A few days ago, I wrote a post about creative blog designs. I spent a lot of time navigating around the world wide web to bring you that list for inspiration, and it was inevitable that I would also become inspired.
So last night I pulled out a few sheets of paper, grabbed my lucky pen, and drew.
A…
Posted April 26th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Personal | No Comments »
From Collis Ta’eed, the creator of the very successful PSDTUTS, comes a sister blog about web development titled: NETTUTS - Spoonfed Web Skills.
The launch was just announced the other day and already has almost 800 subscribers.
Anyway, this looks to be a great resource for all web developers. With a portfolio containing the likes FreelanceSwitch and FlashDen, I’m sure Collis…
Posted April 25th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | No Comments »
What a boring world it would be if every blogger simply kept the default WordPress theme. There is absolutely no excuse for this. There are too many free and unique themes available. But these days, you need to do even more than that to stand out. You have to go the extra mile, tapping into your hidden well of…
Posted April 22nd, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art, Internet | 14 Comments »
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Yesterday, I finally built up the courage to clean out all my junk drawers. I ended up filling a giant trash bag which actually tore. In the process, I found a lot of papers and items I hadn’t seen in years. Among them was this drawing I made long, long ago….
Posted April 20th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 4 Comments »
I’ve given a lot of thought to what actually makes a decent website. Obviously during this process, animated gifs and blinking text were complete strangers to my mind. On the other end of this broad spectrum, I began looking at the characteristics of my favorite websites and what I’ve striven for in my own to define a good one….
Posted April 18th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | No Comments »
Snakes are probably the most misunderstood animals. They’re some of the most beautiful creatures on the entire planet and yet there is some kind of racism (or rather “species-ism”) going on against them. This phobia of snakes has become way too common, and I have yet to hear a valid reason for it. Here are some of the usual…
Posted April 16th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Miscellaneous | 4 Comments »
A logo is what sets you apart from everyone else before they know what you do. It’s the face of a company, organization, or person.
Here’s my definition of a good logo:
Simple – I can’t tell you how much I love simplicity. A logo shouldn’t be a cluttered collage of literal objects you like. It needs to be so…
Posted April 14th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | No Comments »
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein. There are over 6 billion people in this world and they all learn something new every day. The way to be unique is to apply your knowledge differently. This concept I’m talking about is called “creativity.”
Creativity is art, and art is everywhere. Because of this, being creative is a very…
Posted April 12th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 4 Comments »
How do you create a website? There are plenty of people who have no idea how a website comes to be. A website development can definitely be a complex project that requires a whole lot of knowledge, time, and effort, but it doesn’t always have to. Regardless of the website being made, it is done in 4 steps.
Here we…
Posted April 10th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | No Comments »
A lot of work went into the logo you see at the top of this page. It was the object of many thoughts, doodles, and sketches until I came up with something that I was proud of.
I’ve used the following symbol, which abstractly combines my initials (AR), for years.
Once I decided to make myself a blog, I knew…
Posted April 8th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 1 Comment »