Matt Smartt

Production Update

Hey all, I’ve been extremely busy over the last few weeks working on various projects for college and work. Basically this blog highlights a bunch of projects I have going on in the wings at the moment, a sneak-peak if you will. First up is my business cards. I’ve been meaning to design killer business cards [...]

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Photoshop Black Belt

Over the past 2 weeks or so, I’ve jumped into teaching myself advanced Photoshop. There are a few areas in digital art that personally I want to develop more this year. Advanced Photoshop techniques  is one of them. I hooked up with Photoshop Top Secret, the coolest video workshops I’ve encountered! There is 4 DVDs, [...]

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Smartt Definition!

Hey all! Well the time has come, I’ve decided to start creating and designing custom high-res wallpapers! But not just any old high-res wallpaper, ‘Smartt Definition’ high-res wallpapers! What is ‘Smartt Definition’? Well basically I’m a huge fan of the following: skate decks, tattoos, and vector art. So not limited to, but with these elements [...]

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10 Defining Logo Design Trends in 2008

I read this article on logoorange this afternoon, I found it interested and thought it was worth sharing with you guys! To sum up, ‘organic’ and ‘wave-swirls’ are ‘in’, and I don’t care what people say, web 2.0 is definatly out! I’m tired of seeing the same lame shines and glossy logos appearing everywhere! I [...]

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Reboot

So I sucked it up and am in the process of re-designing mattsmartt.net! I’m also changing the direction of the site a little, in that in stead of a random blog and a crappy portfolio, it will have featured articles relating to anything music and design! The site will be upsated regularly and hopefully attract [...]

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