Author Archives: Doug Cloud

Donating My Talent for a Worthy Cause I recently came upon a web site called Hide-E-Hole Ferret Rescue. This no-kill ferret shelter is run by Barbara Carlson who has been personally doing rescue work with ferrets for at least 5 … Continue reading

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Twenty Ten to the Rescue I’m currently redesigning Doug Draws using the Twenty Ten theme. I did this to make things (hopefully) more simple for people who visit my site. I wanted to just focus on my work and make … Continue reading

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My New Business Card

I was working on this idea for a business card for myself and since the name of my site is Doug Draws I thought of making the card in the shape of a pencil. I realized after making the front side that I needed to add some more info so I made it a two-sided card. I think it turned out pretty good. After searching around for a print house that does die-cut… Continue reading

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Real Beard Santa Coloring Book

I was contacted by my good friend Phil Neal who is designing a Christmas site for The Real Beard Santa. He asked me to design some coloring book pages for him and so I did a total of eight pages of various Christmas type scenes for the kids to print and color. It was a lot of fun coming up with the ideas and layouts for these pages. Designing for coloring… Continue reading

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The inspiration for this tut comes from my love of cartoons, typography, and big bold strokes. When I was a kid I loved watching those old Batman movies. You know the ones where Batman and Robin would cuff the bad … Continue reading

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