Arts/Media

Top Five Exercises To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

by A.J. Wood February 1, 2012 Arts/Media

Something that students often ask me is “Where do you get your ideas?” which is generally part of a larger conversation that begins with “What do you do when you’re totally uninspired?” This is often referred to as writer’s block, creative apathy, and “the blahs”. Throughout the years, I’ve been fortunate to have met a [...]

Tagged as: creative assignments, Inspiration, Motivation, practice, successful habits, Top Five

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To Maximize Your Talents You Have To Recognize & Acknowledge Where You Suck

by A.J. Wood November 1, 2011 Arts/Media

Last week I mentioned that I had recorded new video tutorials for Layers Magazine & Psdtuts+. I have been creating videos for Layers Magazine for a while, and I was excited to have met Grant Friedman at Photoshop World. Our conversation at PSW Vegas led to the opportunity to create videos for Psdtuts+. My first [...]

Tagged as: Layers Magazine, PSD Tuts+, Psdtuts+, published, Tutorials

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NAPP Giveaway Contest

by A.J. Wood November 9, 2010 Arts/Media

CONTEST IS CLOSED – Read the Winner Announcement Helloooooooooooooo!!! Thanks for joining me on the blog. Are you excited? I’m excited. As your newest NAPP Evangelist, I’m happy to be kicking things off with a DVD giveaway contest. Just who is NAPP you ask? Simply stated, “It’s where EVERYONE goes to learn Photoshop.” You can [...]

Tagged as: contest, DVD, giveaway, NAPP, prize

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Launch of the Designer Roundtable Podcast

by A.J. Wood November 8, 2010 Arts/Media

Today marks the first official episode of the Designer Roundtable Podcast. This project is the brainchild of Firgs, with some tomfoolery by Erik Bernskiold, a pinch of Landailyn for Photoshop Guru credibility & yours truly to make us an even number. (OK, the kids needed a chaperon–LOL) While the first few episodes are prerecorded, our [...]

Tagged as: business, design, Designer Roundtable Podcast, DRT podcast, DRTpodcast, Firgs, howto

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Friday Recap – Where’s A.J.?

by A.J. Wood July 30, 2010 Arts/Media

Happy Friday everyone! For those that are wondering about this week’s Tip Tuesday, my apologies as I’m still having some hardware/tech issues. I’m working to resolve them as quickly as possible amongst my other daily duties. Don’t worry though, I managed to post a quick Lightroom 3 tuning guide over at TipSquirrel this morning. Imagine [...]

Tagged as: Cali Lewis, conference, Dallas, Geekbeat.TV, Lightroom 3, local events, OpenCamp, Trey Ratcliff

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Why You’ll Buy The iPad Even Though You Don’t Want One

by A.J. Wood April 5, 2010 Adobe

After months of speculation, followed by  the device’s introduction–the iPad is here. I didn’t buy one, nor did I intend to make a purchase, but let me tell you why I will anyway. My initial thought is the iPad is for content consumption not content creation. It’s not as powerful as my Macbook Pro which [...]

Tagged as: Adobe, Apple, creatives, iPad, mac, publishing, Scott Kelby, Terry White

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NAPP Nation – Photoshop World Orlando 2010

by A.J. Wood March 29, 2010 Arts/Media

I’m still coming down from the high that is Photoshop World. Truly, as an adult it has become my favorite holiday. This was my 6th visit to PSW, but the first time I’ve attended in the spring. It was fun to catch all the great performances BEFORE everyone has a chance to talk about it [...]

Tagged as: 2010, community, conference, Events, lightroom, NAPP, Orlando, photography, Photoshop, Photoshop World, PSW, Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk

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Website RSS Feed Update

by A.J. Wood January 13, 2010 Adobe

Good afternoon dear readers! This is just a quick update to let you know there will be some changes to the website in the next few weeks. The biggest change will be the use of Category Feeds. As longtime readers know this blog has covered a wide range of topics ranging from entertainment to games [...]

Tagged as: Announcements, community

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