Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.