Articles exploring digital design, user experience, interfaces, visual trends, creative tools, and how design influences usability, branding, and interaction.
The World Is Just Awesome!
There are so many calamities that we see happening around us everyday. It saddens me every time I see people getting hurt and people dying, properties being destroyed by natural disasters. I believe it is just mother nature warning us to take care of what we have now.
Sometimes we get so carrie ...
How To: Make A Classy Valentine For Your Sweetie
We all know that homemade Valentine’s Day gifts come straight from the heart, and most of the time they are also lighter on the pocketbook. Do you want to make something really classy for your Valentine this year? I have the perfect idea for you.
First let me say that I’m not an arts and craf ...
Through the Lens of @robangeles
Twitter has given me a lot of opportunities to meet cool and interesting people. One person that I met when I was still new to Twitter is Rob Angeles. He used to live in the US and now back in the Philippines. He is the Author and WebMaster of Social Media Philippines.
In one of our conversa ...
How To: Create A Ripped Effect on Your Picture
Taking photos is fun but recreating them and transforming them into pieces of art makes it even more enjoyable. One kind of effect that I truly like is the ripped or torn effect. It gives your photo a unique touch.
The ripped effect can give your photo either a grudge look or a nostalgic feel t ...
Step by Step Guide to Drawing Manga Eyes!
So many people get intimidated when they are asked to draw. Some say its hard. Well it is really BUT it can be learned. I started learning how to draw by just getting my pencil and paper and started with lines and looking at objects as if they were made of hundreds of lines. That is basically ho ...
Beware: Ladies with Huge Heads
If you are a big chicken like me, don’t look at these photos. This is the stuff nightmares are made of right here. Haha! There aren’t many things in life that truly scare me, but clowns are one of them. There is nothing scarier than an adult with paint on his face coming at you with a creepy smil ...
Fascinating Chewing Gum Art
I can’t decide if this guy is a genius or if he is having a mid life crisis. Ben Wilson, age 41, travels around Europe painting the gum that people have spit out on the sidewalks. He can spend up to ten hours painting one piece of gum. Your mind isn’t blown yet? Well check out the photos below. ...
The Art of Leaf Carving
For some artists, wood, stone or clay are not the only medium to use when creating a unique piece of art. I admire people who take the time to discover different ways in which to showcase their creativity.
You would not think that a leaf can be one such medium considering carving is tough alread ...
Art Created From Discarded Garbage Bags
I am very aware that I have shown you such extraordinary artists on this blog that now the bar has been raised. I cannot feature just any artist, they have to be really special, their creativity has to beyond ordinary imagination and their creations have to keep your attention for more than a momen ...
Awesome Works of Art by Ted Mikulski
I love art and design and I am always grateful that I have come to know more artist/designers through this blog and through Twitter. We at Bit Rebels have showcased a lot of talented artists throughout the lifespan of our blog. Their art speaks volumes and their passion for beauty is contagious an ...
How To: Work with Depth of Field | Photography Tutorial
Photography is probably the worlds most common past time in the world. Every second there is a new picture taken somewhere on the planet. Some by amateurs and some taken by pure professionals. Within movies and photography there is something called "Depth of Field" and it's basically and simply put ...
I think Coca Cola should go naked – Sexy | Do you?
Never did I think I would hear myself say that -"I want to see Coca Cola naked". But it's true, I really do. In an age when everything is done around the "Green" color and everyone is trying to stay as environmentally aware as possible there are some things that could be done that we're not always t ...
Photography Tutorial | Light Painting
Several months ago Richard wrote a Photoshop tutorial on How to Create Light Effects. I’m not a Photoshop master like Richard, and every time I look at that article, I think about creating light effects (called light painting) with my camera.
Today I found the best tutorial I’ve seen on this ty ...
Clothes Hangers | The new breed!
This one comes as a truly logic however geeky way of rethinking the clothes hanger. I have my share of shirts (even though I am totally a t-shirt guy and just fold my t-shirts, all boatload of them) and this is an interesting idea to say the least. If I tell you it involves an innovative hanger devi ...
Man Draws Panoramic views of NYC, Tokyo and Rome from Memory!
Several years ago I saw a show on TV about savants, people with extraordinary abilities in different areas. The one that caught my attention especially in that show was a guy that drew a London building exactly how it looked like after just passing through it on the way from the airport to the studi ...