I recently stumbled upon blogposts referring to Nacho Gil’s graphic vector design named “The Animals” – and I love it. Beautiful use of simple geometri to create stunning simple vector art.
A few of the illustrations can be seen below. See all animals on Nacho Gil’s own portfolio here.
Real cool post on Abduzeedo on typography flavoured with ornaments and fleurons – or “frilly bits” as it has come to be called. Check out a few previews below:
Full post
Tutorial on how the Abduzeedo wallpaper was done
Nice post with resources for brushes and vectors
With visual perfection, the japanese design agency WoW has made an animated short film called “WOW” – an artistic depiction of typo design. I like it a lot, subtle and stylish. Beautiful!
Permanent link here.
Colors can be very intruiging and attractive. If used in the extreme, contrastive colors create a very strong, visual look with alot of energy embedded. Combining a multi-colored palette with a dark black base can turn out really exciting – judge for yourself:
Focus on the above is on the colors as they are the [...]
I really like dark, earth-like colors as found on brown paper and cardboard. I also like stencils and monochromatic cut-outs. And, I also like Charlize Theron.
Combined, it resulted in this:
It should be seen full-size to really reveal the details in the work. Flickr doesn’t like very large images, so you can download it locally from [...]
Sometimes your faithful muse leaves you. Sometimes your mind is baffling in circles and your creativiy seems totally paralyzed. Sometimes, all you need is a little external input. I’ve collected a few great web design galleries for an injection of inspiration – uncover your arm and get surfing!
50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs
Smashing Magazine
Even though this collection [...]
Last summer, the family and I had a great trip to Thailand. It’s truly an amazing country. The beautiful nature, the kind hospitable people and the interesting culture (food, religion, traditions, everything…) made it a very experience-rich trip altogether.
I’ve posted a few photos from the trip that I want to share. You can find them at Flickr here. If you’re curious, [...]
Some time ago at a winter holiday in upper scandinavia, I did a rough sketch of a typographic design set-up that I think came out pretty interesting. I’m a sucker for typographic designs – I love typography (!) - and while I’m not the most talented designer out there, I often find myself doing random sketches of [...]
