Posts Tagged ‘cds’

Posted on August 5, 2008 - by CDS

The CDS Shop is Live!

We recently started a new CafePress store with some CDS merchandise, and other non-branded stuff. The goal is to raise money for charitable oranizations, including Unicef, ONE, Fight Global Warming, and the WWF. We started with two prototype tote bags branded with our signature floral embellish and contact information, one for myself, and a one as a gift for my Mom. Surprisingly, everytime I use it at the market I get inquiries about where I got it, and the same with my Mom. We’ve had so many requests for the bag we decided to launch the shop now, before it’s finished. So, please note that available products are limited right now, and that we plan to grow the store with dozens more products and designs in the near future. And, if you have any product or design requests, please send us a note and we’ll do our best to provide it.  

Posted on June 28, 2008 - by CDS

3D Text

In my humble opinion, one of the best 3d text creation applications is XARA 3d6, http://www.xara.com/us/. 3d6 basically eliminates timely rendering, and doesn’t take up nearly as much comp resources that comprehensive 3d apps do. This is not a full 3d suite, but it does come with dozens of shapes, objects, and 3d methods. Did I mention how easy it is to work with. When used in conjunction with photoshop, illustrator, etc., the possibilities are endless. Here’s a sample of one of our promotional postcards, front and back. This was created using XARA 3d6 for the CDS text, illustrator for for the illustrations, and photoshop for the effects.