Blue Lobster Art & Design

This is the portfolio of Dawn Pedersen. I have been designing web sites, logos, marketing materials, and more, since 2000.
I can draw pretty well too. Portfolio »
It’s easy to hire me! Email me at dawn@blulob.com, call me at (916) 320-1371, or fill out a short contact form. Contact »
I like to create design tutorials and write about design stuff. Check out my literary efforts here. Blog »

An extensive list of the web design, graphic design, and art services I can provide you. Services »
I live in Sacramento, California. I have a degree in art and I teach design classes. I have a husband, three cats, and a blue lobster. Here’s a little more about me. About »
A work in progress. 45-minute art and design classes tailored for the classroom. 60 Lessons »

My first lesson is ready at 60lessons.com!

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/21/2009

Photoshop Workspaces

Whew! It took most of the weekend, and now my very first 60lessons.com lesson is ready:

Photoshop I Lesson 1a – Rearranging and Saving Workspaces

I designed 60lessons.com to be a resource for teachers. The lessons are meant to be 45 minutes long each, and grouped into units of 10 lessons each.

But anyone can follow them! Please check it out.

Delicious Orange Cream Text in Photoshop

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/19/2009

Orange Cream Text

Carl’s Jr. has a great Orange Cream shake right now, and their Orange Cream Shakes & Malts posters are even more appealing. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create yummy Orange Cream shake text in Photoshop, inspired by Carls’ Jr.
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I redesigned the home page

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/18/2009

I hope you like the new home page design. Since I am freelancing full time now, I want to feature my business more on my home page. The new design keeps several elements from the blog but makes it secondary to my marketing messages. The path to my services, contact, pricing, and portfolio pages should be very clear now. In addition, my latest work panels are nice and large now. Yes, I’m still a blogger. You can find the blog stuff lower on the page. On the interior blog pages, the article content is still high on the page.
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The Lobster is Open for Business!

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/16/2009

My full-time high school career now ended, I am fully open for business as Blue Lobster Art and Design. Please contact me for a free initial consultation if you need any of the following services (or check out my Pricing page.) Thanks!
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Mix Colors in Photoshop as if they were Paint

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/10/2009

Color Mixture

Photoshop uses light rather than paint to create color. Because of this, mixing colors of light is a slightly different animal from mixing paint. However in many cases, we get something similar to mixed paint when mixing two colors of light. In other cases, we get something a bit…off. I’m going to show you a technique for experimenting with color mixing in Photoshop. I’ll also show you the results of my color mixing experiments.
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