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The Animation vs The Animator | Stick Figure Drawing
Others are held back when it comes to creativity because they say, hey I can't draw. I don't know how to sketch or say I can only draw stick figures. Stick figures are the foundation of any drawings. You start your ideas using the basic and simple lines and curves to create.
A stick figure is ...
Inspiration is Everywhere!
Inspiration is Everywhere - discover your perfect design. Jump in to the thousands strong NIKEiD community to discover, share, and create from an enormous range of original Nike designs. See something you like? With just a few taps you can buy right from your iPhone. Get inspired by the world aro ...
How to Draw the Female Figure
Drawing the female figure is my favorite element when illustrating or designing. Give me an assignment where I need to make female form and I will do it with much gusto! I do fashion drawings and most of the time, the drawings I do have no reference and all from scratch. I find that having a char ...
What is Typography? | A Lesson
Sometimes the word "Typography" can be quite wide and blurry if used in a wider context. Both creating and viewing typography can be really inspirational for any design related topic and is widely used in several different art directions such as movie intros, book covers, titling etc... Creating a g ...
Weaving the Illustrator’s Magic!
Illustration is one of my favorite subject when it comes to design. It's the way the drawings look that truly fascinates me. Found this very cool designer/illustrator Charlene. Her work as i viewed her sketch blog was just truly amazing. Her work speaks of her dedication to her craft.
CHARLENE ...
Photoshop | Applying & Removing Make-Up
Alright, we've come to the point when I'll be stepping over into a female territory for a second. Being an artist and all puts me at the make-up girls table every so often as well but I can tell you that the make-up a guy uses for TV appearances is not the same as what girl use each and every day in ...
Photoshop | High Fashion Cross Processing Effect
I usually correct, fix, modify and enhance photos in my daily work in order to make images fit with the designs and color schemes that I implement on the websites I am creating. Now it can sometimes be a very time consuming process to achieve certain look that will actually enhance the photo instead ...
Move Over Pepsi, Coke Is On BitRebels Now!
The writers here at BitRebels often gain inspiration from one another and write follow ups to each others articles. This is one such article. My Twitter friend and fellow BitRebels writer, @mistygirlph, recently wrote an amazing article entitled "Awesome Pepsi Soccer Commercials" http://retwt.me/U ...
2010 Olympic Medals, recycled electronics
In just a few days the Olympic torch will be lit and the countdown to the games will begin. Vancouver has been preparing for this grand event for years, building new facilities, hotels, streets and making surrounding cities a beautiful experience for the thousands of people traveling to Canada. I am ...
Glass Pyrograph by Etsuko Ichikawa
Etsuko Ichikawa - The glowing material is molten glass. She gathers really hot glass onto pipe and makes drawings on paper. Paper that she uses is extremely thick, almost like a slice of plywood, so surprisingly it doesn't get burnt so easily.
My work is a continuing investigation of what lies betw ...
Check out my Butt-Sled
I love and hate snow sledding. The preparation to the 12 seconds of thrill is the worst part. First you need to climb up the hill in a foot of snow. If that is not difficult enough you then need to try and land your butt on a sled that is nearly impossible to keep still. Half the time I end up loosi ...
Photoshop | Tutorials The Douchebag Way
First there was the "Manual" research method to learning Photoshop. It was basically just to pound your head through Photoshop's Manual and just try and remember it all. Then came the written tutorials. Simplified tutorials that addresses certain techniques or effects that you wanted to achieve. Thi ...
Photoshop | Breast Enhancement
I couldn't believe my eyes and ears when I came across this...let's say interesting Photoshop tutorial. In my quest to cover everything a retouch artist could ever want to learn I have now found and come to the "Breast Enhancement" tutorial. Yup, that's right. Just as he says in the tutorial it is b ...
Installation Art by @ryanseslow
Had the privilege of speaking with an artist whom I recently met over Twitter. I enjoy his work and one can say that he is very passionate about his art. I asked him if he would share with us this passion and I am honored and grateful that he did.
I asked him to choose three of his Favorite ...
Irresistible Microscope Photography
My friend, @cheth, sent a tweet yesterday with photographs taken with a unique technique called microscope photography. After seeing this awe-inspiring photography, I had to learn more about it. It’s so fascinating; I just have to share it with you.
We’ve all seen the children’s movies where th ...