Long Hot-July Days

Photoshop fun! These days are finding me logging many hours in this lovely app and developing a true love for it. While I still find Illustrator more "me-friendly" and intuitive, I am slowly but surely learning how powerful it can be. I have also learned that creating a 300 pixel/inch banner that is 28 feet wide by 20 feet high is ONE BIG FILE!! Thankfully the printer is okay with 1/2 sized - but it's still monstrous! Can't wait to see it complete.

Have a good week!

All things Web!

Okay - I have been "done" with school since the 4th.
And I can truly say I was not bored. (I have barely begun to get my house back in order after a semester of neglect, although I did at least get fall clean-up done on the yard :). I was actually enjoying the cleaning and organizing!

None the less, I have signed up to take a 3-week blitz session of Advanced Web design and am loving it! We are exploring CSS3 and HTML5 and I am so glad I decided to jump back in to class. I look forward to applying what I am learning to my own site and another I am working on for a client. FUN!

Housework will always be waiting there for me anyway, right?

Success!!

After much wringing of hands, website success! My site is live!

Find some of my design work online @ tmbrooksdesign.com and let me know what you think!
As I complete additional projects and tackle some new ones - I will be adding to my gallery as well as providing some detail pages. But for tonight (sigh)... I am going to enjoy making it past this hurdle.

Have a great rest of your week!

Spring must be done!

WOW! 85 degrees today. Wasn't last week in the 30's?

I am never prepared for this change and today was no different. I had great intentions of digging in my garden and enjoying the sun. But... my website is causing me a bit of grief (understatement) - so no playing today!

Since I cannot share with you all the fun on my new site, I will share some pics of projects you may have not yet seen. Enjoy!

There is something so fresh about a shiny, new toy - and this Cuisinart is no exception - except that this image was created in Adobe Illustrator and is not a photograph of the real thing! This product specification sheet was a fun project that took a lot of patience and many layers.

This product label redesign features a clear front label that shows through to the back. Since one beauty of this product is its clear formula - a perfect choice in design!


Have a great rest of your week ! Hopefully next time I write - I will be inviting you to my active website!

Rested and Ready to Go!

The portfolio show was a success and wonderfully attended. Other than some rain and the ramp being full (GREAT turnout!) everything went marvelous!

Now - it's time for the next step. Resumes out, follow up calls to be made, refine some projects, polish presentation and I am good to go!
What an exciting time as I start the next phase of this adventure!

My new web site will be launching soon as well. Stay posted and have a great week!

The Home Stretch

It has been a great week so far! (perhaps it's just all the Easter candy)

• The tweaking and refining of projects is done.
• Printing is almost complete. 
• Resumes and business cards are ready to go! 
• The much anticipated arrival of the page strips for the books arrived today.
• And, a photo shoot of the printed product hag tags (see below) came together nicely. 

Acacia Product Tags and Logo Redesign

Not sure, but I might even get a good night's rest before Thursday!
Enjoy the warmer temperatures and I will hopefully see you Thursday at the Terrace.

The website for the Show is live!

How exciting! The Madison Area Technical College Portfolio Show website is up and ready for viewing.

Check it out at www.matcportfolio.com and let me know what you think!