Wind-up paper butterflies are my fave (guest post from amelia) I had a baby so I’ve invited some fave guests to take over for me while I spend time with the little guy. Today’s post is from super crafter and cute mom, Amelia of The Homebook. Growing up, I had an aunt who lived in Canada. Every year for my birthday she’d send me a card and a fancy little gift. She always found the neatest things! One year, when I was maybe 10 or 11, she sent me another card—and when I opened it up, a paper butterfly fluttered out of the card. It was magical! I made my butterflies into Monarchs, but you could use different materials to create any sort of colorful butterfly. Materials: You’ll need heavy cardstock, 24 gauge wire, silicone rubber bands (I found mine in the hair aisle at Walgreens) needle-nose pliers, scissors, tape, a paintbrush, a black marker, and a white ink pen.
Step 1: Measure and cut your wire. Step 2: Find the center of the longer wire. Step 5: Find the center of the shorter wire, and wrap it around the base of the paintbrush. 21 Most Beautiful Nature Photos On Stumbleupon. These are the 21 most beautiful nature photos on Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is big society where you can spend all your day and all you life with smile on your face. On that site you can find lots of things, like photos, animals, home stuff and many more, nature photos like these one below. These nature photos are really beautiful and very amazing and that is the proof just how much our Earth is beautiful place.
Light Grey Art Lab: CALL FOR ART : Macro & Micro. Nature! Hey! We have a new call for art! Finally! EDIT: Thanks to everyone that submitted links to our Macro & Micro call for art! The call for art is now closed! There are approximately 3800 known minerals in the earth's crust, an estimated 953 thousand known animal species, and another 215 thousand plant species (not to mention another vast collection of fungi, protozoa and chromista), and the millions of things we haven't discovered yet. We are looking for everything from scientific illustrations, to airy, open landscapes. We will be dividing the gallery into sections, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and 'Everything Else". So, put on Radiolab in one ear and watch your David Attenborough documentaries in the other and join us.If you're interested in joining us all you have to do is put your name, website / portfolio link and email below by February 15th Along with whether your category of choice ends up as an Animal, Vegetable, Mineral or Everything Else.
And - special hint! Pop up flower. Powerful and Creative Ads. Great series of creative and powerful ads… Clever Ads Billboard. Moonrise Kingdom Script. How to draw faces. Eyes are the windows to the soul but to nail a portrait you’ve also got to get the frames, bricks, door and drainpipes right. We asked a range of artists how to draw a good face… Wherever possible, draw from life “A face is a 3D object, so it’s better to do it from life than from a photo, because a photo is already flat,” says illustrator Emma Reynolds. “If you can go to life-drawing, that’s the most useful thing you can do.
Try to think of it as a series of shapes, not a face “It’s very easy to fall into the trap of drawing what you think things should look like, without really observing the person in front of you,” says portrait painter Joe Simpson. “I break the image down into its component elements,” says illustrator Owen Pomery. “I start with the brow – that’s the strongest point. Try not to worry about flattery “I don’t try to flatter people, but I tend to pick out the features that I think make them special,” says Emma. Have a little faith Think about the order of your approach. Free High Resolution Textures - About Lost and Taken. "Caleb Kimbrough of Lost and Taken is one of the leading authorities when it comes to textures.
" - Steven Snell of Vandelay Design Hello, my name is Caleb Kimbrough and I run things around this joint. Aside from making the textures here on L&T, I also create content for design blogs and magazines around the world. I actually get to make textures for a living, how cool is that? In my spare time I enjoy good music, good beer, and good company. "Lost and Taken is a blog dedicated towards free high resolution textures. Lost and Taken was created over two and a half years ago with one intention: to helps designers by giving away the best free textures available. "I stumbled on Lost and Taken, which has now absorbed a considerable amount of my time ...I might sped the rest of my night on this site " - David Schloss of Mac Create Network Lost and Taken is all about the textures, which are completely free for personal and commercial use. 6 Steps To Creating A Knockout Online Portfolio.
As the Chief Designer of Behance, few people are better at identifying a great online portfolio than Matias Corea. While judging contests, looking for new talent, and conducting design research for Behance, he has reviewed thousands of creative portfolios on the web. To get some insight on what works (and what doesn’t!) When it comes to showcasing creative work online, I chatted with Matias about his observations and extracted six simple tips for building a knockout creative portfolio: 1.
Take the time to look at all of your work and carefully choose the right pieces for your portfolio.”One piece of advice I got from my mentor was to always showcase the type of work you want to be doing in the future,” says Matias. Always showcase the type of work you want to be doing in the future. 2. Now that you’ve edited the work you want to show, get into the nitty-gritty of each project and think about how to best present it. Matias: “First, contextualize the project with a short paragraph. 3. 4.
Fotógrafo sai pelo mundo fotografando desconhecidos que parecem gêmeos. Todos nós algumas vez na vida já ouvimos: “Nossa, você é muito parecido com uma pessoa que conheço, vocês são parentes?”. Partindo desse princípio, o fotógrafo Francois Brunelle, resolveu registrar pessoas que não tem nenhum laço de sangue, mas parecem terem sido separadas no nascimento. Ele viajou pela Europa e Estados Unidos procurando pessoas parecidas mas sem que sequer se conhecessem e criou o projeto I’m not a look-alike! O resultado é incrível! O projeto só termina no próximo ano, e ele convida quem quiser participar do projeto, as informações estão no site do fotógrafo.
Post by Razões para Acreditar. Artist Takes Every Drug Known to Man, Draws Self Portraits After Each Use. This is all kinds of cool, and everything your mother told you not to do. Bryan Lewis Saunders is an artist from Washington D.C., not just any artist though. Saunders prefers to take a more unconventional approach to his artwork. Arguably his most interesting project, entitled DRUGS is described as follows: Below, you can view a collection of portraits Saunders drew while under the influence of various substances ranging from cocaine, to marijuana, to DMT.
Each portrait is an astonishing look into the mind of someone tweaked out on drugs, something that your eyes will surely appreciate. Abilify / Xanax / Ativan 90mg Abilify 1 sm Glass of “real” Absinth 10mg Adderall 10mg Ambien Bath Salts 15mg Buspar (snorted) 4 Butalbitals Butane Honey Oil 250mg Cephalexin 1/2 gram Cocaine Computer Duster (2 squirts) 2 bottles of Cough Syrup 1 “Bump” of Crystalmeth 4mg Dilaudid 1 shot of Dilaudid / 3 shots of Morphine 60mg Geodon Hash Huffing Gas Huffing Lighter Fluid 7.5mg Hydrocodone / 7.5mg Oxycodone / 3mg Xanax 2mg Xanax. Rare and very interesting photos. Interesting and very rare photographs, you may never see. The first McDonald’s. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. Capital of Brazil, on the beginning. Pius XII and Hitler. The King. Rare Beatles photos. Osama bin Laden and his family. Titanic. Fall of the Berlin Wall All forms of Coca-Cola bottles.
John Lennon shortly before his death. Principles. Statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Albert Einstein. Charlie Chaplin and Gandhi. First computer. Albert Einstein’s diploma. The early Beatles. The first team of Google. Pope John Paul and the man who tried to kill him. Moment when Bush heard about the attacks 11th September. KALI CIESEMIER-Illustration. La tête dans ma bulle. What rates should a graphic designer charge? Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect. Johan Thörnqvist » Pictures from my phone. A woman from inside out at Pelourinho.com. Peter Aurisch – Tattoo & Art. For Interesting » books vs. movie. Inspiration : bird tattoos + DIY temporary tattoos. I've been having a love affair with bird motifs since many years now, so my heart skipped a beat when I saw a flock of birds' tattoo for the first time. I've been collecting them since then. I know bird tattoos are currently super trendy, but I love them anyway!
As far as I'm concerned, I'm not ready for a tattoo (I have a VERY low tolerance to pain), so as an alternative, I opted for temporary transfer tattoos! Yes, just like those we found as inserts in bubble gums when we were kids. You need : 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. It can last up to 7 days, but mine started cracking after 4 days, so I dissolved it with baby oil. I felt like a little girl, and it was super fun! Current Vacancies : Cinema and Films Coordinator. Everybody's Free To Wear SUNSCREEN! (ORIGINAL) + English Subtitles. Five common typography mistakes. Typography is one of the cornerstones of design. It can be beautiful, arresting, game-changing and the product of obsession.
It can also go more wrong than a dog in a washing machine. So, here are five common typography mistakes and how to avoid them… Seriously. This is text, not Madonna’s teeth. 2. Now, I love tapas as much as the next man. Imma let you finish, but really: shout everything and people will notice nothing. 4. Everyone likes a freebie. Check your font is legible and not eye-wateringly hideous before you go to print, yeah? 5. I know that orange and red look great together. In Focus: Typography tips from graphic designer Nick Scott Don’t forget what you are working with are words. Don’t forget that a human eye has to process it. Don’t become a type fundamentalist. Don’t treat your type as an afterthought.
Don’t become a rod for your own back. For more articles, jobs and opportunities, visit our Art and Design hub. Pictogram music posters. Brief: Create artworks incorporating Ray-Ban Aviators, to be published on Ray-Ban's official Facebook page. These pictogram portraits were a part of Ray-Ban's 'Aviator Family' campaign (#AviatorFamily). Graphic Design2014 Client: Ray-BanBrief: Create artworks that somehow depict iconic people and famous characters that have been wearing Ray-Ban Aviators. The portraits were to be displayed in the Sunglass Hut store in Covent Garden, London, from March to April 2014. Artworks by Viktor Hertz © 2014 Photos by Ray-Ban © 2014Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration2014 Official poster for Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2013. Www.shortfilmfestival.com. Digital Art, Graphic Design, Print Design2014 Pictograms for IKEA, to be used in their headquarters in Shanghai and in their Swedish headquarters in Älmhult.
The signs were created for various rooms and different recycling items. My contribution to the "Mind Blowing Color Competition".Digital Imaging, Graphic Design2010. Submissions : Plog Magazine. NOTCOT.ORG. Design and Art Tutorials > Beginner's Guide to Typography Tutorial. 30 of The Best Alternatives to Helvetica. Helvetica is a tried and true typeface. It’s a testament to Swiss design culture, with its clarity, flexibility and outright perfection. This famous typeface is loved for countless reasons, including its ability to take on any feeling, emotion or imagery, which it can do simply because it has no personality of its own. Helvetica deserves our utmost respect, but there’s a problem with Helvetica that needs calling out: too many designers are permanently stuck on it, and that’s a disservice to every other sans-serif typeface out there.
And so, to help you begin exploring the endless alternatives that exist in the world of type, Typecache, an independent online compendium for Typography, has teamed up with TNW to create this list… 30 must-see Helvetica alternatives: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30 Tablet Gothic About this list HW: Why did you create this list of alternatives? Yumiba: Each face is different. . ➤ Typecache. London - Showcase at Parliament. OFFICIAL RULES (Print Version) Not withstanding the Terms and Conditions, this contest is only open to entrants aged 14 - 24 who are legal residents of the United Kingdom.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase or payment will not improve your chances of winning. The entry period for the Contest described on each contest site (the “Contest Site”) shall begin and end on the dates and times set forth above and/or on each Contest Site (the "Entry Period"). The Contest is governed by these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable U.S. federal, state and local laws. 1. 2. (b) Except as set forth on the Contest Site, the Work must not contain or reference any names, products or services of any company or entity or any third party trademarks, logos, trade dress or promotion of any brand, product or service. (e) The Work must not contain any personally identifiable information of any person other than entrant. 3. 4. (b) “Highest Voted Winner.” 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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