1. Honeymoon Videos – Video recap of our honeymoon in Thailand
2. DIY Blank Walls for Cheap – Decorate your home for cheap
3. Time Management – Learn how to manage your time more efficiently
4. Calligraphy Process Video – A new style is born live on screen
5. Help Japan Print – An effort to help those affected by the Tsunami
6. Money Management – Easily set up your money to work for you
7. Honeydipped Series Unveiled – My biggest personal project this year
8. SJ City Lettering Series – An ode to the city of San Jose
9. Give Thanks Free PSD – Download one of my photoshop files for free
10. 5 Natural Ways to Avoid Getting Sick - A personal guide to avoid getting sick

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First of all, I am thankful to all of you who are donating to a worthy cause. Originally, this collaboration between Erik Otto and myself was meant to be an honest meeting of the minds. I recently finished designing my asian, calligraphy-inspired alphabet. I thought why not make a poster from it? The vision was that each letter would be decorated individually as its own world. Erik came to mind for this collaboration. His use of houses, waves, and organic, hand drawn elements would compliment each letter properly. As timing would have it, our vision altered beast into an unexpected body of work.

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As part of my new website launch I had a contest in which the winner would receive a logo design crafted by FlavorInnovator for free. The heralded winner was San Jose bred DJ + Producer, SmoovGroovs. His style is, well, smooth. Throw in a few generous dashes of Neo Soul, Hiphop, and Future Beats and that’s a fair assessment. We aimed to construct a logo that could speak to his target audience of mature movers and shakers yet match his witty flair. So how did FlavorInnovator approach this task?
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How do you develop a logo for a seasoned photographer with a matching client list to boast? The initial meeting with Mark J. Sebastian allowed us to figure out his needs and what values the logo was meant to embody. A few of the feelings he wanted captured were timeless, non-instrusive, simple, clean, and bold. Assuming that’s how every logo should turn out I asked him what characteristics his logo should adopt. Sun, energy, light, triangle, skull, danger, and ninja were words he quickly mentioned. Ninja? Right then I knew this was project was going to be a blast!

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