Screen Grab Confab, vol. IV
~ 09 June 2005 ~
Call it the volume with more volume.
You gave it all in volumes I, II, and III. Nearly 800 screens were grabbed in the name of Screen Grab Confab. And now volume IV will give a little back.
Same rules as before, but this time around we’ll crown one lucky 320px square as “Most Delicious Screen Grab” — the screen grab that leaves us itching to see more; the one that just oozes creativity. The pixel-wielding warrior behind the winning square will claim one copy of his/her Screen Grab Essentials&trade, guaranteed* to elevate your aesthetic talent and surround you with inspiration sufficient to produce even more delicious screen grabs.
Screen Grab Essentials includes all of the following:
- Avenir 45 Book - Insanely suitable for web and print, this Frutiger-tooled typeface is a top five fav, destined to become the same in the hands of the winner.
- Nat Vignette One - Vignettes and flourishes at your command with a single keystroke.
- Miles Davis, “Kind Of Blue” - If I ever dare travel from Iowa City to Chicago and listen to only one song, it’ll be one from Kind Of Blue.
- Veer tee of your choice - Pick a card, any card.
- UPDATE Jim just fattened the prize package with the always-essential Jewelboxing 20pack.
- UPDATE David just juiced the deal with a $100 pre-paid email newsletter account at Campaign Monitor.
As always, code, design, and just about anything else is fair game. But don’t be stupid — pornographic or other suggestive material will be deleted, and don’t jeopardize client work. A recap of the rules:
- Do a screen grab of whatever you’re working on right now. It could be a layout, it could be print, it could even be code.
- Crop a 320px × 320px portion of it at 100%. Obviously, the entire screen grab won’t fit within those dimensions, but the point is to only whet our appetites and make us want more.
- Post as a comment using <img src=”” /> with the grab hosted on your own server. Feel free to link the image to a full-size version, but only the 320px square is required.
And these are NOT sponsorships, if curious. These are handpicked jewels for your screen confabbing pleasure.
Fire away. 
The asterisk meaneth…
* Okay, not really.Comments Closed
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Putting the finishing touches on a redesign.
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An AJAX calendar/planning system for SKForum.
Trying to find a decent palette for a redesign of my wife’s community site.
Since everyone is posting web stuff, here’s a grab of a print piece I’m doing for GM. (whole cover here)
(university engineering humour)
It’s a bit “flat” but it’s the only crop I could make without revealing the identity of the client or project.
Released very soon…
Matt J.: looks interesting…
Helenjane: I’m too scared too see what the whole grab looks like! ;)
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A quick sketch for an idea I got.
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cover playstation 2 magazine (summer-edition)
My church’s website.
A ride is better than a walk.
Only so many thumbnail possibilities in a day…
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Just goofing around with my site.
A video for The Big Noob
Cleaning up some junky code with my new Style Master 4 software.
Working on our animated short film….
Doing some meta stuff.
An Illustration that I’m doing for a Children’s book I’m writing.
Entry/Language choice page for a site redesign. Swiss site, gorgeous place for photos!
Love coding. Dislike maintaining other people’s code.
Scott Baio’s an asshole
Assembling some assemblies - gotta keep the water out. 
It’s a Flash game.. that’s all I can say.
Web comp for a friend.
Flash Site with integrated video.
The Grand Confab
© To their respected creators.
Ryan Matsikas - I’m guessing it’s a Flash game for the movie Zathura.
Let’s see if my post works this time…
Kids comic book…
T-shirt design for a softball tournament on the 4th …
Yeah, it’s only a Pages template, hardly professional, but does it still count?
Still working on the legs.
digggin’ Douglas’ beginning (#138)
Sneak peek of redesign
entering final stage of post on the new citizens video
I’m working on spending more time with my wife and kids and less in front of the computer, so no screenshot from me. :)
There’s so much talent on here! Mine’s a new design for a community site.
Hopefully not too late for the party…
Well, right now I’m gawking at Shaun’s current project.
Maybe I’ll get back to work after I wipe up my drool.
client proofing area for some print work………
Just working on some hand-rolled RSS feeds for my site, and some other back-end stuff.
Both enjoying that I waited so long that I get to see a teaser of mint and kicking myself for taking so long and not being the first to do this:
What I’m really doing:
ULTRA ULTRA DESTROY DESTROY
Mock-up of home page of a website for a client who hand prints invitations of all kinds, from posh to formal.
I think I did this wrong, so I am trying again—mock-up of home page for a client who hand prints invitations of all kinds from posh to whimsical to formal.
Went up over the weekend, but need a few more tweeks
Trying it again. Its a site for a local musician.
A blog from our annual meeting
Okay, I’ll try getting this to work one last time. :)
I honestly believe I’ve been working on this site since the last screen grab. Indecisive Boss = Job Security!
A design of a microbiology company.
Just launched !
An illustration for a large scale poster I’m working on for my new baby boy…
Finishing a proof of concept for some school work. A bit of Flash for change and I have to admit it feels oddly refreshing…
Dang, you miss everything when you are gone.
This one is a secret.
Long time reader, first time poster!
A piece that I’m working on for a book called Human?
A graduation announcement for the girl
If I ever finish my website it will be a miracle… I have gone through three versions without uploading a single one. I am just not satisfied. I posted an alpha version of this one at http://twodecks.deviantart.com it has been seriously cleaned up though.
This one is css though, and I am installing MovableType
The beginings of our family website which has taken me far too long to get to this point. Oh where does the time go?
Minor (hah!) update to myOwn site. Again.
Sorry I messed up my earlier post :S
launching in the next week.
If you can’t do it, don’t even try
A very early layout comp.
an unfinished illustration and web site i’m working on.
Redesign of an educational institution site
a possible css zen garden entry
The redesign begins…
Shoe Shopping!
Mock layout for a menu/recipe site.
Initial concept for the redesign of Eastwoodhill Aboretum website.
My current portfolio site is looking a bit tired, so this will be there soon to replace it!
Dang, great designs everyone!
…The website is launched, but it’s my current project of sorts, so here it is. :)
Tickets for a comedy show
Just a side project…
My own homepage, although its getting redone in the next few weeks its still pretty cool - cheers!
Ruaridh
Just hoping this is not too late.
Clearing out all my journal spam, while shamelessly promoting my sites address… *whistles*
Hope I’m not too late!
Chipping away at a large project…
POOPSHOOT
A flash game im building for my son. 9 year olds love the idea of shooting poop.
The entire poster will be filled with all the anatomy goodies. It will be the kick ass edition to any med students wall!
just a mockup logo for this site i’m working on while i should actually be studying like hell for my exams :(
cough made a mistake. sorry for that
here you go
some very nice and inspirational stuff up here. And now back to the books
I’m no designer but it’s too much fun looking at everyone’s work and not joining in. Kudos to all!
Hard to feel good about your chances when there is SOOOO much great looking work posted here.
okay so honestly, there can not be a winner. look at all this work. i personally have not found my true style yet, and i dont think that i ever will. cause what is true personal style, a event or emotion that evokes action at a certain place in time?? or is it that we all look towards others to build apon our own creative path that seems endless.
i hope i never stop learning.
and thank you all for posting such great work. this is why im apart of this website, this confab, this love of work. thanks.
The only reason I have dared to post amongst these superior grabs is because I REALLY need those damn vignettes to finish the design :)
Redesign for a local Church.
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A screengrab of something I’m working on which happens to show something I just finished working on — double the curiosity piqueing (hopefully)
admiring my leet photoshop skills…
The most poorly-drawn web comic in the world.
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1 Peter G. ~ 09 June 2005 at 12:18 PM
A little something I’ve been working on.