by Derek Armsden | 8 Oct, 2013
I’ve had a couple of people ask me lately if I can do animation, and the answer is yes, sort of… What I CAN do is this, using graphics, text and music to create animated sequences in Adobe After Effects. Check it out! You know you need this, I’d love...
by Derek Armsden | 25 Sep, 2013
Social Media strikes again! If anyone ever accuses you of wasting your time just tooling around online, ignore them for they know not what they say. Over the years that I’ve been using Twitter, I’ve met many lovely people, got together, had drinks and...
by Derek Armsden | 2 Sep, 2013
“Phubbing: The act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.” What are they DOING? What could be more important than talking to you? Foursquare. At least, that’s their goal – to become the...
by Derek Armsden | 14 May, 2013
Illustrating the growth of cancer cells – with marshmallows! I was approached by a professor who was writing a book about cancer. He wanted a series of illustrations to show how cancer cells multiply. First I tried simple outlines of circles with the original...
by Derek Armsden | 15 Apr, 2013
While I was working on the Marcellina Pizza website, a request was made for new photographs to be taken of the outside of each of the stores to add to the Locations and Menu pages. So I got to spend an extremely pleasant day driving around from Parafield to Glenelg to...
by Derek Armsden | 4 Jan, 2013
Sometimes you don’t even have to meet a client, or know their name! Last year someone I follow on Twitter mentioned that she was writing a book and asked if anyone was interested in reading an early version for feedback purposes. I volunteered and was emailed a...