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About Me

.. Im a regular old cat.. lots of interests..

My Interests

Graphic Design :: Typography :: Making music :: Skateboarding :: Snowboarding :: Art :: Grafitti :: Nerding out with computers :: Motorcycles :: Cars

I'd like to meet:

A BMW R1200GS Adventure in an ally with the keys in the ignition and a sign that says 'im all yours'.. or I guess an F650 Dakar.------------------------------------------------------ -------
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Music:

too much to list. Who's at the top of that list? Bob Marley.M.F. Doom. Madlib. Miles Davis. MHz. DJ Premier. Gangstarr. Artifacts. 7L & Esoteric. Akrobatik. Mr.Lif. King Geedorah. EL-P. Tame-One. Prefuse 73. Tortoise. Amon Tobin. Blockhead. Bonobo. Architecture in Helsinki. Broken Social Scene. The Kinks. The Beatles. NOFX. My Bloody Valentine. Sonic Youth. DJ Shadow. WITCH!. The list will go on..MAN!! WHY DIDNT WE MAKE A HIPHOP VIDEO AT INMAR??..

Movies:

Goodfellas.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.Dark Days.Office Space.swingers.Scratch.Style Wars.Goonies.Napolean Dynomite. City of God. Ansel Adams Documentary. Worlds Fastest Indian. lots from the 80's and the list goes on

Television:

Long way Round, Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days, Amazing race, Arrested Development, Curb your enthusiasm..

Books:

No time to read anything but design books:present Citizen Designer.The New Typography.Designing with Type.The End Of Print.About Face.Paul Rand Biography. About a zillion magazines. Elements of typographic Style. Anyone read Jupiter's Travels??past The Evolution of Conciousness.Filth.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

Heroes:

Paul Rand. Josef Mueller (for the fantasmic grid). Armin Hoffman. Typographers.. real ones.

My Blog

Black is just not black enough. Four colour black..

I don't even know ifthese tips are posting properly! Can someone respond to this blog just so I know you are all gettting it? Thanks! Four colour black.. When I was in college I never learned th...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

TOP 5 - SONGS IN YOUR "TOP 25 MOST PLAYED" LIST IN iTUNES

I constantly play music while I am designing. Here is what I found in the first five slots of my "TOP 25 MOST PLAYED" smart list in iTunes. If you don't have iTunes.. shame. Just list your top five. ...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2+3.COLOUR.COMBOS - 1

Colour can definately be the deciding factor on a dope design.. I try to mess around with different colour combos every time I do a magazine. Some will work.. some unfortunately don't (at least for me...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Adobe inDesign and what i'm learning. 2-THE WORD WAVE

Not very useful but the Kiteboarding Magazine I design had a photo submitted (on more than one occasion) that included the word "wave". Indesign thought this meant it was a sound file! What the hell! ...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Adobe inDesign and what i'm learning. 1-TRANSPARENCY

So i'm fairly new at inDesign. Working on my magazine number five and I still have a long way to go. I'd like to post my experiences and try to answer questions for any design nerds making the transit...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Parties are good for your health..

SBC Skateboard Volume 7, Issue 1 launched. More organized and more fun than last year.. and it was hard to top last year! Packed by ten with a bunch of drunk bastards lookin for a a secret way to grab...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST