Home

Hi, I’m Geoff. You may know me as Foomandoonian.

I know how to index a GIF and when to use a JPEG or PNG. I know what a process colour is and when to use spot colours. I know what a Bézier spline is and can use one. I know what a UV map is, and when a procedural texture might be better. I know what blending modes are, and the difference between ‘lighten’ and ‘screen’. Aspect ratios and resolutions do not confuse me. I know what an f-stop is and how to make good use of depth of field. I kern. I know why style sheets cascade. I know what a canonical URL is and can tell you everything you really need to know about SEO in twenty minutes. I can produce excellent compositions and usually tell you why. I know the meaning of far too many acronyms.

I learned all these things for fun. Do you want to know more?

Featured Post

Plan 9 from Outer Space, Inception style

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Geoff

So, this is what I did with my weekend… Proof that Zack Hemsey’s amazing ‘Mind Heist’ theme – aka the Inception trailer music – can make any movie look epic, even the worst movie of all time. I put this … Continue reading →

Diagram of interest

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Geoff

The following is a Venn-esque diagram I created this evening as a means of illustrating (and discovering) what subjects really interest me, and how they overlap. [ 1200 × 1200 full size version ] As the disclaimer says, these aren’t … Continue reading →

Some fun Sarah Jane Adventures stuff I designed!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Geoff

These are some of the things I made for the BBC’s Sarah Jane Adventures website. The SJA site has changed a lot since my time there, but you can still dig some of these up if you search around.

Philosophy designs: Podcast cover artwork commissions

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Geoff

A while ago I was put in touch with Nigel Warburton, a philosopher, author and podcaster. I have been a listener of Philosophy Bites for many years and it remains one of my favourite podcasts.

Philosophy Sites

An unsolicited and unused redesign for the original Philosophy Bites podcast

Nigel was in the process of creating a new podcast — Philosophy Sites — about the places associated with various notable philosophers.

I experimented with a number of designs, trying to avoid something too obvious. For a long time I resisted the green colours you see used in the final design above because it implied trekking through the countryside, which wasn’t what the podcast was going to be about at all. But in the end sometimes the most straightforward designs are the best.

Thinking Books

Continue reading →

Speculative design: My take on county flags of Liberia Comments Off on Speculative design: My take on county flags of Liberia
Monster map Comments Off on Monster map
LEGO timelapse: Building Curiosity Comments Off on LEGO timelapse: Building Curiosity
Prisoner Zero Comments Off on Prisoner Zero
Unused CG model for an iOS game Comments Off on Unused CG model for an iOS game
Fforest Fawr Comments Off on Fforest Fawr
Chromafeed: A WordPress theme and blog I created Comments Off on Chromafeed: A WordPress theme and blog I created
Thing a Week Comments Off on Thing a Week
Four fantastic free WordPress logos 1 Reply
Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds: Logo design for a LGBTQ conference Comments Off on Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds: Logo design for a LGBTQ conference
The Lake District Comments Off on The Lake District
Dok-torr? 1 Reply
60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s pin badge icon designs 2 Replies
Long exposure abstract photography Comments Off on Long exposure abstract photography

Geoff Rogers

(aka Foomandoonian)