Sunday, January 30, 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Link to Patrick Anibaldi Photography's blog

Thank you Patrick for writing a beautiful synopsis of our wedding, check it out here!


Friday, January 28, 2011

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Autodesk Revit at LBCC

So I am sitting in class at Long Beach City College to take a Revit course (uncertified). To make this worth-while stay tuned for a Revit build on my website www.johnbarlowdesigns.com

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Initial Logo Concepts for Mike Rea : Coded Analytics



Making my own engine hoist






Today I bought a truck boom in lew of a full engine hoist because I figured I could make the stand myself with some leftover heavyduty C Channel steel I had from a previous trailer project. Here is the result ... enjoy.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Photoshop Evolution Trevi Fountain Rome



How a music video SHOULD be produced

Come Together + Metal

Supernaturals Turkish Cymbals OCC Theme Bike at the Anaheim Hilton





Went to the unveiling of this Supernaturals Turkish Cymbal themed Orange County Chopper bike at the Anaheim Hilton. Amy sold the insurance for it last week at State Farm =)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

music history 101

So I listen to Mettalica alot on AOL radio and just now looked up the history of the band leading me to Megadeth (symphony of destruction) , and Slayer (cult) , all bands that started around the same point in time and had band members playing for eachother. I guess when Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Mettalica he vowed to make a better band, and Megadeth was born. Dont forget to add Pantera to the mix.

So my gripe is that Orange County does not have one good rock station, my home station Rock 105.3 (San Diego) has not played a single new song since 1997. I feel our generation will be known for less worthy genres of music.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

80% Content Loaded to JB Designs


Well it is 5:41 am and I have finished (for now) making PDF albums which are then uploaded to ISSUU and linked to my page for quick and easy viewing. Enjoy the new content! - John

AOL tunes at 3am

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Compiling Website Content

I have just spent the better part of the evening compiling all the media content that will be uploading to the JB Designs website. Here is a random sample collection of content to come! - John

The content will cover architectural design, furniture design, company branding and marketing, construction and fabrication, and automotive fabrication. enjoy .





Monday, January 10, 2011

Jan 9th, 2011 -> Putting a Ranger Bumper on a Tundra

Side project today: Putting a Ford Ranger bumper on my Toyota Tundra. I had to make new mounting brackets considering the Tundra rails are 5" wider than the Ranger rails.

I disliked the Tundra with the stock rear bumper so I cut the bedsides and made a tube bumper, and have had that on for about a year. But soon I got tired of that bumper as well, considering I made it in 2 hours, and I prefer to show better work. So I decided to put a much lighter, much smaller doner Ranger bumper on today. enjoy

Below left is my old truck with a bumper that is still my favorite bumper I have made to date.


The narrow bumper looks clean tucked all the way up to the tailgate. I just have to pull out the left side top lip so that it doesn't look like it is sagging.

If you are interested in auto fabrication services, I have a wide variety of project experience: from designing and building utility trailers, to front and rear bumper modifications and fiberglass/bondo repair, to full fabrication of offroad prerunners including pre-fabrication planning and structural design analysis. Automotive Fabrication

Photoshop Fun





The idea of having a blog was so that I could post my daily Photoshop delights/flops ... enjoy

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Automotive Fabrication


My current long-term project is an automotive design build for a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup.
I really enjoy metal fabrication, so designing this truck into a prerunner allows me to not only work with metal, but also to practice some of those laws of physics, structure, and loads that we learned in Cal Poly architecture school.

Follow the build by clicking this link:

Jan 9th, 2011




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I just opened JB Designs blog page, now one week after JB Designs went online and became available for service! Now the fun starts ! =) John