In the new issue of The La Jolla Light was an article highlighting a recent proposition made both at the La Jolla Town Council’s Park and Beaches Committee and La Jolla Parks & Recreation Inc. meetings for a skate park in La Jolla. My roommates and I were very excited, as we have been talking [...]

I read a really interesting article in the latest Wired magazine today about the availability of high-end manufacturing solutions and how the are fostering innovation and rapid development with small startups. from things like Chinese factories accepting smaller custom quantities to increase margins, affordable 3D printers and co-op equipment workshops, It really got me excited. [...]

In this free PSD file of websites buttons you will find a rainbow of free buttons. In the Photoshop file they are all submit buttons; however, this PSD file is also a general websites buttons template file! All layers are non-destructive and all text is editable! All you need to do is find the button you want to use, enter in your text, and resize the background and BAM! You have your own custom button in seconds.

These free buttons were created with a range of color palettes and background colors in mind. No matter what the theme of the site is one of these buttons will work seamlessly. Below you can find a full size preview of the web design buttons.

I’ve been thinking lately about the effects of being constantly connected through the mobile web on intimate relationships shared experiences.

Food Vectors

It’s now been a little over a year since I graduated from university and started working as a freelance web designer – and what a bumpy ride it’s been! Aside from the roller coaster of not having work, having too much (and then not having enough again), worrying about living without health insurance, and a [...]

Crooked Crooks is a young clothing label that approached me in 2007 to help them brand and produce a logo design for their label. Based in Tempe, Arizona, Crooked Crooks aimed to be a combination of Hip-Hop street wear, some illustration, and a general sense of “the suburban thug life.” The challenge was to successfully combine these elements to create…

PSDTUTS+ posted a tutorial I wrote for them about web design titled How to Elevate Your Website Design Process and Results

These awesome camera vector illustrations are free to download. Inside the vector file you will find camera illustrations in vector format. These cameras include a slr camera vector, twin lens reflex camera vector and a holga camera vector. In addition to the camera illustrations I’ve include an extra mystery vector illustration that I think you will enjoy.

There are a lot of San Diego web design companies, from small studios that focus on local San Diego service provider web sites (which I like to refer to as business card websites) to agencies with offices around the country that work on huge web campaigns for multinational corporations. My company, Chapolito, is still a [...]