Experiments in Digital Painting

I am a member of Lynda.com and it is one of my favorite sites. I recently finished an excellent course, Transforming a Photo into a Painting with Photoshop taught by John Derry. It was an excellent class and I...

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Happy Saturnalia!

Happy Saturnalia! A reason for the Season, some of our cherished Christmas time rituals can be traced back to this grand old Pagan harvest festival. May Saturn bless us with a bumper crop!

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Friday Freebie: Sketchy Imact

Some vector images I made using Adobe Illustrator, the font impact and the scribble filter. Free for personal or commercial products. Enjoy! Download the .ai and .eps file.

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Random Design Quote

A random quote from famous graphic designers on design, culture and art. The printed sheet transcends space and time. The printed sheet, the infinity of the book, must be transcended. The Electro-library. - Eli Lissitzky 1923

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Good Read: Presentation Zen

If you have ever experienced "Death by PowerPoint" then you will really appreciate Garr Renyolds' Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery. His book not only shows you how to avoid PowerPoint Death, it teaches you how...

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Know Your Type Designers: William Caslon I

This week's Typography Tuesday: Know You Type Designers: William Caslon I. William Caslon I Born 1692 in Worcestershire, England Died: 1766 Typefaces: Caslon, Pica Roman, Small Pica No. 1, Long Primer No. 2, Great Primer Roman It's an old printer's maxim that "when in...

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Beautiful Time Lapse Photography of the Sky

A History of the Sky is a truly beautiful video created by San Francisco based musician, programmer, artist, and tinkerer Ken Murphy. It is truly beautiful way to look at the sky, something that we often take for granted...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11

Nice illustration "Road to the Olympics" via @jaydick http://t.co/wBbhwO3l # Interesting article on managing crisis in a wired world: Crisis PR Management Made Simple http://t.co/L68kG569 #marketing # Vector building with AI file http://t.co/ZNdjWVgH #freebie # (more…)

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