rod rodriguez
is the web/graphic designer, blogger and photography enthusiast responsible for this huge mess prodigalconcepts.com I'm a freelancer originally from Manila, currently based in Singapore enjoying the cultural diversity as well as the local noodles and dumplings. Follow me on TWITTER or connect with me on FACEBOOK
Homepage: http://www.prodigalconcepts.com
Posts by rod rodriguez
Annie Leibovitz and the Disney Dream Portraits
Aug 31st
Annie Leibovitz began her career working as a staff photographer for the newly launched Rolling Stone magazine during the 70′s. She toured with the Rolling Stones band in ’75 and covered their concert “Tour of the Americas”. continue reading
Inspiration: Fish House by Guz Architects, Singapore
Aug 24th
Whenever design meets functionality the result can always be a mixture of jaw dropping sensation with a mind boggling experience, strictly in that order. I saw this posted on Abduzeedo about a month ago and I just couldn’t keep my eyes off of it. The geniuses behind this structural phenomenon are the team from Guz Architects of Singapore. continue reading
Harnessing your creativity – the Eminem hypothesis
Aug 11th
I think we can learn a few pointers from Mr. Mathers about creativity, after all he’s been hacking it up in one of the toughest creative business environment for awhile and he seems to be doing pretty well. This makes him a brilliant wire-frame of what you could do to come up with killer design concepts or articles when the juices aren’t flowing. continue reading
27 FREE Assorted Textures for photoshop
Aug 7th
Texture plays a big part of graphic *slash web design and sometimes even photography work, yes siree! From enhancing a background to becoming the background, textures takes on a very important role for some of our projects. That’s why aside from a library of stock images and photos most web and graphic designers and yes some professional photographers have a folder exclusively for textures.
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Party balloon tutorial @photoshopmag.net
Aug 5th
Latest Update:
It was just another ordinary day at Prodigal Concepts but with an itsy, bitsy, teeny weeny little update. One of my articles just got published in www.photoshopmag.net continue reading
How to make money on the internet
Jul 29th
If the internet is a mall then we all agree that it’s a very humongous mall. As of the latest survey for July 26, 2010 around 9:46 am, wiki answers gives us approximately 1,474,822,045 of the world’s population goes online every day. Wow, that’s a lot isn’t it? That’s how big your potential market is. continue reading
Jim Faustino’s wonderful toy sculptures
Jul 22nd
Aside from his day job Jim Faustino is also a part of an eclectic team of artists at www.glasshousegraphics.com which is a professional service firm who collaborates and brings together individuals from different areas of expertise. continue reading
Johann Bodin’s magic cards and illustrations
Jul 16th
Anyone familiar with “Magic Cards” knows that a lot of talent goes into the design of a single card. And I’m not talking about those David Blaine or Criss Angel types of magic cards that disappear in front of your face. What we have is commonly known as Magic: The Gathering or just Magic and sometimes simply MTG cards, it’s a complex card game similar or inspired by role playing predecessor card games such as “Dungeons and Dragons”. And this game is very popular that it’s estimated to be played by some six million players in over seventy countries.continue reading
ElectroLychee Studio | Manila
Jul 7th
As full-time visual artists they frequent alternative galleries of Manila to showcase most of their pop-inspired artworks. Whenever things slow down they will keep themselves out of trouble with painting and participating in design conferences. But no matter how crazy things sometimes get you can still count on them to find the time to collaborate with local and foreign artists to come up with a brand new material.continue reading
Serial Cut | Image Makers since ’99
Jun 28th
Since the conception of prodigalconcepts.com I have been regularly casting out my proverbial net far and wide for inspirational materials and resources to share with the community. We are so lucky to be in an industry where talent seems to be infinite; as a result inspiration is endless. You just have to know where to look. Today we have an entire agency to look up to. They brand themselves as “image makers” and have been around since the late 90’s which gives them the experience most of us can only dream of, an agency studio called Serial Cut. continue reading
