This is my official blog. It is meant to be informative yet light-hearted and fun. This is where I get to talk about more than just art and graphic design. If you want to find out more about me and what makes me tick, read on. Yes, you will find lots of good info about design but also my other interests which are many! These include: Guitar and drum music, yacht sailing and racing, surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding & kiteboarding. Please subscribe! Thanks, Danny

Rush Jobs Make the Day Shorter

March 10, 2011

Ha! So last night I get a call from one of the magazines I work with to sell me remnant ad space at half price.  Not a bad deal, so I bite.  I had to put a pro ad together in about 4 hours.  There were 3 people involved in the decision making so it [...]

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Consider this a Warning!

March 3, 2011

Consider this a warning.  Well, more like a call for your attention; an alert.  Today is Thursday.  Also the first week of May 2011. What’s so important about that?  Last month was my 10th wedding anniversary.  I managed to pull something off that most people cannot.  And I’m happy to say that thanks to that, [...]

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High End Mountain Bike Graphic Design – Product Artwork

February 20, 2011

Not everything I design ends up on paper or on the web.  Some projects are way more exciting that that.  This is one of those projects.  Not only was the final design laser etched as the main graphic look of the Solis Tephra 5.5 mountain bike, but It is now the mountain bike I personally [...]

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RavX Cycling Products Catalog 2010

February 19, 2011

RavX makes quality cycling accessories and components that rival the world’s best. I’ve put in a lot of time creating high-end designs for them since early 2007.  This particular catalog is one of longest and most complicated projects I have worked on.  Not only was I in charge of conceptualizing the design, but I also [...]

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King’s Cathedral & Chapels Bulletin Cover

February 17, 2011

Back in 2003, while in Hawaii, I designed the bulletin shells for First Assembly King’s Cathedral & Chapels in Maui.  This church has a large number of churches that spread across the Pacific Rim.  These bulletins were handed out as a formal way of announcing future events and other news related to the chain of [...]

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Graphic Designer Salary – How Much Should You be Earning?

February 7, 2011
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There are various books published yearly, some very well known, that attempt to offer the professional graphic designer a comprehensive guide as to how much money they should be making. While I encourage you to read up on your industry and these books are a great option, I’d like to focus my attention on website [...]

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Garageband Tutorial Video Soundtrack Crash Course

February 6, 2011
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I put together this 20 minute video to help non-musicians create soundtracks for their YouTube videos using the royalty-free loops in Apple’s Garageband. Using anybody else’s music in your videos can result in copyright infringement. Let’s face it, unless it’s a high budget production where you can afford to pay somebody for a license, you’re [...]

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Promo Videos for RavX Cycling Lights

January 23, 2011

This is mostly a graphic design blog, but as many of you already know, my interests are many and I stray from the topic sometimes.  However, video filming and editing shares a very close relationship with graphic arts.  I recently created two promo videos for RAVX Inc. to help promote 2 of their new cycling [...]

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Happy New Year Free Vector Art

December 29, 2010
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Based on the success of the Thanksgiving vector art a few months ago, I’ve created another piece for the New Year!  This one features a bunch of complex gradients and transparencies.  Lately, I’ve been designing on Adobe Illustrator CS5, or CS3 but this design I created while vacationing in the Caribbean and here I only [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving Vector Artwork

November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve posted free vector artwork.  So here it goes!  A fun, comic-like Thanksgiving logo vector art piece for all your turkey day needs!  You’ll need Adobe Illustrator for this one.  I have a lot to be thankful for this year and I’m posting this to celebrate the [...]

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