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. Oh, and the occasional wanderlust-induced traveling spree. "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
enero 2012 Un proceso de diseño comienza casi siempre por la necesidad que tiene la empresa de RE-DISEÑAR, DISEÑAR ALGO NUEVO o muchas veces ADAPTAR UN DISEÑO, este parte de varias áreas de la compañía, pero es direccionado casi siempre por el área de mercadeo o los directivos. Cuando a ImasD llega un requerimiento se toma en cuenta todos los parámetros que debe o TIENE que cumplir para que sea exitoso para la empresa, pero por otro lado nos preocupa mucho que quiere y desea el usuario final, quien es el que compra y lo usa. Investigar es un proceso encaminado a encontrar conocimiento que se usara como punto de partida para desarrollar nuevos productos, con aplicaciones novedosas para el usuario. En ImasD evaluamos 4 pasos en la investigación con el fin de encontrar atributos nuevos que nos permitan hacer propuestas interesantes de alto valor para el consumidor y comenzar un proceso creativo lleno de insights, que no tiene la competencia y llevaran a un desarrollo centrado en el usuario y empresa.
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. It helps with measuring, light and shadow, your whole visual awareness and vocabulary. 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 “With a commission, I tend to take photos of the person, while I’m talking to them.
Powerful and Creative Ads Great series of creative and powerful ads… Clever Ads Billboard Light Grey Art Lab: CALL FOR ART : Macro & Micro Nature! Hey! We have a new call for art! EDIT: Thanks to everyone that submitted links to our Macro & Micro call for art! 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!
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 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.
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. 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. 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. Step 8: Draw the shape of your wings and cut them out. Step 11: Tape each wing to the body of the butterfly. Thanks for the chance to finally figure out how these darned things are made, Melanie!
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. 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 3mg Klonopin 10mg Loritab Marijuana (Kine Bud) G13 Marijuana Morphine IV Psilocybin Mushrooms (2 caps onset) 2mg Nicotine Gum Nitrous Oxide 2mg Xanax