mrbava blog

Check out my Video!

mrbava — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:31:59 +0000

I’m on Team GoJoeGo, a cycling team dedicated to Joe Mariano who lost his battle with Cancer. We’ve ridden in the Toronto Ride to Conquer Cancer for the past years and have now raised over $160,000 for Cancer research! This is a short video I created with help from my team to gain awareness and donations. Enjoy!

What I want from photoshop cs6

mrbava — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:01 +0000

Adobe seems to like adding in features to attract those who don’t really need the full power and toolkit of Photoshop. Here are some of my suggestions from someone who has the program open all day.

1. Dynamically fed text areas – txt files, docs, web links, etc!

2. Text areas with floating functions like inDesign, so I can format my text with shapes, etc.

3. Dynamically expanding shapes, so I can create responsive design templates, and export right from Photoshop to html

4. Improved content aware and fill, bring back the pattern maker

5. Built in paragraph controls, so I can create columns and other text effects

6. Column templates, grid structures hardcoded

These are what I can think of off the top of my head. As you can tell, I have many gripes with the way text is handled in Photoshop!

Now selling I Spoon Nutella tshirts!

mrbava — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:02:37 +0000

After countless emails asking if t-shirts of my nutella graphic were available, I finally got around to creating a spreadshirt page! I’m now selling them for a special intro rate of $20 dollars. Order today, I’ll be sure to create more of these awesome designs in the future.

Buy now!

Sketching more in the new year

mrbava — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:05:39 +0000

featured on some great websites!

mrbava — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:43:15 +0000

It’s always great when someone notices your hard work and showcases it for others to see.

Pretty cool! Can’t wait to get working on some new sites.

Flickr post – Late summer and Autumn, and everything in between.

mrbava — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:58:26 +0000

Remembering 911 – An infographic

mrbava — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:57:11 +0000

Created for Globalnews.ca, this infographic details information on how life has changed for Canadians since 9/11. Created in photoshop, all elements were hand drawn and imported from Illustrator.

Two new sites launched! Haven & Kitchen Nightmares

mrbava — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:52:28 +0000

Finished the graphics for these two sites before Christmas and they just launched today. Enjoy the new showpages on global today!

Do you really need a logo?

mrbava — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:08:48 +0000

I was watching the tube (or panel?) the other night and came across this gem of a design. It’s a logo for the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation and really, take a look for yourself. Is it two perfectly shaped bowel movements complete with curved and tapered peaks, or a clever negative image of an individuals colon? I guess they leave it up to you to figure it out…

parties, booze and cookies

mrbava — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:54:43 +0000

December marks the start of holiday parties, potlucks and terrible Friday mornings. Such was true this December as I embarked upon several work & family related parties – all with particular results.