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Visual Development Artist & Illustrator LadyBugs Inspired by icons of film and fashion, this series puts a buggy twist on the classic 50's pinup. Amelady(bug)open project » Betty Bumbleopen project » Marilyn Monarchopen project » TV Inspiration CS5 Design Premium Feature Tour Express yourself with new painting techniques. Computer Graphics: 50 + stunning creations of 3d robots The latest major motion pictures are utilizing 3D graphics more and more these days. With movie like Transformers, Terminator Salvation and Wall-E getting all the attention at the cinemas lately, we have decided to put together a collection of robots, movie and non-movie inspired computer graphics artwork to showcase. These fantastic 3D rendered images display the skills and abilities of talented artists, as well as spark creativity in the minds of the viewers. Optimus Prime – 3d Artist: Kevin Bao
Gigposter Design: The New Sex Tutorial Introduction: A lot of people are making them. A lot of people suck. We don’t suck, and neither do you. RickThompsonDesign: US Cellular Data Plan characters This summer we had the opportunity to work on some fun character designs for U.S. Cellular.I led a team of designers from pitch through completion, delivering several animations and hi-res print versions of the characters. The client was fantastic and loved our work.Check out some of the animation that is featured at the US Cellular site: The new Palomino Blackwing 602 pencil is a fine tribute to the Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602 I started writing about the Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602 pencil in December of 2002. A lot of people love this pencil, not only for its soft lead, but for its unique eraser and ferrule, its metallic dark gray finish, and for its motto: "Half the pressure, twice the speed." At $.50 each the pencil was quite expensive compared to other pencils. It was discontinued in 1998, and by 2002 the price had jumped to $20 per pencil on eBay. And because the pencil is no longer in production, a cult has formed around it. There is even a blog called the Blackwing Pages: Celebrating the Genuine 602.
Huds and Guis - Part 6 Plurality is a Sci-Fi short by director Dennis Liu, which explores a world where everyone’s DNA is plugged into a single information grid set in New York City 2023. Not only is the story easy to watch and compelling, it features a lot of nice UI goodies. The production quality of this film is quite high and the design of the UI elements are nicely done. If you like Minority Report or a fan of Sci-Fi then I highly recommend you check it out! It’s so cool to see what can be achieved in small budget short films these days!
10 Chinese Social Media Sites You Should Be Following Every social media strategist and industry expert will tell you, the first step in creating an effective social media strategy, at any capacity, is listening. As social media has evolved, marketers have, too. Your community and customers are already discussing your brand, competitors, and industry – so, finding these conversations and tapping in is your first step to developing any solid, scalable social media strategy. But what if these conversations are happening outside of Twitter and Facebook? By the end of December 2012, China had 564 million Internet users, 50.9 million more than the year before, and representing nearly 40% of the Chinese population!
The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! Following the huge success of last year’s “World’s Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs”, we’ve decided that we should turn it into an annual event – after all, more people than ever before are blogging and the talent pool continues to grow. This year, we’ve added in some additional categories including typography and image sourcing sites to help you along your way. The list is at least 40% larger than last year and is the one stop shop for all that you could need in terms of inspiration, reference material or tools for you to use. So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen…. drum-roll please! Graphic Design 1stwebdesigner Blog by Dainis Graveris in Latvia covering all things design and freelance.