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		<title>10+ Creative Design Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love reading various different design blogs as it fuels my creativity, gives me inspiration and a source for research in future projects. So besides the major ones like Smashing Magazine and PSD Tuts, I am listing 10+ creative design blogs that are in my RSS reader that you may be unaware of.
TOUCHEY


INSTANT SHIFT


ANTS MAGAZINE


NOUPE


PRODUCTIVE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric&#8217;s Empire Featured On&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit whenever I began redesigning my portfolio a large part of me was doing in hopes it would get featured on some of the top CSS galleries on the web and help drive new traffic from passionate designers all over the world.
Well to my pleasure, over the past couple of weeks I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing the Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading 
Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action by Robert Hoekman, Jr. It&#8217;s a book about designing for good user experience. I had read positive reviews about the book and thought I would give a shot. I have to say as a designer it was one of the most helpful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ericsempire.com/blog/designing-the-moment/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Photoshop Brushes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I begin creating a new design whether it is a Print or a Web Design, one of the first things I always research are Photoshop brushes.  As a designer I believe that having both a solid font and Photoshop brush collection is essential for any design. Even the design for Eric's Empire involved several different brush sets. Some websites that I've created in the past have solely relied on a Photoshop brush set for the focal point of the design.]]></description>
		<link>http://ericsempire.com/blog/the-power-of-photoshop-brushes/</link>
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		<title>Desmond is My Constant T-shirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t heard of Busted Tees, it is the greatest t-shirt store you&#8217;ll ever find and they have a pretty sweet looking website too, but that&#8217;s beside the point.  Anyway they essentially sell joke t-shirts. A lot of them make fun of stuff in pop culture,  politics,  quotes etc.  I get a weekly newsletter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ericsempire.com/blog/desmond-is-my-constant-t-shirt/</link>
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		<title>ETSU back in the Big Dance!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a 5 year drought my Alma Mater East Tennessee State made it back to the NCAA tournament last night by beating Jacksonville University 85-68 in the Atlantic Sun Championship. Senior Kevin Tiggs earned tournament MVP while teammates Courtney Pigram and Mike Smith made the all tournament team.]]></description>
		<link>http://ericsempire.com/blog/etsu-back-in-the-big-dance/</link>
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		<title>NBC17</title>
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This is the redesign for NBC17.com completed in the Summer of 2008. It features a clean useable layout that is easy to navigate and to read stories. Not long after the launch of the new design the traffic NBC17 slowly began to grow and by the start of 2009 the traffic increased by more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ericsempire.com/website-portfolio/nbc17/</link>
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		<title>Wasburn Guitar Ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This a magazine ad I created completely in Photoshop for Washburn Guitars. This was not actually created for Washburn but just a personal study showing my print design abilities.
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		<link>http://ericsempire.com/print-portfolio/wasburn-guitar-ad/</link>
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		<title>WakeForest.MyNC.com ad</title>
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I created this ad for my job at NBC 17. This ad was for a publication in Raleigh advertising the Holidays and WakeForest.MyNC.com
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		<link>http://ericsempire.com/print-portfolio/carymynccom-ad/</link>
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		<title>Music.MyNC.com Flyer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This is a flyer I created at NBC17 advertising Music.MyNC.com
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		<link>http://ericsempire.com/print-portfolio/musicmynccom-flyer/</link>
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