Archive for the 'Design' Category
Font conference
Anyone who lives in the world of fonts and design must watch this, tho I must apologize ahead of time for the word “bastard”. After that, enjoy.
P.S. - I love Wingdings.
Site Redesign
Still have to adapt my old banner with my new site and look, but I think everyone will like my less cluttered look around here. Scroll down for a few goodies like Pownces, links to my fav people and places, etc. My junk coming soon.
So, do you like?
Blind Man’s Bluff
Already getting questions on the picture of me on the banner of this website:
- Did you Photoshop that?
- How did you get it to stick?
- What’s the symbolism (if any)?
In short, no it’s not Photoshop, it’s a real card. I was at a photo shoot for my wife Hayley because she needed some new headshots post marriage/motherhood and the photographer, Michael Gomez (great guy-MEGA talented), was kind enough to squeeze me in after a gazillion shots of Hayley and Addy. I brought a deck of cards for a prop just in case. We shot a few with me holding the cards that
turned out pretty cool including the one in this article. The only problem was I felt uncomfortable with the cards in my hand.
Or maybe too comfortable. Both I guess.
Comes with the territory of having spent so many hours/weeks/years in casinos holding those things. But it’s not the cards that ruin your life, it’s the guy holding them.
Even so, I asked if we could shoot one more, licked the back of the ace of diamonds and applied it "directly to forehead" Some people that have seen it have instantly liked it. A couple people at our publisher weren’t fans when I suggested it for the cover flap of the book. On the surface, a smiling man holding two aces out seems like a great picture, but that’s not my story. I had gambling on the brain. I used it as half escape, half gun-to-my-head to avoid facing my fears and risking for good.
That’s why I really liked the poker-head pic, I didn’t look happy, but I still looked at peace. Not to mention placing a card on your forehead is a mainstay of the kooky poker variation, Blind Man’s Bluff. Funny, that was me- once blind, always bluffing…
BTW - I did not use this to stick the card to my head: