Visit Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass at the MFA "Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass" has closed. The video is no longer available. Visit other exhibitions at the MFA 40 Tutorials and Techniques for Creating Business Logos Tutorials August 31, 2010 A logo alludes to its company’s identity in its appearance and visual impact; that’s how it starts branding. Seeing how important it is, we designers must not underestimate the potential of this simple graphic, and instead hone our skills as much as possible in creating and polishing logos, as well as understanding what makes logos work. These following logo design tutorials either show you what processes went behind the logos you see on the Net today, as well as guide you on how to create new ones of your own. Firefish Photoshop Tutorial This is a simple and straightforward tutorial. Create Rainbow Logos With Warped Grids PSD Tuts demonstrates a variety of ways on how to make rainbow-colored logos. Drawing a Good Logo This article will help you understand the different factors that go into logo-making. The Amazing Spiderman This fun tutorial shows you how to make a Spiderman logo in a few simple steps. Sikbox Logo Design Process Logo-making definitely is an art.
Mattias Adolfsson Nelle pagine del suo taccuinio, Mattias Adolfsson, crea mondi fantastici, tavole imbandite, scrivanie affollate da oggetti, navicelle spaziali piene di comandi e ingranaggi. Le sue illustrazioni sono colme di oggetti rappresentati nel minimo dettaglio. Con un tratto di penna e qualche tocco ad acquerello, riempe l’intero spazio del foglio senza mai appesantire visivamente le sue composizioni. Autore: Delia Barone Redheads Have a Higher Tolerance for Pain Than the Non-Soulless Embed This Quick Fact: <a href=" title="Redheads Have a Higher Tolerance for Pain Than the Non-Soulless"><img src=" alt="" title="Redheads Have a Higher Tolerance for Pain Than the Non-Soulless" border="0" /></a><br />Source: <a href=" title="Random Quick Facts">Random Quick Facts</a> Click Here for Sources and to Learn What Causes Red Hair Scientists in 2005 from the University of Edinburgh found that people without souls, a.k.a. redheads, have a higher tolerance for pain than normal people. This is because the MC1R mutation, which all soulless have, triggers the excess release of pheomelanin which, among other things, stimulates a brain receptor related to pain sensitivity.
Modern Home in Mill Valley, California Located in Mill Valley in California, this modern home sits prominently on a half-acre lot. Renovated in 2006, the four bedroom, three bathroom home offers panoramic views of canyon, surrounding mountains and lush forests. The bedrooms are located in the downstairs area and a 800 square foot cottage offers extra accommodation for guests. The property was first listed on January 5 at $3,195,000; price dropped by $50K mid February and the house went under contract on March 25! Click any photo to see a larger image - Use buttons or j/k/arrow keys to navigate through the articles
50 Sketches Critic, “I’m an artist myself and” Argument from authority – always a logical fallacy, but even worse when it’s in a subjective field where there arguably can’t be any authorities. “I hate it when people who aren’t artists assume anything someone puts out there is ‘mind-blowing’.” – incredibly condescending, don’t you think? “There were only a select few that were actually interesting and most of them were considerably unskilled-looking.” “Just because someone draws lines in a girls hair or shows the boobs doesn’t make it amazing.” “No, I am not bias towards any creative expression whatsoever but I don’t agree with just how ‘inspiring’ these are supposed to be.”
Snowflakes Up Close: A Small, Fragile World If you’re one of those people who likes to ponder things while looking out a frosty window on a cold winter day, these pictures will clear up one of those long standing wonders: each snowflake really IS unique. Some look like roman columns, others circuit boards or spaceships. Taken under high magnification using a microscope, these images bring a fragile and beautiful world into view. See Also HARMFUL VIRUSES MADE OF BEAUTIFUL GLASS They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? Source: akirathedon.com Known in some circles as the most amazing man in the universe, he once saved an entire family of muskrats from a sinking, fire engulfed steamboat while recovering from two broken arms relating to a botched no-chute wingsuit landing in North Korea.
20 PSD Tuts That Will Turn You Into A Photoshop Guru Many people can use Photoshop, but only a select few can call themselves gurus. Learn all the methods in the 20 tutorials below and you’ll be well on your way to joining this elite. Rather than focus on tuts for beginners, intermediates or advanced users, we’ve simply chosen ones which produce jaw-dropping effects. All of them are easy to follow, although most do require at least some prior knowledge and experience. 1. Follow this tutorial to create dazzling, multi-layered, semi-transparent lettering, with a Perspex-like quality. 2. 3D Pixel Stretch Effect File this tutorial under “simple but effective”. 3. Turn a simple cityscape into a torrentially flooded wasteland. 4. Become the master of light and glow on Photoshop with this brief, easy-to-follow guide. 5. Use masking tools, layers, gradients and lines to turn your favorite piece of 3D text into something more colorful and commercial. 6. Mental waves do not exist, but if they did they’d look rather like this. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Pen Drawings (Weekly Story Theme: Romance) There is no other love like an illustrator’s hand and its pen. These two spend hours together everyday, inseparable, and when they are not together, the hand years for the cool grip of its beautiful slender pen. Andrea Joseph hand knows this feeling well, and his hand and its pen have been committed to each other for years now, and now on Creative Tempest they renew their vows. Home Project of the Month