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Speaking of Sports Logos

7 Comments 19 March 2009

While I’m on the subject of sports teams logos… here’s a little rant I’ve had stored up in my heart for years. J.R. mentioned in the comments of the last post that he thought some NFL teams logos seemed like they belonged in the Arena League. Ouch. If there’s a sports league with a worse [...]

Graphic Design

Detroit News Contest Rips Off PLNU Logo!!!

6 Comments 18 March 2009

The Detroit Lions, long-standing holders of the worst NFL logo have such and ugly look that Detroit fans have taken it upon themselves to design a new logo. According to a March 10th post on Uni-Watch, a blog featured on ESPN.com that obsessively studies “athletic aesthetics” the Detroit News held a public competition for a [...]

Graphic Design

Sabres Logo is… baffling.

10 Comments 11 April 2007

I’m taking a break from researching for a term paper to rant about two of my favorite things: Hockey and Graphic Design. I’ve got hockey on the brain because as I’m sure everyone in America knows… the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight. But how does graphic design come into the mix you ask? The [...]

Graphic Design

New Site Design

9 Comments 28 February 2007

Thanks to my expanding knowledge of CSS I was able to do a complete site redesign in just a few hours. Just as simple as a new mock-up in Photoshop, slicing and dicing, and then working a bit of CSS magic and voila! Send to Facebook

Graphic Design

Help Me Name My Design Business!

20 Comments 18 February 2007

As the graphic design business picks up and is becoming more and more viable as an actual legitimate source of income, I’m devoting more time to learning more advanced techniques like CSS and the like. I’ll soon be (re)designing and (re)launching my freelance graphic design site (currently here). But I need your help coming up [...]

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