eastowners

As many of you know, I have a liking for digital art and I sometimes liken myself as a bit of a digital artist (though nowhere near as good as some folks I know who are gifted artists in the real world). I also have a tendency to mimic those things that I see around with my own style applied; more adaptation than artistry I guess.

The end result is something that creates a little quick artistic outlet for me.

I really enjoy logo work and messing with text. Here’s a little bit of my latest Photoshop work, which you will also see around the site (I do most of the graphics around here from scratch, barring the tiny icons, which are done by folks much better at that sort of thing than I am.

There’s nothing really special here, just basic effects and trying to mimic the glass effects I see around. I also like the reflection thing quite a bit; especially for graphics that I’m just presenting to something to look at. It adds some depth and is a really stupid-simple effect to pull off.

Both of these items are things I’m thinking about using on the site. Typically, I’ve always used a full graphic logo at the top of our various websites. The fact that this one uses only text with a header background has bothered me since the beginning, but it’s been at the bottom of my list of things to “fix”. So there it is; a little preview of what you might see on the site in the future.