10 Awesome Infographics for Graphic Designers As a graphic designer, you’ve probably designed at least a few infographics for your clients – or even for fun. You can create (and sell) infographics for any topic or industry, which means infographics can be a lucrative source of income. Some designers make a full-time living designing infographics alone. And while infographics always require the talents of a graphic designer, how many infographics have you seen that feature graphic designers? The following 10 awesome infographics were made by graphic designers, for graphic designers. 1. Learn what different colors represent and what emotions they stir, and when and how to use them in your own designs. 2. This infographic serves as a quick reference for the basic elements of design, complete with tips for how and why each should be considered when creating any design. 3. A humorous look at the daily life of a graphic designer – super deadlines, tons of work, frantic environment and (hopefully) good pay. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Diego Mattei Blog | Blog de diseño con recursos para estudiantes y profesionales. Contemporary Ceramic Art Contemporary ceramics, innovative pottery and ceramics, céramique nouveau, avant garde and cutting edge ceramic design and techniques are featured in this post. Add in modernist, postmodern and abstract and that pretty much covers the spectrum of styles on display. Its always refreshing to see artists take risks and successfully create new innovations or invent new interpretations of particular styles. This post will be updated on a weekly basis. Newest page here Cognition 0 - Jonathan Middlemiss 2011 ” Between the moment of seeing something and the sense we then make of it lies a place of questioning. Minoan pottery vessel - 1800 – 1700 BC A jug with a contemporary, modernist appearance and in its time would probably have been regarded as contemporary. Egyptian New-Kingdom (Dynasty-18) glassware The abstract decorative styles of the Epyptian glass were a departure from the more symmetrical panels and geometric patterns that were favoured for the pottery. (Image by Shannon Tofts) Bodil Manz
2013 Pogo Art Contest Store RulesPrizes2013 GalleryContestWinners A note from our judges We were amazed at the broad range of styles and immense talent in the 2013 Pogo Art Contest submissions. 2013 Category Winners These artists are winners for the four contest categories. Red roof Parisby Hwan Lee using PaperCategory winner: As You See It Percolated Olgaby Rita using Inkpad, Percolator and Sketchbook ProCategory winner: Wildly Creative We? Fifty Shades of Decay 15.0by Brian using ProcreateCategory winner: Abstract 2013 Honorable Mentions These works were picked as honorable mentions by our judges. A green springby TheBlack using ProCreateAs You See It Magic Java Beansby Abate using Repix, TangledFX, Camera+, Blender, Snapseed.Wildly Creative Selfieby Renato using Paper by FiftyThreeCurrent Events Alive fingerby qm using ProCreate + SnapseedAbstract Previous Art Contest Winners In addition to this year's winners, you're also welcome to browse those from previous years. 2010 Winner: Fast Food 2010 Category Winners Lucyby P.
Must See Fresh Highly Creative Illustrator Tutorials This post is great starting point for learning, and mastering the ins and outs of illustrator. We’ll be sharing with you a collection of useful tutorials that will help you to use Adobe Illustrator in a variety of new ways. So, here is a collection of fresh, most useful and highly creative tutorials for Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial we will learn how to create a realistic vector denim texture. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make your own table tennis illustration that includes a ping-pong paddle and ball. We’ll be using the Rectangle Tool, Pen Tool and gradients. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vector space composition featuring the planet Saturn. Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create the popular retro style pattern design made up of lots of colourful squares and triangles. In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial we will be learning how to create a heart shaped gift box by using a few basic tools such as the Ellipse Tool (L) and Pen Tool (P).
Japanese graphic design from the 1920s-30s In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan embraced new forms of graphic design as waves of social change swept across the nation. This collection of 50 posters, magazine covers and advertisements offer a glimpse at some of the prevailing tendencies in a society transformed by the growth of modern industry and technology, the popularity of Western art and culture, and the emergence of leftist political thought. "Buy Domestic!" poster, 1930 [+] Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #1, Oct 1934 [+] "Fuji Weekly" cover, Oct 1930 [+] Poster for Japan's first national census, 1920 [+] // "Health for body and country" poster, c. 1930 [+] Grand Nagoya Festival poster by Kenkichi Sugimoto, 1933 [+] Kyoto Grand Exposition to Commemorate the Showa Imperial Coronation, 1928 [+] Poster design by Shujiro Shimomura, 1928 [+] "NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine cover, Feb 1931 [+] "NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine covers: Sep 1931 // Oct 1931 "May 1" movie poster by Hiromu Hara, 1928-1929 [+]
Design Local gas companies occasionally add a touch of character to the giant spherical gas containers that dot the landscape of Japan. Here are a few examples. Nicotan (mascot of Shibata Gas) -- Shibata, Niigata prefecture [via] Watermelon -- Tomisato, Chiba prefecture [via] Hikari-chan and Gatto-kun -- Niigata [via] Zen monk-poet Ryōkan -- Tsubame, Niigata prefecture [via] Soccer ball -- Kiryū, Gunma prefecture [via] Tokkikki (Niigata prefectural mascots) -- Niigata [via] Ōnyūdō -- Yokkaichi, Mie prefecture Peach -- Akaiwa, Okayama prefecture [via] Ouchi dolls -- Yamaguchi prefecture [via] Welcome to Isesaki -- Gunma prefecture [via] "Taisha" wheeled fish toy -- Niigata [via] Morioka Gas character dancing the Sansa Odori -- Morioka, Iwate prefecture [via] Bunbuku Chagama tanuki -- Gunma prefecture [via] // Origami cranes -- Mie prefecture [via] Japanese irises -- Niigata [via] Watermelon -- Takizawa, Iwate prefecture [via] Godai-chan (tourism mascot for the city of Kashihara) -- Nara prefecture [via]
Blog Decoración Arquitectura Diseño Interiores Cynicism Humorously Illustrated by Eduardo Salles Eduardo Salles (Mexico City, 1987) is advertiser, designer, illustrator, writer and professor at the Miami Ad School. And a professional procrastinator!, he says. Ex Creative Director of Nike, Kit Kat and Red Cross Mexico. He has won awards as diverse as Cannes Lions (advertising), Walter Reuters prize (journalism) and Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (literature).