Generative Fill
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Generative Fill

Probably the single greatest enhancement to be added to Photoshop in decades. Truly a game changer. Start adding it to your workflow if you haven't already.

Tutorial  |  February 14
Design As Value, Understanding + Design
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Design As Value, Understanding + Design

In this lecture explore how a shift in marketing has morphed the way we think about products as consumers. Modern marketing is more about perception of a product than its functional use.

Lecture  |  February 13
Color Doesn’t Exist, Understanding + Design
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Color Doesn’t Exist, Understanding + Design

In this lecture I cover all of the complexities associated with attempting to match color accurately when working as a graphic designer. I discuss CMYK, RGB, and Pantone systems of color specifically, and how each can fail in unique ways, and how to explain to a client when matching between modes and devices falls short.

Lecture  |  September 02
Digital Prepress and Industry Commonalities, Understanding + Design
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Digital Prepress and Industry Commonalities, Understanding + Design

In this lecture I cover the key differences as well as pros and cons for the primary methods of printing today. In addition, this lecture covers what commonalities there are across the different printing methods, and how those commonalities play out between both digital and traditional imaging.

Lecture  |  August 21
The Prepress Feedback Loop, Understanding + Design
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The Prepress Feedback Loop, Understanding + Design

In this lecture I cover the history of prepress, and some basic developments in printing technology as a corollary to modern times with the explosion of online content. I cover how the career of a graphic designer is changing rapidly and as a result continues to grow an absorb new responsibilities.

Lecture  |  August 19
How Your Strange Loop Is Affecting The Future Of Marketing, Understanding + Design
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How Your Strange Loop Is Affecting The Future Of Marketing, Understanding + Design

In this lecture explore a psychological concept regarding the nature of self, and how our understanding of individuals is shaped as we know more about them. The context that develops over a long relationship with another person is starting to take place digitally as well. I explore both the upside, and downside of this shift.

Lecture  |  July 24
Bayes’ Theorem & The Implications Of Compound Probability, Understanding + Design
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Bayes’ Theorem & The Implications Of Compound Probability, Understanding + Design

In this lecture explore how a probability formula from an 18th century Mathematician parallels the graphic design process. Throughout I touch on concepts of objectivity, subjectivity, and how to negotiate the designer-client relationship in terms of revisions and dealing with feedback.

Lecture  |  July 09
Superheroes
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Superheroes

A time-lapse on a piece of art with my kiddos looking stoic and over-important. Made it for my wife for Mother's Day to replace an old piece we had hanging up in the basement.

Let's Make Art  |  June 30
Fh_Hyperbole Font (Complete)
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Fh_Hyperbole Font (Complete)

This is the entire creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial.

Let's Make Art  |  June 09
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