Articles exploring digital design, user experience, interfaces, visual trends, creative tools, and how design influences usability, branding, and interaction.
A Visual Typographic Feast
The students and faculty at Brigham Young University put together this very creative video for The Typophile Film Festival 5 which is a film festival featuring a selection of typographic films from all over the world.
This particular video is about the five senses, and how they contribute to and ...
Could You Do This When You Were 15?
My favorite topics to write about here on BitRebels are the stories of incredible artists that blow us away with their talent and inspire us with their vision. Get ready to be blown away and inspired once again.
What were you doing when you were 15 years old? Looking back, I remember I was hang ...
A Mix of Reality and Illusion | Animation by Evelein
The Noteboek is one of my favorite work from Evelein Lohbeck. She is a freelance artist from Netherland and her work is truly remarkable. As she says she likes to confuse reality and challenge the expectation of people. Viewing her portfolio, she has a done some T shirt designs, flyers, commercial ...
Design Thinking
Sometimes we are so consumed with the 'brilliant idea' factor, that are eyes and minds don't think of the obvious, the user experience or the common good of the products and services we design. Even though most of us are graphic and web designers, I find this (older) TED video by Paul Bennett, Creat ...
Photoshop | Manga Yourself – Awesome Tutorial
After my previous post here on Bit Rebels about "Everything Manga". A bunch of Photoshop tutorials I decided to delve deeper into the Manga world to see what I could find. I stumbled over this really cool and hilarious tutorial on how to Manga yourself. Really, it's a super cool way of making yourse ...
Photoshop | Everything Manga
It has taken over the world in more than just lines on a paper. It's now viewable in every consumable media outlet and it looks as it won't stop spreading it's style anytime soon. We see this inspiring style in Comics, Movies, Music and Ads. There's even people now trying to look like this cult draw ...
Photoshop | How to Create Light Effects
Right now there's is a trend emerging where you are supposed to have light swirls incorporated into your images and you designs. This can be quite daunting if you don't know how to create them. There are several techniques on how to create these very eye catching elements in your pictures. But, as a ...
20 Ways to Stimulate Your Own Creativity
What distinguishes a creative person from one who isn’t? Aren’t we all creative on some level? I believe the answer to this question is yes; however, there are definitely some people that have an easier time staying in a creative and inspired mindset than others.
According to Mark McGuinness, “ ...
Top 10 Halloween Costumes for 2009
In just a couple of days it's already Halloween! Have you decided on which costume to wear? Are you tired of the same boring stuff you use every year? Well, found a video created by Threadbanger to give you some suggestions and fill you in on the years biggest costumes. Do you want to dress up ...
Photoshop | 3D Film Strip Effect
It wasn't long ago that Photoshop introduced the ability to create 3D effects in a more intuitive way. The result can be more than stunning if you know what you are doing. However, the tool is not always simple to use and can feel quite advanced at times and this is why we don't see more Photoshop t ...
Awesome Pop Up Book Art
When I was a kid the best books I love receiving are the ones that were pop ups. As I grew older I started making them myself and even now I do make my planners less boring by making pop up pictures and sticking them onto the planner to make it more interesting, plus always a good conversation piec ...
Photoshop | Tilt Shift Effect
Do you have a dream of becoming a giant in your own world? Do you want to feel like your surroundings is build around you as a miniature world? Well, i can't help you there if you expect it to be in real time. However, there is a technique called "Tilt Shift" that will make your dreams come true. If ...
The Awesomeness of Root Beer
This is a follow-up to a follow-up. You dedicated Bit Rebels readers will know where this is going. Move Over Pepsi, Coke is on BitRebels & Awesome Peps Commercials are a couple of great articles written by my fellow rebels. Well, I have root beer on the mind and I hate to tell you ladies but t ...
Prepare To Be Blown Away | Artist David Hoang
I’ve featured many artists in Bit Rebels posts, but this one is special. Prepare to be blown away by his art, and even more so by his vision.
Seattle based visual artist, David Hoang, has found a way to successfully combine his two passions: Art and social media. Of all the social media sites, ...
How To: Create An Exquisite Soap Carving
Earlier this week, my friend @mayhemstudios sent a tweet about a "Facial Soap" Doodle Carving by @Vonster.
That tweet reminded me of my great Grandmother who used to carve soap. She was so skilled at it and she would create these amazing little pieces of soap art which she always gave out as gif ...