Working on the main page

Just finished the layout for blackchairdesigns.com, simply elegant! The background is going to be a soothing gray so it doesn't take long to upload. I think I'm going to put up the main page in a day or two, even if the other pages or menu are created yet.

Supernal logo

Just make a quick logo for an independent film that is in pre-production:

I was going for a Dario Argento feel and I think I captured it. I really enjoy making quick logos :) 

Status Updates:
Currently resizing and scanning work to put in a portfolio on carbonmade and fighting with Illustrator (Photoshop is mostly my main tool at this point)

Design Principles for the Web

Outline of Topics Covered:

I had to cut some slides to keep my speech under 8 minutes. There is also a debate on what the exact number of principles there are. Each person groups them differently, but a nice list of resources that I used will be placed at the end.

I have decided to post the different topics on an old blog of mine: http://vmhelp.blogspot.com/ so I can better organize the information.

School Work

Been a bit busy with rearranging the house and starting a summer program...

Having a bit of fun putting together a PowerPoint Presentation on applying design principles to the web. Here is a rough outline:

As soon as I have some free time I'm going to discuss each one in detail either here or wordpress.

Wacom and Me

I love my Wacom pad, but still not use to using it (love the feel of charcoal and paint on my skin). But I had fun with my tablet none the less:

Just started experimenting with vector images, here is my first one:

A work in progress

Ok, so yes, I too have my lazy moments.... really don't feel like getting out of bed, so I am sitting here with my sweet tea (apparently not that lazy since I went and picked one up at 8 am)... browsing through job ads. It is a pain, but has to be done. 


In the meantime I am working on getting all my work together for my portfolio, I think I will host it at wix.com for now. 


A current project of mine is creating and editing video clips for a dvd. Here is my first draft of the main menu:

I am going to change the menu fonts a bit so the colors don't bleed. 

No Ma.... you can't use the yoga mat!

Hello and welcome to my blog! This is Riley... and she loves making my life more difficult... but in a fun way! I have a few cats, they are great for inspiration and are always doing something photo shot worthy. 

I am just starting to get all my work together for my portfolio, since I have a lot of extra time on my hands. But today I decided to take it a bit easy and have a bit of fun in Photoshop:

Now that I am looking at both of them side by side, I think I like the left one a bit better, the purple hues stand out more.

Happy Mother's Day everyone!