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Grafitti – Art of Outlaws | Time Lapse
I don't claim to know or understand the lifestyle and culture of graffiti artists but I can say this. I am ultimately inspired by the many awesome pieces of work some of them do. The "Taggers" i could live without but the fine art of some is what gets me going in the morning. Walking across a tunnel ...
The Falcon
As you know, I love stop-motion films. You may not know that I have a background in Sculpture, with a focus on metal casting and found objects. I love finding objects in random places and re-using them for something totally unexpected. So this vid is a complete merger of some of my most favorite th ...
Spray Paint Design | Making The Wall
What do you think of when you hear the words "Spray Paint"? I bet you're thinking about Graffiti and malicious tagging. Am I wrong? Well, spray paint isn't just for ego walls around the city or for touching up that old bike of yours. Nope, nothing at all in that direction actually. Mike Oncley has r ...
Helvetica vs Arial
I can't get enough of these hilarious vids at College Humor. While most are incredibly funny, others can run a little on the slim side of crass. This particular vid is a rebuttal to the original Font Conference video, also super funny. I love the personalization of each font. The costumes are fab an ...
Typolution | Best Typography Short Movie Ever
As I was compiling an article about typography and it's origins I stumbled over this amazing looking and genius short movie. It depicts human evolution using only typography. Every raindrop, every branch, leaf...you name it. It's entirely created using letters, numbers and signs. Created by Olivier ...
Typeface Design | Identity Study
Creating a visually pleasing design is quite a feat and takes some thinking to pull off. Did you know typeface has a whole history of cool things behind it's creation and evolution. There is a font that defines everything. Even years and of course identities. It's easy being lost when trying to choo ...
Car Design Sketches | Time Lapse
It doesn't come as a surprise to anyone I guess that I truly love design in every conceivable form. It also doesn't come as a surprise to anyone that I love time lapses as well, right? Put them together and you got me glued to the screen like my daughter in front of Cartoon Network every morning bef ...
Typographic Time Piece
Having just moved to a new small apartment in Oslo, I have rediscovered my interest for details and cool interior object to make the place more like home.
I just came over this really cool watch (that I bought right away) which is really cool - designwise. It’s called Qlocktwo - and is a clock th ...
Technique | Proportional Design
There are many ways you can conceptualize an idea. To design if you will. One particular way is to do it the mathematical way. There's a technique called "Proportional Design" that is based on...yup you guessed it...proportions. It delivers a clean and quite interesting result that really pleases th ...
Typography | 5000 Eggs to Say Happy Holiday
Typography has always been a great way to design unique and interesting pieces of art. As a designer you can't but appreciate the time someone puts down into creating things that are made out of hundreds of fonts or just a few used in ways never before attempted. The quality of a typography piece is ...
Logo Design | Time Lapse Study
Creating a logo for a company is quite a task to undertake each time. It's important to know that it's not just to push some pixels into a design and then call it a logo. There is much more that goes in to it and it is usually taking a long time to come up with the right design that speaks to the co ...
How to Design/Print your own T-Shirts
This has become a huge topic nowadays. What could be cooler than having your own printed t-shirt with your own graphic on it. I thought I'd check up on this topic to stay updated with it and I actually found 2 different ways of doing it. While some really want that rough, grungy, home made kind of r ...
A Day in The Life of a Web Designer
Ok, so it's been official for quite some time and somehow it has escaped clients that creating a website doesn't just take a few hours as some may think. It's actually hard work, long hours and usually head locking to try and come up with new great ideas for a cool theme or feature. Time is usually ...
How to Remove Red Eye using GIMP
Don't you just hate it when you take pictures and then when you upload them you see that the photo you took has the red eye problem? Don't fret there is a solution to that and here is a video tutorial on how one can correct the image via Gimp.
What is Gimp? GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipul ...
How to Create Tileable Textures | Photoshop
I use a ton of textures when I design a website or a more elaborate design. Even when I am working in 3D (Lightwave) I am of course using a boatload of textures to wrap my models in. Creating the right kind of texture usually takes a lot of time if you don't know the trade or the secrets behind some ...