Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

Design Shards Flickr group Showcase #1

Yes this is the first showcase from the design shard flickr group and hopefully not the last in a long line to come.

January 8th, 2009 Posted in Inspiration 18 Comments Continue Reading

10 Inspiring sites to gain Photoshop inspiration

Now we've got the Photoshop basics which enable us to use any type of tutorials in the most friendly manner. It's time to pull out the creativity and realize our own creations.

January 5th, 2009 Posted in Inspiration 45 Comments Continue Reading

Illustration Artists Showcase and Inspiration – Part 2

A mixed collection of illustration artists some using 3D programs, oil paints, Illustrator and Photoshop to produce there creations, I have place a piece of text about each illustrator where possible as well as slightly explaining what they incorporate in to there work.

November 20th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 19 Comments Continue Reading

Design blogs with Flickr Groups everyone come share your work

I have just started my own flickr group here on design shard to showcase work and peoples inspirations. come and join it.

November 15th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 17 Comments Continue Reading

Designer Tees! Wear your art on your sleeve

Who doesn’t like a little Tees action? Personally, original t-shirt designs catch my eye more than most graphic art that I see. Mainly because I can wear it Functional art, oh baby!

October 24th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 24 Comments Continue Reading

Inspiring Grunge Style Big Typography Posters

There is something special about those hand picked posters. A certain style that is unique and makes them stand out. Those are big typography posters, with a grunge edge and a retro touch. Typically with big fonts, straight lines, round curves, dark colors and grunge textures.

October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 55 Comments Continue Reading

Illustration Artists Showcase and Inspiration – Part 1

A collection of illustration artists and example work, also a resource for interesting reading material on illustration as well as tutorials to brush up you skills.

September 11th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 35 Comments Continue Reading

Get web design ideas & inspiration from other designs – Brown

The aim of this post is to gain design inspiration and ideas from what others have already done, some times its best not to reinvent the wheel and see what others are doing to make there designs work. This post explores colours involving brown

September 1st, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 76 Comments Continue Reading

Grand Designs – Graphic designers showcase – Rock Sound – pt2

6 more interviews from Rock Sound magazine showing what makes these designers tick within the music industry, what influences them and how they got in to the music design industry.

August 25th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 10 Comments Continue Reading

Grand Designs – Graphic designers showcase – Rock Sound – pt1

6 interviews from Rock Sound magazine What makes designers tick, where do they get there inspiration, tips for budding designers plus more.

August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 10 Comments Continue Reading

Ultimate resources for grunge design a massive collection

Im a big fan of grunge and creating grunge designs is one of the most interesting things to do in my opinion whether it be a web design or a piece of grunge art. This post covers where you can find grunge resources such as brushes, textures, tutorials, wordpress themes, fonts and interesting reading articles.

August 18th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 69 Comments Continue Reading

Typographic + Design inspiration from music magazine ads – pt 2

More typography and design inspiration from music magazine adverts, this post follows on from the first part Awesome artistic inspiration from music magazine adverts.

August 12th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 15 Comments Continue Reading

Awesome artistic inspiration from music magazine adverts

I was browsing some old NME music magazines and i realised some of the advertisments for festivals and bands truly are works of art, they can provide some good ideas for any designer be it for web or print, lots of textures and colours to get some creative inspiration

August 10th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 12 Comments Continue Reading

22 Online Web / Design magazines you should look at

While looking for some nice resources i found some really cool online art and design magazines that provide some very interesting reading while i wasnt working, they contain alot of inspirational work and provide a good source of knowledge.

August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 21 Comments Continue Reading

11 Interesting ways to browse Flickr images

Flickr is a great tool but there are so many ways to view the images located on Flickr with these exciting mash-ups, some let you browse by specific colours while others let you browse by tags.

July 26th, 2008 Posted in Inspiration 11 Comments Continue Reading
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