A guy who needs no introduction through out the 3d and webmaster world, Jay, better known as 3ncryptabl3_lick or od1 has honored us all with an exclusive interview that can be found over at Toni Zova, labeled 3ncryptabl3 Madness for a reason!

Jay’s answers and contribution put a spin and a dash of entertainment value to the once usually boring, classic interviews you usually run into online. Though not for the faint of heart, and should be tagged 18+ it really is an interesting, light hearted fun read. You all should def go give it a read.

To give you a taste, here’s a snippet from the original interview:
One of the single most talented guys I have had the pleasure of meeting online, a friend, a designer, an artist…Jay is truly a multi-talented fleshling that deserves mentioning and showcasing. I’ll cut the intro short and get right onto interviewing him for all of you to better understand what makes this complex orgasm tick! (read more about 3ncryptable_lick’s mad Interview here)

This free web icon set is friggin awesome. It’s also insanely huge. Over 150mb (173mb) of free icons to use for all your web designs, blog posts, or whatever else you think you could use some free icons for. The free web icon set will take awhile to download though, so, be patient! Enjoy!

Also, if you have some suggestions for other types of icons you would like to see here, leave a comment!

Some of the Best Logos online are without a doubt, mine. I know how that sounds, but a little arrogance goes a long way in the design industry, trust me. So to many logo designers this post will be taken wrong, only a few may ever get it’s real purpose but this is why, I think my logos are among the best logos online today.

These ones are also among my best logo designs that received the most appreciation from the clients. I guess I did so well a job in their opinion (the only opinion that really matters is your clients) that they both have decided to keep in touch with me since.

They’re unique, one of a kind and for the most part, logo designs no one could have thought of but me, then again most logo designs done by talented designers these days are very much the same way, except their stuff is no where near as funky or unique as my work, because I obviously make the best logos online, which in a way makes me one of the best logo designers out there. Hate me yet?

These 2 are the best logos in the industry, or at least I think so, they’re also 2 of my favorites.

Ego or not, I guess showcasing some of my work in this blog post might help prove that my logos really are some of the best logos ever made, they absolutely rock and I’m not tooting my own horn, well I am, but I mean come on, look at my work! Aren’t they the best logos you’ve ever seen or what?

These 2 logos are among my best logos to have gained acceptance in the design industry and logo designs in general seem to like these concepts.

Business promotional items can help you build a successful brand while also building your client base.

I’m rarely impressed when it comes to graphic and logo design, but this time it’s different. Now i know what a lot of people have been saying about this young girl, they’re saying;

So what’s the deal, she’s 16years old, and into design, who cares?

The design community care, people who are still passionate about what they do care. This girl, at 16 years old is not only designing logos at a professional level, she’s also doing everything in her power to spread the word among other teenagers, that if they want, they can do it too. So she’s not only bettering herself in all this but trying to help others, at just 16.  That’s the deal.

The girl is obviously mature for her age, although at times she may act like she’s just 16, which is ok, because she is! Her designs speak for themselves, mastering such raw talent at such a young age, she has received praise from some of the top logo designers online, she’s starting to get feature slots on many sites and all this in the past couple days when she designed and developed her first site Julie Kapral and her Teen Design Blog.

Some may argue that there are younger designers out there, some just as good as Julie, but if you take the time to look at those designers and Julie you’ll see that she has this passion like nothing I’ve seen before, not even in someone excited about what they do. It comes as natural to her and with her first paying client just a few days ago, you can tell this Teen Logo Designer is on a role, and what a role it is going to be.

Keep your eye on her, she’s going places.

 What a fake contest. I was named the winner of the below fake contest and then not awarded anything, I send the contest starter a PM with my paypal ID and nothing. Some forum that is, they don’t have anyway of protecting us designers, I think it’s appalling. If they’re to hold a contest forum they should add the necessary software, take payment from end user, when winner is selected forward it to winner, take a slice of the pie, that’s how professionals do it. Not like this fake contest forum at V7N.

Recently I joined the V7N Forums. I got to know old friends and met a few new ones in a very short period of time, the community there is by far one of the friendliest I have ever been on. Although it lacks a professional presence and those with knowledge on there could probably be counted on one hand, it’s looking bright as mods and admins are gearing towards a change, a big change I have been told.

I have been reading up on some topics, although few in number some are rather informative, and then I ran into a new contest. It was a T-Shirt Design Contest and after reading the topic starters post, I decided to join and test peoples art abilities on these forums. My entry did not take time to finish and the concept pretty much hit me in the face, it was not at all hard or thought provoking, rather simple, it’s message too was direct and to the point.

The contest is still open and I’m not sure if i’ll win, so far there has been 4 or 5 design entries including mine with a few people working on it still, so who knows. I do hope I win as the prize is $300, and even though to some that’s not a lot, for me it’s a good month worth of living.

Wish me luck.

Mike Erickson of Logomotive is one of my all time favorite logo designers, not because he’s a handsome guy but because of his sexy designing skills. The guy is beyond creative, he’s in a league of his own and if only he had more time to do his own thing, he’d be on everyone’s tongue. I’ve had lots of people contact me about designs, I have around 78thousand unread comments most of which are spam (sorry to those that haven’t been spamming, there’s no way for me to sift through them all in a timely fashion), anyway so I personally can never get round to designing for everyone and many projects end up being declined.

So, people, if you need a logo designer you can rely on, someone better than me, i said it, someone who can really bring your ideas to life then Mike Erickson of Logo Motive is the logo designer for you! If you really want a logo designer that can create a unique, professional looking logo for you then go to LogoMotive.net NOW!

One of the reasons I got into design years ago was because of this guy, Jeremiah, also known as the 3d Buddha. I first read about Jeremiah on the designer digest over at miramax, he was one of the artists involved in creating some 3d wonders in madagscar2. He was one of the youngest 3d artists to  become a conceptual designer for miramax about 6 years ago. This guy, this 3d god is now, for the first time ever, on a public networking site, Deviant Art. He’s known for keeping his work private, and only shares his private portfolio with serious potential clients, but guess what, he’s sharing some of his older projects and things he does in his spare time for fun in his 3d Deviant Art Gallery!

You can even message him and send him personal notes not to mention chat with him in a live 3d chatroom called 3d asaurus or something. This is great, I had to let you all in on it because this guys work is just phenomenal, he’s one of those professionals that does not brag about it and just likes to help 3d and designer wannabes such as myself in his spare time.

This is another blogger theme a few friends asked me to create, it’s probably one of the simplest blogger themes out there that has a sidebar. It’s very simple, only one top header image and no bits and bobs on the template, easy on the eye and functional. Enjoy!

There’s a typo i know, should be Simplicity not simplisity, oh well! haha.

I released a similar theme a long time ago I released a similar theme a long time ago and by that I mean years ago. Of course then it was not as well designed, nor compatible with browsers or coded to standards, it lacked everything a modern day theme is built on.

Calmicity, a name derived from the words ’simplicity’ and ‘calm’ is my latest WP theme that focuses on the web2.0 style as well as SEO aspect of today’s ever evolving web industry. It’s an adsense ready site which means that whether for personal use or as a business blog, it’s tuned and ready to make you money.

It’s widget ready and comes with everything you need to make a lasting impression with your blog readers.  I will be re-releasing a 3column version of this theme soon and also different color combination, so if you have any requests, voice them now or forever hold your peace. Hope you like it!

A quick note; I have several Blogger themes in the pipelines so look out for those very soon.

DnHowTo has recently been launched by a friend of mine. I was asked to cook up an original looking yet simple horizontal navigation and I did, just PSD. He chose not to code it and instead used image mapping to bring it to life, but who cares, I like how it came out, it’s on a simple dark wordpress theme and it looks pretty cool.  I simply gave it that squre burst feel here and there like in his BG and kept it simple.I wanted to adda rollover effect to each but he opted not to go with that.