S.o.S - who has written 86 posts on SOSFactory Blog.
My name’s Sergio Ordoñez I´m illustrator, graphic and web designer. A selection of my work is included at SOSFactory.
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Hey buddies, in this entry I´m going to explain the different steps I use to create an illustrative logotype, from the first sketch to the final outcome. Here I´m sharing some of my most hidden secrets Brief of the project Frangola is a small company located in Angola, which sells fried chicken. They found me [...]
Continue reading...20 July 2010
As you know, it´s been a while since I don´t post new content, although I keep adding functionalities and answering all the questions you people ask in the comments, email or social networks. I´m going to change my perspective, let´s see some novelties I´m planning Priorities The main priority is my job as freelance designer [...]
Continue reading...26 February 2010
Hey guys, this post is an addition to The longest Photoshop coloring tutorial, I posted a video in which you could see how I use the History Brush when I use color, but it didn’t seem too clear, so before we go on with the tutorial I will explain in detail what the history brush [...]
Continue reading...9 February 2010
Hey buddies, I’m finally back from my “holidays” (they weren’t holidays really, I spent this time to move to Berlin). I’m already settled and ready to go on with the blog. Today we have a post with some questions from the blog users: about copyright, confidentiality, how to improve our drawing skills and how to [...]
Continue reading...23 December 2009
Hello buddies, time for a very special tutorial, I will try to write the more detailed tutorial you have ever seen about how to color in Photoshop, SOSFactory color style. I will post the tutorial by issues, every issue will have his own video on real time from my Youtube channel, voice courtesy of Anita [...]
Continue reading...28 November 2009
Time for another exercise, this time let´s practice our digital color in Photoshop over a profesional lineart made by SOSFactory. If you do a try, please email me a JPG of your final image, if you are interested I could post your image here and give you some tips to improve your coloring skills. Here [...]
Continue reading...21 November 2009
Hello buddies, at last Friday!! I´m getting ready for my monthly flight to Berlin but before I leave I want to share some pics. I just finished a project I was working on lately, this time I did a ton of character design for a non released yet dating site. Here you have several of [...]
Continue reading...16 November 2009
Mascot design for webs is one of my specialties, in the last few years I’ve been designing dozens of corporative characters for webs. Clients are usually very satisfied with the design, but they don’t know how to make the most out of it. Sometimes they have to use them at very small sizes, sometimes they [...]
Continue reading...13 November 2009
PayPal is the standard online payment system for both selling and buying. It is very convenient, instantaneous and secure, that’s why it is expensive. It can cost us up to 3.4% out of the money we receive depending on the country where you live, plus a 2.5% to convert the money to your local currency, [...]
Continue reading...8 November 2009
Theory says that a good logotype must be simple, clean, economical, versatile, etc, etc. This is a very pertinent principle but, is it still valid? In my opinion, it is partially obsolete. The advance of impression techniques, the evolution of the consumers overburdened with publicity and the evolution of the mass media (Internet, Television, mobile [...]
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31 July 2010
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