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 RadiSys Product and Application Guide 2007

RadiSys Product Guide

Website and Magazine

In 2006, I designed the first two print versions of the RadiSys Product & Application Guide. Now in its second year, the mini-magazine has extended to the web. Web developer, Ben Parzybok (ideacog.net) incorporated my initial designs into elegant CSS and mixed it all together with Javascript and ColdFusion. I can only take credit for the design and being picky. It's a great site though and worth checking out at www.radisys.com/go/radisys.

This is the latest work to be added to my portfolio. If you'd like to see my other design work, I've just produced an updated portfolio [PDF] of work – my first chance to really clean my portfolio of most college assignments.

 

Coming Soon...

A Re-Designed NateCreates.com

One of my goals for 2008 is to redsign my site. I've been absent from my blog for what seems like months, however, when I was actively publishing to my site, I realized I needed to have a robust CMS that was more than just static pages, and allowed me to publish content other than just blog posts. So look for this in the coming months.

 

The Latest on Design from Nate's Blog

Get Your Photoshop Brush-tip Back

September 8th, 2007

Give Me My Brush Tip Back

The Scenario: You’re working in Adobe Photoshop with the brush tool and suddenly the brush tip indicator changes to a cross-hair. And you don’t know why because you’ve long-ago memorized all the various possible keystrokes and you no longer look at the keyboard for shortcuts. So now you’re stuck there with a cross-hair and your trying to paint out an area.

What do you do? I sometimes would go as far as restart my computer to get my brush tip back. This was after searching through all the preferences, on-line help, etc. Last night I discovered the simple shortcut for getting back the brush tip. It’s the CAPS LOCK key. Duh! Either I’m the last person on the planet to learn this, or no one else has this problem.

Are there shortcuts you’ve learned by accident that for some reason no one else every bothered to share with you, and they don’t seem to be in the book? Feel free to share, and link to your own happy accident tip.

Image Source: © Photographer:Bellemedia | Agency: Dreamstime.com

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PixelMarx.com Milestone - 30 Days Drawing Straight

August 30th, 2007

PixelMarx.com Milestone 30 Days Drawing Straight
It’s been 30 days now since I first started a daily political cartoon blog at PixelMarx.com where I draw and post and new cartoon every day, under the name, Irishspacemonk.

And today I’m taking a break and celebrating that milestone.

The idea for celebrating a Blog Milestone came from David Airey. Check out his blog if you’re just getting started. His site has lots of great content.

I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned in doing this little project called, PixelMarx.
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If you're visiting for the first time you might wonder exactly why you've arrived here. That's a question only you can answer. But I'll try to provide some reasons that I think you might want to stay.

NateCreates.com is a testing ground – a mix of art and commerce in my own unique way. You'll find fine art gracefully promoted on the back of my busines card, or my ideas on branding next to random thoughts on golf. While some content may appear ill planned, it's always with purpose, just as the choice to not design is with purpose.

Tutorials, Tips & Lessons Galore

Hopefully in all my experimenting I learn something. And when I do, my plan is to share what I've learned, from CSS/HTML, to graphic design, photography, typography, and even Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You name it. If you'd like to know when something new arrives, or you have a general question, feel free to e-mail.

A Selection of Fresh Art

Check out Nate's Storefront. It's not as user-friendly as I'd like it to be, but there's the initial rumblings of a art career (15 years in the making) and the collection will soon grow. From fine art, limited edition prints, to paintings and photography, you might just find something. I'll hopefully be able to add some new stuff inspired by Barcelona over the next few months.

Professional Design Services

This website is the best example of what I do - mix graphic design, web design and marketing practices into one neat package. If you like what I do, learn more about my services or check out my portfolio.

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Title: Backpatting Device
Medium: Itaglio
Ed. Size: 15
Price: $95.00

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in minutes.

If you'd like to purchase your own limited edition print, payment can be made with PayPal.com.
Good luck.

* This is a hand pulled print. The original plate has been canceled.