My name is Ben Parker and I am a freelance artist working in new media. I create logos, digital designs and layout, websites, and videos. This is the place where I write my random thoughts in a very inconsistent manner.

Josie’s New Glasses!

December 1st, 2008

Just thought I would take a quick minute to share Josie’s new look with you.  She went to the pediatric opthamologist today and her eyes are completely healthy – she is just extremely farsighted.  The fix – glasses.  Here are the frames Josie picked:   I have lots of thoughts on the college football situation, but I [...]

Computers don’t make errors. What they do, they do on purpose.

November 24th, 2008

That of course is a quote from the great Dale Gribble, aka Rusty Shackleford.  And I use it because my computer came up with another creation today; Chouteau, OK Chamber of Commerce This site was all coded today and is an xhtml strict webpage with a tableless CSS structure.  Yeah CSS! This of course is just the [...]

The I’s (eyes) don’t have it

November 20th, 2008

Well, I feel like a complete Jackass.  It’s true.  And although many of you know that I have been one for years – I am finally being hit with it in an overwhelming fashion.  Let me explain. A couple of weeks ago Josie came home from school with a note saying that she had failed her [...]

A little creativity

November 19th, 2008

I have been working freelance since I got back here in Oklahoma and I realized that I haven’t shared any of the projects I have been working on.  As always – I am always looking for more work – so send it my way if you got some.  If you’re reading this in facebook just [...]

YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS IF…

November 13th, 2008

by Terrell Sanders of MinistryCOM and the folks of CFCC 1. You’ve ever contemplated breaking into your own church in the dead of night so you can delete the comic sans, Papyrus and Curlz fonts from staff computers. 2. You’ve ever used a cross instead of the letter T or X. 3. You’ve explained DPI more times than [...]

Pastor of Mega-Church (8000 +) Sells 12 Million Dollar Campus

November 10th, 2008

From the Associated Press – Hiam Shatir may look like your average pastor, but he’s not acting like one. In a nation filled with expensive mega-church buildings popping up, Hiam instead chose to sell his mega-church, Crestview Community Church, and attempt to live into what he says is the call to “be the church.” And although [...]

Jub Jub

November 4th, 2008

It has been way too long since I have written something on here. I have a lot to say – especially about the election and politics in general. I know, we’re all freakin’ shocked I have an opinion. Anyway, I haven’t had time to post any of them. I plan to soon – [...]

Well, well, well

September 28th, 2008

Well I haven’t updated since I got here – all apologies. I have been busy trying to get business going, and of course living in a small town and socializing and such. It’s fun getting to see all the people I grew up with. Locust Grove hasn’t changed all that much, there are a few [...]

Music and Editing

August 31st, 2008

There are a lot of people who have made the most of their film careers by picking the right music, and getting that perfect score.  I can say as an editor – I find that when I put the right music to something, it just becomes ten times more powerful.   At a conference I went [...]

After Effects

August 27th, 2008

Found a job in Tulsa I am now trying to grab – the one caveat was that I needed to know After Effects.  I had never used it a day in my life.  So this morning I downloaded the trial from Adobe and took it for a spin and this is what I got.  Everything [...]