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It's been over a years since submitting a PSD device or any other project for that matter. Many of you have msg'd me asking, what gives? A combination or personal and career changes have impacted my development priorities. I've been working in house, under the radar for awhile, curious myself as to when I'll get back on the horse and start pumping out more PSD's for you guys to enjoy. I'm here to let you know it's going to be very soon. My time away from DA and mobile device development was needed but it's time.. As I get acquainted with the current mobile trends and demand for certain devices, I'll prioritize and get working on them sometime in May. Expect a new device sometime in that month. 

Thanks for all the support, feedback and inquiries. I appreciate the interest you all have in my work. See ya soon! 

I got a few emails expressing concern about the price change and $50 seemed a bit steep for some. After talking with my accounting department (wife) I've decided to cut the price for the FULL .PSD's down to $35. I'm hoping this will generate a sense of fair trade and a boost in sales. As I said before, companies usually never had a problem paying the $50 but there were some who only wanted the screen to make a profit. Designers who just wanted to show design are made to suffer. The only way I can make it fair for everyone in getting full access to the PSD's is to find a middle price range.

All .PSD's that are not listed as free are now $35. And believe me, that gets you A LOT of a PSD.

I hope this works for everyone who purchases. I'm also giving another PSD away for FREE (HTC Concept tablet) I hope you enjoy and again, thanks for supporting my work! More PSD's on the way. Working on the HTC Rezound, Motorola RAZR, Motorola Xyboard Tablet, HP Touch Pad and another secret device. The latest device PSD, BlackBerry Bold 9000 will be available in a few weeks. If you have a device request or any comments, questions or concerns, please let me know.

It wasn't an easy decision to make to go with one commercial price. Having to weigh the benefits and consequences of going with one price cuts the folks on DA out to an extent but I could tell my mobile device PSD days were coming to an end if I didn't. As of January 15th, all mobile device PSD's will run with the commercial price range of $50. All PSD's will be FULLY editable and will come with a General Commercial Licence Agreement that allows the purchaser to use it for profit making purposes. All Licence Agreement content will still apply to the purchase.

I've had plenty of people tell me that even at the $50 price, the fully editable PSD's are still a great deal. Thanks for all who gave me feedback and I feel confident things will still produce in the long run.

If you intended to get a mobile device PSD but never had or want to stock up at the $10 price range before that version is discontinued, please purchase before January 15th.

Obviously honestly is not the first policy when it comes to a lot of profit making companies and individuals. Read my previous blog post to understand why the $10 price has been dropped. I'm just sorry everyone else has to take the artist hit in the wallet to allow these PSD to continue.

The version one Motorola Bionic .PSD is now FREE as I've rendered the current, final model for purchase. Anyone who purchased the v1 PSD can login and download the current version. I'm not sure if this device will ever see the light of day under another name but its now free.



Thanks for understanding and most of all, for the feedback.

I won't be near a computer screen during the xmas holiday so I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Christmas, merry holiday and a great new year!

First off, sorry for the long read, it means a lot to you and me if you pay attention and purchase my work.

I sell my device PSD's at two price points. $10 for the non-profit, no-commercial artists who just want a platform to showcase their themes and concepts on and the $50 price point for commercial, profit making purposes so people and companies can advertise and showcase their apps and accessories on. The $10 being static with on screen edit ability and the $50 with full PSD edit ability.

Here's my problem:

The vast majority of the time, buyers just want access to the screen element of the PSD to showcase their content on screen. I recently did an audit of the $10 price point purchasers and found several commercial, profit making businesses using the $10 non-profit PSD for their profit making purposes. Things like posting images of the device on their website, selling product. Using them in ad campaigns for profit. Making presentations to their clients using the non-profit PSD and the clients openly thanking them for professional development and presentations.

I've brought it up to these businesses and the responders have been saying they didn't know and/or it was a former employee who purchased the PSD or the License Agreement was too long and didn't clearly outline the usage of the Purchase Agreement. Most of whom have either taken the content using the PSD device, down or paid the difference and apologized. Two had told me that the License Agreement has no baring or law enforcement in their country. i.e. "Fuck off, your lucky we paid $10 for it."

As you can see, I haven't been putting out many PSD's lately. Some of it's life, but a lot of it has to do with income. I'm making more money working my other job right now because at $10 a head is not enough to justify putting more time into making PSD devices. Which brings me to a choice I have to make. Either drop the $10 PSD price point and make everyone pay $50, essentially screwing over the artists on DA purchasing them or only put out a select number of devices a year, justifying the limited amount of PSD's to select from.

Believe me, I'm not making much on these PSD's and I'm booked with other design gig's for awhile. I love making these devices and want to continue but just can't justify it if purchasers aren't being honest about their intent on using the PSD's. Anyone have a better suggestion or opinion?