Design Something Every Month For a Year – January

Pixolomew — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:45:02 +0000

At the end of 2009, Smashing Magazine posted this article. “Great idea!” I thought, but realistically there’s no way I’d be able to keep up with the pressure of designing something new EVERY DAY for a year.

However, I don’t think there’s any reason why I couldn’t design something new once a month for a year. That gives me just over four weeks at a time to come up with something new, twelve times over.

So here goes…

Just something simple to start with, a nice easy wallpaper inspired by a photo taken on a fun, winters walk, and the song “The Miles Away Girl” by The Wildhearts.

Click on the image to see a bigger version or use the links below to download it for use on your desktop.

Dice Roller

Pixolomew — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:52:22 +0000

Ok, so here’s the scenario: one rainy Saturday afternoon, my super imaginative girlfriend decided to create a board game. It turned out to be an intricately detailed affair with forfeits, gold coins and a set of rules that had me baffled to say the least.

However, upon attempting to play the game we discovered we were missing one of the most important aspects of any board game – dice. “No problem!” I thought to myself, I’ll make a dice rolling application with Flash. Sorted!

See the result (The file contains embedded fonts so it weighs in at about 250k).

And for anyone who wants to know how I did it, you can download the source file (you’ll need flash 8 or above to open it).

I’m pretty sure there’s a more efficient way of scripting this but I was under pressure to get it done quickly so it’s very basic. If anyone knows a better way to do this leave me a comment with your thoughts.

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Design Something Every Month For a Year – January

Dice Roller