byVolce the online portfolio of Jonathan Solichin

It has been a cool 2008, and it’s now time to join 2009 and all it has to offer. My resolution this year is to “Carpe Diem” or seize the day. No matter how cliche it is, I think it is a great goal. A big one indeed, but as I came to realize, most of the things we regret is the things we didn’t do. Few things we regret because it was done. And also, with this new beginning I decided to revamp my parent domain (byvolce.com) and actually make a portfolio instead of a bunch of links that it currently is. I hope you like it.

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How to create a 3d styled graphic in Photoshop

In the season of giving, I would like to share with you this Photoshop tutorial I made. I hope you have a Happy Holiday!

A while ago I saw a cool illustration made by Adam Woodhouse and I was inspired to take a crack at something similar. I hope the tutorial will teach you to mimick the 3d style using only photoshop. This will be especially useful for people who don’t have a special 3d program. We will be using a lot of clipping mask and creativity. (more…)

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I would like to share with you my latest work that you are free to download. I dubbed it PureFront because it runs off PureEdit and FrameFront. This is my first time running on either platform as they are still fresh of the oven. And no this is not another CMS, it’s just a theme/website template. In case you didn’t know, PureEdit is basically a back end CMS solution that doesn’t touch the front end at all. While FrameFront only touches the front end and doesn’t touch the back. This makes them a powerful combination. Michael Dick is behind this awesome creation. I suggest you check it out. The great thing about PureEdit is that it is really flexible and customizable. You can create your own plugin, add fields, create a theme for the CMS, write a translation, and even rework the whole thing to your liking. In his own word:

Framefront. The most simplistic front-end framework you’ll ever meet.

PureEdit is the first CMS that dramatically simplifies the back-end development of your website while giving you full control of the front-end design and programming. By allowing such uncommon flexibility, PureEdit empowers you to design web sites from the ground up, without forcing you to follow the narrow template rules you’ll find elsewhere.

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