FYI Monday: Gorgeous Vector Portraits by Christiano Siqueira

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.
Cristiano Siqueira is an Illustrator from Sao Paulo / Brazil, specialized in digital and vector illustration. He works under the artisitic identity of CrisVector. For more vector portraits inspiration make sure to visit Chris’ portfolio. Below is only a small selection of his outstanding works.

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FYI Monday: Playful Typography by Urikane Parker

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.
Urikane Parker is a illustrator from Barcelona, Spain who specializes in typographic illustrations. His works are quirky, playful and full of inspiration. Find below a selection of Urikane’s art and make sure to visit his portfolio for more inspiration.

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FYI Monday: Geometric Grunge by Niklas Lundberg

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.

Niklas Lundberg is a 22-year old freelance graphic designer & illustrator based in the northern region of Sweden. His style is a mixture of geometric grunge art combined with eclectic compositions. Niklas uses strong, yet not overpowering colour schemes. Follow him on Twitter and visit his online showcase at Diftype.com for more inspiration.

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FYI Monday: Vibrant Illustrations by Perttu Murto

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.
Perttu Murto is a 24-year-old graphic designer / art director / illustrator from Finland. He has been involved in graphics for almost 8 years and was also selected as the Young Advertisement Designer of the Year for 2007 in Northern Finland. Perttu’s style mixes vibrant colours with classic illustrations. For more inspiration visit his portfolio or follow him on Twitter.

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City Lights: Free March 2010 Calendar Wallpaper

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. March 2010 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “City Lights”. I hope you like it.
As always the March 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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FYI Monday: Josh Cochran

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.
Josh Cochran is a Brooklyn based illustrator who grew up in California and Taiwan. His drawings have a certain old school vibe to them. For more inspiration make sure to visit Josh’s portfolio at joshcochran.net. I just wish I could draw like that.

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FYI Monday: Justin M. Maller

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.
Justin M. Maller is a freelance illustrator and art director based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been creating digital art for over eight years, and has produced professionally in both a private and studio based capacity for the last three. Justin is also the Creative Director of depthCORE, an international modern art collective established in June 2002. Find a small selection of Justin’s work below. Visit his portfolio for more inspiration.

platinum2-by-justin-maller

venus-by-justin-maller

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FYI Monday: Rik Oostenbroek aka NKeo

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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FYI Monday: Brian D. Smith

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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Sundown: Free February 2010 Calendar Wallpaper

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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