The Best Photoshop Resource Yet
Posted on March 28, 2008 by B Juergens
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Photoshop can be, at times, cumbersome with each new edition, although this is not to say completely futile. What commences as a brief look into creating conceptual art, culminates into an exceptional discovery. PSDTUTS.com
is anything and everything Photoshop related. Lessons range from applying realistic tattoos, retouching facial imperfections, creating conceptual art, building seamless collages, fine tuning techniques of illustration, to making rad text effects. PSDTUTS is not only a prime resource for Photoshop tutorials, but it is also an online community where readers have the opportunity to suggest topics and even write in for paid publishing on the site. Definitely a hot resource right now.
Kinematic Typography
Posted on March 27, 2008 by B Juergens
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Found: the most compelling art form for both typographers and laymen alike. People of various significance in the art world have taken famous cinematic scenes and re-created them using motley typefaces along with audio to showcase the enigmatic effect on our psyche.
Anke Weckmann, Illustrator
Posted on August 21, 2007 by C Lin
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My latest discovery is of the German illustrator Anke Weckmann. She has a very cute illustration style that is reminiscent of the late Margaret Kilgallen. The feel of her work has a hint of San Francisco’s Mission area’s streets as well as an impression of Yoshitomo Nara’s cute-but-deadly mantra. Her drawings are lovely; the coloring muted and beautifully subdued, and the images are always neat and tidy. Weckmann has a sharp sense of humor and is unafraid to show it, and yet her drawings manage to have a tinge of awkwardness to them that is hard to describe.
I Want My Moleskine
Posted on June 4, 2007 by C Lin
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A lot of my classmates in art school and even a couple of co-workers not only prefer Moleskine notebooks, but are Moleskine enthusiasts. Apparently they are not the only ones. I found the story of a travelling Moleskine project where notebooks are sent to various places around the world and anonymous individuals fill their pages. The pages are then scanned and posted on the blog. Also Paul Saffo, a fellow enthusiast, collaborated with Steve Derricott to fashion a custom leather Moleskine cover. P.S. If you’re wondering how to pronounce the word ‘Moleskine’, check out the Wikipedia entry.
Also, check out the travel blog and results of the custom cover here:
The Wandering Moleskine Project
Custom Leather Moleskine Cover
Mark Strickland :: Indomitable Spirit
Posted on April 25, 2007 by C Johnson
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For about three years I was the most spoiled art fan in the world. I worked smack in the middle of London’s west end and was literally a fifteen minute walk from The National Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The Guildhall Gallery, The Somerset House, County Hall’s Dali Permanent Collection and the Saatchi Galleries, not to mention the countless independent back alley galleries that littered Coven Garden. So my lunch break was a rather routine affair: grab a sandwich, walk to the gallery of my fancy and indulge: renaissance, post modern, impressionism, and surrealism— the possibilities were inexhaustible. (And free, thanks to the grace of HRM the Queen.)
Ron Mueck Tags on Flickr
Posted on February 16, 2007 by Tuesday Creative
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The amazing art of the Australian-born sculptor Ron Mueck, as experienced through the collective eye of Flickr.
Also, check out this great set created by the Brooklyn Museum that shows Ron installing his work.
