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Clean Company is an design I released a while back that has been completely revamped from the ground up. Clean Company now features a mostly rewritten codebase, new jQuery features, four color schemes, and much more. This template is for sale at ThemeForest.
NCsoft is a global leader in massively mutliplayer online gaming and this is my redesign of their current web brand. Until recently, the NCsoft brand in the US had been known as PlayNC (which you used to be able to find at PlayNC.com). As part of a move to shift to a consistent global brand they decided to form NCsoft West, which included a full redesign of the current website, account management, and online store. I was the lead designer and front-end developer and worked with an amazing team getting everything done under amazing deadlines. Completed under employment of NCsoft.
Nothern Lights, a new PSD template HTML template (courtesy of CAOdesigns) for sale at ThemeForest.
Big things are afoot. They are organizing. Ok that might be overstating it a bit, but you’re still not going to believe the lineup of illustrators on board over at Kingstrike, a new illustration-for-sale site launching today. Kingstrike is the brainchild of Texas-based illustrator (and now fancy businessman) Reilly Stroope. Also participating are Ray Frenden, Paul O’Sullivan, Chris Bishop, and numerous others. Seriously, go check out the stable of artists over at Kingstrike.
From the site: Kingstrike is an easy way to browse new designs from Artists all over the world. Each apparel design is unique to Kingstrike and won’t be found elsewhere.
At time of launch, they’ve got a dozen illustrations up, ranging from $200 to $450. The prices seem totally reasonable considering you get exclusive apparel rights to the file and its delivered digitally at the point of purchase. Got some spare money laying around? Well now you can start a tee company.
Make Something Cool Everyday. That is the idea behind a new Flickr group that I originally spotted over at YayHooray. The overall challenge is simple: each day, take the time to make something awesome, then post the results for others to see. One of my favorite participants so far has been Mark Weaver. Over in his personal MSCED flick set there are already 44 posts. Among them are some real gems, like my personal favorites Skullbeard (pictured here), Puffin, and The Crow and the Anteater.
He also recently released his first print, Deer Anatomy, a limited edition run of 50 prints, signed and numbered, printed on Pop-Tone French Paper. Head on over to his site, his flickr set, or his store to see more.
ThemeForest is a new template and theme marketplace from envato. I recently saw they were looking for authors on their blog, In The Woods, a “blog of all things themey.” So far I’ve contributed three articles, with more on the way. Read the rest »
There is a new contest running over at LoonDesign giving away a whole slew of free website templates. LoonDesign is hosting the contest, giving away a theme of his own, along with many donated from the ThemeForest community and premium theme club ElegantThemes. I threw in two copies of QuikTab, my new premium, one-page WordPress theme powered by jQuery. It’s available now for just $12 on ThemeForest.
Ok, enough talk, head on over to the contest page on LoonDesign for a shot at some great, free templates and WordPress themes.
A while back I saw Fray was holding open submissions for it’s Geek Issue. I submitted my Nerd Crest illustration and it ended up getting chosen for the cover. I’d known for a while now but was waiting for it to be public information before I posted about it. Also, as a special gift for subscribers, they printed the crest on a limited edition run of pocket protectors. Pocket protectors are so geeky I think I would rather just have ink run all over my shirt than be forced to wear a plastic pocket sleeve, but its still cool they went the extra mile. Head on over to Fray to see my illustration all over the place and while you’re there SUBSCRIBE.
Drop down menus are a really convient way to fit a large menu into a really small initial space. For a long time people have just used a form element for standard drop downs, but with minimal effort you can create a much slicker effect using jQuery and CSS.
Out of concern for my readers (and NOT sheer boredom) I recorded this video about making cajun tartar sauce. I know tartar is an easy recipe, but I’ve got a few twists the classic (jalapeno dills!). My brother and I are thinking about finally getting around to starting up our long-time-coming cooking blog, BBQHeroes and wanted the ability to post cooking videos. I recorded this to test out my new Flip Mino and I think it performed pretty well. I’m only posting it here to complement my recent shrimp recipes.
I know this post probably doesn’t feel like it belongs here, but I enjoyed cooking the food and taking the pictures so much I just had to post it somewhere. In case you don’t already know: I cook a lot. Its one of my favorite hobbies. My flickr is filled with pictures of the dishes I’ve created. I thought it’d be nice to share some recipes and photos here on the blog. Today we are making Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Shrimp and Garlic Shrimp Scampi. Read the rest »
A new version of WordPress has just been released with quite a few changes and new features. I’m surprised we are already getting an update because it feels like just yesterday they unleashed 2.5 on us. The new version can track post/page edits over time, has an image caption feature, adds improvement to media handling, and implements Gears, an open source browser extension developed by Google. Here is a rundown of the changes:
a golf ball sized gem
a scary movie
an amazing cast
meteor hits dude
knocking a girl up
rat in the kitchen
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