Apple 27-inch Cinema Display

So in June, Apple is supposedly releasing the new 27-inch LED Cinema Displays. I'm hoping Apple has a something a bit more slick up their sleeve. Comparing all of Apples hardware, the design of the displays have been out of place with everything else going slimmer, including Steve Jobs, ok bad joke. But seriously TV's like the Sharp LCD's are 1.6-inches thin! I love my Apple 30-inch but it's a bit bulky. So, come on Apple, show me a nice modern thin display to go with our thinner Macbook Pros. Above you'll see my concepts.

My new Razer Mamba mouse

Razor Mamba Casing from Tony Gil on Vimeo.

I just recently bought the Razer Mamba mouse and LOVE it! I'm very picky with my mouses and have tried out many. It needs to feel right and the tracking needs to run smoothly across my 30 inch display and laptop. The blue neon lights definitely give it a "Wow" factor! It's important for me to have creative stuff around me, stuff that motivates me and gets me excited. The look-and-feel of the mouse does all of the above. Be warned that the packaging is very fancy. Check out my video that shows what I did with the nice casing :-)

Don't skip the sketch

I feel that designers are getting too comfortable with Photoshop or other design software and are skipping the most important part of ANY design. Sketching! As soon as you start pixel pushing you are limiting your conceptual creativity and brainstorming part of the process.

Quick sketches, mind maps, mood boards, are a crucial part of any design process. It's where you think of all possibilities for a given amount of time and jot down all the ideas your brain can think of. Sometimes I grab my sketchbook and go for a walk. Maybe I'll see something that sparks an idea. At the end you can rest assure that you got some good thoughts.

I like to draw as many sketches as possible. I then close my sketch book, get some coffee or go for a walk and then open it up and revisit what I drew. I look through my sketches with a vague mind, and see which one makes the most sense , which one tells the story best. I also show it to different people to see what they get of it.

Next step is moving on to my chosen design program where I'm more focused on detail such as color, contrast, lighting etc.

Remember, computer software is just a tool, like a paint brush or pencil. Good traditional skills are very important. Sketch sketch sketch

San Francisco minatured

Taken in San Francisco. Tweaked it and gave it that toy, diorama, miniature look

Google Tablet

From the famous lyrics of Frank Sinatra, start spreading the news. The moment you all been waiting for. My designs of the Google tablets! With webcam!
Where will this go?

No Flash Lego Speed Icon & Wallpaper Speed Design

No Flash Lego speed design from tgil on Vimeo.

With all this war between the iPad, Flash, Apple and Adobe, I couldn't help myself to jump in and design a BIG juicy No Flash lego.

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Christmas Cookie Icons

Right our of the oven. Since I'm not much of a cook, I thought I would make everyone some yum yum chocolate holiday icons.

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