Above photo is of my current set up at home. 3 months into having my iPad and I’ve got to say I love it. Even did this post on my iPad while being as lazy as possible laying in bed.

This is something I’ve been meaning to do for some time. Toying with various ideas I made a few terrible ones but this is one I’m excited to see in its final form. I’m having these printed on a thick 100lb paper with a slight gloss finish to really make the colors pop.

Originally my idea was to do a type piece with the entire phrase: “Ignorance is bliss, ignorance is love, and i need that shit. This is the Soundtrack 2 My life“. But I found that to overwhelming for a small space like 11″ x 17″ especially if I wanted to make the font as bold as I ended up choosing.

Anyways this is the final piece, I’m having about 20 printed and if you’d like one (for free) I’ll let you know how when there ready.

Right now I’m working on a few things for Dot & HeadBangaMuzik, this being one of them. They recently got a much needed makeover for their logo thanks to some nice work by Glen Infante so with that I set out to make some promotional images. Above is the final version for the first piece which I originally designed for HD use on TV’s (1920×10180) but it will also be available as a wallpaper pack down the road.

Luckily ForeverSave inadvertently made this progress timeline as I worked on it from start to finish which you can see below if your really curious to see what my thought process is on something like this.

Time Machine is a great tool for every Mac user to have installed and running but it doesn’t even come close to matching what ForeverSave has to offer for designers and professionals in various multimedia fields.

I only recently discovered ForeverSave but thanks to a free 30 Day trial that didn’t limit its features in anyway it was very obvious how useful this would be for me. Here’s the quick pitch for the application from their website:

Data loss, caused by application crashes and unintentional overwriting will become history.  ForeverSave automatically creates versions of your documents. In case you lose one, just restore it and continue your work.

If what your thinking right now is along the lines of “wow how have I never discovered this before” then welcome to my life 31 days ago.

The Dreaded Crash

“Photoshop has unexpectedly crashed”*. Ring a bell for anyone? It’s essentially one of the worst things that can happen when you realize “shit I haven’t saved this in awhile”. Losing your work isn’t fun. It costs you time, money and well time. Your left with an out of date idea that you need to update so it replicates what you originally had which is frustrating. Plain and simple: it sucks.

*I know you’ve seen this recently on your own Mac so check out the
Photoshop Crash Reports blog for some comedic relief.

What ForeverSave Does For You:

ForeverSave makes automatic backups based on certain specifications you set per application. I’ve set my Photoshop to auto save whenever I switch applications and to save every 15 minutes while working on an any open files. On top of that it will prompt you to save those common “Untitled-1″ documents you’ve forgotten to initially save.

You can apply this to anything that needs back ups form word documents to InDesign files and Final Cut projects, it will save you heaps of time next time your application crashes or you unexpectedly lose power.

I Wish I Hadn’t Done That

Of course you can think of it in an entirely different light. Have you ever worked on something and wished you could go back but your history just wont let you go any further?  Not to worry, just pull up a previous version if you need to refer to an item from an old design or just want to start fresh from a certain point.

Download It Already!

I’ve already been talking to much, if you weren’t convinced after the 2nd paragraph then I don’t know what else I can say (besides your crazy!). The full cost to buy ForeverSave is only $14.95 so go download the 30 day trial and see how it works for you. Forever Save’s website also has a full run down of what the applicaiton has to offer; a good place to start is the “Top 10 Features”.

I was in Seattle this past week for the 2010 An Event Apart conference which was a much need creative time to get my lack of inspiration up and new ideas flowing. Of course I’m a sucker for skylines so going up to the Space Needle was a must for me. Here’s a handful of photos (mainly from the needle) from my trip to Seattle.

This is awesome on so many levels. Patrick Jean incorporates some classic games like Frogger, Pacman and Tetris into the real world as pixels take over New York.

I’m fairly selective about what I work on and who I work with simply because working full time leaves me little time for side projects. Regardless, when Marky and his team got in touch about working with him for this EP and his forthcoming website it was a no brainer for me. Marky’s working on some great music so when this EP releases next week make sure to give it a listen.

If your wondering, the writing in the book was actually hand written by Marky and then scanned and photoshopped onto the book.

Also created a hard copy of the EP for myself:

In an effort to help promote the new site and its resources I designed this billboard, which is now up on Lougheed Highway.

KidCudi.tv (www.datnewcudi.com/tv) is an addition to DatNewCudi.com in an effort to provide an archive & gallery of all Kid Cudi videos available. Organized by various categories such as song titles and year of performance, it’s ease of use should provide fans with a one stop solution for any video they may be looking for. Based off the WooThemes theme “WooTube”.

So far the reception has been favourable with the video archive adding a daily increase of 15-20% in pageviews to DatNewCudi.com since it’s launch March 14.

VISIT: KiDCudi.TV

Right after Canada won the Gold in Mens Hockey I jumped in my car and made my way downtown to join in on the celebrations. Above is a quick video recap as I walked the streets around Granville & Robson as huge crowds gathered in Vancouver’s core to celebrate. Keep reading for a selection of photos.