Twitterlove Bird wins Mascot Contest

I just found out a few minutes ago that my Twitterlove Bird won the Styl.eti.me Vector Twitter Mascot competition.
Thanks a lot to the competition host, Roger Byrne (@styletime) and the judge, Chris Spooner (@chrisspooner).
I’ve been following VectorTuts in my RSS reader for a while now, and I often get excited about a tutorial description, only [...]

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2009 Wallpaper to toast the New Year!

Happy New Year! 2009 is suddenly here, bringing us into the final year of the millennium’s first decade!
Given what my holidays have been like, I think this wallpaper I made this morning is a fitting tribute to the pastime I feel I’ve been sticking to most for the past couple of weeks… So, join me [...]

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New Flickr Account

Title image for New Flickr Account

I hope all of you reading this have had a fantastic Christmas and got everything that you wanted from it.
I’ve been playing around with Flickr the past few days, and I came across an account that I set up months (possibly years) ago and have never used (actually, I discovered two accounts of mine, one [...]

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The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 4

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear” — Buddy the Elf
After a long break, here’s Day Four. Apologies to anyone who’s been watching this series of posts — the whole project fell apart around a little over a week ago, due to a combination of a heavy end-of-week [...]

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The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 3

Why was Santa’s helper depressed? Because he had low elf esteem!
Day Three, and today we take a short detour from the festive theme to showcase a website design by MCG Studio. Why? Because it’s a pretty site! Take a look, and maybe let Josh know what you think of it.
There are still spaces left in [...]

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Rob Barrett Introduction