Geoff Muskett. Blog.

Had some fun designing a poster for my Nephew’s birthday...

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:07:00 +0100

Had some fun designing a poster for my Nephew’s birthday recently…

Instagram on Android, my new addiction. I have an HTC Sensation....

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0100

Instagram on Android, my new addiction.

I have an HTC Sensation. I’m not complaining about it - apart from the battery life it’s a good device. That doesn’t stop my envy of people with an iPhone 4. Here’s why: it’s as beautiful to look at as it is to use, it’s one of those rare manufactured products that evokes an emotional connection, the tech spec is now up there with other top phones and instagram is only available on iOS…

…Scrap that last one. My long wait for Instagram to open its doors to Android users has ended! This is huge news. I’m sure some iPhone people will feel like we’re unwanted guests at their exclusive party. They’ll get over it.

For the last four days I’ve been looking at the world through the lens of a camera - well, through the battery draining screen of my HTC Sensation. My phone now needs a midday charge to keep up with this instaddiction.

I certainly don’t claim to be a photographer of any description, but I’m enjoying the simple but creative point-click-filter way of documenting our stunning surroundings. Who knows, maybe I’ll get an interesting snap or two along the way.

instagrid.me.geoffmuskett

Now live: www.theslategiftcompany.co.uk

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Now live: www.theslategiftcompany.co.uk

www.theslategiftcompany.co.uk online store has launched! These...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:20:15 +0000

www.theslategiftcompany.co.uk online store has launched! These guys are a really nice company that make beautiful products from high quality reclaimed slate.

The job was design and build from the ground up, from logo & identity to website build using Shopify.

The process contributed, as always, to the end product. I took a slightly different approach this time because the clients primary concern was making a site the was really easy to use, a philosophy every website owner and designer should take on. I’ll write about this in a future post…

For now, go check out www.theslategiftcompany.co.uk

My daughter’s 4th birthday party invites :-) Crow quill...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:58:00 +0000

My daughter’s 4th birthday party invites :-)

Crow quill and watercolours.

using jQuery pathname to assign a class or change an element based on URL

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:25:44 +0000

This is a pretty useful one, I use it quite often.

I’m currently building a navigation which has an icon above each link. The icon is a background image that contains a transparent and non-transparent versions (CSS sprite). I want the background position to be showing transparent unless the user is on the page which the link refers to.

So, this looks at the URL and assigns it to a variable:

var page = $(location).attr(‘pathname’);

And this checks against the variable and moves the background to show the non-transparent icon. ‘navFirst a’ is the first link in the navigation, ‘navSecond a’ is the second etc.

if (page == ‘/’) {

$(‘.navFirst a’).css({backgroundPosition:’0 0’});

} else if (page == ‘/collections/tableware’) {

$(‘.navSecond a’).css({backgroundPosition:’0 0’});

} else if (page == ‘/collections/weddings’) {

$(‘.navThird a’).css({backgroundPosition:’0 0’});

}

Job done!

ie7 margin: 0 auto; css fix

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:34:23 +0000

God knows why, but ie7 doesn’t like this simple piece of css. Here’s a workaround for your ie7 stylesheets..

body {text-align:center;}

#wrapper {text-align:left;}

white space under the facebook like button

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:13:00 +0000

This seems to be a common problem. Using the iframe version of the facebook ‘like button’ social plugin creates white space underneath.

Firstly it’s probably better to use the HTML5 version of the code, but if you must use an iframe, this is what you get:

The fix is simple, just go into the code and add height=”30”

Here’s the code:

Perranporth. By Geoff Muskett

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:52:19 +0000

Perranporth. By Geoff Muskett

Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback on this piece, it...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:47:08 +0000

Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback on this piece, it has inspired me to create an ongoing series sea life paintings, watch this space!

by Geoff Muskett

Michael Stipe by Geoff Muskett. Brush pen on tea stained paper...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:19:06 +0000

Michael Stipe by Geoff Muskett. Brush pen on tea stained paper 7”x10”.

The Proclaimers. By Geoff Muskett. Brush pen on paper 420mm x...

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:05:00 +0000

The Proclaimers. By Geoff Muskett.

Brush pen on paper 420mm x 297mm

Seahorse. By Geoff Muskett. Watercolour and ink on paper 297mm x...

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:28:00 +0000

Seahorse. By Geoff Muskett.

Watercolour and ink on paper 297mm x 420mm.

Wash & Snow, extra dandruff shampoo for that Christmas...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:00:43 +0000

Wash & Snow, extra dandruff shampoo for that Christmas feeling

Christmas cards are back from the printers! (well they have been...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:27:43 +0000

Christmas cards are back from the printers! (well they have been for a few days but hey). Bit late but if you’d like one, drop me an email geoffmuskett@google.com, £1 each :-)

These are printed locally on 100% recycled card from Devon.

Christmas cards are back from the printers! (well they have been...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:22:12 +0000

Christmas cards are back from the printers! (well they have been for a few days but hey). Bit late but if you’d like one, drop me an email geoffmuskett@google.com, £1 each :-)

These are printed locally on 100% recycled card from Devon.

Red and Yellow.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:15:37 +0000

Red and Yellow.

Biro sketch of Salvador Dali. Some moustache. Colour added by...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:46:00 +0000

Biro sketch of Salvador Dali. Some moustache. Colour added by Seb, age 2.

Vultures on Flickr.Vultures

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:37:01 +0000

Vultures on Flickr.

Vultures

Eden texture pack #2. NOTE: These textures have moved to...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Eden texture pack #2.

NOTE: These textures have moved to texturebase.geoffmuskett.co.uk

I’ll be using them for textures but also great backgrounds, all taken at the brilliant Eden Project.

NOTE: These textures have moved to texturebase.geoffmuskett.co.uk where new textures are added regularly.