Jan
19
2012
A random quote from a famous graphic designer on design, culture and art.
One who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in every action.
- Samurai Maxim, from the book The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori
Jan
18
2012
This week's installment of good reads is one of my favorite collections of the ever thoughtful Steven Heller, POP: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture.
The book is a collection of excellent essays detailing the cyclical relationship that graphic design...
Jan
17
2012
For this installment of Typography Tuesday I had to share Veer Presents: "Ready, Typeset, Go!" This clever ad mixes some of my favorite things, fonts, mid-century modern esthetic and clever production. Fantastic!
"Ready, Typeset, Go!" is the second in a...
Jan
16
2012
It is time to honor the efforts of a great man, and what better way than with his own words.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and...
Jan
15
2012
Photo: Schlitz’s Happy Holidays by paul.malon on Flickr. http://t.co/ZmT5kjMe #
This is an extremely useful illustrator tutorial! How to Create a 3D Map Pullout http://t.co/EMKvNDQe #illustrator #
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for...
Jan
15
2012
This is amazing. Seeing the detail, hard work and imagination that David K. Smith put into this big little project is breathtaking. There are two great things to take away from the video, first the train layout and second,...
Jan
12
2012
A random quote from a famous graphic designer on design, culture and art.
Criticism is important because it gives us a language (indeed a lens) by which to discuss and view design.
- Steven Heller
Jan
11
2012
Any graphic designer worth their salt should care as much about the "why" of design as they do about the "how." To that end I highly recommend the great collection of theoretical essays, Graphic Design Theory edited by Helen...
Jan
09
2012
I am in awe of the creativity and hard work that people are capable of, case in point, check out these two amazing stop motion animations Blackboard War 1 and 2. It took a lot of work, in fact,...
Jan
08
2012
I'm a sucker for anything with a retro atomic symbol! Nice retro logo design via @BillSKenney http://t.co/R8bb7k1l #
Nicely done! Vintage style design "Coffee and Code" via @si_web_guy http://t.co/DAgfNbE1 #
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time...
Jan
08
2012
For this installment of How They Did It, Here are the 5 best free masking tutorials for Adobe PhotoShop on the web. There are many great sources for learning and mastering PhotoShop, I highly recommend watching and reading anything...
Jan
07
2012
I am starting to like trying my hand at doing these digital paintings, I did a few landscapes a while back, now I'd like to share one of a Halloween decoration photo that I took while taking the kids...
