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oliver - who has written 14 posts on GoMediaZine.

I'm a designer, art director, illustrator, bowling captain, bass player, shortshop, strategist, and much much more. Follow me on Twitter and check out my Flickr

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Learn to Create Collage Typography

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open mind. I always find that being noncommittal toward the placement of objects allows you to [...]

Photoshop Tip: Sharpening with Photoshop’s High-Pass Filter

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Photoshop Tip: Sharpening with Photoshop’s High-Pass Filter

Need to give an image a little boost? Whether it needs a bit more contrast, or needs to be sharper, Photoshop's High Pass filter can add a dynamic result without spending too much time.

From the Portfolio: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster

Monday, February 23, 2009

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From the Portfolio: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster

This is a design from roughly a year ago. While I was pretty excited about it at the time, I look at it now and get disappointed.

From the Portfolio: Triple Five Soul

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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Client: Triple Five Soul

Barack Obama Portrait Deck on UrbanOutfitters.com

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Barack Obama Portrait Deck on UrbanOutfitters.com

In August, the Obama campaign was running a contest for the next Obama T-shirt. I thought to myself “Self, you don’t like John McCain, and you certainly don’t like Sarah Palin. You DO like drawing, fresh ideas, and what Barack Obama will bring to this mess of a country that we’re living in.” So I [...]

Help Go Media on Design by Humans!

Friday, September 5, 2008

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I had some spare time at home last week and thought I’d submit something to Design by Humans’ 10K contest. I tweaked another piece from 2006′s Concentric Series into a tee. I actually think it will make a better shirt than the design that won shirt of the month in June,which is currently sold out. [...]

Concentric Downpour wins Shirt of the Month

Friday, July 25, 2008

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Concentric Downpour wins Shirt of the Month

It’s been a few weeks now, but I’m extremely happy to say that my first DBH Submission, Concentric Downpour, has won shirt of the month for June on Design by Humans! A big thanks to everyone that voted, left a comment, or bought one. It’s already sold out in medium and large! I’m really stoked [...]

“Concentric Downpour” Printed on DBH

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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Another Design by Humans winner for Go Media. I tweaked one of the pieces from the Concentric Series to work as a shirt design and it won shirt of the day. They did a great job with printing, and making sure the artwork flowed onto the back of the shirt. Big thanks to everyone that [...]

Help us get our shirts printed and get an Arsenal Discount Part 2!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Help us get our shirts printed and get an Arsenal Discount Part 2!

Hey friends! We’ve posted another design on Design by Humans. You readers did a great job of supporting Jeff’s first submission so we figured that we should keep you all updated on more DBH postings. This is our second submission and it is the apparel version of one my “Concentric Series” prints. This particular design [...]