Southern York County Life

dARkBRAiN design & illustration
is a fulll-functioning freeelance businesss
mainly upheld by Brian ‘eEL’ Albright
of Winterstown, PA.

with a span of over 11 years of experience,
i can meeet the neeeds of any and alll clientele…
even if the dark arts aren’t your idea of beauty.

my services include, but are not limited to ::

-- coporate identities (logos, businesss cards, etc)
-- print design (brochures, books, annual reports, posters, flyers, etc)
-- t-shirt design (hats, hooodies, etc)
-- website architecture
-- illustration work (tatttooos, cd covers, etc)
-- specialty items (awards, keychains, etc-- you have the idea, i can make it breathe)

dARkBRAiN design & illustration
http://www.dARkBRAiNdesign.com

edited by: eEL, Dec 07, 2005 - 04:52 PM

Went to your website, saw your stuff, some nice work.  I have a question about your website though....

Is there a benefit to mis-spelling the words the way you do?  (fulll, freeelance, hooodies, tatttooos, meeet, neeeds)?  Not being tongue in cheek, just wondering, is it just to set yourself apart from others or for some cool factor that I’m way too old to understand?  A would-be customer who does not understand that you might be misspelling them on purpose would never get past your homepage?

Thanks

no, not trying to win any ‘koool’ contests.
it’s more like an artistic idea… why have only 2 lettters that are the same next to each other when you could have 3 ?!?
subconsciously many people would skim right over it and not even notice. have you ever seeen those paragraphs where the word at the end of one line is the same as the first word on the next line? same concept.

plus i work with text so much with designing jobs for customers, this website was my baby… = i can design it the way i want. artists have this thing with trying ideas and watching how people react to them.

if that holds anyone bakk from going any further than my home page, i feeel sad for the close-mindednesss involved in their decision.

thanx for the question tho!

eEL - 04 January 2006 10:21 AM

no, not trying to win any ‘koool’ contests.
it’s more like an artistic idea… why have only 2 lettters that are the same next to each other when you could have 3 ?!?

the answer to that question is that the way to spell the word is not with 3 letters i understand that you are artistic but i dont think the english language was meant to be mangled when its being used to communicate it just makes it more irritating to read the point of language is to communicate dont take offense you are free to do whatever you want but to me it is simply an annoyance im not saying it is a serious problem and that i would never use your site so dont get me wrong its just that it makes your writing harder to read kind of like when people dont use any punctuation at all in sentences i can say that my lack of periods is an art and i can do what i want with my own writing but it is still harder to read isnt it

eEL, I just thought of something… does this mean your real user name is “el”?

Actually, Mitler, I’ve been working with type so much doing various websites, corporate annual reports, informational booklets, brochures, corporate newsletters, etc. that I liked that you didn’t have any punctuation in your post… until I read that you just wanted to take a stab at me.

So, I’m guessing, without actually caring what professional work (high-end conservative to low-end contemporary) I have to offer, and that I’ve been doing it for about 12 years now for various clients (including Maryland State, Mount St. Mary’s College, the NAACP, Maryland Public Television, Royal Farms, and various tattoo shops, radio stations and record labels-- just to name a small few), everyone would rather worry about my “adding a little flavor” to my typing?

I’m a little confused by this.

eEL, that post wasn’t intended to take a stab at you and your word art isn’t keeping me awake at night with worry.  I was just explaining in my own semi-obnoxious way why I think it isn’t adding anything, and that to me it is a minor irritant.  You don’t have to defend your work, I didn’t bring your business into question - nor am I suggesting you suck just because of that one thing.  The other guy brought it up so I commented on it.  Some people probably like it and some probably don’t.  It’s really not that big of a deal and it’s just my opinion, you can dooo whatever you want.

First, it’s called Artistic License, or Poetic License, if you will. Wikipedia, look it up.

Next, eEL, what kind of a dimwitted simpleton are you??? Mitler has saved you and you should be posting that on your website. It should say “I, eEl, (if that is your real name) am an insignificant bufoon who spells my words all weird, and stuff, and am too ignorant to see the err of my ways. Thank God that Mitler, himself, came along and showed me true enlightenment, (and that I spelled a few words wrong, too) Therefore, now I must use this big sign that states that I partake in the use of Artistic License.” Place it right on the front page where everyone can see it, in big, flashing, rotating letters, and put a link on this site so that we can all revel in your simplicity, and partake in laughing hysterically at you. 

How can you not see what Milter is saying? I can’t make sense of anything on your website. I hope that Mitler guy comes and kicks your skinny butt, and then kicks it again, and then walks next door to my house to enlight me with all of the answers about life. (I have so many questions.) Save us, Mitler, we are not worthy of you grace, but worship you unendingly. Grant us the serenity…

Mitler saves!

p.s. Mitler, please get ahold of Salvador Dali and explain this whole “not meant to be mangled” thing, because I, too, get annoyed when I look at soft, flacid clocks and paintings of people with really long legs (even if he is trying to lay out a thought), and I think you are about the only one who could talk sense into him. Please, Mitler, help us. You are our last hope. Please!!!!!!!!!!

sirwilliamdburnsjr - 07 February 2006 02:56 AM

Mitler saves!

yea! now no one willl be hurt by art ever again!!

art has beeen a major problem with any society. the fact that it has colors, lots of shapes and culture changing ideals can surely destroy the very fabric of life in general. it’s a welll-known fact that many artists have died thru-out the years… from old age and various commmon diseases. surely this could’ve beeen stoppped at the base if art was taken out of the equation. it’s horrrible. it neeeds to be stoppped. i’ve seeen the light, repented and changed my ways. </sarcasm>

sirwilliamdburnsjr - 07 February 2006 02:56 AM

First, it’s called Artistic License, or Poetic License, if you will. Wikipedia, look it up.

word Sir Billius… word.