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Dead Fly Art

nath — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:33:52 +0000

Exactly as it says…

For more of this excellent series, visit the full site here

PhotoSketch allows rough sketches to be turned into montages

nath — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:15:29 +0000

According to the authors, this software can take any rough sketch, with the shape of each element labeled with its name, find images corresponding to each drawn element, judge which are a better match to the shapes, and then seamlessly merge it all into one single image.

More information here: http://gizmodo.com/5374890/this-is-a-photoshop-and-it-blew-my-mind

Link via @paullomax

Liu Bolin… The Invisible Man.

nath — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:54:34 +0000

This guy paints himself… no trick photography. no photoshop. he just paints himself.

I can’t even imagine how long it takes him to do this. The last photo is unreal – it took me a good few seconds to figure out where he was.

Full photoset here

Mind blowing Photoshop CS5 effects

nath — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:16:46 +0000

These new effects take photoshop to a whole new level of awesomeness…

Original link from “Today’s Big Thing”

Loose tweets sink fleets

nath — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:32:33 +0000

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Which is a damn shame in my opinion. Maybe people who don’t want to be offended by my tweets shouldn’t look at them. Better still, they could try not to be dicks.

Pulp typography

nath — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:40:07 +0000

Pulp fiction scene, done with typography.

Typographic Marsellus Wallace monologue from Pulp Fiction from Bukowski on Vimeo.

Love this scene, love this typography.

36 glossy social networking icons to download

nath — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:56 +0000

Paul Robert Lloyd of ClearLeft fame has released a set of 36 shiny social networking icons, with each icon coming in 4 different size varients! Licenced under a Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence, you can download them from his personal site.

http://paulrobertlloyd.com/2009/06/social_media_icons

Folding UK plug

nath — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:58:41 +0000

I’ve been slacking recently, although I’ll blame that on a couple of non-stop hectic weekends (stag do, paris with the girlfriend). This should make up for it however – it’s a prototype for a folding UK plug that’s both functional and efficient:

And finally… no more standing on an upturned plug! (Yes, for those of you who don’t have to live with UK plugs, what we gain from having a sturdy socket/plug combo that doesn’t fall out is taken away when you step on the damn thing in socks.)

Designing iPhone apps? This is the stencil for you…

nath — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:38:08 +0000

Seattle interactive design agency Design Commission Inc. have released an iPhone stencil, perfect for sketching out those app designs that’ll one day make you millions…

You can see more of the stencil in action here

Trends in 2009 Logo design

nath — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:07:01 +0000

This seventh annual trend report, as always, is as much a forecast as it is a study of the past 12 months. The past informs the future, and the recent past has such momentum that designers would be well-advised to stay this course, even when clients are only maintaining the brands they have, not creating new ones.

Business may be slow, but it does not have to be dull.