March 16, 2010
When I was in 7th grade, our fine arts teacher asked us to bring an item, which we thought had a great design. I couldn’t think of anything worthy. My thinking was that none of the things I owned were designer pieces. When the teacher presented his own item, the scales fell from my eyes: [...]
February 5, 2010
I’ve always wanted to learn how to draw. It’s standing right next to learning C++ and playing the cello in Procrastination alley. It’s not that I’m a total failure at drawing, I’ve just never dedicated myself to it, or left behind the childish doodles that are weak imitations of your favorite comic books. Like a [...]
January 29, 2010
Whether you’re a graphic designer or a wannabe just starting out life with Photoshop or other image editors, you’ll surely need a helping hand. One of the easiest ways to get started with image design is to follow online guides and graphic design tutorials. Due to the vastness of the Internet, there are literally hundreds [...]
January 25, 2010
Digital photos are great, but often times we just post them straight to a website page or let them languish on our computers. For several years now,however, Big Huge Labs has provided some awesome and practical photo related projects that can be done in a short amount of time, with very little computer skills needed. [...]
December 13, 2009
Japanese calligraphy is an artistic writing style of the Japanese language. Its Chinese origins can be traced back to the twenty-eighth century BCE. Calligraphy found its way into Japanese culture in 600 CE and is known as the karayo tradition. For Westerners, calligraphy is forever fascinating. However, it takes years to learn how to properly [...]
December 4, 2009
So, you want to write your name in graffiti style, eh? After all, nobody wants a bland-looking font, especially when it comes to your title. The style your name is spelled out in should maybe say a little bit of something about you, don’t you think? You don’t have to be an artist to achieve [...]
November 4, 2009
If you can use a mouse, you can draw beautifully with LiveBrush. It is a freeware image editor that uses innovative brush styles and adds motion controls to your mouse gestures. Anyone can create beautiful website backgrounds, posters, PowerPoint presentation themes, or blog headers with this easy to use Adobe AIR app, on Windows, Mac, [...]
October 17, 2009
Are you a self proclaimed artist? Maybe you write graffiti or maybe you doodle? Either way we all know that we love to make our own creations and share them with our friends and strangers alike. I have come across a very nifty web site that is called SketchFu – kind of like Kung Fu [...]
October 11, 2009
I think it’s fair to say that Google’s logo has become an icon of the Internet. Hell, the word Google is now officially recognized as a verb in some dictionaries. Whenever there is a big holiday coming up such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s day, Oktoberfest, Google will use a new Google logo, known as a [...]
October 8, 2009
There’s nothing really eye catching on the simple white page of Google. Except, the Google Doodle pictures. Google has always found a way to make a signature statement using special logos for special moments. The homepage logos have become a part of internet folklore. Going by strict logo definitions, the “˜Google’ we see is a [...]
