Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Posted on August 9, 2009 - by Patrick
Design nerds and mac cultists everywhere, prepare to be geeked.
Reposted with permission from author and photographer, Peter Belanger.
“After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs.
On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO’s. Canon’s sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4×5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens.
Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder.
The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.”
Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.
Posted on August 7, 2009 - by Patrick
Storyline | Journey Church | Norman, OK
Journey Church asked me to design a series graphic for their new series coming up.
The series was really a cool idea. What makes a good story and how do we live a life that is interesting and exhibits positive change in the world around us.
I really wanted to enlarge the idea of dreaming. We all have these dreams to make our life, our story great – when we’re kids we imagine all the time, whether we’re a knight saving the damsel in distress or we’re on a balloon exploring the continents. Imagination and creativity aren’t hard for kids, however over time, our creativity is smashed by life.
How do we awaken our creative spirit and return to a place of child-like play and innocence? Where we aren’t limited by rules and social norms, but we allow our imaginations to create, move and roam free again.
