UP THERE: Street Art Documentary

http://uptherefilm.com
About the film:
Shot high above the streets of New York City, UP THERE reveals the dying crafty of large-scale hand painted advertising and the untold story of the painters struggling to keep it alive.
capturing a trade that is equal parts artistic precision and grueling labor, the film presents a painting tradition pre-dating modern advertising. A [...]

Heroes: The Route of Exposure

In this amazing sculpture series by Adrian Tranquilli we get a glimpse of the vulnerable and fragile human side to some of our favorite superheros. We see Batman on his knees searching for answers and Superman coming out of the wall injured and bloody. I’m thinking these would look pretty awesome in [...]

Tutorial Roundup for Getting Started with InDesign

I thought this was a nice collection of InDesign tutorials from Spoon Graphics for those looking to get started with InDesign or maybe even learn a few tips and trick. My next class is creeping up…thinking about using some of these in my class. Be sure to check out the full post.

3D Type with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended

Repoussé, yet another great new tool added to the Photoshop CS5 arsenal. Here’s a link to a tutorial from Abuzeedo highlighting some of the new Repoussé features.
“Repoussé is a new research system for the interactive enhancement of 2D art with 3D geometry. Repoussé creates a 3D shape by inflating the surface that interpolates the input [...]

How To Successfully Educate Your Clients On Web Development

Ran across a fun yet insightful article from Smashing Magazine that discusses the unique relationship between the client and the design/development team. They offer some good advice on managing and meeting client expectations and how to leverage their industry and business knowledge. Short, sweet and to the point.

Published in LogoLounge Volume 6

Just got word that I had a logo get selected for LogoLounge 6, I’m pretty excited about it. There were over 34,000 logos submitted for consideration and this years judging panel included, Bart Crosby of Crosby Associates, Hans Hulsbosch of Hulsbosch, Jeannie Servaas of Saffron Brand Consultants Inc., Jessica Hische of Jessica Hische, Marius Ursache [...]

Google: Search Stories Video Creator

On the heels of their popular “Parisan Love” ad Google has created a new YouTube Channel, the Search Stories Video Creator. The channel let’s you create your own Search Story in the same style of the “Parisan Love” ad. Simply enter seven search queries, choose what content you want to show (web results, images, maps, [...]

Photoshop CS5: Puppet Warp

Adobe released another Photoshop CS5 feature video highlighting the new Puppet Warp functionality, this come on the tails of their previous feature video which highlighted the Content-aware Function. The Puppet Warp tool allows unprecedented image manipulation and distortion and doing it in a much more intuitive way than we’ve seen thus far in Photoshop. Pretty [...]

Web Typography Part 2

A nice collection of typography inspired web sites. This is the second chapter from inspiredology, be sure to check out part 1 as well (web Typography At It’s Best).

Ad Fed

FOWA

Red Interactive Agency

Bobulate

Koko Kaka

IXWA

Diargoogle.com

Full Stop Interactive

Design Can Change

Get Finch

Transmissions Apps

Astheria

To Write Love On Her Arms

Kyle Standing

North Temple

The Worldwide Blogger Bake Off

Jason Santa Maria

Zucchi [...]

Dueling Carls, a “Talking Carl” Scream Fight

Talking Carl just made my day…I also imagined my son and his cousin going toe-to-toe in a eerily similar fashion. Thanks t-minus.