Aeon Thundercat

Here is a before|after shot of him today!
Here`s a retouched photo of my son Aeon he has had a really rough first year and i have been giving him more of my time that used to use updating, I am always in the middle of projects and whatnot, i do have a few tutorials and […]

A little Logo inspiration - 100 samples

It’s so hard to come up with original, yet sleek and catchy logo, right? Here are 100 samples to give you bit of inspiration. I am constantly asked to design logos and this is a few that i have found that have some very interesting styles similar to what the clients wanted.
Here are a […]

New Hardware…WO_oT!

I took a bit of a break while developing www.skateprojects.com and also I Built a mini ramp for skateboarding, (check out skateprojects for pics).  The fun part is I dont even know how to skateboard…lol
…but i guess i know how to a bit now.
But best of all while on break i bought a new computer […]

MeanWhile back at the Blog!…

I have been working on one of my Projects that i started a while back, It is a website for skateboarding and merchandise. The site is user based, using wordpress and a few awesome tools itweaked and a couple themes for the users unique tastes. This is my fisrt time designing a site to be […]

LifeStream - Self Hosted

This is a screen shot of our LifeStream, soon as i saw this awesome plug in of course it was going on the blog, The above image is our sidebar widget, What an awesome way to keep up on our Facebook Updates, Pics that get Flickr’d, Posts of yours i find and Digg, Articles i […]

The One Page Wonder

Yes its spring and time for some fresh design and simplistic optimization, Clear the clutter with our Specialty Designed One Page Web Site, this is a fully dynamic site using nothing but the latest scripts and modern in design concepts. We do offer one page designs for a very fair price of $150.00 for the first page and $75 each additional page, But now using our One Page Site you will have the functionality of a hundred page site all in one

A.T.O.D Almost One Year Old

Yup this little guy is almost one years, my second son His name is Aeon Thundercat Ononkwe, *TEAR! : ) time flies by so fast when you step back and reflect on the first months and changes the little ones go through, The personalities they develop. Getting into anything that can be reached, Cheerios, teething, […]

Alpha HalfTone Cut-Away Effect

Another effective tutorial showing us how to create this great effect using an alpha mask in the channels pallet. Nick at www.2gen.net was kind enough to show me this tip last night, so Thanks You! to him for the tip and now ill show you how its done.

1. Grab your image and create a new […]

Faze One Studio ~ Site Updates

Thanks to all readers of Faze one Studio blog, it means alot.
For the last two months i have been working on improvements to the site, I added a forum(Good for google ranking), lets see i added a new portfolio/gallery…Two days ago I found a good stat tracker for our site, Mint!… I find it to […]

Water Color Background Effect

This is a very simple effect that can be done easy with only a few steps. This tutorial will show you how to create a waterpaint effect using a couple brushes i found online as well as the gradient tool.

Slap a few brushes onto separate layers no need to be neat, I used a few […]

Post-Lomography Effect

The first time I saw a photo that looked like this, I wanted to shoot one of my own. But, for the longest time I couldn’t figure it out how people took photos look like this. Then one day searching the web, I searched and searched and after trying several different Photoshop methods, I finally came up with my own using a mix of different techniques. By all means, there are probably other ways to do this, but this method has served me well.

Tips for Effective Web Design

Here are some essential web design tips that every web site should follow. Design your web site by following these tips and I guarantee that visitors will have a great first impression of your site.

* Fast Loading web site designs - This is the number 1 tip that every web designer should follow. You might design a web site that looks fantastic but few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load. Your designs should be optimized for the web and should not take more than 15 seconds to load. Remember, you might have a great design but very few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load.

Personal Projects & Creative Elevation

I know personally I have learned a lot from the personal design projects I have done in the past. It seems to help keep design work fresh. When you are working regularly for a lot of the same clients you can find you are not stretching yourself. You use the same programs, same fonts (sticking with the corporate style you have set up) same sort of images and logos. By setting yourself personal projects you can safely (ie no-one else necessarily has to see it) learn new programs and experiment with different techniques.

More recently some of you will know I have been trying to learn CSS and HTML and although my skills are still very basic, by adapting a wordpress template for my character designs (another personal project) I have managed to create myself a simple web site and at the same time learn more about CSS and HTML on the way. Blogging on this blog (another personal project ) has helped with this too, and I am not so afraid to get my hands dirty and tweak the HTML and CSS (although it doesn’t always go to plan).

HTML Cheat Sheet

This is a very handy tool for beginners while learning the lingo. Print it out and paste it up beside your computer, you’ll be glade you did. I’m still trying to memorize most of them. Familiarize yourself with them and embed them into your <head> .
~Click here for full image ~

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Vector Project Update!

These are two of my ongoing vector projects, This is actually my third and fourth attempt at creating this type of art. ‘ll be finishing these in the next few days, I just wanted to share with you guys what I’m working on in my spare time and also this puts some pressure on […]

Short hand guide to Web Ranking

Owning a website is a cool thing in itself, but it’s even greater if you’re able to welcome a lot of visitors to it. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this, is by making sure your site is easily found through search engines like Google.

In contrary to what the SPAM flooding our inbox is promising (”submit to 500 search engines!”, “Guaranteed Top Rankings!”, “Free beer included!”), there is no quick and dirty way to accomplish this. On the other hand, the secrecy and vague terminology used by dedicated Search Engine Optimization bureaus are mostly a means to mask there’s nothing secret or difficult about optimizing your website for search engines. Let’s give it a quick start…

Parent Photography Strategies

For parents who would want to capture the best moments of their children, professional photography lessons wouldn’t be that necessary, all they have to do is to learn about certain photography technicalities and observe the attitude and mood swings of their children.

Parents should bear in mind that when trying to photograph their children, they should be ready for occasional tantrums and crying. When this happens, let the child calm down by giving them something that would catch their attention like a toy.

Younger children like those tots under 5 years old are not very conscious or aware of the camera but this doesn’t mean that they are very interested in the ‘photo shoot’. To get their attention, make sure that you have something that will get their attention.

Rounded Corners Using CSS

Rounded corners add a nice little design to any page – using rounded corners can be image heavy; So, this post I am going to show you how to make rounded corners using only CSS! This is such a neat little trick and can be very handy.
There are a lot of different methods to make […]

Summer To Winter - Setting the Scene - Part 2

Its cold again after a short little bit of warm weather, I introduced this picture in a past post announcing the new Portfolio slash Gallery. We are going to turn a nice summer photo into a winter photo. This tutorial has a few steps that are covered in “Setting the scene - Part 1” but optional… We will be learning about basic brush functions creating the snow.

My New Toy

I finally have lightroom and WOW! what the heck i have found my silent partner lol…one or two clicks an you got a masterpiece. I read about it months a go but thought it be neat but now that i have it i can’t believe what it can do, If you are a budding photographer […]

New Design ~ Doolittle Productions

Its been a while in the making but i finally got my main site pimped out at www.doolittleproductions.com have a look and tell me what you think, I’ve had about ten designs for DP, and so far i think this one is the best. I’ll look to see if the wayback machine has any older versions of what it used to look like, When i built my first layout i just used a photoshop page made the page looked how i wanted it then sliced it up, but doing this created a few hundred images , that all have to load before you see the whole page. Gradually i learned about CSS and optimization and by trial and error I’ve learned the fundamentals …

Vector Silhouettes

When i started making vector silhouettes i noticed how many pictures of a subject looked interesting to use but far from practical. When you make a silhouette you have to choose an image that has recognizable form, like the hand and feet distinguishable from the body and other object you are vectoring. […]

You’re Kidding ~ First Vector Pack ~ Available Now

YES! We are proud to announce the first Vector pack from Faze One Studio, This pack is called You’re kidding it has 16 images. A bit of a snag before x-mas delayed the release, but however we have been able to finalize a plan to release our vector packs. If you are a subscriber to […]

The New Portfolio Gallery

I added a new Portfolio/Gallery , Check it!,.. this pic here is the first new image retouch in the new gallery neat hu…? I will cover this in my next post-”Turn Summer to Winter : ) FunStuff!” …….Have a look around if your into it, I have added a sub gallery for my video’s and effects… check it out — THANKZ!

Grainy Magazine look

You probably have seen this look many time in magazines and some ads on t.v.,This is a grainy and epic looking style that is easy to achieve with photoshop and a nice Image to work with. Below are 5 pictures from a very talented artist over at www.garylandphotography.com, This look is very impressive and only takes a few steps to complete. While picking a Photo to use remember that you want a bit of texture as well as color.

Create a Rain Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will be lighting up a night scene to give it some added style, These are a few simple tricks that we have covered in the last tutorial “Day to Night ~ Setting The Scene ~ PART.1” . But we will be adding rain as well as animating it. […]

Day to Night ~ Setting The Scene ~ PART.1

This an awesome tutorial, Using a day time Photograph we will turn it into a night time picture with a few simple steps….so find your image or use the one here in this tutorial, to view the original image scroll down! this was inspired by the tutorial over at www.videocopilot.net, If you are an avid […]

Tutorials for Vexel and Vector Art

This is a collection of over sixty high quality tutorials for vector/line art, I have been making vector art for about two month, Vector art is one of the most monotonous things to do in photoshop, but the final results are mostly always stunning. Even with a few simple shapes and colors you can make some very pleasing effects, Follow a couple tutorials, making cars ,hair,and other objects […]

Dealing with Distracting Backgrounds

1. Check your Background Before Hitting the Shutter Release
Ok - this strategy isn’t Rocket Science in fact you’d think it almost goes without saying - but unfortunately it doesn’t and many of the mistakes that I see in photographs could have been avoided simply by checking the background before taking the shot […]

Introduction to Photography

Photography is the process of recording visual images by capturing light rays on a light-sensitive recording medium (e.g. film or digital CCD). It can be thought of as two pursuits:

Technical: The science of setting up the camera and the recording medium to take images in a controlled way.
Creative: The art of composing […]

Lost Data : (

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHH GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
I reformated my computer lastnight hoping to fix a few bugs my computer has had. Every thing was going smooth, I had put all most all the data i had that was valuable in some orginized folders, set the Operating System to auto do its thing, Then I thought i’ll lie down For […]

Vector CS3 Illustrator Tutorial

This is a very good tutorial using vector shaping in illustrator cs3, Featuring one of my favorite songs. I have been making some vector stuff lately, But this is very interesting for sure.Neat to see how others do vector, I haven’t used illustrator to vector so far i have been using photoshop, but i think […]

Ashley Simpson Vector ~ By Benjamin Doolittle

Lookie lookie, i made a vector! actually Vector number 2…………..
Finally finished this vector piece I’ve been working on off and on for about two weeks now i think its done, Mabey I’ll add something for the background, I’m working on another of ashley with full body and a lot more detailed, i might have to […]

Fresh BubbleYum! ~ Text Effect Tutorial

I had a very nice x mas, Very refreshing to say the least. Kids galore! lol… odd that the font used is called strenuos . But it suites the cause : ). This is another really simple tutorial using only three adjustments to your layers palette, I’ll be getting into some really advanced […]

Cutting to the Sound of the Beat ~ Editing Tutorial

I put this video up on youtube about a year ago, The producers of the Silent Hill Movie chose my town to film part of the movie on our main street down town, I took as many pictures as I could. since the producer of the film ran an ad in our local paper to […]

CS3 “minus” ImageReady ~ Animate .gif Tutorial

First of all, there is no Imageready in CS3. It has been integrated within Adobe Photoshop CS3…quite well infact. Just abit odd to find everything, that image ready did. The process remains pretty much the same despite the change. Follow these steps and you have an awesome animated .GIF

STEP 1 : Have all your layers […]

Retro Text Effect ~ Tutorial Pt.1

This is a very simple retro effect, This is part 1,This is only a three stepper but I will be stepping this one up a notch, but for now find some cool color schemes, All you need is two. lol, I’ll use pink for this tutorial, “Pink - it’s my new obsession,
Pink - it’s not […]

MyFace Code

This is a funny .css code for myspace it makes me laugh how many people use these site but in all reality they are all the same with a different .css coding, No! really im just trying to be funny. The truth is im just jealous of their success, but who or what blogger wouldn’t […]

3D Reflection Text effect ~ Tutorial

Create a simple refection effect with a bit of a 3d effect, I ‘ve seen this tutorial done many times but i rarely see this effect taken to the next level, also since reflections are distorted 90% of the time, they may be squeezed, bent, or swirled out of proportion , But thats a matter of taste i suppose. In this tutorial i will be adding a bit of perspective to create the illusion of 3d space, As well as shrinking the reflection for added distortion.

Image mapping ~ Tutorial

I’ve Been using Dreamweaver since the master collection came out, I was really reluctant aspcialy since I had golive, It seemed a bit more user friendly…Then I reformatted my computer and reinstalled everything but golive, Pure laziness kept me from reinstalling golive and the older version of photoshop that came with imageready, Witch allowed you to create slices from a image, Cutting it into small group of your image, then you have an option to grab the HTML code to use in you site . So i have learned the ropes of dreamwever..I found the you can do this with dreamweaver with a lot more simplicity, Here how to map you’re image…A more effective solution as well as it demands less from your server : ) Bonus!

Christmas Vector GiveAway

Here is a free sample of “Sexy Celebs Vector Pack”, 4 free silhouettes ,they are some of the more recognizable of the collection, but just a taste of the more than sixty sexy celeb silhouettes. The pack has fourty ladies and twenty dudes..lol

They are very high detailed at any size! Will post them in the shop soon after x mas, still a bit of work to be done, Next pack will be “Are You Kidding” a vector pack with over fifty nostalgic remnants from our past a must have for any retro vector collectors.

My Pretty Url ~ WTF/?

I unwittingly deactivated the yahoo pretty url plug-in and now my urls and links are down…Ifeel like a fish out of water. What do i do? can ay one recommend something. PLease i need a nice and uncomplicated answer, i cannot upload htaccess, since using yahoo…eeerrrrrr….!

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Rob Zombie! Show Us How To Make a Zine!

Watching youtube and came across this guy, He looks similar to rob zombie, But a little less frightening…lol

So he show how to make a zine, I use these for a lot of different stuff like one I use for idea’s that I know if I don’t write down will be lost. Um.. what else i have another for projects that I am working on and add notes to my zine, Its basicle handy for anything and it only takes a minute to make.
Recycle and use a piece of paper that has already been used on one side….Or use the back side like a poster for something!….

whatever you find a use for ill bet you try it right away..lol, I did!

Take the Red PIll

I remixed one of my old songs, called red pill, all done on a keyboard using reason 3, im trying to get my 4 year old into making music.
He already loves the keyboard. Using the software souldnt be to hard for him since he has been at computer and internet just about as long as […]

My First Commercial ~ Time for Something New

Hello, I am posting my commercial i made about a year ago. It was made using sony vages video editing studio. Since then i have been learning adobe masters collection, so i wanted to post this older make for a bit of self motivation to make a more up to date one, I will be […]

Duo Ego!

DuoEgo, is a community site using an open source script i have redesigned the theme and added a few features to the site, This is a beta version and when i have more interest i will rewrite the script to suite mine and the users needs and preferances. The community will be open descution […]

Domino Effect ~ Tutorial

Here is a Sample example of what could be done using this effect. I will be using photoshop, We will make a single domino, but you can fill a background layer. Then select the magic wand tool and click on the text layer( the “T” symbol), Inverse the selection and Press Delete.

Draw a line half […]

Color Wheel + Internet =

Looking for just the right Combinations of colors? or you just need inspiration even as a browser you can find some really cool uses for adobe’s color tool kuler.adobe.com , This simple tool allows you to create palettes and save them to your profile and then discuss them with other members. It seem funny at […]

YAY! I found it!

I was looking through my server and i found this song that i thought i had deleted for good but thankfully i have found it. YAY! my mom will be happy because she has been wanting to have it for a while now. This is probably one of my favorite songs that I’ve […]

Play ~ Line Rider!

Click Image to PLAY Line Rider…
Make a mountain or a mole hill for the line art guy, have fun!
I am addicted to this game, check it out

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How to Stencil~Tutorial

Stencil graffiti makes use of a paper, cardboard, or other media to create an image or text that is easily reproduceable. The desired design is cut out of the selected medium and then the image is transferred to a surface through the use of spray paint or roll-on paint.
The process of […]

DIY Lighting Kit ~ Cheap!

Professional lighting kits for video and photography are very expensive. Fortunately for the budget-impaired enthusiast, it is possible to put together a perfectly adequate lighting kit for less than $100.
A good beginner’s lighting kit should include:

Three (or more) lights with stands
Reflector board(s)
Power cables, extension leads and a multi-box.

The Lights
The standard budget light is the halogen […]

Little FootPrints Club!

“Our Little FootPrints Club is a series of portrait sessions throughout your baby’s ever-changing first year. This program includes four sessions at the most significant times: three month, six months, nine months, and one-year. This is the perfect time to capture those subtle changes that your baby will make, and those monumental stages they will […]

Faze One Studio Photography

Individual Portrait Package - $150.00

2-hours of on-location or In-Studio photography (One location, multiple settings)
As many shots as time will allow
1 set of 4×6 reprints of top 25 frames
2-8×10s of selected image
4-4×5s of selected image
50-Bill fold size reprints of selected image ($30.00 for additional set)

Couples Portrait Package - $175.00

3-hours of on-location or In-Studio photography (One location, […]

Creating your own business plan

A business plan defines your business strategy. It is an important document because it is like a map, showing the path your business will take in the future. It needs to tell exactly what type of business you have and how you plan to run it. All business plans are unique to a particular type […]

Feed The Beast ~ RSS Style!

I’m working on a new project, www.feedeRSS.net I chose the domain Dot net because, well it is a networking site. Users will be able to submit there RSS feed in to the database and one an hour the content will be updated with the newest content on your site, mind you there will be restrictions. […]

80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design

Let’s take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world. Most screenshots are taken from the foundries and provided specimens - particularly on www.Veer.com and www.Fontshop.com.
Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design/

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MyBlogLog’s email Service

Mybloglog.com, I found this really neat email signaure feature in ther profile section of the site. This is mine feel free to look at my links, and post yours in the comment section here in the blog. I found that most mail services only allow you about 1000 letters per signature, so you might have […]

Customize your WordPress log-in page

I was really interested to see if i could set up the log in page of the wordpress blog i use and i found it was as simple as pie! First i found the two images located in my server ftp://yoursite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/

login-bkg-tile.gif

login-bkg-bottem.gif

Right click to save
edit the image
overwrite the image on your server and SHAZAAM!

No that […]

Neon Sign ~ Tutorial!

I have been awaiting my internet connection and finally 9 day late, I was
going bonkers. Thankfully having two babies kept me sane…lol,Well since
i had no internet i put together a few new tutorials for us to try. Here is a
neon sign effects that we will make 3-D in a follow-up tutorial..

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Reason, Patches and the blog

Here is a list of samples i have posted on doolittleproductions.com and have been getting messages from users that the files are not linked properly, Here are the files all in one spot, i have been super busy with other stuff that i havnt’t had a chance to check on my downloads, anyway enjoy!

Refills
d_productions.rfl>
native_pack_refilled.rfl
04.rfl […]

Setting up Shop!

We have been working hard putting together a huge library of vector images from simple doodles to delicate designs, our
first set will be a twofer. you buy one set you get one set free, but only till i release set #2. Also, soon our shop will be
available that would be automatic, but…i have […]

My Flickr Tags

 
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Design Color Chart

Colours Chart
Here is a list of not commonly used browser colours… Even though they are not so-called “safe” colours such as #000000 or #CCCCCC, they do display properly in all major browsers. The colours are gathered in groups of three, in case you decide to make use of one colour, you will have a two […]

The Shop and its Purpose!

 
I have installed a shop here on the site, i will be giving away free stuff like always, but if you like the free stuff you might also enjoy the more detailed collections of the versions for free. Here is a free vector pack of sexy silhouettes of celeberties. Kylie Monogue is one of the […]

FOS UPDATES!!!

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My First Vector Pack

 
This pack took bout 2 hours to put together, It is my very first vector pack …I plan on making a bank for my vector art for download, so here is the first of many.

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Free Vector Glasses

I was going to add a girl in the image, and will…but for now its going to the backburner. It has a lot of Depth Of Feild and being my second vector attempt is a bit much for me, but when im finished i will post the files for downloading…

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Creative Business Cards

Your business card carries the brand of your company and represents yourself, a well designed and printed card can impress and make people take notice and remember you which is what you’re aiming for. A badly designed or printed card can leave a bad impression or even worse be simply forgotten. 
Im currently researching creative business […]

Top Ten Blogs For Web Designers

 
Today Im doing a round up of the magazine-style blogs that are usefull for web designers. I prefer these over printed magazines as they’re quicker with the latest information and the quality is as good if not better than traditional mags.

- Some great articles if you have, or are thinking about, starting out on your […]

Graffiti In BrownTown

 
Here is a collection of pics I took today, most from the train yard….
Some are from around town, in the alleys and side streets. Ill post
more that i find but here is the link for the ones I took today. 

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My First Vector ArtWork

 
 
This is my very first vector attempt. Im suprised how similar it is to designing stencils. I put together a short video of the process. NOT a tutorial, Something for my portfolio…….anywho… Use the image as your screen saver….enjoy!

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Font Collection — Font Bank

More free tools for your designer’s toolbox, this time we cover fonts. We have scoured the web for you to digg out the very best freebies we could find…Enjoy

Preface Light™ - Nick Shinn’s reaction to Helvetica.

FF Clan™ Narrow Bold - Grab a very useful member of a very large group. This piece of FF Clan […]

Photo Retouch — Tutorial Bank

Sometimes retouching is needed on a photograph. To really make it Easy for you, We have Banked some of the various tricks and techniques on-line, That you can use to improve your photos. Have Fun!

Retouching People   
Glamour Model Retouch - Give someone a full makeover in a glamour style      

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Free Vector Downloads

As a designer its always handy to have a collection of pre-made vector objects available to use in your designs, whether its illustrator files or photoshop shapes - here we have dugg out the very best for you.

You may be be interested in our post on Illustrator Tutorials to accompany these vector downloads.
Free Fonts - […]

Photo Restoration

 
I am a fully trained photograph restoration artist, and spent several
years restoring and retouching photographs the ‘old fashioned way
using special photographic paints and pencils. This training combined
with my experience as a graphic artist has given me a thorough knowledge
of the software and hardware necessary to do this, and the colour
expertise that’s required to do it […]

Pink Gel Text - Photoshop

Here is a simple gel text follow along and you will have somthing like this.

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Our Little Value Deal for New Parents

Little FootPrints Club includes…
Four 1 Hour Studio Sessions to capture those precious milestones
Suggested timing for sessions…
3 Months - On Tummy, Holding Head Up
6 Months - Sitting Up
9 Months - Standing Up, Holding On
12 Months - Standing On Their Own
All of this for just……… $129.99 THAT’S OVER $200 IN SAVINGS!!!
Add that next year for only $99.99 […]

Hello & Welcome to Fazeonestudio Blog

I have been so busy with having a new born, Middle of moving and Setting up this site the way i know it should be. But it has me in a bit of a frenzy..lol Well expect a lot of post from me in the near future, I have been learning a whole new approch […]