by admin | Jan 7, 2013 | The Big 5-0
It’s New Hampshire’s turn in The Big 5-0. As a current resident of the great state of New Hampshire, I can say that the state has a unique vibe. There is a feeling that is equal parts “Welcome to our state” and “Leave me the hell alone.” New Hampshire prides itself on being different. Don’t want to wear a seat belt? No problem if you’re over 18. Income tax? Just say no. If New Hampshire was a kid, it would be the kid in the corner coloring outside the lines. Just because. View the rest of the gang...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | The Big 5-0
Virginia is next in The Big 5-0. I actually had no idea what to say about Virginia, so I had to do a little research. It turns out that Virginia has a lot of technology – a high number of tech workers, lots of tech exports, and an abundance of data centers. There’s your random knowledge for the day. More states found...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | The Big 5-0
Up first in The Big 5-0 is the cheesy goodness known as Wisconsin. With a baseball team called the Brewers and a football team represented by foam cheese heads, Wisconsin really had this one coming. Plus it’s just so darn delicious. The soup that is, not the state. This is actually one of the first states I did and one of my favorite designs. View the whole line-up...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | Productive Boredom, The Big 5-0
The start of The Big 5-0 came from a simple realization: I was in a Photoshop rut. I use PS almost daily, but I find myself using the same small set of features. There’s so much more to explore, I just needed an excuse to do it. Now of course I could do one of the thousands of helpful tutorials online, but the end result is inevitably something I will shove in a folder and never see again. Don’t get me wrong, I love tutorials – I just prefer to use them to make something of my own. Instead, I decided to make up a project that would A. be fun (the most important part), and B. force me to flex some Photoshop (and typography and Illustrator) muscle. For the topic of this project, I chose the 50 United States. I’ve been to a significant chunk of them and have amassed an abundance of oh-so-useful, random geographic knowledge in the vault that is my brain. The basic plan was to have a 500 px square for each state, with the name of the state and a (not at all sarcastic) state motto. As I started my self-imposed homework, I used state outlines from here and fonts from the sites below: Font Squirrel dafont UrbanFonts.com FontSpace I actually had a blast making these, and I think they turned out pretty well. In future posts, I’ll discuss some of the individual designs. To see them all, it’s just a click...
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