Graphics to Fabric

As many of you know, one of my favorite sites is http://www.geninne.com/. Today's blog shows the release of her new fabric from Cloud 9. The collection is called Alegria. Can't beat it, two of my favs, design and fabric. I have used these examples in classes before. Why don't some of you look at your designs to see if you have anything worthy of print not on paper, not on the web, but on FABRIC!

Congratulations Geninne on your beautiful work. I hope this is inspiration to many of you. I can't wait to touch and sew on some of these designs.

Design a Day. Is it for You?

If you are working on your portfolio, looking for a job, working and not doing what you want, or are just a regular Joe, student, you will enjoy this post: http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/hannes-beers-all-day-everyday-project/. That about describes everyone doesn't it. This article came to my google feed so I decided to check it out. This topic of something a day has been making the rounds in social media for a year or two. This is just the author's twist (and a good one) on it. If you are considering doing an interview for your blog or podcast, this is a sample that could give you ideas. Create your own "something a day" to see what you can do. Link here if you do follow this lead.

Dynamic Typography Design

Typography is stunning way to create posters, advertisements, and other graphic design. Here are some links to some of the best sites I have found to see these displays of Typography in Design.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/30-typography-posters-that-youve-probably-never-seen-before/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/25/breathtaking-typographic-posters/

http://blog.uprinting.com/90-exciting-typography-posters-and-designs/

http://www.noupe.com/design/40-killer-typographic-posters-photoshop-effects-and-tutorials.html

http://webexpedition18.com/articles/55-surprisingly-beautiful-typography-posters-and-desings/

Take a look and tell us your favorite and why. Did you see anything to inspire you? What do you look for in inspiration for your designs?

Beginners have hope for inspiration

I just read this post about beginners and thought it might give some of you hope, inspiration, feeling of community. . .
http://leffjakin.tumblr.com/post/4946606064
Does this apply to you? What are your thoughts.

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Photoshop to the fix again! A beautiful photo, yes, but more important notice the attention called to the beautiful Jane Aldridge (in front) from her blog: http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/sea_of_shoes/. You could use this technique in video as well. Thanks to Lisette of http://lemodablog.blogspot.com/, who always has great fashion links. Not bad when you can look at gorgeous women and learn about graphics at the same time.
And take a look at her blog, maybe a long look: in an interview 12/1009, Jane is quoted, "With 75,000 daily hits, my blog has become a full-time job. I dedicate 5 to 6 hours a day to Sea of Shoes. I have to take the pictures, edit them, write the accompanying post and reply to between [sic] many emails and answer many interviews. I created it with mum two years ago. It started off as both of our projects, but I ended up taking over it completely. My mom has her own blog now." If you don't believe me about the importance of blogging and the possibilities of real jobs, this should about do it.

One more that I think would be helpful for logo design is http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/quick-tip-how-to-create-a-paper-style-alphabet-using-illustrator-3d/. This tutorial was created by the same author of the previous post, Iaroslav Lazunov

I don't think that you need to create your own alphabet, but the article will give you tips on 3D modeling, symbols, and blends in Illustrator.

For those of you already working with CSS and web design, you might enjoy http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/drop-down-menu-jquery-css.html. Even if you don't know jquery, I think you can apply these concepts to your web design.

He seems to be very talented and very experienced in creating useful tutorials. I hope you can learn something from these.

In this ongoing view of the Illustrator tutorial, I am recommending http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-tube-of-paint-and-a-brush-using-adobe-illustrator/. If you learn these skills, you will turn flat graphics into ones that show depth, perspective. Also, when is the last time you have used penumbras in designing illustrations? If you do this tutorial, I bet you will soon become a better designer, because your eyes will be trained to look at light, shadows, blends, and so on. Let me know what you think? How many of you already think of these techniques when creating illustrations?

This article on improving your Illustrator skills caught my attention this morning. Try this link and respond with the link to the one you liked the best. http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/improve-your-illustrator-skills.html. I have always like Noupe design. What do you think?

Anyone up for a design challenge? Check out http://www.threadless.com/loves/noir. If you find a challenge or contest, share it here.

In my research for class I have found two very interesting illustrators that I had not viewed before. I hope you will visit and then comment on what inspires you.

http://koikoikoi.com/2010/09/illustrations-by-zso/

http://koikoikoi.com/2011/03/ethan-is-sweet/

amazing eye for design, passion, crazy thoughts, inspired. Read what Koi Koi Koi is. Send me a link to  what inspires you.

How to design in 4 steps. Yes, that is right, 4 steps. See for yourself:

http://www.gagesalzano.com/~gagesalz/work/tazza-doro.php

What do you think? Next see his resume:

http://www.gagesalzano.com/~gagesalz/resume.php

and his home page philosophy on About me is as simple but well put as any I have seen. See for yourself:

http://www.gagesalzano.com/~gagesalz/about.php

Need a logo, graphic designer, coder, developer? Or, are you looking for work? 

One article leads to another. So much information on the web, so little time. Here's my next find for all you designers, developers, all things digital media.

http://www.iworkedon.com/

Any thoughts? If any of you try it out, let me know.

Illustrator, designer profile. Interview with Serbanescu Gabriel.

Now that you have looked at the hidden messages in logo designs, read this article  about one successful illustrator and his thoughts on design contests:

http://blog.99designs.com/2010/12/17/designer-profile-trickster/

What do you think of his t-shirt designs? 

As I am grading your screen captures, I am adding links to some of the sites that I think may be of help to you.  Johnny sent me to this one http://designinformer.com/designer-do-right-now/
and from there I selected a few more. 
http://www.rumblingskies.com/blog/?p=46

Color management in Photoshop for the web. Use sRGB. Do you use this or another one?
http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/preparing-photoshop-files-for-web-developers.html

Preparing Photoshop files for the web. Would you agree this article and some additions from the replies?