9 pints deep thunderbird illustrations in Newcastle
Cant really remember which night i took these or which bar it was, but I do know it was on a night out on the Tooon! Anyway I remember looking down at the bar table pretty drunk and thinking Wow! Thunderbirds illustrations cool…. So here they are
The Many Faces of Leonardo-Dicaprio (goonies, John Cusack etc)
This really shit hot creative website is awesome and has some very interesting user interface and layout design. Its all about telling a story about the faces i.e movies they’ve been in, of celebrity’s in an interesting and fun way with little bonus treats at the end. The Di Caprio
20 things I learned about browsers and the web
A beautifully designed and beautifully executed book about the web and the crazy world of browsers. Whats even better about this book is that its totally free as an ebook and built in html5 (so no flash yaaay! Down with flash),
Man Citys Big 4 Home Games Posters
Music in Manchester created three posters to promote Manchester City Football Club’s “big four” Premiership home fixtures of the football season. Accompanied by an illustration of Tevez from Shephard Fairey’s studio, Studio Number One Music apparently commissioned the 4 illustrators to do the posters to raise the support and awareness of Man Citys final big 4 home games. I think the posters themselves look awesome and instill a bit of civic pride for the fans. You can see the different styles of each illustrator coming out in each poster.
First Interactive Portfolio E-BOOK
With all the hype lately about e-books and how they may take over from actual books eventually. I thought I might give one a shot and create my own e-book for my published portfolio book.
Logos Using Negative Space
Following on from our lecture last Tuesday about colour, we were shown some great examples of logo design, such as the Fedex arrow and the Amazon A-Z smiley face. I thought I would share a few more that I’ve came across that make great use
Drawing; Jen Starks Felt tip drawings
Anyone feel high just looking at these? They are produced by Jen Starks and whats so cool about them is that there done using felt tip pens!!!! They look digitally illustrated but whats better than using a felt tip pen. I’m glad to see some one is keeping the old traditional ways strong!! The drawings are original and amazing the way they incorporate space and colour and seem to endlessly flow into one another, you can pick out so much detail and little things from them. I love the creativeness... Read The Rest →
Illustration; Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks otherwise known as HedKandi, produces these fantastic illustrations. I find them to be powerful, energetic and motivating. The girls obviously look amazing and for a lad they kinda represent what your perfect girl would look like, they also create the buzz which I imagine is why HedKandi choose them for there advertisiments. They are unique and have great branding power instantly recognizable to the HedKandi Name for there target audience.
