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JesterPainter: BioDavidson : A Kustom Kulture helmet creation (Director’s Cut) v3

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Here’s Shwing, the JesterPainter, recently customized a biker helmet for a patron’s commission. Hand-crafted by the artisan in Tel Aviv, Israel, during the summer of 2008. Hand painted by airbrush, and varnished professionally. The music is The Imperial March from Star Wars, written & conducted by John Williams. See jesterpainter.com for more amazing custom designs.

A Crash-Course in WordPress Shortcode Creation

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:39:56 +0000

This screencast will teach you how to build your own custom WordPress shortcodes.

Macworld Cover Creation

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:51:59 +0000

After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs. On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO’s. Canon’s sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4×5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens. Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder. The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.