garthmalegrooming.com.au - a new look and a new style

Categories: Articles, Spinning the Web

Sometimes a client comes to you wanting something impossible. Sometimes they have their head so far in the future you don't know what to think. Redesigning for Garth Male Grooming wasn't the case. The original spec was to add back end functionality. Pricing and specials were hard coded and required hours and dollars to update. Which simply isn't acceptable. You need to be able to move and adapt with the times. While looking over the content to see what could be database driven I noticed ... Read More

Privacy and your Customers

Categories: Articles, Spinning the Web

We'll start this post with a warning. And several key points. I am not a lawyer and don't profess to be one, I suggest contacting a lawyer before making any decisions based on this information. I am in Australia. I have no idea how this will affect designers in the US, UK or anywhere else in the world. With that out of the way..... As a webmaster(and in many cases) a web designer, you have a responsibility to your site users. In regards to their privacy ... Read More

Photorealism : a Non application specific study.

Categories: 3d, Articles, Tutorials

This is an article I wrote several years ago that I plan to revise soon, so in the interests of posterity, here it is again before I work on it. Photorealism : ( Fo-to-reel-isum) the art of making an image look like a photograph. That should be all the definition we need, and it’s how we’re going to work with the term. It’s entirely possible to render surreal items or bizarre ... Read More