Charlie Layton Graphic designer Charlie Layton started sketching for his own amusementRealised his fridge door was the same material as a dry-erase boardDrawings have gone viral and his website crashed from the extra traffic By Steve Robson Published: 17:03 GMT, 15 January 2013 | Updated: 04:46 GMT, 18 January 2013 It started out as a way for freelance designer Charlie Layton to entertain himself over his morning coffee. The Philadelphia-based artist realised his fridge freezer door was made out of the same material as a dry-erase board and was perfect for him to practice doodling. Now every Friday he spends 25 minutes trying to come up with something clever and then posts his efforts online. Charlie improvises with the freezer door to create this clever image which gives the impression of an x-ray Stop thief! Ice work: Each drawing takes Charlie around 25 minutes to come up with and he posts a new one on his blog every Friday 'It's pretty crazy.
Fun with Foam Printing - Easy Tutorial I loved this idea because not only can you recycle these horrid polystyrene containers, but the process is really simple. You could even use tracing paper and trace your design so you don't even need to be able to draw. You could make a whole series of cards like this or just a colorful print to hang on your wall and cheer up the place. Materials needed: Foam or polystyrene container pencil paint or ink small roller 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Happy printing! Original image courtesy of themetapicture 30 Books I'm Glad I Read Before 30 In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives. I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert – Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for decades, and he shares scientific findings that just might change the way you look at the world. What are your favorite books? Photo by: Katie Harris
Frank R. Paul Retro Futurism Frank R. Paul was an illustrator of US pulp magazines in the science fiction field. He was born in Vienna, Austria… Frank R. Many many years ago (~1940), Frank R. 7th of July 2010 Probably Related Retro Futuristic Illustrations by Klaus Bürgle Tavis Coburn’s Amazing Retro Program Covers #7 by disonyando Retro Style Recovery Kits Travel Status Back home since 54 days Currently in: Switzerland Oh dear, do you realise how old your browser is? xx 16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School I am 28 now. I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Because some of these 16 things in this article a teacher probably spoke about in class. Some of it would probably not have stuck in my mind anyway. But I still think that taking a few hours from all those German language classes and use them for some personal development classes would have been a good idea. So here are 16 things I wish they had taught me in school (or I just would like to have known about earlier). 1. This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think. You can just drop – or vastly decrease the time you spend on – a whole bunch of things. 2. You can do things quicker than you think. 3. 4. 5.
Michał Dziekan Illustrator and character designer Michal Dziekan was born and raised in small town in south-western Poland. He moved to city Wroclaw where he attended Architecture on University of Technology. After three years he left school and moved to Warsaw to work in post production studio Platige Image as a concept artist and matte painter. He stayed in Platige Image from 2007 to 2011, where working on animated commercials and films he got opportunity to gain experience in such fields as vfx compositing, motion graphics animation, animation direction and directing. During that time he was developing as an illustrator and character designer. At the beginning of 2011 he moved to the creative studio Ars Thanea but half year later he decided to star working as a freelancer. some of the clients: Wall Street Journal Briefings Magazine Procycling Magazine UK Przekrój Magazine DDB Warsaw Ogilvy & Mater Dubai TBWA/Raad Dubai Platige Image Ars Thanea exhibitions: publications:
The 8 happiest dogs on YouTube There are few things in life happier than a happy dog. It doesn't matter if it's because they hear you pull into the driveway after work or if they find something particularly smelly to roll around on in the backyard; if a dog is happy you are going to know about it. You can see them just vibrate with pure unfiltered joy, as if they can't believe that life can be this good. Thanks to the ubiquity of cameras and YouTube, there are scores of videos of supremely happy canines just waiting to be found. National Guardsman comes home There is an entire subset of happy dog videos showing happy pups greeting their soldier-owners back from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whines and cuddles for Air Force captain home from Afghanistan This is another dog-welcomes-soldier-home video, this time starring Molly the golden retriever. Soldier surprises shepherd We have one more video of a dog welcoming a soldier home. Birthday balloons are for popping Bunk the dog is a lucky dog. Will do laps for squeaky toy
Need Some Motivation Right Now? Read This IMMEDIATELY — Think Traffic If you’re in desperate need of some motivation, we’re going to fix that problem, right here, right now. Prepare yourself. WARNING: I’m going to swear and yell a little in this post. Desperate times call for desperate measures. You said you needed motivation. I’m going to do what needs to be done to get your ass in gear. If this isn’t the kind of motivation you need, leave now. Alright. Here goes. Do you want some motherfucking motivation right now? I SAID, do you want some MOTHERFUCKING MOTIVATION RIGHT NOW? Do you want to get some seriously useful shit done today? Do you want to get off your ass and start producing instead of wallowing in despair, depression, self pity, fear, doubt or whatever is holding you back? Are you sick of not getting anything done? Let’s DO THIS. The point of this exercise is to give you motivation to do something right now. Follow the steps below carefully. 1. The world doesn’t care. We all face obstacles. Did you catch that? Let me say it again. We all face obstacles. 2.
Austin Kleon Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 This is poem 14 out of 30 celebrating April as National Poetry Month (Inter)national Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month. I thought this poem looked kind of familiar, so I dug in the archives and found a similar unfinished poem (and finished it): TODAY’S SHOUT-OUT! goes to Wim Lockefeer for his continued support. Please go visit his awesome blog, The Ephemerist! Tags: international newspaper blackout poetry month 2009, NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS Want vs Need Want VS Need Great series of illustrations by talented designer Erin Hanson entitled Want VS Need. Very clever, reminds us about the important little things of everyday life. Hanson is a graphic designer/photographer currently living in Austin, Texas. When I was 8 I wanted a puppy.When I was 10 I wanted parachute pants.When I was 12 I wanted a Ogilvie perm.When I was 14 I wanted a boy named Robbie.When I was 16 I wanted a car.When I was 20´s I wanted to make bad choices.Now I want everything.I only need enough to survive. (– Erin Hanson) “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” - Mahatma Gandhi >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<<Paris VS New YorkPerfect minimal worldThe other side of the digital worldLive itself is a quotationSeriously, believe themDear Blank, please blank Like this: Like Loading...
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