Awesome or Awful (depending on taste) Auto-tune songs

Normally this blog deals with graphic design and it's related topics, but today I wanted to share some examples of a thing I have a love-hate relationship with. Auto-tuning. One one hand it seems like cheating if you are...

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10 Fun and Challenging Font and Typography Quizzes

Ah, it’s Tues­day and that means it is typog­ra­phy time! This week ten frightfully fun font and typography challenges. Think you know your type? Time to find out! Cheese or Font? Which is it, can you tell? Kern Me Can you guess what...

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Chris Van Allsburg Interviews

I am a huge fan of American Illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg. His books are amazing in their stories, technique and skill. In this interview, Chris Van Allsburg talks about his big breakthrough, his books, and their transformation into movies. You...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13

Cool design project, nicely executed, Bible Word Designs via @Jim_LePage http://t.co/JVTzm41l # 21 Examples of Illustration and Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design | Inspiration http://t.co/Iha9Xkfd # Photo: Mid-Century Script (1940-1970), a group on Flickr.A collection of Mid-Centry script fonts. Pretty......

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How They Did It

Here's another assortment of videos showing the hands on execution phase of the design process. Yes, I know that a good magi­cian is not sup­posed to reveal their tricks, but I love videos that show how great artists weave...

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Daily Designs on Flickr

Check out what I've been up to in my “Daily Designs” Flickr Set. In this set I share some of my daily exper­i­ments in graphic and motion design.

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Happy Carl Sagan Day!

Today, November 9, 2011 is Carl Sagan Day! It's a great day to reflect on the universe and our place in it. This is one of my favorite clips from Cosmos, the famous Pale Blue Dot Speech.

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Typography Tuesday: 10 Great Tyopgraphy Sites

Ah, it’s Tues­day and that means it is typog­ra­phy time! This Tuesday I wanted to pass along 10 great sites dedicated to Typography. Not just places to download fonts, but actual typography.   Typophile The best site for all hard core font...

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