screenshot blog • daily visual *blinks* through the eyes of a workaholic designer. alterna180.com all images © alterna180Tumblr (3.0; @alterna180)http://blog.alterna180.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb6myccpBm1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Site Launch! Check out <a href="http://www.brandonmichaelwilliams.net">BrandonMichaelWilliams.net</a></p> <p>I had the pleasure of working with <strong>Brandon Michael Williams</strong>, and his friend <strong>Josh Holtsclaw</strong> (a designer at <strong>Walt Disney Imagineering</strong>) - most of the design was taken from the lovely illustration Josh did for Brandon’s album artwork. I contributed with layout and HTML/CSS coding.</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1449972938http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1449972938Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:32:36 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb15cgmvOh1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sneak Peek! Fabric pattern design for silk scarves & tea towels. You want one? You must come to <a href="http://www.chattycrafty.com">Chatty Crafty</a> or <a href="http://www.ice-atlanta.com">ICE Atlanta</a>!</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1428292540http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1428292540Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:24:16 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la3od4Dy1s1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>For Karrie & Josh: 40’s Lace + Rock’n’Roll = Wedding Invite (in process)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1287432228http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1287432228Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:36:40 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l94gntOIKP1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l94gntOIKP1qz5mlzo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l94gntOIKP1qz5mlzo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l94gntOIKP1qz5mlzo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>SITE LAUNCH!</strong> I have had the pleasure of working with some of the most fab clients ever: <a href="http://www.awakenaveda.com">awaken:AVEDA salon & spa</a>!</p> <p><strong>awaken</strong> is based in Bonaire, Georgia (on the edge of Warner Robins), and I was already familiar with their stellar work before finding myself as their new website designer.</p> <p>Now I won’t have ANYone touch my hair unless it’s the expert hands of Christie. I’ve also been worked on by their amazing masseuse, Jennie (THE BEST MASSAGE I’VE EVER HAD!) They are definitely worth the quick 1.5 hour jaunt from Atlanta to Warner Robins. Their prices are so reasonable, I’ve splurged on hair product every time I make a visit, and Cade, the owner of awaken:AVEDA, is a great guy - he believes so much in a holistic <strong>TEAM</strong> approach, that he won’t allow clients to tip - everyone gets paid fairly because they all contribute to the <strong>awaken</strong> experience.<br/><br/> Check out: <a href="http://www.awakenaveda.com"><a href="http://www.awakenaveda.com">www.awakenaveda.com</a></a>!</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1164110626http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1164110626Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:14:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8l6aiNjiB1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Anniversary (& a bun in the oven!) to Jeff & Amy! <3</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1109474194http://blog.alterna180.com/post/1109474194Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5awvbNx7F1qz5mlzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love a happy customer! This sweet gal was nice enough to send me a photo of my Crane/Moon art print hanging in her home alongside other art & decor lovelies! She also created an <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c36321adf336d91ca171d7d/h-o-m-e">Etsy Treasury</a> featuring my work.<br/>Thanks, Lena!</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/790188330http://blog.alterna180.com/post/790188330Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:35:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4zl2elUTv1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Finch & Willow Standard Ink Color Library *COMPLETE!* (Finally!) This took a while, and it involved multiple screen calibrations, Process test prints, a new Pantone Color Bridge Guide, Envelope color matching, and web color matching!</p> <p>Here it is looking nice and simple. The colors all have PMS, CMYK, & Hexadecimal “equivalents,” and even their own F&W Color code and descriptive names.</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/765647115http://blog.alterna180.com/post/765647115Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:47:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4d8hijJ8D1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Finch & Willow Color test sheet. I’ve been working on this for DAYS! >.<</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/721814963http://blog.alterna180.com/post/721814963Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:08:06 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3v3ad9fYV1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>bébé shower invitation for little miss somi</span></p> <p><span> =^.^=</span></p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/687668217http://blog.alterna180.com/post/687668217Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:59:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3u0hz5cGB1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Loving this photo, as I edit the Keating/Apen wedding. The bride has just put her dress on, and her sister - the Matron of Honor - is taking it all in and tearing up. Even as I was focusing in on the bride’s necklace being put on, I could see the emotion in my peripheral, and that *always* makes me tear up too! :’)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/685791444http://blog.alterna180.com/post/685791444Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:01:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzlrh7zx861qz5mlzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzlrh7zx861qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzlrh7zx861qz5mlzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>So…I made a wedding dress (!!!) for a favorite friend & client, JennyBunnyBunns.</p> <p>This was an <strong>enormous</strong> & <strong>complicated</strong> task, but now that it’s finished I can look back at it and say I’m glad I did it (and I even had fun!). Strangely this is often how I feel <strong>after</strong> I have coded a website. Not exactly fun times when you’re in the nitty-gritty of it, but afterwards you feel so accomplished! I think that’s one of the beautiful things in life that I most appreciate: Hard work & creativity go hand in hand.</p> <p>Jenny & Jason got married Sunday, March 21st. Congratulations!</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/465503200http://blog.alterna180.com/post/465503200Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky2gsyzYDc1qam6ylo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My home studio is on unhappyhipsters.com! Haha :)<br/><br/> (The photo is from when the house was in Dwell Magazine in 2003. Here’s a recent photo I took after we had our bamboo hardwoods & raised livingroom platform installed - taken from my studio, which is what you see above the balcony in the Dwell photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alterna180/4406601301/">on Flickr</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://unhappyhipsters.com/post/400757553/it-was-hard-to-tell-if-social-networking-had">unhappyhipsters</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It was hard to tell if social networking had instilled an instinct to compulsively pose, or if there was actually a photographer at the end of the living room.</p> <p>(Photo: Mark Steinmertz; <a href="http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/Mid-City-Modern.html?slide=1&paused=true">Dwell, September 2003</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/426829766http://blog.alterna180.com/post/426829766Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:27:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky98ebXGZm1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I got this quite a while ago, but never posted a picture. I am still in love with it! My Saarinen style Tulip table. I call it my Conference Table.</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/405212022http://blog.alterna180.com/post/405212022Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:54:11 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxl9zgrYdo1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Happy Winter!</b><br/><br/> Here is my self portrait, from the Not You Self-Portrait Art Show at MINT Gallery. This is the piece I was so excited about, because I had so much fun creating it. The art show has ended, but I am making framed, hand-cut 5-layer prints available in my Etsy Store: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40232438">alterna180.etsy.com</a> so please check it out!</p> <p>(The other 3 seasons are available for sale as well, and the prints can be customized to any hair, eye, and skin color. I’m also making an afro hair style version available.)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/380360736http://blog.alterna180.com/post/380360736Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:26:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwrsmgPaKx1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Site Launch!</b> Are you an Accountant in need of temporary or permanent placement? Or a firm in need of an Accountant? Check out <a href="http://www.cypressearch.com">CypressSearch.com</a></p> <p>(Site designed by <a href="http://www.alterna180.com">alterna180</a>, and coded by <a href="http://www.christophercovington.com">ChristopherCovington.com</a>)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/351323650http://blog.alterna180.com/post/351323650Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:20:40 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwpmq5Rfzd1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There is only about 1 week left of my art show at Inman Perk Coffee. I hope if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, you’ll stop by and check it out!<br/> The show ends January 31st. Inman Perk Coffee is located at 240 North Highland Ave. Ste. H in Atlanta and they are open daily from 7am to 11pm.</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/349225508http://blog.alterna180.com/post/349225508Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:18:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw0mfnYkVB1qz5mlzo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>another sneakity-peekity. this gives nothing away, unless you know me REALLY well.</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/326296714http://blog.alterna180.com/post/326296714Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:11:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvy4469TN61qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>My work will be shown at: “NOT YOU” SELF PORTRAIT SHOW</b> at <a href="http://mintgallery.org/">mint gallery</a>. Opening night is Saturday, January 16th, 2010, from 8-11pm, and the show runs until February 7th (684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave, Unit B - Atlanta)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/323808108http://blog.alterna180.com/post/323808108Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:40:54 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvy3yhpdkK1qz5mlzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Sneak Peek!</b> For the <a href="http://mrpurty.com/shows.php"><b>NOT YOU Self-Portrait Show</b></a>. This may possibly be one of my favorite art projects I have ever worked on!</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/323804214http://blog.alterna180.com/post/323804214Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:37:29 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvqrbjSrGV1qz5mlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s gonna be the best year ever! New on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37847355&fref=fb_itemlist"><b>Fancy-Tailed Goldfish and Umbrellas - 2010 Desk or Wall Calendar</b></a> - just $9 (and FREE shipping!)</p>http://blog.alterna180.com/post/316819844http://blog.alterna180.com/post/316819844Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:21:00 -0500