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Corvus is Expanding!

CDS — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:43:41 +0000

We’re excited to announce we’ll be opening two new offices in San Francisco, California and Southern Utah/Las Vegas area. Can’t reveal too much more at the moment, but we’re very excited to start working with new clients in these areas within the next few months!

Rerun Productions Redesign

CDS — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:55:01 +0000

We just completed a revamp and upgrade of Rerun Productions, one of our very first clients. We’ve worked with Rerun for years and just adore their whole idea of functional art made from recycled items. Anyway, we upgraded their previous flash site to a simpler Wordpress site with more emphasis on search engine optimization, networking and traffic generation. This new site is also a complete CMS with video integration, Ajax features, automatic photo resizing, lightbox popup, built-in “simple forms”, and more. The idea was to create something minimal, simple, user-friendly that just shows the artwork, plain and simple. I’m a huge fan of the grid/masonry layout and was very excited to create this automatic-resizing masonry site. We’ll eventually be developing an integrated Wordpress online store, too.

Take a look at www.rerunproductions.com, and feel free to tell the folks at Rerun how much you love their creations via the comment forms!

CDS on The Best Designs

CDS — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:55:19 +0000

We’ve had some of our work featured on The Best Designs in the past, but our own website was always passed up. We’re happy to say that our new design made the cut today! Please have a look at all of the amazing sites on The Best Designs… there are some simply phenomenal websites out there. All designers have that one coveted award or recognition they always strive for, and this site is mine. It’s been in existence for quite some time, and I’ve been following it for years.

New Site Design

CDS — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:33:45 +0000

Hello fellow bloggers and design freaks, you’ve probably noticed the new site design this week. We received quite a bit of kudos for the last design, mainly for its use of bold colors and giant header. We wanted to keep that appeal with this new design, but add a bit more “organic” feel to it. I’m a big fan of the watercolor look and wanted to do something like that for a long time. It’s always risky to change something that has been received so well, but after a year or so we get the itch for something new. Hope you like it!

Corvus Takes 4th in Top 100 Designs of 2008

CDS — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:11:36 +0000

We’re happy to have learned that Corvus Design Studio has been placed at #4 in the top 100 CSS designs of 2008, according to Nerd Business.

Source: Nerd Business Top 100

The CDS Shop is Live!

CDS — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:03 +0000

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.

3D Text

CDS — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:32:10 +0000

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.

Latest Project: Fiona Bleu Gallery, Morro Bay

CDS — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:17:39 +0000

Fiona Bleu Gallery in Morro Bay, California, is a coloroful gallery of mixed mediums and styles. We just finished Fiona Bleu’s revamped Flash/XML/XHTML/CSS website. New features include an interactive room designer, featuring actual items from Fiona Bleu, comprehensive Flash galleries with custom photography, and extended gallery categories. http://www.fionableu.com