David Ligare: new website and gallery

by Chuck on June 12th, 2008

Casella Creative just completed the Neo-Classic painter, David Ligare’s website. As the artist has evolved so has his presence on the web. His previous website was dated and filled with information that took away from his paintings. The idea was to display his large full color paintings coupled with clean typography. The purpose of the website is to function like a container and display the essence of his work.
The client’s feedback was “The new format is EXACTLY right to me!!! Great job. Simple is not necessarily easy.”

So have a look at David’s work at www.davidligare.com

New Album cover artwork for Zach Ashton

by Chuck on January 22nd, 2008

Los Angeles. CA | Zach Ashton hires Casella Creative of Salinas to design his latest album cover for “Just Like Beautiful.” The cover still-life was shot in the rolling hills of Corral De Tierra, CA. All photography and design was done inhouse. To hear Zach’s music visit www.zachashton.com

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SF Design talent

by Chuck on June 7th, 2007

San Francisco , CA |Last Saturday I participated in the San Francisco AIGA portfolio day. I
reviewed 10 student portfolios. Here are some links to the hot talent
coming out of SF. Their portfolios were a wake up call to get mine up to date.

Nicole Reyolds
Angela Gonzalez
Mayumi Honda
Nari Bae

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How I created the Levitation project

by Chuck on November 29th, 2006

San Diego, CA |It’s been a while since I have posted to my blog. Well this is how I made the Levitation project. I covered my living room with paper. Then I shot 2 pictures and created a composite. The first image was shot at normal exposer. The second was over exposed by 3 stops then placed over the first shot. I drew a clipping path around my wife and popped her through the over exposed layer. That created the levitation look.

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Levitation Project Complete

by Chuck on September 11th, 2006

San Diego, CA |This project has been in the works for nine months. I finally rented some strobes and shot it in my living room. If someone is interested I’ll post a shot of the lighting setup.

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Post your Design Portfolio for FREE!

by Chuck on September 1st, 2006

Designers with no web experience have no excuse not to have their work online.Designster is here. Posting your work couldn’t be any easier. If you join make me your friend. My user name is ChuckC.

Designster

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