Custom Twitter Background for designables

I resized my logo and created this twitter background in photoshop. Now I am starting to see that this complexity of gradient makes this logo ineffecient for manipulating for different uses. I manage to size down w/o losing much quality of gradient but the text doesn't show.  I tried down sizing the "design" part and add "ables" text in the right proportions. But no more. I am still waiting for inspiration for the right visual concept for designables....meh. anyways, I do like the slight black gradient. check out my twitter @designables

Create Custom Banner for Web Template

 This is the first header I designed in Inkscape to replace the generic template header for the CBC website.

Now that I have a created a neat little vector image of the steeple I designed a unique new banner that includes the church motto.

cut-out & shadow for stencil text effect

I  was very pleased with the prism effect on the circular geometric Digitica font. It is reminiscent of my SHAPE concept. It suggests a grid and a color wheel the basic tools for designer. Digitica even sounds like digidesign one the unavailable domain names I thought of. Now I needed to give the 2 dimensional prototype some dimension. In keeping with the tools of creativity, I thought I use a cut-out technique I'd seen on screencasters.heathenx.org to create look of a stencil. I followed the same steps pretty much except my black cutout gives the look of a prism light casting a shadow behind a grid.

Now the simplicity of the san serif 'Raleway' font looks quite appropriate to addition for the slogan that wont compete or conflict with the dominant Digitica text. So far so good.