Ask Miwaza!? 10

Monday, April 2nd, 2012 | Ask Miwaza, design, photography | Comments

“Don’t Ruin Your Awesome Photos with Ugly Logo”

So I spent 3hrs this morning making those Good & Bad examples. I hope y’all enjoy this episode :)

BAD EXAMPLES

WARNING: These example logos are the “bad example”.

 

GOOD EXAMPLES

I designed these logos just for this episode :)

 

Basic Dos and Don’ts in Photo Book Layout

Saturday, March 17th, 2012 | Ask Miwaza, design, photography | Comments

From “Ask Miwaza – Episode 8” – “Why is photo book layout so important?”

MORE POSTS TO FOLLOW!! MORE SAMPLES!!

1. 4 Aspects of Photography Composition (http://t.co/sBn5bAyH)
2. Basic Dos and Don’ts in Photo Book Layout (http://t.co/T9leHYhP)
3. Ask Miwaza!? 08 – Samples (http://bit.ly/GJZv35)


Below are some examples of page layouts of photo books.


Vertical alignment


Horizontal alignment


Distance / zooming


Mutuality

This is VERY IMPORTANT especially if you’re working on wedding photo books.


Tilting

NEVER do a “chaotic tilting and sizing”. (You know what I mean right? LOL)


Collage

NEVER do “chaotic collages” but instead let’s do “organized collages”.

Behind the Design

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 | design, Tshirt Farm | Comments

When a doodle becomes a superhero

I’ve been running a t-shirt design brand called “Tshirt Farm (We Care What You Wear)” since 2006. Here is a little sneak peak of how I design our products.


1. Everything starts from a doodle usually.


2. Scan and trace the doodle on a computer using Adobe Illustrator.


3. Color the illustration and add some details.


4. Adjust the colors and add some more details.


5. Done!

Givin’ It a New Look 2

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 | design | Comments

I recently helped my friend DJ a little bit with his blog design. DJ writes and make ice cream professionally. Pretty cool eh? Anyway I designed a new header and tweaked some other stuff.

Before After

About The Anonymous Antagonist (by DJ Wilson)

* This picture was taken in 2009, but it was the only one I could find on my computer. I’m pretty sure that he has more wrinkles now :P

Started a couple years ago, The Anonymous Antagonist has always been and always will be foremost: a writer’s blog. Bent on writing, filled with writing, injected with writing–the blog will never stop until the author’s computer blows up. Hopefully that apocalypse won’t come anytime soon. Even with a truckload of writing, the author finds time to talk about his every day life in a segment called Midnight Musings (a random post that occurs late at night).

This blog is full of humor, or at least it wishes to be full of humor.

It may be labelled a ‘writer’s blog’ but movie reviews, book reviews, giveaways, journal entries, dream logs, and interviews slither their way into the regular schedule of the week on a constant basis. Ever since the beginning of 2012, the author promises to have twice as many posts compared to the previous year’s total.

The name of this Blog was taken from a character the author created in hi ‘Main Series’, as you’ll hear it called often. The author thought of the simplest words, but with the most complexity in them to adequately describe him. He’s the villain, so the author said “The Antagonist”, and he’s unknown at the beginning of the story, so he’s “Anonymous”. The author has put so much work into this villain that he actually prides himself.

Givin’ It a New Look

Sunday, June 12th, 2011 | design | Comments

I recently redesigned a website for Peter Mahar Photography. The last design was done 2 years ago so it was about time for the new look and feel :-)

Before After