JFlah's Blunders

Each week I get the privilege of whipping up something to use as a sermon title slide. I often only have a few hours to pull everything together so I have to take as many shortcuts as I can. They don't give me a budget for imagery so often I use things that are floating around in the creative commons copyright arena like the original image in the above sample. I added lots of added interest to what was already there, did some basic color correction and added textures and drips and such before thinking I had changed it enough to say that it was ok to use. My favorite part of this edit was drawing and shading the drips. it's been a while since I rendered water on a surface and it was fun, though quickly done. Wish I'd had more time to work on this... but I wish that most weeks. I just have to run with the first or second idea I come up with when doing these. I'm glad that the boss has allowed me to do whatever I want on these - and that he's approved the charges

Brené Brown: Why Your Critics Aren’t the Ones Who Count There's some great wisdom in this lecture but if you don't have time to watch the whole thing, the best philosophy for addressing criticism is around 8:40 in the video.

Wood B Creations trade show setup This is one of my long time clients, a chainsaw carving sculptor, Burt Fleming... ok, ok; so that's my dad. Anyway, I've done several designs for him over the years but this is the first time he's gone to an official trade show and he needed some new more modern designs - business cards, postcards, the banner, ink pens and such. This is the redesigned card using the same dramatic action pose as the poster and postcards. He's wearing his "signature" art geek t shirt.