If you want to create your own font sometimes it’s no need to use graphic programms. Just use various objects and try to form letters. These unusual fonts were created by Vladimir Koncar – artist from Zagreb, Croatia.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Life in Motion – 35 Stunning Shots of Action Photography
This week in our ‘Photos of the Week’ collection I bring you ‘Action Photography’. The world is a busy place and Ferris Bueller once said “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it”. Well I think that with this collection the photographers have managed to catch a snapshot of life in motion. Hope you like the selection.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Amazing Art Works Based On Children’s Drawings
The photos you are about to see are part of the “The Monster Engine Project“, created by Dave DeVries. It includes a book, a demonstration, lecture and a gallery exhibition.
The Monster Engine is based on the idea of creating realistic paintings from children’s drawings. It all turned out to be a great success and an innovative concept. Sometimes artists just happen to get to one point where their imagination stops. But not children.
They are an endless “resource” for creations and we are going to prove that to you with this post. 22 images presenting the drawing made by children, all around 6 years old and then their representations made by Dave DeVries.
The Good Man
The “Little People Project” Gallery by Slinkachu
Did you read the story about Lilliput? No? Then Slinkachu will guide you to the world of his tiny people. Slinkachu started his “Little People Project”. It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters. He places and leaves the tiny people on the street and takes photos. Up to now, Slinkachu has held several exhibitions with the hope of encouraging city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings and reflecting the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city. I think in his Lillput, there may be hundreds of inhabitants. Here are some cute pictures about their lives, have fun.
Old Advertisements And Ad Inspirations
This is a compilation of old advertisements, i hope they will give you good inspiration to try to make one by yourself. Not all are actually ads, but they are added to make your imagination do a great stuff. You should enjoy reading this article, as I did when I was writing.
Guinness Pin Up by ~Grim-Clavera
Great flash site lab.mathieu-badimon.com
The funny flash website , I hope you joining when see this site . For see this site you need have Flash player . Download Flash player
30 Beautiful Google Doodles
We all love google,don’t we?Google is the best search engine.It’s very easy,and most people use google as search engine.That was my inspiration for this collection- the best search engine.All these inspirations are collected from DeviantART,and for every logo you have link to source.I hope you will like this collection as me.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Reinventing the bic pen
when lászló bíró saw a ball rolling through a puddle on the street and leaving a trail of water behind it, he conceived an idea that would go on to change everyday life forever. based on what he had seen, the hungarian journalist along with his brother georg, began to work on the first commercially successful ballpoint pen. A brief history
bíró had become frustrated by the time spent filling-up fountain pens and waiting for the ink to dry. he had seaen that the ink used to print newspapers dried much quicker and so decided to create a pen using the same type of ink. in 1938 the bíró brothers patented a design which featured a tiny ball in its tip, which turned freely in a socket. as the ball moved along the paper it rotated, picking up ink from the cartridge and leaving it on the paper.
whilst ballpoint pens had existed in the past - none had proved very popular due to constant problems with clogging, leakage and ink distribution - the bíró's, was the first pen that significantly overcame these problems.
after relocating to argentina in 1940 the bírós licensed their design to a number of makers in the US and britain but it was almost ten years later when the design was mastered and introduced to the rest of the world. marcel bich a french pen manufacturer who had bought the ballpoint pen patent from lászló bíró - ironed out the remaining design problems (mainly ink distribution) and began huge, low cost mass prodctions of the 'bic crystal'.
it's not surprising to hear that in 2005 bic sold its one hundred billionth pen, when you consider just how many of their pens you might have owned, borrowed or even stolen.
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Designboom competition entries
at the same time as being a icon of democracy - almost anyone can afford to buy one - the ballpoint pen is also one of the first products of the throw-away culture in which we now live.
in some instances the ballpoint pen has been used for much more than the initial scribbling-down of an idea. the 'bic pen' has seen numerous incarnations in recent years - in more than one of designboom's competitions, participants have decided to transform the iconic writer.
one of the ex-equo winners of the macef award 2008 - dining in 2015, was 'din-ink' by andrea cingoli, paolo emilio bellisario, cristian cellini and francesca fontana from italy. the design sees pen-lids integrated with cutlery allowing the user to transform their writing tools into a knife, fork and spoon. finally there is a good excuse for when you're caught gnawing on the end of your pen!
another designboom competition entry which used the 'bic pen' was giffin termeers 'dasiy vase'. developed for the macef award 2004 - H2O_on the table, the american design duo blow-mold the pens by hand. as the plastic becomes flexible its stretches allowing the vase to sit naturally. since its initial competition success the 'daisy vase' has been shown at designboom marts, and can also be purchased online from the designboom shop.
bic pens have found their way into the work of several other designers and would-be inventors. from maneuverable lighting and chandeliers to candy and weaponry - more 'bic pen' projects are featured here...
Romantic Furniture
It is February 14, and you know what we are talking about. Forget functionality, forget aesthetics, remember the season!
A tad provacative in design, but definitely looks comfortable!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
40 Most inspiring vector character illustrations
In my previous article, we saw some of the most awesome Illustrator tutorials ever made on the web. If you noticed, there were some really vector portraits as well. These vector portraits are nothing but the vector illustration of a reference photograph created using Illustrator, Inkscape or similar vector graphics tools. What makes them so amazing is the attention to detail given to each stroke in the illustration. This type of vector art requires tonnes of patience and hours of careful work. Having a unique design is a must to get your visitor’s attention. Vector characters can establish a memorable image of your site in the reader’s mind which stands through the toughest of times.. Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop are a few of the great tools used for creating such a sketchy or hand-drawn feel. As i said, these character illustrations require a lot of skills, time, patience and apart from that, it also requires great understanding of human anatomy. Enormous amount of time goes into drawing the details like hair, face, body posture and facial expressions to to bring the characters to life. One must also look into the details of lighting, shadows and illumination.
In this article, I have showcased some of the best and most inspiring character illustrations. Click on the images to visit the source and learn more about them.
More Tarantino Posters -- In That Minimalist Style That's All the Rage!
Following up those artist-created posters for Inglourious Basterds, here's another from Ibraheem Youssef that gives a wink to the film's crucial Chun-Li-style "3" moment.
