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Apparently I failed to end the blog. So for those of you who were watching, this is the last post on this particular blog. I will probably start a new blog for this summer but I think I'll put it on one of a few sites.http://insideunr.ning.comhttp://unrenvironment.ning.comhttp://mikehigdon.comThanks for all my loyal followers.

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Before and After

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The final release of the redesign here

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I think we have more visual people than words people this year.Dig?

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So it's the first day of The Nevada Sagebrush publishing which means I am no longer part of the Louisville family or The Courier Journal.Therefore, I will close my blog with a final update of our orientation issue. From time to time I might change the picture of the week or add some things. For anything else, see my Facebook account or IM me. If you don't have a messenger compatible with AIM or

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My final duty as A1 designer yesterday consisted of a back to school CP for Kentucky/Metro and a deadline car crash for Indiana.It was a good day full of late news, crazy business, communication, delegation and everything. It was like the Sagebrush again except professional so I was the only one swearing and everything worked out great and we made deadline.So really the only thing like the

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These are raw JPEGs. Imagine text over the screens and a white line between them.You'll never see this one.

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Update: I'll spare the epic story, call me if you want to hear it (it involves smashing through windows and a lot of slow motion action). Anyway, I went back on the clock to do this late edition skybox because Barry Bonds owed me.This A1 I really like.It's funny how much planning went into a story about the heat wave. But then again this is the first time the temperature has risen over 100

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I find myself spending more time on Facebook than here, so I apologize for any of you who actually enjoyed visiting. So Jessica, I'm sorry. :)You can find my facebook account by clicking the little icon to the right.Meanwhile, I have 7 days of work left and 14 days left in Kentucky. After my last day I'm going to pack, clean, get a "sports massage" and head to Elizabethtown for the rest of the

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Today we (Kyle Kurlick, Ana Lagunez, James Wagner, Daarel Burnette) drove to Ohio to watch the Chicago Cubs at Cinncinati Reds game. The day was full of personality.Daarel (left) proceeded to harass James any way he could the whole day. From retort to counter-retort, Daarel was grouchy from a hang over after a night of drinking and go carts and not in the mood for James' usual banter. Daarel also

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The "i" key on this keyboard is broken so bare with me.This weeks, much to the chagrin of Patty, I worked a lot of overtime. Monday I worked 3 hours extra to cover the metro section due to an accidental scheduling miscommunication.Then I worked an extra hour on that Travel cover because I didn't want anyone else to touch it. But I should've trusted them and I didn't respect the company's

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Mike: so I had a dream about me and a bunch of people trying to save a font from getting into evil alien hands. it was pretty cool, there were graphic designers from all over the world compiling the font family into large capsules and we were deciding if we should stay and fight or copy them to our hard drivers, destroy the originals and disperse through the galaxyJessica E: a font? only your

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This is a unique chance for you all to participate. I had some inspiration about redoing the A&E flag (if it is to be called A&E). I've provided the old flag with a bunch of samples of some new ones. I like about two maybe three of them but I'm still unsure if I should stick with this line of thinking or try something new. Which one(s) do you guys like? Or if none, what would you like to see?

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The magic of burn and dodge can be seen in this picture. I burned the hell out of the background layer (the sand) to create shadows and depth. I also burned the paper to make it looked curled. The only thing that didn't turn it is the box of chocolate because it was tilted wrong. But I tried my best to integrate it into the photo. Your thoughts?Are you guys interested in seeing the individual

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I really like the Indiana edition cover and art. The pullquote is cool too because it almost answers the question posed by the headline. I wish the tonersdidn't lighten the picture so much, it looked better darker, but hopefully it'll print how it looked before.The Metro main photo freaks me out, the guys head is being cut off but they really liked that picture and insisted it be the lede image (

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I haven't been able to update for a while because of my internet, so I apologize for doing them all at once.In any case, this is my mom, everyone say hi. She's a photo-ographer too.Here's another picture of me. Here's a thing I found in the park.

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Colors of the rainbow - which one do you like better? top, middle, bottom? Is it plastic or water?

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I'm a whore for product photos. I wish I had put a dropshadow on that top right picture but that's okay. I also noticed about 5 minutes ago that I accidentally matched the grey with the waves and the word "WIRELESS." I guess I'm just a sucker for grey.You all like it?

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Black and white is the new color?

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I really like this one, it incoporates all the things I like: cut out, picture, typography, white space, drop shadow. And it's organic. This is the kind of stuff I'm talkin' about people!I'll update it with the real one Wednesday when it prints if I remember.

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First and second edition Sports covers were "Beckett bounces back in boston." I didn't like the yellow but every other color I tried sucked too. I wish I had the Sagebrush's gold. I tried that but it looked orange on proof prints so this was safer. Maybe it'll turn out better on the page.The third edition, Late Metro shift was about the All-Star Baseball game. This was a simple but effective set

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