Author: Paul Yeatman

Microbiologist with >15 years in the pharmaceutical industry with such responsibilities as trainer, team leader, auditor, technical writer, validator, quality assurance and control, viable environmental monitoring and more. I've dabbled with computers since the 80's and am fairly IT savvy, acting as a help desk for my immediate and extended family. After toying with visual design since high school, I qualified as a graphic designer in 2012. For leisure I ride and race my many bicycles, create websites, mange my cycling club's social media and am passionate about increasing everyone's knowledge.

Running Out of Time and ARGH!

September 18, 2012 By Paul Yeatman

While saving my second last assignment, I wound out with an out of memory error.  Now when I try to open the file, I get a “file not readable error”.  Given it is 01:00hrs and my work is due in 2 days, I’m not too happy.  Especially if I cannot resurrect the file and I […]

Book covers

August 27, 2012 By Paul Yeatman

I seem to have spent more time procrastinating than doing. My original plan was to create a dust cover for Anno Dracula but putting an old scalpel on the cover. I changed my mind when I came across a similar design during my research. My second idea was to have Charles Beauregard and Geneviève on […]

Leaving Things To The Last Minute (again!)

August 17, 2012 By Paul Yeatman

OK.  While at class on Thursday night, I had it brough to my attention that the corporate design subject is due next Wednesday.  “Argh” thinks me.  I quickly check the brief and “discover” that the two tasks that both need to be printed in A4 format.  Crap!  I designed task 1 to be presented onscreen, […]

Late late night

July 24, 2012 By Paul Yeatman

Looks like the slow computer was due to extended disc access time. So it is easier to work with shared files (laptop and desktop) I normally access them via a networked drives. Same mapped drive letter, local computer files only, synced after moving machine. The network is running like crap at present – I think […]

Irritations

July 23, 2012 By Paul Yeatman

Two nights until submission for my current subjects. The anti vandalism job was a rush job and turned out quite simple. I had a brain wave in how to print slug in illustrator – just expand the art board. Derr! Spent much if the night waiting for illustrator to stop hanging. Annoying when there is […]