing samples up there.) I decided to tone it down from my last design, which was a little flashy in retrospect.

Any thoughts?

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New Design

Brandon — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:04:17 +0000

Linking to the new design here. Still a little rough. Feel free to leave comments though.

The nav is huge because Cory wanted it that way. We’ll probably move to a more traditional nav on the internal pages.

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Not About Me Records Website

Brandon — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:01:52 +0000

Here’s the preview link. Critiques welcome.

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Logos

Brandon — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:15:44 +0000

Some friends and I are starting a record label. There’s been some debate as to what logo we should use. We’re hoping you could help us settle that debate.

Here are the logos:

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Logos

Brandon — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:49:42 +0000

I’m just throwing these up here so I can reference them in a meeting tomorrow.

Logo 1
Logo 2
Logo 3

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New Design

Brandon — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:00:05 +0000

First design of the new year.

Really, I just got bored during the onslaught of football games. I don’t even know that we need a design for the label, since we have an existing website. Granted, it is a template—but it’s a really good one.

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How to Piss Off Graphic Designers

Brandon — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:59:14 +0000

Set this as your desktop wallpaper, then call them over to look at it.

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Helvetica on Windows 7

Brandon — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:22:11 +0000

I just got the upgrade to Windows 7 at work and was pleased to find that it had a bundled copy of the Helvetica font. If you don’t know, Helvetica was a font that pretty much changed the graphic design industry; Arial is a cheap knock-off that Microsoft made because they couldn’t get the rights to Helvetica in their original OS.

Now bear in mind, the only people who are really going to notice the difference between Arial and Helvetica are font snobs like myself. There are actual differences. But, for the most part, nobody cares. So owning Helvetica is really some sort of geek pride thing, although I would find myself using it in a few designs.

I typed up a document and changed the font to Helvetica. That’s when I saw it. Take a look at this screenshot. One of those is Arial and one is Helvetica. Can you spot the difference?

No. You can’t. Because there is no difference. Microsoft copied Arial and renamed it Helvetica. They thought they could get away with it because nobody would notice. But I’m letting the world know.

I mean, seriously…

What if Windows 7 came bundled with movie stars?

What if Windows 7 came bundled with movies?

What if Windows 7 came bundled with pop stars?

What if Windows 7 came bundled with kids’ shows?

What if Windows 7 came bundled with restaurants?

Microsoft, have you no shame? Well, I take that back. There are worse things they could have done.

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The Fresh Fridge

Brandon — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:13:43 +0000

Megan just launched her new site, The Fresh Fridge! She’ll be posting things like recipes, cooking tips, and food and drink reviews. Check it out!

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