Posts Tagged ‘graphic art’
Posted on December 21, 2008 - by CDS
Latest Project: Baxter Clare Website
Although it’s not completely finished, we’re excited to launch the new www.BaxterClare.com, a website for author Baxter Clare (aka Baxter Trautman). There will be a standard XHTML version for slower connections, but for now the flash site live. This site includes everything: custom photography, graphic animations, custom mixed sound effects, XML data utilization, fullscreen options, and more. The most noteable features include:
- Alternates between a nighttime and daytime scene at 7:00pm and 8:00am
- Viewer can toggle between day and night at will (click the clock)
- XML (RSS) feed from Baxter’s blog
- XML mp3 player disguised as a vintage radio
- Sql/PHP/Flash Guestbook
- Fullscreen mode
- Scales to fill any resolution
- Custom mixed soundscapes
- Lots of hand drawn and photo manipulated animations and effects
- Actual imagery from Baxter’s writing space
Hope you enjoy, and please note that this is a rather large site (nearly 2mb included sound), and although it’s optimized as much as possible it is best viewed on a widescreen monitor, and a computer with high speed internet access and at least 1Gb ram. (there will be a non-flash site coming very soon)
Link: BaxterClare.com
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.
