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A lot of people asked me to fix the wallpaper folder on my site. I have recreated it and the images are now sorted by common dimensions. Please remember: I did not create 99% of these. I have just saved them from other places. In many cases I saved a smaller image and made it [...]

Our 11th  Hour will be playing at ShamROCKS Rock and Roll Irish Pub on April 4th. We’ll be playing with DJ Seedz at 9pm. If you’ve been waiting for a good night to come see us, this is the one to see. Our material is completed and we’ll be playing a full set. We will [...]

Here’s another easy trick you can do with Adobe Photoshop that I learned from the Something Awful forums a handful of years ago. Basically, all you’re going to do is mask out your (or whoever else’s) head, then mask out your facial features, then vertically flip your head and clone stamp the background. Sounds easy [...]

I know a lot of people like my directory of desktop wallpapers, so I just added almost 200 more images to it. It now has 325 wallpapers in it. Many of the images are t-shirt designs from Threadless.com that I’ve turned into desktop wallpapers. A bunch more are from other online t-shirt retailers, and the [...]

I created an updated identity system for Syracuse Label. It is still in the preliminary stages, but this is the general idea of it. I modified the existing logo (which looks somewhat similar to the black “peeling away” label in the center of the new version) to incorporate the new name. It uses the negative [...]

Here’s a fun trick you can do somewhat easily with Photoshop. I love the subtlety of this photo manipulation because many people don’t realize it has been taken under the “knife.” In this tutorial, I will teach you how to make your camera disappear and trick your viewers with this optical illusion.
What you’ll need is [...]

The henge made of grean beans and mashed potatoes in the dining halls of SUNY Oswego has found its way onto the Smithsonian HD channel. It is part of a intro segment for a Stonehenge Documentary they will be airing on Sunday, September 21st at 5:51pm, 7:50pm, and 9:51pm. If you subscribe to DirectTV, Dish [...]

We played Station 58 again last night. Here are some photos that Amanda took.

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I made this after spending four hours making all sorts of other designs and ultimately having nothing to show for it.

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Design-is-Really-Hard-96146944

Our 11th Hour, also effectionately known as “The Tie Guys” played at the “Nikstock Survival Party” along with Temptor, Cliff Diver, The Others and Cold Ethyl.

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Our 11th Hour played at Station 58 tonight along with Shocker. We’ll be going back frequently so make sure to come check us out. We’re also known as “The Tie Guys.”

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I just designed what will be our full logo for Our 11th Hour (the “wings” design will remain as a little identifier). The idea was to subtly reference a clock and I wanted to use my usual minimalist style. I just really like how everything lines up; most notably the “TH” lines up with the [...]

Not sure if anyone would want to use this, but I made it for myself and figure I’d put it up anyway. It’s just a desktop wallpaper featuring the new Groggie.com logo. It’s 1440×900, and I’ll gladly make other aspect ratios if anyone actually wants one.

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Groggie-com-Wallpaper-93845496

I designed this one around the lyrics of the song I wrote for Our 11th Hour with the same name.

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Falling-For-You-92309659

Posted the photos from our first show as Our 11th Hour. Thanks to Lynette for taking the pictures for us.

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Finally uploaded sets for my new guitars, diploma, Grandpa’s 80th birthday, Les Miserables Opening, and my trip to Vermont.

The theme behind this compilation album is that the topic is randomized (via Wikipedia), and musicians write original songs based on that article. This time the topic is the Panama Canal. This is the album art I made for it.

This is the album cover for the Musician’s Lounge compilation where song lengths are all 30 seconds max. I thought this was a neat concept for that idea.

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Short-Music-for-People-w-ADD-89487270
(7/6/08 Update) Check out the thread about it on Something Awful, or click here for a direct link to the album. My songs are track six and nineteen.

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Hoover-Dam-Panorama-89018010

http://groggie.deviantart.com/art/Bellagio-Waterfront-89018302

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