How To: Make Typographic Gift Wrap » Man Made DIY | Crafts for Men « Keywords: paper, craft, design, gift
This year, I vowed to only make or buy handmade holiday gifts for my friends and family, and I’ve kept to it so far. But wrapping these gifts in commercial paper didn’t seem to make much sense, so I wanted to create some handmade gift wrap to match. I happen to think a gift wrapped in newsprint is actually quite attractive, and love the look of text on a package, but wanted to put in a little more effort. So I came up with a cool option that’s clean, masculine, and maintains the typographic look of the newsprint. Plus, it eliminates the need for any “to:/from” tags, as the recipient’s name is right there in tasteful type. Once I figured it out, it was actually quite easy and quick – less than ten minutes per gift. Here’s how to do it: Materials and Tools 1. 2. 3. 4a. 4b. 5. 6. Happy Holidays!
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Anonymous Confessions
As they say, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – but what if we could share with full discretion? Everyone of us has his own little secrets and ‘Confessions’, a public art project by american artist Candy Chang, invites people to anonymously share their confessions and see the confessions of people around them in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. Chang lived in Las Vegas for a month and turned her P3 Studio gallery into a contemplative place for people to share their confessions and being fascinated by the secrets others hide inside themselves. All images © Candy Chang | Via: My Modern Met
5 Creative Exercises for Photographers
As a creative writer, nearly every day I make use of creative writing exercises in order to keep my inspiration and creativity alive and well. I’ve found that many of these creative writing exercises are incredibly helpful when I deal with creative block, and I’ve also found that the results of many of these exercises somehow find their way into longer stories or other projects that I’m working on. I don’t do a lot of exercises, but I make sure to do one at least once a day before my real writing session begins. I had this idea that creative writing exercises could translate into useful creative exercises for visual artists, especially photographers. I’ve derived these exercises from my favorite creative writing exercises, all of which can be found in the last section of John Gardner’s craft book, The Art of Fiction. Without further ado, here are five creative exercises for photographers as based on John Gardner’s writing exercises. The Simple Action Exercise The Anything But Exercise
FREEBIES: ANCHOR GIFT TAGS & WRAPPING PAPER
It's been a while since we've had some freebies, so today we're giving you some printables to wrap gifts for your friends and family members who aren't much into delicate floral wrapping papers in bright colors. To get your own, simply download the tags and wrapping paper below. Enjoy! Emme ole vähään aikaan jakaneet mitään freebiesejä, joten nyt päätimme jakaa kanssanne nämä merihenkiset paikkakortit ja lahjapaperipohjan. Download and print: Gift tagsWrapping paper horizontalWrapping paper vertical For personal use only.
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Pictures of Moments Speak More than Thousand Words......
Picture can speak thousands of words. Random pictures of insignificant moments always been the most important and most valuable. Photographers and painters beautifully imprint huge number of events, objects and types. Some do it by accident on the momentary desire. 1. Photographer – Zilvinas Valeika 2. 3. One of the best photos on the version of Red Bull Illume 2010. 4. Little boy is going to ask Santa for his father returns from Iraq. 5. Photographer – Roman Balaev. 6. 7. 8. This picture consists 365 photographs that were made by each day from the same place. via 9. 10. 11. Photographer – Julia Kurbatova. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Photos of children’s choir from North Korea. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. The celebration of March 8 in Belgrade. 32. 33. “My 3-year-old son Charlie, – said by the author of the photo Blake Zickefoose, Kid love his friend caterpillar. 34. 35. 36.
Photo Workout: Exercises To Flex Your Photographic Skills
Sunday, August 17, 2008 By Rob Sheppard How do you become a better photographer? I'll give you a series of exercises that you can start doing immediately, and I guarantee they'll stretch you and your thought process as a photographer. Let me reemphasize that—have fun! Workout 1: Light Awareness Light is critical to photography. Exercise: See The Light What You Need: A camera and a zoom lens, preferably one that goes from wide to at least moderate telephoto. What To Do: Get out and photograph light. Review: Look at the light and what it does in your photographs. Add Comment
