Published on February 8th, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Rik Oostenbroek, aka NKeo, is a 19 year old graphic designer from the Netherlands who’s been working in the field for over 4 years now. I would describe Rik’s style as random geometric grunge art though he also masters the ever popular lightning effects. Mixing vibrant colours with awesome compositions is what he does best. Below is a selection of 10 pieces, but make sure to visit his portfolio and deviantArt profile for more plenty more inspiration.
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Published on February 1st, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Today’s featured artist is Brian D. Smith from Dallas, TX. Here’s a small selection of his vibrant digital art. For more inspiration visit Brian’s portfolio at skynerve.com.
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Published on February 1st, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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This post is part of the free calendar wallpaper series. Each month I create a new wallpaper featuring the current calendar. Looking at the same image over and over again is not very stimulating. Hence having a new desktop background each month should help getting your creative juices flowing. February 2010 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “Sundown”.
As always the February 2010 calendar wallpaper comes in the following resolutions and non-calendar versions are also included:
- 1920×1200 (suitable for 1440×900)
- 1600×1200
- 1280×1024
- 320×479 (iPhone, non-calendar version only)
Preview:
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Published on January 27th, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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I love these Quentin Tarantino Graphic Movie Posters by Ibraheem Youssef. There’s a total of 7 posters in the series. They’re clever and well executed. See them all in Ibraheem’s Flickr Stream. You can buy them in the shop.
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Published on January 25th, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Theo Aartsma aka Sumeco, 27 year old designer/illustrator, from Holland will be the first artist to be featured in the FYI Monday article series. Here’s just a small collection of his typographic and vibrant art. Make sure to visit his different portfolio sites at the end of the post.
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Published on January 7th, 2010 by Franz Jeitz
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Chad Hagen is an artist and designer living in Minneapolis, MN. His abstract geometric style caught my eye right away and I had to share it with you. I’m particularly fond of his infographics series. For more inspiration make sure to visit his portfolio and Flickr.
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Published on December 31st, 2009 by Franz Jeitz
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This post is part of the free calendar wallpaper series. Each month I create a new wallpaper featuring the current calendar. Looking at the same image over and over again is not very stimulating. Hence having a new desktop background each month should help getting your creative juices flowing. January 2010 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “Beautiful Day” and has been created entirely in Photoshop. I hope you enjoy it and I wish you all the best for the new year!
As always the January 2010 calendar wallpaper comes in the following resolutions and non-calendar versions are also included:
- 1920×1200 (suitable for 1440×900)
- 1600×1200
- 1280×1024
- 320×479 (iPhone, non-calendar version only)
Preview:
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Published on December 29th, 2009 by Franz Jeitz
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This set of 11 Free Scaffolding Grunge Vectors was specifically created with large print designs in mind, but they can be used in web projects too. It’s a common technique to slightly destroy large type in ads and other print campaigns. Using vectors for this purpose is ideal as they can be scaled to any size without loss of quality. All vectors were made using images of scaffolding which were then traced in Illustrator. I’ve also included a short tutorial on how to make the most of these excellent freebies to grunge up type.
Don’t stop there though. Let your imagination wander and get creative. As always these freebies are free for use in both personal and commercial projects. Read the rest of this entry »
Published on December 24th, 2009 by Franz Jeitz
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I want to wish you all happy holidays and a great start in 2010. Furthermore this is a great opportunity for me to say thanks to you for all your support over the last year. You are incredible and I couldn’t have done it without you. While I started my freelance career after graduating in summer I did not write as much as I hoped. I can promise you however that this will change in 2010. I will use these festive days to come up with new ideas for freebies and tutorials.
So once again: Thanks for always being supportive and I hope you have a lovely time with your friends and family!
Published on December 17th, 2009 by Tom Walker
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HDR stands for high dynamic range imaging. The HDR method basically involves making up an image from several different photographs of the same thing, all taken with different exposures. Photoshop or similar image editing software is then used to combine the photos to form one image, creating a greater dynamic range of luminances, which means starker contrasts between light and dark and much more vibrant colours.
HDR enhances natural colours and light levels, so it’s often hard for the viewer to tell that the HDR method has been employed. Some photographers, however, push things further to create completely distorted visual realities. It’s clear from the 24 photos below that HDR and wildlife photography is a winning combination, as the technique is capable of doing justice to the spectacular array of colours found in nature.
1. Tree Frog
Tree frogs are among the most colourful animals in the world. HDR only acts to enhance the brilliant green colour of this particular specimen.
2. Screech-Owl
Each whiskery feather is visible in this wonderful HDR photo of a screech-owl, taken in Florida. There are 21 known species of screech-owl and new ones are being discovered all the time. Read the rest of this entry »
