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Monthly Archives: August 2008

there’s beauty in the turp wash.

i’ve been working vigorously on the new series, hoping to get as far as i can before my days become consumed with paycheck-earning work. today i began four new pieces, lightly sketching and then doing quick, one-hour-or-less turp washes [burnt umber + turpentine + paper towel + as little brush as possible].
working smaller allowed […]

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business cards.

let’s talk about the business card. the approximately two by three point five inch piece of cardstock that tells anyone holding it your vital information while also visually conveying the look and feel of you and your brand. it’s quite possibly the most difficult of all things to design. but there is hope! and plenty […]

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learning from the treehouse club.

as i add final coats of varnish and touch up paintings’ edges, i’ve been doing quite a bit of reflecting on my last series, “the treehouse club”. the first half of the series was painted in saint louis, the last in seattle. definitely a life change for me, though i feel it hardly affected the […]

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homonyms and ad placement.

movie trailer ≠ utility trailer. ad placement fail.
google carries the phenomenon one step further. a search for “trailer” brings up organic results consisting of movie trailers - juno, the dark knight, indiana jones, etc., while all sponsored links are utility trailers. furthermore, related searches include car trailer, motorcycle trailer, enclosed trailer and equipment trailer, completely […]

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more great advertising.

from facebook, LG is using the iphone’s name to promote their ripoff. i can’t wait to see the lines of people waiting to get their iphone like phones while listening to the buzz from developers looking forward to making iphone like apps.
seriously, to all the wannabe iphones in the world - this strategy may seem […]

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