Here's a simple, clean redesign of actor Ben Cain's website. We took the previous design, which was themed in blue hues, and went with a dark background and gold-and-gray spot coloring. It's a straightforward brochure site that gets you to the information quickly.
While we're at it, here's Ben's reel:
We've uploaded the new class schedule and information about upcoming acting workshops in Spokane, Wash., to the In House Media website. Check it out!
In House Media, run by actress Hallie Todd and her husband, writer/director Glenn Withrow, offers acting classes and private coaching for young performers. The company's blog lists a ton of recent successes; many of the students have snagged big roles in motion pictures, TV shows and pilots.
We just completed the design of an 8.5"x11" brochure for a new company, My Beautiful Bare Skin. The brochure will be placed in venues around the Los Angeles area and also mailed to prospective clients. The company offers microcurrent facials. Here's some of the copy:
My Beautiful Bare Skin treatments are the premiere system using microcurrent for producing and maintaining a healthy and youthful appearance from the inside out. The Power Facial Treatment will substantially reduce deep lines, wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles, will diminish scars, fade brown spots, and will effectively treat acne and rosacea. This unique technology is also remarkably effective in detoxifying the body and in reducing and smoothing cellulite. It is also very successful for therapeutic stress reduction.
We're also currently crafting a rack card for the company, along with some display materials.
My Beautiful Bare Skin is located inside Michaelangelo Hair House in the Corbin Village shopping center, 19710 Ventura Blvd #102, Woodland Hills, California, phone (818) 340-0200.
We just relaunched the website for Shapiro Recruiting and Consulting, a company that specializes in the placement of marketing, advertising and creative professionals. The site is a good example of a simple, clean design for a business.
Contact us for more information about designing and launching your own website.
We had the privilege of helping implement the new website for the upcoming feature film "Noble Things." The gorgeous backplates for the pages were designed by Jeremy Hawa, and we added functionality to make the site "live." Here's the last part of the story synopsis:
With a rising music career, tight bonds to his brother, four close friends and a loving girlfriend; Jimmy couldn’t ask for more. However, one fate-filled night, “The Boys” push too far. The bonds of family and friendship will be tested and the consequences will haunt the promising star.
Four years later, Jimmy sits staring at the bottom of a bottle with little more than the distant memories of stardom. With fragmented friendships, an imprisoned brother and a terminally ill father, Jimmy returns to Blackwater to right the wrongs of the past. Caught in he undertow of his life, he is forced to sink or swim.
Check out the site here, and look for the movie out there soon!
Having completed our pitch presentation for the TV series "The Perfect Day," co-executive producer Julie Berke (of Steorra Entertainment) and Duffin Creative are now shopping the program to networks. Because it's an independently-produced pitch, everything is under wraps until we screen it for interested parties.
Co-creating and co-writing the show was a lot of fun for us and we're looking forward to what happens with it! Thanks to everyone who joined the production team and brought this project to life. Down the road we'll provide more details.
We just completed an update to the official website of Sonia Curtis,
actress, coach and singer. Sonia has a new collection of photographs, so we mixed them with existing ones to freshen up her site. Her second website is a one-pager for her production company, Get Real Productions.
If you're looking for a website for yourself or your company, Duffin Creative offers a variety of options to fit almost any design scheme and budget. Contact us today and let's get started on your new website!
Here's the new production tag for Steorra Entertainment, LLC, the film and television production company launched as a partnership between Duffin Creative and producer Julie Berke. The company creates projects with a positive slant. We're currently in production on our first TV pilot. More news soon!
If you're not familiar with this item, a production tag appears at the end of TV episodes to ID the company that made the show you just watched. Our animated tag was designed by Ron Clark of Art F/X Inc., a company based in Valencia, California.
This little video is about a year old, but if you haven't seen it yet, it's pretty humorous. Though it pokes fun at the advertising industry, it's also a commentary about human nature in almost any business. See how many archetypes you can spot -- there's probably someone like that in your office too.
From this month's e-newsletter of Graphic Design USA (www.gdusa.com), the newsmagazine for creative professionals, here's another helpful "Take Five!" from The Creative Group. Modern technology means never having to say you aren't available. For those of us who can't break away from our cell phones, PDAs, or laptops, here are a few ways to give yourself some "me time":
A new survey by The Creative Group shows that 47 percent of marketing and advertising executives check in at least daily during holidays. To avoid being electronically tethered to the office on your next break, try these five strategies:
1. Time it right. For example, the best season to venture to new lands isn't necessarily in the summer if you're a catalog company. Plan your breaks for periods when your office is traditionally slow.
2. Head someplace truly exotic. Perhaps your cell phone and BlackBerry won't work there — darn!
3. Limit your access. If you must remain connected, plan to check in at a certain time each day, and let colleagues know that's the only time you want to be contacted.
4. Use out-of-office technology. Direct people to others who can help them while you are away.
5. Get outside help. If you feel like the office will cease functioning without you, consider bringing a freelancer or consultant on board during your absence.
The Creative Group is a specialized staffing service providing creative, advertising, marketing and web professionals on a project basis. For more portfolio advice, log onto www.creativegroup.com or call 888.846.1668 for the office nearest you to order a free copy of their portfolio guide, Book Smarts.
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