The Graphyte

A collective of creative works created by Gabriel Torres. A long time New York based Illustrator, Designer, Developer & Dangerous Web Agent

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Back to Black

By The Graphyte • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
Its all about depth... being able to push another dimension into a piece is always challenging and rewarding. Photoshop and Illutstrator are like arm and hammer to any designer.


Blacklisted

By The Graphyte • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
This term refers to searching engines basically putting you on a blacklist and sighting your web site as a malicious site with faulty code or harmful coding....


Get Checked

By The Graphyte • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
I just recently finished the album cover and logo for musician Mike Check, which will be on a CD release in the coming weeks, as well as a newly anticipated web site http://MikeCheck1212.com to follow the CD. I've been a fan of the music for some time now, and will likely add featured tracks from [...]


I love cupcakes

By The Graphyte • Jun 25th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
Friend and sister site to The Graphyte is www.ButtaCakes.com, a newly opened cupcake bakery in Greenport, Long Island. Butta' Cakes specializes in cupcakes, also creating amazing cakes, breads, pastries, & crepes. With a breakfast and lunch selection that is sure to make this a regular love affair. If you had a long day, go and unwind with some cheese or dessert fondue and a glass of wine...


Facebook 360

By The Graphyte • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
So dig this, Facebook for Xbox 360? For those of you gaming nuts, including myself, realize that the 5 year bench mark is up! Officially both Xbox 360 and PS3 have hit there 5th year anniversary which means thats its just in time for the new kid to show up and shove there old asses violently off the block while deeply inserting there conglomerate fingers into your coin purse and taking your hard earned cash...


Knowing

By The Graphyte • Feb 25th, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
Well as if we didn't have enough thoughts of world domination or destruction , movie studios keep pumping out the what if titles that generally pertain to something huge natural disasters. I'm guilty of all counts because i will be somewhere with plush seats when this one comes out. Not sure whats more entertaining here the CG or the countless efforts they take in giving Nick Cage a believable wig to wear in every movie...


Steel Revenge

By The Graphyte • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Featured Articles
As we all knew, the transformers movie sequel has finally released its new trailer spot during superbowl. The original movie was a testament to new and innovative computer graphic technology. The first movie had great lighting and textures and fully captured the vision of the cartoon series at least in my mind. As a generation [...]


All Geared Up

By The Graphyte • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Featured Articles
Finally the much anticipated sequel to Gears of War has finally been released and its an epic design for design team epic games. The game is easily the best looking project to hit the xbox 360 console, gameplay and mechanics have been polished and the game looks simply amazing on an HD TV. You just cant help playing the game and finding moments were you have to stop and look at the rain...


Halo For Your Soul

By The Graphyte • Oct 24th, 2008 • Category: Featured Articles
Want more halo for your soul, well get ready for the next two installments of the Halo franchise. Halo 3 Recon will be the next installment of the Halo storyline, but not before Bungi release its first RTS (real time strategy) game "Halo Wars" based loosely before the first Halo story, the game will be set in the time of when Spartan soldiers were among many and thriving, putting you up against the covenant...


Play with your Sack

By The Graphyte • Sep 26th, 2008 • Category: Featured Articles
Little big Planet is Sony's newly unveiled secret weapon this year, along with using it as a serious Powerpoint presentation during E3 to introduce its Fall lineup. Once again proving simplicity is always best, by design and by concept, though little big planet offers more then just a few customizable bean bag sacks. The game is unexpectedly deep as you can either choose to play through the developers initial level design, or create...