With my new found role at work I have not had a lot of time to play in the creative space. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and I love what I do, but it’s nice to step into the creative side of things every once in a while to keep that side of my brain fresh.
It was also really nice to do a little coding and a little playing around with Wordpress to keep my skills up to date. I recently purchased Chris Coyier’s “Digging Into Wordpress” and it was really fun to put a lot of what I learned into practice on this site.
It was also the first time I have ever used CSS Sprites. I can’t wait to use them more extensively on my next project. All of the navigation images pulled from this single image, cutting down on load time, and making for a much more responsive effect.
To give a little background on the site itself, both Jared and I realized that life at UpperRoom has led to a quickly expanding waist line. After going from 250lbs to 185lbs I quickly put on about 20lbs. So, in typical Jared and Jeremy fashion we decided we should have a competition. That opportunity coupled with the Thanksgiving break led to what turned out to be a great collaborative project.
So without further adieu I would like to introduce you to http://jaredvsjeremy.com:
As an act of creativity (and part of an ongoing prank), and while trying to break out of a creative slump, I decided to mess around with a little stop motion animation. Now, this is not oscar worthy, or anything I would even call professional looking, but I thought I would post it for fun. I actually found it kind of relaxing, and fun. I might play around with it some more next time I need a creative pick me up.
Tools used: Panasonic Lumix G1 & iMovie
Now for someone who is really doing cool things with stop motion animation here in San Antonio, check out: http://www.youtube.com/fonsecaart
It has been a long time coming but I finally got around to redesigning the website. The last design was a repurposed template that I purchased because I didn’t have the time to do it from scratch. This one is still a work in progress but is much improved from what was there before.
In other news BOTH Jared Stephens and I have taken positions at UpperRoom technologies. We are working on some really exciting projects (See one here: http://www.groupsinteractive.com).
Check back soon for more details on the work we are doing both here and at UpperRoom technologies.
2009 is shaping up to be a busy year! We have some exciting new products and projects in the works. We will continue to develop our online presence, but as always our clients remain our top priority so it might be a few weeks before things really start to take shape. Please keep coming back and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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