OC Creative

11/15/2024

Free resource Friday!

For the design and web nerds. Adobe Color provides tools to generate harmonious color palettes, create custom gradients, and check color/contrast accessibility. Try them out!

11/11/2024

In honor of Veterans Day, check out this 2-page handout our design team recently created for the DeKalb County Veterans Recognition Fund! For more info and resources, visit www.dekalbcountyveterans.com

11/08/2024

Happy Friday! Here are some creative links for you! These are three awesome resources for beautiful stock photos to use in your projects.

https://unsplash.com/
https://pixabay.com/
https://kaboompics.com/

Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.

11/06/2024

Did you know that OC can host and maintain your website? We have several hosting options, including reliable support that you won't have to wait weeks for.

Consider OC for all your web needs! https://www.occreates.com/web-design-and-development/

11/05/2024

Beginning November 11th, we want your donated items!

Our resident Sagittarians, Brian, Sara, and Meredith, are turning a combined total of 115 years. Help us celebrate during this holiday season by collecting at least 115 items to share with those in need (with two legs or four) throughout our community. Winter outerwear, clothing, non-perishable food items, hygiene items, dog & cat food, whatever you wish to donate!

Donations during regular business hours can be taken to OC Creative, 1600 E. Lincoln Hwy. Suite D, DeKalb by December 12. Our team will be gathering for a quarterly meeting on Friday December 13th where we will sort the items for distribution. Reach out to a local OCer if pick up is needed!

Check out our event page!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1930850140760248/

11/01/2024

This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that the clocks change this Sunday! Yay for an extra hour of sleep. Boo for earlier sunsets.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from the OC monster crew! 👻🎃

10/29/2024

We welcomed lots of beautiful Proven Winners houseplants into the studio last week! Filmed a handful of instructional videos, and b-roll of unboxing the stars of the show. Our employees and work neighbors got to take some of them home at the end of the day! 🪴

10/25/2024

Happy Friday! What are everyone's weekend plans? Let us know in the comments, and with a gif if you're feeling spunky! 👻

10/24/2024

So cool to see one of our big video projects from 5 years ago still circulating and benefitting the community! Awesome work you are doing, DCCF!

10/22/2024

We've loved remote work since 2020, but we wanted something to help us keep a healthy company culture while working remotely. See how here!

We've loved remote work since 2020, but we wanted something to help us keep a healthy company culture while working remotely. See how here!

10/21/2024

Happy National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day! 🖥 Remember when your laptop or computer were brand new, with a clean home screen, and an empty recycling bin? Take some time to declutter today! Delete random screenshots, organize your folders, and uninstall those obsolete apps.

10/18/2024

Our design team has been working on 2D illustrations of Proven Winners' leafjoy houseplants for use in advertising, explainer videos, etc. Here are some side-by-sides of the designs vs. the real thing! How did we do?!

10/16/2024

Thank you to everyone who shared and reached out about our casting call for the Blain's shoot! We were able to fill all the spots, and it was a great production day!

10/10/2024

From the archives 📂

We're looking back on an old design project from 2020! We created a logo for Opportunity DeKalb, a local nonprofit with a mission to achieve community revitalization goals. A lot of TLC went into this design, and we can still say we are proud of how it turned out!

If you are in need of a new logo for your brand, business, or organization, don't hesitate to reach out! https://www.occreates.com/branding/

10/09/2024

Congratulations, ICCU!! What an awesome award. Our team has been working hard on this animation series for them. More Ava Answers videos are on their way!

AVA ANSWERS VIDEOS WIN YOUTH FINANCIAL EDUCATION AWARD!!
The Illinois Credit Union League has awarded ICCU the prestigious Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award for the Ava Answers video series. Honoring the importance of teaching personal finance concepts and skills to our younger generations, this award recognizes credit union efforts aimed at members and nonmembers under age 18.
Watch the Ava Answers videos on our YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjTb2qpScFgJ5K0JFsj0XG5sqK5HtilhS&feature=shared

10/08/2024

Update: Just 1 more adult needed from 7:30am-10am!

Extras needed to play customers in a commercial at Blain's Farm & Fleet in Montgomery on October 10th! No acting experience necessary, and there will be no speaking involved. You will receive a $150 Blain's gift card!

Reach out to Amy ([email protected]) by 3:00pm on Oct 9th if you are interested. Please include a recent photo of yourself in the email.

Thank you in advance, community!