I’ve been fortunate enough to be working on some graphics for a Wildlife Conservation Day video at the Department of State. I’m excited to share some screenshots from the animations! The video will be released soon to promote Wildlife Conservation Day on December 4th.

5 years ago I had used Photoshop very little, mostly for websites and random illustrations.  Now 5 years later, I practically live in Photoshop & After Effects. With tight deadlines and multiple projects, it’s crucial for me to be as fast as I can be.  One thing that I’ve found that’s sped me up greatly …

I had forgotten all about ZeroBundle until I received a e-mail earlier today.  ZeroBundle, a collaboration of MightyDeals.com (Like Groupon, but for designers) and WebdesignerDepot.com (A design blog I’ve been frequenting since the dawn of my web existance) is a massive collection of free icons, GUIs, PSDs, Textures, Mockups, Brushes and a whole mess of other …

Recently I hit a minor milestone, I hit the 100 dollar mark in my GraphicRiver sales.  It’s minor, but a achievement for me since I never thought I’d make any money selling icons.  In celebration I’ve put the first two rows of my most recent icons, Simple Light & Dark UI Icons for download. They’re flattened …

Been a busy few weeks, I have few new animations and logos to add to my portfolio. I’ve also started to create some more icons. This time, they are simpler, monochrome icons meant for smartphones and tablets. I am working back and forth between Illustrator and Photoshop. It’s much easier to make shapes in Illustrator, …

One feature of Photoshop I wish I had known about when I was just beginning to create for web is Save for Web & Devices.  It’s under the Photoshop menu item, then just under Save As.  Also the shortcut keys Shift+Command+Option+S (Mac) or Shift+Control+Option+ S (PC) will bring up the Save for Web & Devices …