Archive for July, 2007

Beautiful Business Cards

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It’s not necessary to always have a plain white card, 3.5×2″ with sharp corners. There’s a great Flickr set of some really different, really gorgeous cards. Take a look and get inspired!

Art of the Business Card –>

Design Influences - Illustration

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Marian Bantjes is a genius illustrator in Canada. This is a link to her “design influences” chart, which must be seen to be appreciated.

Design Influences –>

3D Texturing

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This is totally amazing. Scroll through all the pages to see the subtle progressions it took Ziv Qual to pull a model through from concept to completion. The texturing work is amazing.

View the Progress of 3D Texturing –>

Sketching for the Web

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“Ballpoints and fine tips just don’t fill the page like a Sharpie does. Fine tips invite you to draw while Sharpies invite you to just to get your concepts out into big bold shapes and lines.”

Sketching with a Sharpie –>

Photoshop’s Pen Tool

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Excellent article discussing the pen tool and its uses. Definitely worth the run-through.

Photoshop’s Pen Tool –>

Butterfly Colour Palettes

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What a brilliant way to pick colours!

Colour Lovers: Butterfly Palettes