Hi, I'm Glen
a graphic designer and all around creative dude. This is my site where I showcase my design skills and all the crazy thoughts that go through my head. Feel free to Contact me, peace!Can You Believe It?
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Fitness is a big deal to people who like to be healthy, studies show that fit people consider fitness one of their top values in life. Exercise equipment is a fantastic aid in the search for fitnessing people. Through the years many gimmicks have come and done, we all know the old ab roller or the cheek squeezer or the infamous Total Gym, what a pile of junk.
I wont try and say to much about this wonderful machine, I’ll let the pictures and fabulous video do the talking for me.
There is a giant dial which is more than just impressive, it actually displays the current wind velocity and biometric pressure being exerted from the centrifugal force being driven by your massive leg muscles.
Hello people of the Internet! Smile big and get your clicking finger ready cause it’s my shameless plug of MadeBig.com - a collision of Social Networking and Casual Gaming - more fun then you can shake a FaceSpace at.
Do you remember where you were when you first heard about Ipod, GPS or the Gutenberg press? Well this is just like that, you will never forget the day you checked out MadeBig and played some games or uploaded pictures of your cat.
The thing I like about MadeBig is that it is not full of clutter and crazy profile junk.
There are cool groups, the MarketExchange, you can share videos or even write a blog. You do need to be a member to access most of the site, but games are open for anyone so check ‘em out and have some fun, no pressure no hype - bet you can’t beat my skeet shoot high score (only one person has).
If you do sign up send me a friend request. Peace out!
A few months ago I had a dream. In my dream I rode my bicycle to a small 5 story office building in my little suburb city 10 miles outside of Salt Lake. In the office there were open cubicles, general work areas, private desks and offices, meeting rooms, most of the general equipment that one would aspect to find in an professional office setting, but there were other amenities and an ambiance which gave it a relaxed feel. There were working professionals from all sorts of fields and different companies working there. Some were independent, some free lancers, some were work from home moms who just needed a place to meet with a client, others telecommuted (like myself) but they shared the office space and even collaborated and networked together. Some were only there a couple days a week, some came and went yet a few were always there. I enjoyed the fact that I could finally walk over to another graphic designer and get some feedback (as apposed to my current office were I am the sole creative professional) and he wasn’t trying to give me the line “but the boss said he wanted…” because he didn’t care what my boss thought. He cared about current trends in design, CMYK and DPI. I enjoyed socializing and finally getting some work down now that I wasn’t at home with 100 distractions, pretending to be busy in the closet i called my office. It was a beautiful dream, The exchange of ideas never flowed so freely. We even had events held in our space from time to time, topics from web development to business practices to fun community things like cinema, art and outdoor adventure.
It was a grand dream.
Last Thursday three individuals who had never met before came together and gave the Salt Lake Coworking ball a push. We shared stories and visions. We generated some good ideas and made basic plans. The smallest steps, continuing to put out feelers to see who is interested in joining us, getting a poll going online and keep spreading the good word.
If you are interested in knowing more check us out on our site my coworking page where you can take our poll or leave a shout out in the wiki or leave us a comment below.
Heres to dreams and thumbs ups,
Step 1:
IFor my new site look I wanted to create a new logo. I started with the idea that I wanted a new logo, I also wanted to use a blackletter type font, kind of chunky. so I began with some reference material and a pen and pad.
I then played with the second “e” and the “r” turning them backwards in order to give the logo more balance, I liked it and went with it.
Step 2:
After I got some ideas down, I took them to the scanner and dropped them in Illustrator. I played with highlight strokes, inner artwork (as you can see in the blue) as well as various font thicknesses and decorative squiggles as can be seen in the final.
Step 3:
Once I had the lettering the way I wanted I began adding more styling. I referenced other calligraphy and decorative, fancy squiggles, playing with different strokes until i was happy with the basic design
Step 4:
I then took the design on over to Photoshop. I did some ideas for the entire site design so that I could match the logo colors up. I added a light stroke and tried various fills and gradients. You can see below that I had a few variations, one day I thought it was perfect and the next I was changing all the colors and size.
Final Product
I am happy with the final product. i hope you enjoyed seeing the creation process of the Glenerd logo.
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I discovered a wee little site via Stumble last week called Muxtape which is basically a mp3 mixtape sharing type of thing. It’s as cool as beans. I have been addicted these last few days. I enjoy discovering music as i overplay and get tired of the music i have too quickly. Sometimes tools like Last.FM and the like are cool for discovering music that matches my interests but there is something to the randomness of discovery with Muxtape, It’s like StumbleUpon, randomness is like uncertainty, one of those things we just need in life to keep us guessing and sometimes pleasantly surprised.
Check out my Muxtape and/or share yours.
With spring in the air I thought I would share this poem of spring/summer time, enjoy.
Lawn
How shall I compare thee o work of steel blade
Thy green plastic canopy is like a rolling hill
Munching up tender grass in the summers shade
Where smell of gas and clippings linger still
Buzzing across perpendicular rows
Moss covered rock and bark covered tree
A far ‘tis the sprinkling by the gardeners hose
Splendid chirping, setting the blade to level three
Weeds have all been plucked and tossed away
Hedges all clipped and flowers in bloom
Children embark on triumphant scenes of play
Grab the chips the BBQ’s starting soon
There is no lovelier vision to be seen
Than a beautiful well-groomed lawn of green