The Come to Jesus Show

I haven’t been to the Whitney Biennial in a while…and I’m not alone. Last time I went I was so disappointed that most of what I saw was just recycled Chelsea leftovers so I just never went back. Now there is actually an alternative to be excited about! Continue reading…

I’m bringing sexy back

Ok, so a fellow admin and myself added this other template to the blog that looked hot in preview but not in practice…and then to add insult to injury the friggin thing locked me out. SO I’M TAKING BACK CONTROL. Screw you template-that-shall-not-be-named. (Please forgive me other admin, i know you worked hard on finding where to put the icons but I just couldn’t take it anymore!!!) LOL

We are working hard on this end of things to get everything up and running smoothly and as soon as that is accomplished we will have more interesting things to say.

Promise!

Hello World

Usually I go on tirades about how much I hate Illustrator, but not today! Today we love Illustrator because of its (relatively) new (relatively) seamless integration with Flash.

I’m working on creating some Flash templates and the only thing I dislike more than working in Illustrator is working in the Flash environment. I think it’s because I don’t like that features I heart in Photoshop and InDesign are glaringly absent in those two programs (I will personally thank the Adobe designer who adds Vanishing Point to Illustrator. Seriously. I might even take them out to dinner.) But all that aside, it is still infinitely easier to lay something out in Illustrator and then bring it into Flash for animation.

I’d create a tutorial but a really wonderful one already exists here:

http://mrroggers.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/exporting-illustrator-layouts-to-flash/

Let’s be professional…and not specific.

Two out of Three elevators do not work in my office building, so it takes roughly an hour to get upstairs.  Classic.

I work for an online advertising agency in NYC, but in order to expand my horizons (and actually do something from 9-5) I have been on the market for a new creative position for some time now.  Evidently, it would seem that Coach is on the market for new designers, so I decided to send my resume in.  However, I’m not expecting much because for some reason job descriptions always make it seem like the position is excellent for someone with no higher than a high school degree yet this is how the interview will really go:

Position for Sales Creative:

Me:  “I have been a designer for about (x) years, as you can see on my resume I am familiar with design software such as…”

Them:  “Right, I noticed it on your resume.  We are also looking for someone who is familiar with XML, HTML, DML, DXTML, YTSXLOGY, -insert programming word here-”

Me:  “oh…well I was under the assumption you were just looking for a creative designe-”

Them:  “Well thank you for your time, we’ll call you when we come to a decision”

Great.  So I am keeping my eyes and ears open

tired eyes and moola

had some drama last night and couldn’t sleep. it is 3am and i am officially addicted to moola.com

let me know if it hooks you too, it is like bringing atlantic city to your house!! brilliant!

another interesting note is i looked up home remedies to relieve tired eyes and found something i used to do as a kid when i had severe allergies. if you take two caffeinated black tea bags, soak them in hot water so they release their natural goodness and then stick them in the freezer to help reduce swelling, it will create the ideal pick me up for tired eyes. i also read that cold milk helps too and an added bonus is that milk will naturally bleach those ugly under eye circles if you use it over time. i remember reading somewhere a long time ago that madonna takes milk baths…it must work! lol    oh, and spoons in the freezer is an even quicker fix. hold them over your eyes until the spoons warm up and you should see the puffiness go down.

ok, finally heading to bed. g’night. i will probably be doing all of the above when i wake up in the morning……….

Welcome to Pixelated Junkies!

Welcome to the all new pixelated junkies!! We’ve created this site for a few reasons:

1. We need a place to vent our design frustrations
2. We are tired of never finding exactly what resources we need as designers, and we thought you’d probably share the sentiment
3. We come across some pretty awesome things online every so often, both design related and not, and we want to pass on the love
4. WE ARE AWESOMELY AWESOME!

lol, ok so we hope that this blog helps you in some way…and if it does leave us love and tell us what you want to see more of (like tutorials, tips, social engineering, anime, whatever!) If it doesn’t help you GET OUT! >:O

xo,

your lovely admin