Is Bartering Back?
Bartering History Is bartering for goods and services makings its fourth comeback in the United States? History shows that when the US economy begins suffering from economic downturn that bartering begins to show up. Until now bartering has appeared in primarily three eras during the history of the United States. The colonial era. During the 17th and 18th centuries, money was scarce, so the colonists relied primarily on bartering, with commodities … Read more...
Drawings and Tablet Drawings
I have been working on improving my tablet drawing abilities lately. There are so many options available with my wacom tablet. I have found that I have a steady hand in photoshop, but I can't seem to control the settings very well in illustrator. Practice makes perfect I guess, but it can still be frustrating getting to perfect. Here are a few drawings I am working on and have completed in Photoshop with my wacom tablet. Starting with Tinkerbell! (she is … Read more...
Favorite WP Themes and Plugins
Until June 2009 I had never touched (or even heard of wordpress), now I almost exclusively design my clients sites (and my own) using WordPress. My favorite themes for the Wordpress platform are made and supported by Studiopress. I have found that Studiopress develops the best of the best in customizable themes, which is great for someone who still considers herself a "newbie". Now the only reason I call myself a newbie is because I don't have years and years … Read more...
Favorite WP Themes and Plugins
Until June 2009 I had never touched (or even heard of wordpress), now I almost exclusively design my clients sites (and my own) using WordPress. My favorite themes for the Wordpress platform are made and supported by Studiopress. I have found that Studiopress develops the best of the best in customizable themes, which is great for someone who still considers herself a "newbie". Now the only reason I call myself a newbie is because I don't have years and years … Read more...
Visit to Nashville Zoo
Saturday, July 23rd we braved the heat (105 degrees) to visit the Nashville Zoo on Ice Day 2010. Growing up in Baltimore, I've been to the DC Zoo and the Baltimore Zoo several times, and it seems Nashville's Zoo, though laid out nicely, seems smaller to me than the Zoo's around my hometown. I was greatly disappointed that the Flamingo Lagoon was not open and the trail heading toward the cougars (by way of the Flamingo Lagoon) was closed due to construction. … Read more...
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Favorite WP Themes and Plugins
Until June 2009 I had never touched (or even heard of wordpress), now I almost exclusively design my clients sites (and my own) using WordPress. My favorite themes for the Wordpress platform are made and supported by Studiopress. I have found that Studiopress develops the best of the best in customizable themes, which is great for someone who still considers herself a "newbie". Now the only reason I call myself a newbie is because I don't have years and years … [Read More...]
Visit to Nashville Zoo
Saturday, July 23rd we braved the heat (105 degrees) to visit the Nashville Zoo on Ice Day 2010. Growing up in Baltimore, I've been to the DC Zoo and the Baltimore Zoo several times, and it seems Nashville's Zoo, though laid out nicely, seems smaller to me than the Zoo's around my hometown. I was greatly disappointed that the Flamingo Lagoon was not open and the trail heading toward the cougars (by way of the Flamingo Lagoon) was closed due to construction. … [Read More...]
Drawings and Tablet Drawings
I have been working on improving my tablet drawing abilities lately. There are so many options available with my wacom tablet. I have found that I have a steady hand in photoshop, but I can't seem to control the settings very well in illustrator. Practice makes perfect I guess, but it can still be frustrating getting to perfect. Here are a few drawings I am working on and have completed in Photoshop with my wacom tablet. Starting with Tinkerbell! (she is … [Read More...]
NYCRC Camper Guidebook
As part of Poodles Doodles community service efforts, I recently created a camper guidebook for the New York City Rock Camp (NYCRC). I avidly support the arts in Murfreesboro and beyond as I feel that creativity among our youth is very important to balance out their lives. There are so many talented children and teens and they should be supported in their dreams of becoming artists, musicians, painters, and actors. Below is a sample of the guidebook I put … [Read More...]
New label designs for Seaboard
Seaboard Asphalt is introducing two new products and I have just created the label concepts, what are your thoughts? … [Read More...]
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Favorite WP Themes and Plugins
Until June 2009 I had never touched (or even heard of wordpress), now I almost exclusively design my clients sites (and my own) using WordPress. My favorite themes for the Wordpress platform are made and supported by Studiopress. I have found that Studiopress develops the best of the best in customizable themes, which is great for someone who still considers herself a "newbie". Now the only reason I call myself a newbie is because I don't have years and years of coding experience and until recently … [Read More...]
Visit to Nashville Zoo
Saturday, July 23rd we braved the heat (105 degrees) to visit the Nashville Zoo on Ice Day 2010. Growing up in Baltimore, I've been to the DC Zoo and the Baltimore Zoo several times, and it seems Nashville's Zoo, though laid out nicely, seems smaller to me than the Zoo's around my hometown. I was greatly disappointed that the Flamingo Lagoon was not open and the trail heading toward the cougars (by way of the Flamingo Lagoon) was closed due to construction. My guess is that there was a delay with … [Read More...]
Charcoal Drawings
Why is it that the mediums of art that we hate are where we do our best work as an artist? I love to draw, that being said I'm an OK artist with a pencil, I just don't get paint, but let me pick up charcoal and WOW! I can make anything POP! But why? I absolutely LOATHE using charcoal - its messy, it dries your skin out, its just all around my most hated media to use to drawing and creating. Is there something in our brains that tell us that what we hate is what we need to embrace? Is it God's way … [Read More...]
Professional WordPress Site Customizations
I have been working in the graphics industry since November 1997 (that makes me feel old now) so it's been 13 years. I didn't start doing web design until 2006-7, why I waited 10 years I will never know. Since I have gotten into designing and customizing sites I have found a whole new world of love for designing and customizing. I won't necessarily say its easier, because the coding part can truly be a headache from time to time, but the design element is, there don't seem to be as many rules to … [Read More...]
Webdesigns
Is Bartering Back?
Bartering History Is bartering for goods and services makings its fourth comeback in the United States? History shows that when the US economy begins suffering from economic downturn that bartering begins to show up. Until now bartering has appeared in primarily three eras during the history of the United States. The colonial era. During the 17th and 18th centuries, money was scarce, so the … [Read More...]
New label designs for Seaboard
Seaboard Asphalt is introducing two new products and I have just created the label concepts, what are your thoughts? … [Read More...]
Chattanooga Aquarium Visit
When mom was visiting, we decided to take a trip to the Chattanooga Aquarium. We took the backstage tour and had a great time. All of these pictures were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT, by Karen Burton. Slideshow of my favorite pictures from visiting the Aquarium. ©2010 Karen Burton, photos may not be used without permission … [Read More...]
Portfolio addition
Poodles Doodles recently created a series of banner ads for Pamondon (awesome online store that offers books, magazines and more). Below is a gallery of the images. If you are interested in having Poodles Doodles create banner ads, please contact us today for more information. To become an affiliate and display one of these AWESOME banners on your site click here! Banner Ad Gallery [nggallery … [Read More...]
Tutorials and More Fun Stuff
Post cards and brochures
O'Desk has been a lifesaver for me, though its not enough to live on, each day that goes on that I am able to do "something" I earn more credit hours and stability among the buyers on O'Desk. Here are some recent images of a few projects I have completed through O'Desk. [nggallery id=10] … [Read More...]
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Poodles Doodles enjoys being quite active with the arts in the community. Non-profit and School projects are provided at a discount or as a donation*. This project (program for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) was completed by Poodles Doodles for the McFadden School of Excellence in Murfreesboro, TN. The production of, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is running from May 14-17, 2010 and is being … [Read More...]
My FAVORITE Reference Books
I'm not like most people, I live and breathe my art all day, everyday, sometimes into the night and I even take it with me on vacation. Is that nuts? I am totally a MAC freak! and I can't live without my iPhone, I don't know how I managed before I bought it. My iPhone is FULL of awesome little apps, e-books and cheat sheets for design, photography and web creation. I admit, I still love my books … [Read More...]
Neon Sign in 10 Minutes for Photoshop
How to create cool NEON Lights in Photoshop CS4 This is probably the easiest and fastest way to achieve the look and feel of Neon lights. First, open Photoshop and a new document - I used a 600px x 200px document for this tutorial. Fill it with a black background Now, choose your text tool and select a nice BOLD font - I used Adobe Caslon Bold Now its time to GLOW! Click on the FX … [Read More...]
Facebook News
Newest Fanpage design
As I have mentioned I have recently started developing Fan pages for Facebook. Below is a slideshow of some of my most recent pages. … [Read More...]
Artist Fan Pages $25
Poodles Doodles is proud to present Artist Fan Pages for the ridiculously low price of $25, get yours now before the price goes up! Why have an artist fan page? Everyone knows that the more media presence you have the better known you will be. Using a Fan page to help you with your acting/singing/artistic career and watch your followers grow... Keep you calendar, add events, invite people to your … [Read More...]
How to embed a Flickr slideshow to a static FBML box
Recently I started creating Fan Pages for my theater friends and artists and for the most part the coding has been simple, UNTIL I tried to embed a photobucket slideshow into the static FBML page. Well after searching and searching and not having any luck with the coding, I finally decided to try embedding a FLICKR slideshow instead and voila! it worked.. The code is below for anyone else who is … [Read More...]
Why Poodles Doodles recommends WordPress for your website
Why Wordpress? According to Wikipedia WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plugin architecture and a templating system. Used by over 300 of the 10,000 biggest websites, WordPress is the most popular blog software in use today. Features WordPress has a templating system, which includes widgets … [Read More...]
