FYI Monday: Vibrant Typography by Marcin Struniawsk

FYI Inspiration Monday Typography by Marcin Struniawsk

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.

Marcin Struniawsk aka Dean is a 27 years old graphic designer based in Warsaw / Poland. He’s especially focused on photo manipulation, illustration, animation and photography paying a lot of attention to the typography of designs. For more inspiration make sure to visit Marcin’s portfolio at www.deandesign.pl. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Extremely Colourful Designs by Tony Ariawan

FYI Monday Inspiration Tony Ariawan

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.
Tony Ariawan digital artist and graphic artist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. I love the vibrancy and colourfulness of his work and his compositions are spot on. Below is just a small selection of his work. For more inspiration make sure to visit Tony Ariawan’s official playground at area105.com. + Continue Reading

Source: Free April 2011 Calendar Wallpaper

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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. The April 2011 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “Source”. The triangular shapes were created in Illustrator, while the circles were made in Photoshop CS5 using the new 3D options. I tried to select a colour palette which I hadn’t used before and think that it works well with the overall composition. Please share it if you like it. + Continue Reading

Vandelay Premier Texture Bundles Contest Winners Announced

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Time flies. Just over a week ago I announced the latest contest giving you all the chance to win one of 3 Vandelay Premier Texture Bundles. Today is the day where these winners will be announced. Using a simple random SQL query on the comments database was used to pick the lucky readers. Thank you all for participating! And thank you to Vandelay Premier for sponsoring the textures. The winners will be notified via e-mail shortly to explain how to claim their prize. Congratulations! + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Beautifully Minimal Designs by Mark Brooks

FYI Monday Minimal Design Inspiration by Mark Brooks

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.
Mark Brooks is a Spanish graphic designer and art director who’s divided his career between New York and Barcelona. Anyone following this blog will know that I love good minimal design. So when coming across Mark’s beautifully minimal work I had to share it with you. I’m particularly fond of the “Star Grid” series in which he uses only stars, arranged in different sizes and densities to depict the faces of celebrities. This is only a small selection of his work. For more inspiration make sure to visit Mark Brooks’ portfolio. + Continue Reading

3 Vandelay Premier Texture Bundles Up For Grabs: Comment to Win

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the latest giveaway on Fudgegraphics. The kind folks of Vandelay Premier have sponsored 3 Premier Texture Bundles to be given away. Vandelay Premier offers a wide variety of resources for designers, including textures, vectors, brushes, PSD files, icons, templates and career resources. It even features an exclusive Fudgegraphics Grunge Vector Set. Resources can be purchased in Packs, or memberships are available for unlimited downloads. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Gorgeous Typography by Alex Beltechi

FYI Monday Inspiration Typography by Alex Beltechi

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.
Alex Beltechi is a graphic designer & illustrator from Oradea, Romania. Alex specializes on digital typography designs. He is by far one of the best in field. What makes him stand out is the versatility in his type treatment. Whether it’s cute illustrations, grunge style or the popular 3D type designs Alex does it all. Find below a short selection of his work. For more inspiration make sure to visit Alex Beltechi’s Behance portfolio where you can explore close-ups as well as case studies. + Continue Reading

MOO Business Cards Inspiration Contest Winners Announced

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the MOO Business Cards Inspiration Competition. The choice wasn’t an easy one, but together with the MOO team we’ve reached a decision. I also want to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who entered. Congratulations to the 3 winners. I’m sure you’re gonna love your new MOO cards. To everyone else, don’t be disappointed, there will be more giveaways / contest in the future. + Continue Reading