April 2012

Need a calendar for April 2012? Here you go. This graphic is 1366 x 768 pixels. We all know that April showers bring May flowers. I'm sure you know what's coming for May's calendar.

Urban Hunter

I came up with this concept when I saw a new tutorial on psd.tuts. I like the look of their project but I always try to make it a little different when I'm designing it, as it helps me better learn the tips and techniques they are teaching. In several states they actually allow urban hunting, although generally you have to use a bow. So I played off of that theme and had some fun with it.

Time To Hunt

Are you the hunter or the hunted? Time to get prepared.

A Royal Text Effect

I came across this text effect at psd.tutsplus.com. I thought it presented as very regal. I was reminded of the various techniques available to achieve a certain look. The name of the font is Xenippa which they obtained from dafont.com. In the tutorial they also had a link to a website that provides a variety of useful patterns. That blog is called webtreats ETC. The blog also has links to other PhotoShop resources, Icon's, Textures.

At any rate I am always pleased when a tutorial works as intended. I only found one error and it may have been due to a difference in PhotoShop versions.

Confederate Skull with crossed pistols

A client saw a graphic that was similar but preferred crossed .45 Colt's to crossed bones. So I created this graphic in Photoshop for him. I obtained the wings from all-silhouettes.com. I drew the skull myself. And I obtained the colt's from a photograph and posterized them. I also had to elongate the pistol barrels on the colts to make them more visible.

SFN Welcome Video

I created this video to serve as a transition to start the worship services at SFN Church. You can also view it on youtube here. I had fun creating this video I created all the artwork myself, using my Wacom pad to draw the images in PhotoShop. For some objects I google a picture and then used them as an inspiration to draw from. I'll be tweaking this video somewhat but this is close to being finished.

In Like a Lion