Poster Series for The Chad 420
Hello All,
Just finished up a poster series for a chain of head shops “the Chad 20″. I thought this fitting to post on this the “420″ of the year (April 20th). Let me know what you think! cheers!
P.S. click on the images for the full view!
MacKenzie
New Logo!…kind of
Hello All,
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Business is great and I am creating some really cool work.
I designed this logo for Industrial NetMedia, it is for a local meat processing business. The client did not end up choosing this logo, but I thought it was cool and I would share it with you all. Feel free to post comments good or bad, let me know what you think. Thanks!
MacKenzie
Putting Pictures on Wooden Bocks
Hello All,
I know I haven’t posted in a while, my bad. I have been busy with projects as well as the holiday season. This post is all about one of the Christmas presents I made this year. For this you will need;
1) Wooden blocks (a whole board at Rona goes for about 5.00, then just cut to specs)
2) Laser copy images
3) Brushes
4) Sandpaper
5) Varathane
6) Wall mounts
7) Gesso Medium
Step 1 – I cut my boards to 8″ X 8″ and then sanded to smooth
Step 2 – I went to Staples ans gave them a couple of pictures to copy to laser prints. This is very important do not use ink as it will bleed and not stick to the wood.
Step 3 – put a good amount of gesso directly on the wood, evenly spread around using your brush. Put laser print face down on the board, let dry overnight
Step 4 – Once dry, wet down the paper with water and gently rub the paper off the wood, leaving the laser print still on the wood, let dry.
Step 5 – Once dry you will notice your print still has a slight burring to it and the piece will seem washed out, do not worry about this as once you apply the Varathane, it will disappear. Apply several coats of Varathane to wood.
Step 6 – Apply the wall mounts to back of wood (if you want to hang up) and that’s it!
Series of all Five Wood Blocks
Sorry about not having step by step photography, I forgot. Well, thats it for now! If you have any questions or comments about this blog, just drop me and line and I will see if I can help you out! Cheers!
Gridbooks + a Wacom Inkling!
Friends, I’m in love. The paper cuts are brutal.
Sexy French-folded covers, sturdy stainless steel binding and a 15-point dot grid that just won’t quit. Gridbooks are everything I’ve been searching for in life, but didn’t expect to find in one incredibly well designed package.
I’ve never felt like this before. My endorphins are leaking out all over the place.
Finally… a notebook crafted to help create better web designs. Ad Pads and Web Pads divide pages into two, three, four, five or six columns in the portrait orientation and two, three, four, six, eight, twelve and sixteen columns in the landscape orientation. At only $10, it’s the cheapest first date I’ve ever been on.
But I’ve been thinking about taking things to the next level. Maybe with a sturdy, hardcover Ad Book or Web Book for only $18. It’s a level of commitment I typically find suffocating, but for some reason it feels right with Gridbooks.
Best of all, Gridbooks are printed with pride and precision in Calgary, Canada on FSC-certified paper with recycled content. And we all know that nothing triggers pure, animal magnetism like care for the environment.
Gone are the long lonely nights plotting wireframes on cocktail napkins. I’ve all but forgotten the pain of drawing banner ads on old receipts.
Featured in blogs by SwissMiss, Woodclinched & Gear Patrol, it seems I’m not alone in my infatuation. As one of my most trusted friends, your approval means a lot to me. Head over to Gridbooks and let me know what you think.
Hold on! That’s not all. Gridbooks is running their Backwards Blog Contest until January 1st, 2012. Participate for your chance to win a Wacom Inkling and an incredible Gridbooks package. Click here to check it out.
New Desktop Background
Hello and Happy Friday Everyone!
I have a new desktop background for you this week. It is a picture of Edmonton Valley Zoo’s “Lucy”. I took it last summer. Enjoy!
Available in: 2560X1600, 1680X1050, 1440X900, 1280X800
An Experiment in Typography
Hello Everyone,
This week I decided to do something a little more hands on. I bought canvas, paints, brushes and stencils. I found out (again) that I am not much of a painter, but the good news is that most of the painting will be covered up.
the next step is to pick some lyrics and apply the stencils to the painting.
Now that the stencils are on the canvas, use spray paint to coat the entire painting.
Peel off the stencil to reveal the painting underneath and thats it! done!
This project was fairly inexpensive the paints, brushes, canvas, stencils all came from Micheals and cost around $40 for the whole lot. I hope you enjoyed the project!
Comments are more than welcome! thanks!
MacKenzie Design Photos Available on Canvas!
Hello Everybody. I hope everyone is enjoying my new website.
Just a reminder that you can purchase my art prints, canvas prints, cards and posters through artflakes. If you want any of my photography on your walls, this would be a great way! Just click on the link!
A new Website! a New Blog!
A new Website, a new blog. We are starting fresh. This site now features a single scrolling page with a constant nav and an onsite blog (which we didn’t have before). On this blog I will be featuring cool links, free desktop backgrounds and whatever free stuff I can give away.
At MacKenzie Design we are looking forward to serving the Edmonton Area with the best possible graphic design services.
Here is the first free desktop background to celebrate the fall…enjoy!
available in 2560X1600, 1680X1050, 1440X900, 1280X800
MacKenzie
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