I found a depressing statistic when I last logged into my DeviantArt account – I’ve only uploaded one image all year, and that was back in February. That number has been declining steadily over the past few years as work and family life interfere with any creative ambitions I might […]
Yearly archives: 2015
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I’ve spent a little time having an FTP spring clean and I’ve found some forgotten projects, including a test of the excellent supersized jQuery plugin from Build Internet. Supersized is a fullscreen background slideshow plugin that I wanted to see used for a desktop wallpaper website. I thought it would […]
Adobe launched an iPad app called Slate early in 2015, and with it a promise that anyone could create a visually rich web based ‘story’ with very little effort. The app lets you pick a theme, add some text, photos, basic effects and other web-friendly features, and lets you publish […]
I’m now the proud owner of an iPad Pro and with that, I have a renewed interest in trying to develop my art skills. As a big fan of the Assembly app, and since it is the start of a festive month, I thought I should create something with a […]
I downloaded an iPad app called Assembly a few nights ago, a fun little graphic design tool that I thought I could have some fun with. I was right! Though it is a little limited, creating a simple image was surprisingly quick and easy and the results were pleasing for […]
Way back in 2010 I was having a play with a Flash-based gallery called ImageViewer. It was very easy to configure, you just needed to create an XML file with images, captions, links, etc. and you had yourself a little web-based presentation that would run responsively on a wide range […]
During 2014 I hit upon the idea of finding cover versions of every song from an album. The specific album wasn’t settled upon until I heard a cover of R.E.M.’s Cuyahoga by The Decemberists. The original could be found on R.E.M.’s 1986 album “Lifes Rich Pageant” and it happens to […]
Although most of my “writing” is over at The Retroist website, earlier this year I signed up with Medium and posted my first article. Entitled “The Writing of a Review, and What Happens Next”, this was my attempt to show the cool things than can happen when you write something […]
I found myself looking for ways to visualise my love for Sega Megadrive classic Sonic The Hedgehog earlier this year. I’m constantly finding websites and other publications that feel the need to distill a video game into one or two screenshots and a summary description, and I feel like more […]