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Moooooooortaaaaaaaal Kumquaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

Episode #4 of the Tribal Planet testing series has been (officially) released today and here it is in all it’s silly, silly glory.  I am especially proud of this one, I think they’ve come a long way in the last few weeks.

Fruit salad anyone?

Mucking About on the River

Here’s the third episode of the Tribal Planet tests. This one is presented by me on account of The Doctor being unavailable. Enjoy.

We’ve Got a Crush on You…

Not quite hot on the heels of the last Tribal Planet video I put together, I’ve been allowed to release this new one that was shot this week (the third episode was shot a week before this one - however that works!).  More fun, more mucking about, still no fakery.

Enjoy.

Testing the Best…

I’ve spent the last week or so working on this video which I’ve produced for, variously, for The Music Room, Tribal Planet, Acoustica and the sheer hell of it.  Enjoy.

Icons… Shiny shiny icons…

Icons for The University of Hertfordshire

Nice and shiny icons created for my friend Anna for a web project. I never thought making icons could be so much fun, but when you’re limited in how much space you have, and how often you have to swear at the pen tool for going what can only be described as ’spazzy’ it all suddenly becomes entertainment… and the perfect opportunity to show off. 32 icons, little over an hour. Damn I’m good.

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite PicLens

Website Launch: Shinjig.com

Good news for Huw and the guys from Shinjig — I’ve just finished uploading their website for them and chased down the last bug in the gallery.

Shinjig are the finest ceilidh band to come out of good old Huddersfield, and if you’re after a band with a little something else you would be hard pressed to find anyone better than Shinjig.

Check them out at www.shinjig.com

Release: Photos

I’ve had these photos on hold while the people who I sent them to did whatever they wanted to do with them.  In five days they’ll be a month old so I think it’s fair to release them now to the rest of the world.

They were taken on May 10th, 2008 at the Holmfirth Folk Festival.  I was initially there to photograph the Sheffield Giants but it was such good fun (and I found the pub) that I ended up staying until well after dark and took hundreds of photos which you can see here.

Finally…

Ok, so it’s taken me far longer than it should’ve. Spineless things without the luxury of opposable thumbs could probably have done it faster, but I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally added the portfolio I threatened to.

You can find it here…

As if things weren’t weird enough…

It’s strange that despite promoting myself as a designer, artist and all round creative genius I haven’t yet built a portfolio into this site. There’s a reason for this. I’m trying to work out just what disciplines I want to showcase… I’m also trying to work out how to integrate the gallery into the site with the minimum of required maintainance and the maximum of future proofing.

If that wasn’t enough I am also;

  1. Holding down a creative design/technician job full time.
  2. Working on CD artwork for the mental Heretique (personally I can’t wait to get my ears round the cd).
  3. Working on a website for ceilidh band, Shinjig.
  4. Learning to play the whistle (much to the disgust of my neighbours I imagine).
  5. Trying at some point to get some much needed sleep, preferably before I die.
  6. Trying to find someone who will lend me an African Giant Snail for point 2.
  7. Going to the pub tonight because I could do with a brew or two.
  8. Looking forwards to Issue 12 of City of Heroes going live yesterday and rolling a fire/fire scrapper.

The portfolio section WILL go in this weekend. At some point. demonstrate my inability to comprehend/follow simple installation instructions.

First Post…

Welcome to grimdesign.co.uk - The observant among you will notice you’re on a .co.uk domain and not the .com address that you’ve grown used to.

The reason for this is simple.

When I told my former hosts that they no longer offered value for money and I’d be taking my toys and going home they responded by locking my account, locking my domain and have effectively shut me out of my own company. That was on the 22nd of April, since then I’ve sent countless emails asking them to release the old domain so I could move it here. As yet, they’ve refused to even answer my emails. Grrr!

If this is your first time here, could I please direct your attention over here. Thank you.