This was meant to drop in February, but one thing led to another, lethargy, procrastination and the just can’t be bothered syndrome got in the way!Â
Five things that got me gingered up this June ’22
Category: Creativity
Cinemagraphs
A Cinemagraph is an image that combines still photography with video to create a picture that contains a small subtle moving element while the rest is frozen.
Punctuation !?&@*”” marks
I recently experimented with animating some commonly used punctuation. I used the colour orange and tints and opacities to ad overlays depth to give them a '70's retro look about them.
Freedom Day!
Freedom Day! It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster, right. Wrong.
This is One Minute Whisky!
"Hey, Whatup dram fans, this is One Minute Whisky!" There's no better way to start this glorious Friday than a shout out to my cousin Stewart and my favourite Instagram account over the past few weeks – Dram Dabbler. I love watching the 'One Minute Whisky’ videos and the descriptive anecdotes he uses to describe… Continue reading This is One Minute Whisky!
Ampersand
In a recent creative experimental project, I've had some great fun playing around with the humble ampersand.
Five things that got me gingered up this June ’21
Half way through the year and we're nearly at the last hurdle for the easing of the lockdown restrictions. However the 21st June has now been pushed back four weeks because of those pesky variants still hanging around. Still, it doesn't stop the eternal creative army fighting the good fight and delivering some incredible work!… Continue reading Five things that got me gingered up this June ’21
Vaccine beer
In celebration of the fact that I recently received my first Covid-19 vaccine I thought it only appropriate I toast this monumental of occasions with a timely home-brew!
Isolated architecture
The Bat & Ball. Chequer Street, St Albans. I've taken creative inspiration from @ken_ohyama and trying out his cutout/isolation techniques of Japanese buildings on local buildings close to me. I'm loving how the isolation of certain buildings really puts the spotlight on these charismatic structures that would have otherwise been lost and merged into the… Continue reading Isolated architecture
Five things that got me gingered up this February 2021
It's the shortest month of the year, not that I'm counting the months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds... If I had a fast forward button, I would press it and not let go until safely past the very annoying Covid-19 commercial break. Unfortunately that button's been disabled and every single one of us needs to… Continue reading Five things that got me gingered up this February 2021
The Shortbread Shed 