Please watch this video as it will help you understand why your logo can't be designed in Adobe Photoshop - and why your logo can't be a photo. Maybe back in the day your logo could have been an image file, now in today's world imagine your logo moving and becoming an animated gif on your website. If this is something that interests you then you need Vector artwork.

CMYK COLORS - Great Link

http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcmyk.html

Helping people understand CMYK Printing... More to come!

College & NFL Work

Before I ventured out on my own in early 2009. I worked for Conder Flag Company where I was laid off because of the down economy. Conder Flag works with a ton of sporting associations and very large format printing. Although it was sad to be laid off for the first time in my life, while I was there I got the chance to work with the ACC as we transformed the Time Warner Cable arena into the ACC 2008 Arena. Having the ACC Tournament and the Carolina Tarheels come to Charlotte was not only my brothers dream to get to attend the tournament by awesome to be able to create all graphics for the players and attendees to see. Not to meantion the exposure on TV. I went and took measurements of everything square inch of the arena and designed banners and layouts for the entire event all to scale. It was something that I will never forget.

I was also given the job to redesign the Carolina Panthers sidelines. How awesome is it to attend a game or watch a game on TV and see my designs on the sidelines. Check out the link below to see my pictures on Myspace. You don't have to sign up to see them. Really cool stuff.

Before I left the company I also got to work with the Charlotte (Lowes) Motor Speedway's new ZMAX drag strip. I designed the layout of the poles at the entrance and the flags that we printed for them. They were 5' x 20' giant printed flags using the Zmax graphics and colors.

Moving on now to new ventures. My next blog post will be about teaching!

New Partnerships for 2010

Announcing a new partnership for my partner Kim Hughes of 704events.com. 704 & Hibiscus Graphix are working together in 2010 to offer additional support for events posted through 704events.com. With my graphic help each event will only be better represented because now the possibilities are endless with this growth of a new partner...

So, without further adieu, I am proud to say that 704events.com and FOXCharlotte.com/FOX Charlotte are partnering media reaches to deliver to you what we do best – News, events, and entertainment.

Why FOX Charlotte and 704events.com? Both are the same page in business and in life - both are vibrant, fun, spunky, down to earth, and truly love the Charlotte community and we are committed to aiding our supporters, fans, visitors and viewers live the best lives they can, while being positive and cutting out the negative junk! Our mentalities are in line and they both have a lot of respect for each other, so it is just natural that we work together to make our services better, which directly benefits you, the people that we work tirelessly for each day!

So this is YOUR time to shine, Charlotte! Let us know how you want us to partner together - What do you want to see us do? How can we cover news and event promotion to the best degree for you? Should we do videos, events, special promos targeted to you? How can we make our websites reflect our partnership the best for you?

Email your feedback to kim@704events.com or leave your comments on TheBLOG.

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Business Leaders of Charlotte...News & Notes

BLOC member Anna Smith, with Hibiscus Graphix, is honored to be able to truly showcase her talents in the marketing spot for BLOC-SouthPark. This accomplishment is based on the inspiration from BLOC members to start her own business. Anna has also worked behind the scenes marketing BLOC for the past two years and is finally getting to market herself. Since being announced as a member of BLOC-SouthPark, Hibiscus Graphix has totally redesigned and relaunched the website www.hibiscusgraphix.com, re-branding Hibiscus as she re-brands her clients. A special thank you to all members of BLOC.

BLOC-SouthPark meets at Roosters Kitchen each month, our new chapter of BLOC just started so check out the BLOC website to get more info on how you can attend as my guest.

Business Cards - GOING DOUBLE SIDED

Does your card look like you designed it in Microsoft Word? Maybe your using a graphic from clip art that someone else could be using as well...

As a business networking professional, I recognize the business card as the most affordable way to make yourself stand out. Potential clients that meet me in this setting tell me, "Oh I remember your card and I still have it." That is a huge compliment to receive from someone you may have only met once. Odds are that they are holding on to it.

I can't tell you how many cards I see that use an image for their logo, example the world. That file can only get so big before it loses resolution, like a digital photo. You will have trouble making a banner or sign. How many cards you have seen with a picture of the world on it. I want to help those people get something original! See logos


Full color Rounded Business Cards create a dramatic first impression to set you apart from the crowd. Look fresh with this new style of business card. It's easy to make a change and this is the place to start. Together we can change your look and give it added value.

Choose UV or Matte coating. UV coating gives you high gloss and durability while Matte gives you a flat satin finish that you can still write on with the new fine sharpie!