the off life

Time to bring this blog back to life. I think I’ll use it for art, photography and design. Perhaps some tech and gadgets as well?

Fill you in some happenings. Been busy with my design work. Traded my PS2, XBOX and everything with them for an XBOX 360 and I must the XBOX 360 is nice! I’ll post my gamertag on here soon.Looking forward to some new games.

Sorry for the lack of blogging, but I’ve been really busy. I finished a couple of websites. You can know see my own online portfolio at pantoja design.

Monday was my son’s first day in Kindergarten. You never realize how fast they are growing until it is another school year. Malachi was excited, he was awake when my wife and I walked into his room to wake him up. No, my wife and I didn’t cry, but we were sad. Our first born is growing up.

I was checking out a few design sites when I came across the site glorious day. The reason I’m posting this is because when you click on “eat” and the click on the moving animation to see a small stop motion video that’s funny. It’s not knee slapping funny, but more of a kinda cute funny that brings a smile to your face. The video features the japanese character Domo-Kun. So click on the picture and it’s going to be a GLORIOUSDAY.

I created a new antipixel button for Formula 1 racing. I’ve been a fan of the F1 grand prix since ’97. My mom and I caught it one night on ESPN and it was the Monaco Grand Prix, it was such an awesome track. I was also truly amazed by the racing and the vehicles. That night I chose McLaren as the team I would go for. Sometimes the Monaco Grand Prix is shown on local channels, but for the rest of the season catch it on the Speed channel.

The new site is up at iconfactory and looks great! If you missed the cool redesign animations, I found the address that will take you there. GO>> Start with Day 1 and enjoy! they also have other animations as well.

Today is my wife’s birthday. She turned 21, well maybe not 21, but still looks 21!!

I tried designing some antipixel buttons yesterday, which was my first attempt. I’ve had fun doing it. Reminded me when I first got a PC, I used to draw the characters from the old PC game Syndicate using MS paint. I designed all of the buttons except WordPress and Firefox. If you decide to use them on your site, send me a comment and take my off life button to post on your site. I would like to see them being used.