The end of an era…Lets have a re-Branded!

So, Branded07 has been around since 2007, boy has it only been 2 years?! Since its launch I have experienced an incredible uptake of interest in my site and work (Mainly about the Puffins!). I have really enjoyed reading people’s posted comments about my work, good and bad. It has been an honour being published alongside some fantastic artists in so many design galleries, such as Best Web Gallery, CSS Remix and CSS Beauty to name but a couple. It has been a brilliant experience developing and running this site, and I seem to have gathered some awesome followers along the way!

But all good things must come to an end…

So,  in light of the recent times and economic downturn I have decided to say…Sod all that! Lets make things better!

Pin-up Paper Flowers – Photoshop Tutorial

Quite a while ago I found a simple technique in Photoshop for creating your own crumpled paper effect. It involved a few simple gradients, some layer filters and a tweak to the levels! In this tutorial I am going to combine this technique with a simple transform duplication, to create some paper flowers! ‘Bit girly Rob‘ you say…. well yes but Spring is coming and as it is Mothers day, I have been in touch with my feminine side a little more than usual today!

Cool photoshop hair

One thing that bugs me when viewing images either on or off the web, especially in magazines, is the shoddy cutouts around a person. Due to tight time restraints it is much quicker to add a rough trim to a photo with the hopes that people wont be bothered.

Well there is a way in Photoshop to quite easily re-create a hair effect after a rough trim, and it only uses one tool!

Branded07 gets its first feature!

About 2 months ago I received a dubious email from a gentleman claiming to work at .Net Magazine. He asked me if it would be ok to publish a feature on my site… Now at the time, Branded07 was just kicking off and I had barely started getting my first visitors. Me being sceptical and all, didn’t really believe it.

Well I made the top 20!

Thats right, I have been selected in the WP Freedom Blog coolest Wordpress blog top 20! I would like to thank everyone who came on my site and wished me luck for the competition, it was really great to hear so many people liking my work and wishing me the best.