About the Girl

Shani Matthews
Female
United States
Occupation:
Webmaster @ the CDC
Favorite Thing Online:
Smashing Magazine, Surf the Channel or the start of my future portfolio.
Brief description of me:
Hm so many things to say…guess I’ll start with a little known fact: I’m write-left handed. I “write” with my left hand and do everything else with my right! I graduated from Spelman College in 2005 with a BS in Computer Science (all C++), which became a great foundation for web design.  I also just finished wrapping up a grueling pursuit of my Master’s in Interaction Design and Information Architecture at the University of Baltimore.  Lastly, I’m living in Atlanta but I’m not from Atlanta at all (then again who really is in this town?).  I’m from the DC Metro area and with that said, Go Skins!

2 responses

21 12 2009
Laura

How did you do the “rays” that are behind the shield and ice cream bar art? I feel like a noob.

21 12 2009
Shani

I actually used Physical Magic’s set of Vector Line Photoshop Brushes – find them here – http://physicalmagic.deviantart.com/art/Vector-Line-Brushes-39112536. Enjoy! There’s also a couple of custom ways to do this, including the method in Dr. Photoshop’s “Burst of Rays” tutorial – http://dr-photoshop.com/tutorials/index.php?id=58.

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