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Chris Stetsontoresolveproject.com Create more by Chris StetsonI...

csttsnjournal — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:52:15 -0800

Chris Stetson
toresolveproject.com

Create more by Chris Stetson
I was a little tired when I first saw the email from Chris…and my first thought was “when did I send myself an email?” Thankfully I read past the “St” in Stetson and saw what Chris had to say:
“I’ve been…

Feels awesome to have my design on the To Resolve Project website. All designs made for iPhone5, get one that suits your New Year’s resolution!

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csttsnjournal — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:11:38 -0800

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December wallpaper ready for free download!

Such a great and fun wedding. So glad to be a part of it.

csttsnjournal — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:58:47 -0800

Such a great and fun wedding. So glad to be a part of it.

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csttsnjournal — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:56:19 -0800

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New November wallpaper available just in time for Thanksgiving. We recently went to the Grand Canyon and spent a couple nights at the bottom. The weather was fair, a little windy. But as we hiked back to the top the temperature began to drop and we were greeted with snow just after we took our first steps back flat ground.

It was a nice change from the 85+ degrees back home. But now that we’ve returned home, the weather is seeming closer to Fall/Winter after all. It’s about time.

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csttsnjournal — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:01:16 -0700

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October wallpaper is ready for download. This month featuring a hand drawn ghost by my lovely wife Erin!

An Apple Tree Article written by: Chris Stetson,...

csttsnjournal — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:23:30 -0700

An Apple Tree
Article written by: Chris Stetson, dearestnature.com

Photo by Chris Stetson
Around here you wouldn’t know summer is on it’s way out because it’s still so warm. My friends and I decided to take advantage of a warm evening and do a little photo walk around our friend’s property. I thought thi…

Check out my submission to Dearest Nature this month!

Well as you know it’s been August for 10 days now. And it...

csttsnjournal — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:59:29 -0700

Well as you know it’s been August for 10 days now. And it just so happens that the tenth day of August is my wonderful wife’s birthday. I made this month’s wallpaper special for her, and I even used it as her birthday card design. She loves giraffes and we’re also headed out the door the the San Diego Wild Animal Park to see the real live thing. I hope you enjoy this month’s design, and for those of you with a new Retina MacBook Pro, I’ve got one sized just right for you too.

I’ve also got a new site to showcase this project, which I’ve titled, 12x12. To get your free wallpaper please go to www.12x12.csttsn.com

Thanks, and have a great August!

The Big Dipper Article written by: Chris Stetson,...

csttsnjournal — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:23:48 -0700

The Big Dipper
Article written by: Chris Stetson, dearestnature.com

Photo by Chris Stetson
Photo Info
Camera: Canon T2i
• Lens: Nikon Nikkor-N 24mm f/2.8 with adaptor
• ISO: 800
• Exp: 8 sec
These summer nights have been exceptionally clear, especially out at our home out past wine…

Check out my submission to Dearest Nature for the month of August.

July Submission to Dearest Nature

csttsnjournal — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:31:36 -0700

July Submission to Dearest Nature:

Check out my submission this month to the Dearest Nature Blog. Also be sure to take some time to explore the blog, she’s got some awesome sauce all over that place!

July Wallpapers

csttsnjournal — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:52:13 -0700

Well July is here and so are new wallpapers. And in the spirit of the 4th I’ve got Red, White and Blue versions for you to choose from. Or grab all three!

If you’re wondering what a Penny Farthing has got to do with July, keep wondering. But I will tell you how I came to the decision to create this month’s graphic. Basically my thought process went like this; July -> Summer -> Beach -> Home town -> riding bikes. This lead me to search for images of bicycles to base a drawing from, when Google images gave me an awesome picture of an old Penny Farthing. And July, July, July comes from one of my wife and I’s favorite Decemberists songs of the same name.

I was also very excited to use The Highway Typeface created by Dan Cassaro at Young Jerks. It’s a great typeface with lots of extras, plus he’s got great work on his site so go check him out.

Thanks for stopping by folks. I hope you enjoy this month’s free wallpaper. Download them below.

P.S. The iPad is sized for the new retina display. Enjoy, and have a safe and happy 4th!

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My wife and recently visited some friends in Minneapolis, MN....

csttsnjournal — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:30:00 -0700

My wife and recently visited some friends in Minneapolis, MN. That place is amazing! Everything is so green! Here is a little video I made using 5 second clips from our trip. Thanks to our friends Jesse & Derrin for showing us such a great time. Hopefully we can go back again sometime.

poptech: An average human, utterly unremarkable in every way,...

csttsnjournal — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:18:15 -0700

poptech:

An average human, utterly unremarkable in every way, can  perceive a million different colors. Vermilion, puce, cerulean, periwinkle, chartreuse—we have thousands of words for them, but mere language can never capture our extraordinary range of hues. Our powers of color vision derive from cells in our eyes called cones, three types in all, each triggered by different wavelengths of light. Every moment our eyes are open, those three flavors of cone fire off messages to the brain. The brain then combines the signals to produce the sensation we call color.

Vision is complex, but the calculus of color is strangely simple: Each cone confers the ability to distinguish around a hundred shades, so the total number of combinations is at least 100³, or a million. Take one cone away—go from being what scientists call a trichromat to a dichromat—and the number of possible combinations drops a factor of 100, to 10,000. Almost all other mammals, including dogs and New World monkeys, are dichromats. The richness of the world we see is rivaled only by that of birds and some insects, which also perceive the ultraviolet part of the spectrum.

Researchers suspect, though, that some people see even more. Living among us are people with four cones, who might experience a range of colors invisible to the rest. It’s possible these so-called tetrachromats see a hundred million colors, with each familiar hue fracturing into a hundred more subtle shades for which there are no names, no paint swatches. And because perceiving color is a personal experience, they would have no way of knowing they see far beyond what we consider the limits of human vision.

Read on.

(via kateoplis)

poptech: Borrowing from science fiction and fact, Insect Lab...

csttsnjournal — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:43:10 -0700

poptech:

Borrowing from science fiction and fact, Insect Lab customizes real insect specimens with antique watch parts and other technological components. From ladybugs to grasshoppers, each is individually hand adorned, and original- a unique celebration of the contradictions and confluences between nature and technology.

marcedith: ….Emiliano Ponzi….

csttsnjournal — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:39:41 -0700

marcedith:

….Emiliano Ponzi….

Something about printing your work feels so good. I’m...

csttsnjournal — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:40:25 -0700

Something about printing your work feels so good. I’m really happy with the outcome on these postcards. Had to deal with a lot of revisions and last minute edits, but holding a finished product always makes it worth it. These will be going out to about 500 in the City of Newport Beach Water District.

June Wallpapers!!!

csttsnjournal — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:02:21 -0700

As summer quickly approaches everyone is planing the next big vacation. Maybe it’s to visit family, travel to a far away land or just get away from the daily grind. This month’s free wallpaper was inspired by the vacation of yester-year. As I Googled for the retro images used in the wallpaper I noticed a trend of vacationing and I wanted to convey that nostalgic feeling in the image.

I took a little different approach this month as I used the iPad app, iDraw almost exclusively to create the image. Other than all of the resizing for each device and screen size I created the image entirely on my iPad. The iDraw app is pretty amazing. You can incorporate textures, blending modes, layers and even import your own .otf and .ttf font files. And now iDraw has a desktop version available in the Mac App store for about $30. I haven’t used it myself but I would say it is probably a good, inexpensive way for someone who wants to explore vector graphics without having to pay a fortune for Adobe Software.

I hope you enjoy this month’s wallpaper as much as I enjoyed creating it. Download yours and tell your friends to get one for themselves as well!

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Taking the train back home from Carpinteria and using the time...

csttsnjournal — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:40:40 -0700

Taking the train back home from Carpinteria and using the time to play around with the iDraw app. I put this little badge together just for funsies.

Another iPhone video from our train ride from Oceanside to...

csttsnjournal — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:23:50 -0700

Another iPhone video from our train ride from Oceanside to Carpinteria.

Just a little video, shot and edited on iPhone 4.

csttsnjournal — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:32:57 -0700

Just a little video, shot and edited on iPhone 4.

I had the opportunity to shoot video at my friends engagement...

csttsnjournal — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:46:00 -0700

I had the opportunity to shoot video at my friends engagement photo shoot. Michael & Ellie are great friends and it was such a blast shooting them. They are hoping to get Cheerwine to sponsor some drinks for their wedding. I wish them luck!