Video Blog No.1

Hey guys, we've just uploaded a video blog onto youtube (also see below) We going to try and do these pretty regularly, so check it out and let us know what you think! ;-)

Making us look good!

Ive just been working on an updated portfolio to send out to prospective clients, and in the process have got a few quotes from previous people we've worked with, that i thought id proudly display to the world!!! Weve got some really exciting projects in the pipeline, hopefully things will move on them shortly, will let you know as things develop!




"I couldn't be any happier with the work Filtered Creative done for me. My myspace design is just how I wanted it and since its launch I have doubled the number of people heading for my page. Very competitive prices but there work is above and beyond the competition."
Andy Duguid
DJ/Producer

“Filtered are some of the most professional and creative people in the market.”
Nic Fanciulli
DJ/Producer

Mobile office

One of the great things about being freelance is that you can work wherever you like! I have desk space in an office above one the best coffee houses in the south west, which is great, but i do spend a lot of time just working off the laptop downstairs in the shop. Its great as its vibey, has major caffeine aromours, and loads of interesting people to 'people watch'! Yesterday however, i decided to make the office a bit more mobile, and got in the car and drove to the top of a big hill that overlooks the town and severn estery. Pop the laptop open and have two hours (before the battery runs out) to breath in the surroundings and be creative. It worked well i think, as a new design appeared before my eyes. Still looking for a 'complete project from scratch' button for my mac however. As soon as the client accepts (here's hoping!) I'll post it up here for you to see. Right time to crack on. laters

live visual

Ok so ive been thinking a lot recently about trying to spend some time working on some new visuals, for live performances. I just saw some footage on youtube from the Gods Kitchen Urban Wave event in Poland - ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZh7g_umIY&feature=related ) And loved the setup they had there! Its called the 'Boombox' and is a full on multimedia DJ set design for GK. It is totally awesome! So its thrown me full force into being a bit more creative and motivated, to actually try and pull something off. So watch this space peeps, its been a while, but Filtered VJs are back in town...

In Retrospect....

Yesterday i spent most of my afternoon helping a mate recover her work that had been accidentally deleted from her mac. I think it was probably one of those gut wrenching moments when she realised everything had gone, months of designs totaled in one off the cuff trash emptying, and that now dreaded paper crunching noise when its finished! But it got me thinking, although we were able to recover a lot of the files, it could have been a bad bad day, and although i know a bit about computers, even i dont back up as much as i should. Infact its probably months since i did. So moral of the story people, Don't wait till it all goes up poo creak (so to speak), get an external HD, and chuck all your stuff on it regularly! Infact do it now. do it. DOOOO ITTTT!

(note to self - read own blog and take own advice)

Sat in my local coffee house, sipping a pint of water..... go figure, the result of trying to detox and desperatly needing to get back into my gym schedule. Was looking through a few sites today to get some inspiration / ideas for a project im working on. Not that it releates at all to what im doing, but i really like this guys work at the moment - Gustavo Bokos - www.bockos.com in particular the project 101 images he's got on there. Quite thought provoking, and brilliantly done.

Reliving olden days

Well, today has started off all dreary and wet outside, so got in to the office, stuck on Spotify and made up a 'Hey Tim, remember when you were 16?' playlist. Now in my case this is mainly made up of old school indy tunes, some classics from Sleeper, Teenage Fanclub, Ocean Colour Scene, The Levellers, Ash and Mansun to name but a few. Certainly put a smile on my face, and with the aid of Chris' hard core coffee am now ready to take on the world! Bring it on!