Grayson Castro has some nicely illustrated pieces, which a good portion focus his subjects being zombies. His Obama/McCain illustration and the President George W. Bush being torn apart are the pieces that intrigue me the most and wonder if they have a political message behind it.
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Here’s a tutorial on creating a cover from Photoshop and Indesign. It shows from the rough sketch done beforehand(I feel that is underrated nowadays) to exporting the file so it’s ready for the printer.
Read the rest of the tutorial here
Here is a cool bright light effect that you can do in Illustrator. It’s cool, but I feel it’s better to just to do it in Photoshop. One thing that the tutorial doesn’t tell you is you have to convert the mode from CMYK to RGB, otherwise this effect will not work. The image above is what I created, because I wanted to make sure I could do it before I shared it with you all. The tutorial is quite simple, but it was missing that color mode conversion.
I came across this print done by Quakerninja and I thought it was a cool illustration worth posting. It’s 11″ x 17″ glossy print. Quaker’s style is fluid and you can see by the strokes used for the feathers. I do like the color of the owl and thinks it was a good choice. For $9.99 this is certainly a steal. Purchase it while it’s still available here.
Apparel company CXCityBrand.com released a new texture pack, which is awfully nice of them. You can use these for your apparel designs or add that little something extra to your other graphic designs.
You can download the 300 DPI textures here
As some of you may know, I posted digital paintings by David Rapoza last month and here is his latest creation, Donatello. He really does some great work. If you’re interested in obtaining his Ninja Turtles paintings as prints, you can pre-order them here It includes Metalhead, the Ninja from the footclan, Slash, and more. You don’t have to be a fan of the Ninja Turtles to respect and appreciate David Rapoza’s work.
Andrei D. Robu is a designer that I came across and thought his lettering was inspirational. He showcases various styles in his portfolio. I advise you to take a look, especially if you’re a fan of typography. View his portfolio here
For all the photographers out there or any of you art directors/designers that are on shoot here are a couple tips from Expert Photography on how to work with models. How to find a model, discussing location, payment, and rules are mentioned. I disagree on them with signing the model release form after the shoot. I like to have the models sign the model release before the shoot in. I feel it locks them up and can prevent them from changing their mind, although it’s rare if they do, but it’s a precaution. Rules and boundaries are definitely necessary when working with a model, because if they’re uncomfortable the photo won’t come out and it can damage your business reputation. They mention collaboration create great photos and from my experience that does work.
I thought this was a clever music video and without the animation this wouldn’t be anything worth looking at.
I came across this article over at FreelanceSwitch.com and thought it was necessary for me to share the link, so you can read this article. Directions are very important and Speider Schneider explains why. He shares some very haunting stories of freelancers that were hired, then followed by the axe. I highly recommend you reading what was written and the tips offered. There is a pretty humorous comic about a rep discussing an assignment with an artist.
Please read here: http://t.co/l3Je9gy