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Two for the price of one

Sean — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:09:28 +0000

Continuing the summer treat advertisement theme, this time it is a popsicle. Also this time around, it’s got a slightly more horrific-but-cute quality.

Delicious

Sean — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:52:53 +0000

Summer time is drawing near. For me, that means ice cream, and lots of it! Combine that with my love of 60’s era illustrated product advertisements, and you get this faux advertisement! (fauxvertisement?)

Enjoy!

Oh No! Squid!

Sean — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:16:34 +0000

New drawing!

Giant squid!

Exclamation point!

New Drawing, and more to come

Sean — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:50:09 +0000

Hey all, I’ve made a new illustration, you can check it out here, or go over to the illustration section. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

Also, I’ve purchased a new program called “VectorDesigner” so expect to see plenty of other drawings as I play with this new tool to see how I like it.

Vectorize!

Sean — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:02:35 +0000

As a graphic / web designer, dealing with low-quality raster images sent by clients as logo files, or artwork they would like to use in their various designs can often be a huge pain. I can’t tell you how many times a client sends me a small .jpg image of their logo on a gradient background, and then stares at me perplexed when I ask if they have an eps file, or at least a vector version, of their logo.

The truth of the matter is that most clients have no idea what you’re talking about when it comes to raster vs. vector graphics, pre-production, or any of the fun things we designers deal with on a daily basis. Rightfully so, that’s why they come to us in the first place right?

Well, a tool has come along that may very well ease some of your woes. http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

This vector magic tool allows you to upload an image, which it then tries to convert into a complete vectorized image that can be tweaked, resized, color matched, etc. It even lets you convert fully photographic images into vectors, with some interesting results. I’ve tested it out with various different qualities of images, and was very surprised with how well it handled conversion of some files. Of course, there are limitation, and it won’t work very well for really small images with a lot of fine detail, but it’s already saved my behind a few times. Best of all? IT’S FREE!