Such cool use of shapes for magazine covers by graphic artist Noma Bar. If I was making mag covers this is how I'd want to do it. I especially like the Russian and Best Books Rhetoric works. You don't need to have too many colors or go overboard with busy shapes to make effective works.
Check how the negative space and simple black and white forms Bob Dylan into the TimeIn cover. Such cool works of art related to pop culture almost always grab my attention.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ElegantThemes Review
I started up a business recently, and one of the first things I needed to do was get my name out there.
With a professional, sharp looking website more people will be attracted to your product. Wordpress themes offer the best combination of ease of use and customization. In my case, showcasing my website would lead to other work related to website creation and support. I gained self taught knowledge while creating something I needed.
When I began to look for a clean and official looking theme, I got swamped down with either free themes with spam and custom ads preinstalled. Then I started to look for something made by the pros. There are many template sites out there charging $50 to $70 just for a single theme. Some sites even charge over $100 for just one theme if you include installation.
So I kept searching. Something wasn't quite right about the price. Until I found Elegant Themes. Recommended by many on a few well known wordpress user forums, I was eager to check it out. Just $39 for literally dozens of themes, no spam, and you can download them all over the course of a year.
The support is great too. Multiple moderators check their support forums frequently. I got responses within minutes, with kind and informative replies. Granted, some questions might go outside the scope of their services, but they are efficient at helping with all the ins and outs in regards to customizing their themes.
For example, I tried out the Chameleon theme. As the name implies, it is good for a wide range of potential websites and a snap to modify for whatever may be the goal of your website. Their support forum folder for this theme in particular already has over 6,000 threads: a wealth of information at your fingertips.
They offer more specific themes as well. I've been using their theme 'InReview' for my ratings and user review site. Perfectly adaptable to any product or place you may want to have reviewed, the theme has been set up to do alot of the dirty work for you.
I am truly grateful to have come upon this bargain. At this price, for many high quality themes and expert theme support, it is easily one of the best deals I have ever come across in my years as an internet user and professional.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Top 3 Photoshop Tutorials Released This Month
3. Create a City Destruction Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Tutorial Link
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make regular city photos looks they were under alien attack or some more mundane disaster.
2. Colorful Stuffed Text Effect
Tutorial Link
Tutorial Link
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make regular city photos looks they were under alien attack or some more mundane disaster.
2. Colorful Stuffed Text Effect
Tutorial Link
This tutorial will teach you how to stuff your text using a basic pattern and some layer styles. I am into typography so I think this is rad!
1. Clean Mobile Login Screen Tutorial
Going to make an app for a smartphone? If you'll need to login in to you'll want to know how to make a sharp login screen. Check out this tutorial to make your own Mobile Login Screen for your iPhone or other smartphone.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Top 3 Wedding Blog Templates
An online wedding commemoration can last a lifetime! What a great way to organize and share your special event. Keep all your photos and videos from your wedding all on one sharp site with the help of these Wedding After Effects Templates.
3. Royal Wedding
Template Highlights -
No plugins required
HD Res 1920x1080
textures and graphics PSD HQ
2. Wedding Slideshow
Template Highlights -
Over 30min of video tutorials
A custom Photoshop action
1. Wedding Opener - Heart of Petals
Template Highlights -
Voice over video tutorial
1920x1080 Full HD
Compositions - separate for you to edit
3. Royal Wedding
Template Highlights -
No plugins required
HD Res 1920x1080
textures and graphics PSD HQ
2. Wedding Slideshow
Template Highlights -
Over 30min of video tutorials
A custom Photoshop action
1. Wedding Opener - Heart of Petals
Template Highlights -
Voice over video tutorial
1920x1080 Full HD
Compositions - separate for you to edit
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Family Guy Kinetic Typography
Found this witty vid of Stewie making fun of some girl for making a 'weakest link' joke.
It looks almost professionally done, with After Effects. The Titanic part was especially clever. Enjoy!
Free Cool Mac Font
The shading yet distinct lines on this font for Mac is just right.
It may look a little punk to some, but not overly so.
Take a look at this free cool Mac font, called Birth Of A Hero.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Let's go on a date!
Find out how desperate some of your favorite fonts are for some action. Try out this Typographic Match Game, and send a couple of lucky fonts out on a date this weekend!
Play through the game a few times, it can get quite detailed and is pretty clever. Even if you're riding solo this weekend, it doesn't mean that your fonts have to!
Play through the game a few times, it can get quite detailed and is pretty clever. Even if you're riding solo this weekend, it doesn't mean that your fonts have to!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Dirty A bite Billy Argel Font
Check this A bite font from Billy Argel. It can give your type a more rough and rugged look, with style! It might do the trick for you on a skate or punk work.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Using Novelty Fonts
Free Collator font by Vince Lo
Meagen Fisher made a great post about novelty fonts here. Most everyone likes free fonts, and she points out that even pros can learn to enjoy them too! I particularly like the fun forms with handwritten fonts.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
2012 Typotheque Diary
The 2012 Typotheque diary and sketchbook by Peter Bil'ak was released as a limited edition. Last year's was superb. This new one is "new and improved", as they say. It makes for the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer (provided your stockings are wide enough).
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Form over Function?
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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