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	<description>art direction + graphic design</description>
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		<title>Playing with Light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick post with some photos that my buddy Brian Garcia and I played with over the weekend in preparation for the Black, White &#38; Fargie 2 photoshoot coming up this weekend. These shots were taken with a Canon 40D, 24-70 L f/2.8 and Sunpak 383&#8242;s with Pocket Wizard Plus 2&#8242;s. Brian is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/03/30/playing-with-light/</link>
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		<title>Lino Block Valentine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[¡¡WARNING!! When you are in a relationship you have tendencies to say rather odd lovey dovey things to your significant other.With that being said, enjoy this blog post With Valentines Day creeping up on us this next week I thought I&#8217;d share this lino block card that I had made for my wife. Doing lino [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/02/06/lino-block-valentine/</link>
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		<title>1000 More Greetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rockport Publishing recently released their new book—1000 More Greetings, and I was lucky enough to have a couple of my personal wedding invite designs showcased in it. If you&#8217;re looking for some invite, greeting card or self-promotion inspiration from top designers all over the world, look no further. You can pick it up at Amazon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/01/30/1000-more-greetings/</link>
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		<title>HTML5. The Logo.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official, the W3C has unveiled the logo for HTML5 today, here&#8217;s an excerpt on what they have to say about it: &#8220;It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It&#8217;s the standard&#8217;s standard, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/01/19/html5-the-logo/</link>
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		<title>Typeface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another film for all you designer type buffs—Typeface. The film takes you to The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and shows you the lost art of wood-cut lettering &#38; printing. You&#8217;ll get the urge to go cut some lino blocks after watching this, highly recommended film, you can get it on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/01/17/typeface/</link>
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		<title>Poppin&#8217; Caps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh&#8230;..nothin&#8217; like the smell of gunpowder in the morning. My pops made a visit to Texas this past Christmas so we headed over to the shootin&#8217; range for some shit kickin&#8217; recreation—Texas style! I brought the ol&#8217; 70-200 f/2.8 to document the carnage, but I found out quickly that people at the gun range aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2011/01/16/poppin-caps/</link>
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		<title>Baker Skateboard Graphics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designing graphics for skateboards is an interesting process. First off, you’re creating something that will be destroyed in a matter of seconds! Regardless, these designs need to have strong shelf appeal by conveying the team rider’s unique personality, which is a huge selling point in this industry. I’ve worked with Baker Skateboards for more than 10 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/portfolio/2011/01/16/baker-skateboard-graphics/</link>
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		<title>Linotype: The Film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a trailer for the upcoming &#8220;Linotype: The Film.&#8221;  If you&#8217;re a type nerd like myself you&#8217;ll be wanting to see this as well. No release date yet, watch the site for details&#8230; Linotype: The Film is a documentary about Ottmar Mergenthaler&#8217;s amazing Linotype typesetting machine and the people who own and love these machines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2010/10/06/linotype-the-film/</link>
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		<title>Goodwill Halloween</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again — Halloween! I&#8217;m going to kick off this month with one of my favorite Halloween campaigns from The Miller Group for Goodwill Southern California. This was made a couple years ago, but it never gets old — flawless execution.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2010/10/04/goodwill-halloween/</link>
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		<title>Shaves, Shots &amp; Roller Girl.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whiskey at 8 in the morning is brutal to say the least — and that&#8217;s exactly how this day started. My friend John was about to get married, and like my other buddy Jared, he decided to take all the boys for some straight-blade shaves, booze &#38; good times before the ceremony. Everybody got trimmed up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanvalek.com/blog/2010/08/24/shaves-shots-roller-girl/</link>
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