ABFL sketch

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

After leafing through a number of Logo design books in Waterstones the other day, I found myself in Costa creating this sketch.

ABFL_wingedHeart_logo

I added my portfolio URL to the banner across the heart to give it some relevance to me personally. I also decide to try and digitise the image, adding colour along the way.

Now for whatever reason, I started this process in Photoshop rather than Illustrator. This being the case, I have not yet achieved the overall image that I had hoped for, but I had spent too long working in Photoshop to be bothered starting in Illustrator.

ABFL_wingedHeart_logo_Digital

To be completed sometime soon – probably next weekend.

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Back to blogging

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Once again I have found myself getting too wrapped up in doing other things that have kept me from having the time to sit down here at my Mac and add to this blog.

As off tomorrow I shall be undertaking a role building templated websites for yell.com, which should hopefully allow me to slip back into my previous way thinking/working – we shall see.

It is still uncertain as to whether a creative career is going to be my future or whether I shall indeed join the MOD Police and follow in my Fathers’ policing footsteps. Having got as excited as I did about the prospect of the Yell position, I feel that even if I do become a police officer I shall have to continue with the freelance web design work as a method of keeping my interest alive and active.

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Another christening

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

This weekend sees me in Campbeltown for a family christening.

Spending another sunday morning in church was made all the more bearable as I was sat with my dad who shares similar views about the church.

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FOWA & Diggnation live

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

What a weekend! It’s still only early on Saturday night but I am shattered after the festivities.

Yesterday I was London join to meet up with Dave and head to the Future of Web Apps conference – although we only had the cheap expo tickets.

Had a chat with people from a few tech companies about their products, sat in on a presentation on Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 and DeepZoom. I must say, both products got me rather excited when thinking about their potential uses – something I thought I would never say about a Microsoft app!

We also managed to sneak into one of the conference talks about business startups, but I left to go for a cigarette and Dave followed shortly afterwards upon realizing that no-one else in there was wearing a White expo-only pass!

After much walking around the expo floor, a few trips outside for coffee and a smoke and a bit of time sitting down on the waterfront we headed back in to begin the wait for Diggnation live.

A brief wait to get into the rammed ‘conference hall’ was well worth it. The pre-show music proved to make the most of the rather impressive soundsystem, much to my joy.

The mood was lifted further by the Google beers! 4 bottles if Peroni, courtesy of Google – big smiles all round!

When the show finally kicked off, Kevin & Alex were on top form – although I did get a little annoyed by the dweeby fanboys I was sitting next to.

After an awesome, laugh filled show, we headed to the Fox for the afterparty. Another experience that would have been better if we had conference passes that would have entitled us to free beer courtesy of Facebook – but sadly we had to pay for our drinks :(

A few tube stations away, we were back at Daves with a mountain of Chinese food.

This morning, well afternoon once Dave was ready, we headed to an art gallery in Angel. A nice ecclectic collection of artists and photographers was exhibited, some of which have websites that I plan to visit.

I am now on the last leg of my trip home and have just realized that I should have sat at the front of the train rather than the rear- the front being closer to the exit to the station. C’est la vie.

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The Government!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Over the last few days I have added a couple of UK government twitters to my list. Most of them offer up little info-bites of what is happening within number 10 and the FCO.

I have also found a blog written by someone who currently works as civil servant and is part of the Government Communications Network.

Having looked into this a little, it would appear that this is an area of the government that appeals as somewhere that I could happily find myself working – and being able to apply my degree too!

I’m keeping my eyes open for suitable positions and shall be applying for them where possible.

I have also realised that my portfolio site needs a re-vamp and so I aim to work on that this weekend :)

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The week ahead

Monday, August 25th, 2008

This week sees me continuing my term at Jeppesen, much to Livi’s disappointment – she thought it was only for last week and that I was still going to take the Prolog job.

I have been looking into a few graduate entry jobs which I’ll be applying for when I get time to complete the relevent forms.

I also need to find time to finish the recently neglected Barbarossa website which has just a few adjustments needed to it.

All of this has to happen alongside a continued effort to get to the gym regularly as well as running and cycling on non-gym days.

We shall see how it goes!

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Isaacs’ christening

Monday, August 25th, 2008

This weekend saw me travelling to Suffolk once again. This time the main event was the christening of Amie and Iestyns little boy Issac (I think that is the right spelling).

I must say that an hour and a half in church would have been too much if it hadn’t been for the little blonde lad that was running around doing as he pleased! So entertaining for someone that really doesn’t like being preached at in church!

Isaac handled the actual christening very well, especially ad he was asleep just before the priest poured water over his head! He looked so cute afterwards, wearing a look that said ” why did you just let that off man wake me up by pouring water on my head?”

There was a buffet and bouncy castle in the village hall afterwards and then a few bands were playing in the local pub so we headed there for that.

All in all it was a rather good day, the sun even managed to appear around 3pm which helped!

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Working once again

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Well it finally happened!

Finally managed to get myself a job, albeit a temporary one for now. I’m glad really because the weekends weren’t as enjoyable when they were the same as every other day!

I’m now ammending flight manuals for Jeppesen which is pretty monotonous but interesting nonetheless.

I can’t wait to have money going into my bank account once again, making it easier to get on with life and do all the things that I’ve been unable to do for so long now.

The Barbarossa website is almost finished, just having a few issues with the javascript slideshow that I’m implementing – I’ve been too tired this week to concentrate enough to solve them though :(

Anyway I better head back to my desk now.

On the plus side, I have a nice view when I’m outside smoking:

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Jobs – actual and horse related

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Back over in Suffolk once again.

I had yet another interview with Prolog and am now due to start working in the broadband retention department – have to say I can’t wait to engage my brain once again.

I’ve also applied for an assistant website editor position within the civil service. The role could prove to be an excellent opportunity to get into the civil service as I had planned and in a capacity that would make use of my degree which would be a bonus!

Being in Suffolk also means that things start to revolve around horses once again, with this afternoon seeing me helping Livi with Tich and also poo picking Nigel, Peggy and Tango’s field.

I believe I can hear the sound of approaching hooves which suggests that the girls have returned from their hack :)

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Rainy saturday afternoon

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

It is not a nice day here in Thatcham, it’s rather wet and fairly gusty too.

Nevertheless I am not long back from an 8 mile ride around Greenham Common. I’m not sure if I have ever been this muddy after a bike ride, but I’m glad that I am!

I look forward to more rides like this, regardless of the weather conditions. I am also certain that my bike is I’m need of a mini service just to make sure it keeps on running smoothly.

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