paint by pixels

I hope you had the joy of creating an awesome painting of a bouquet of flowers as a kid just by filling in the gaps on horrible newsprint with the correct color. I also hope it stayed on the family fridge for months until it was joined by an amazing crayon, marker, & macaroni masterpiece.

Enough of the memory lane trip & time for a modern twist on the paint by numbers idea. I think this twist is awesome not only because the small sense of accomplishment I get when completing a task but, it is a community effort!

Painted with Pixels was created by iam8bit Productions for the "The Game Developers Conference"  in 2012. The idea is each of the conference’s attendees would receive a 2″ pixel, either cyan, magenta, yellow, or black and would get to place his or her pixel on the wall in a corresponding square.

This is a "Why didn't I think of that?" project. I was tasked with coming up with a community project for Dell on Earth Day and it was not nearly as cool as this. Well, it was cool but not 20 feet by 8 feet of dragons & monsters cool.

 

Follow me to see more photos and details of the project.

project mighty by Adobe

Hopefully you have heard that Adobe will be moving away from the update to CS7 and creating a subscription-based Creative Cloud. If you had not heard the news, SURPRISE!!! Anyhoo, along with this cloud based creative suite Adobe has "Project Mighty" in the works. Project Mighty is a very cool concept of eliminating pencil and paper and creating directly on a tablet or smart phone. Plenty of companies have tried something similar in the past with not much luck. Adobe doing this make the most sense in my opinion.
 
Ok, I will stop talking about it and just let Adobe explain this super cool tool.



I WANT THIS NOW!!!
This could change the way designers, illustrators, artist, and any creator works. It is so simple and smart it makes me think, why did it take so long to come to this?

pencil art by PEZ

Not much to say other than this art is amazing. The artist PEZ has some amazing hand-skills. He can made pencils do some unbelievable things. Check out some of his work.

There is so much more to see, follow me.

get out & Vote

I know you have heard it a million times to vote so I am doing my part to make it one million and one. Make time to vote today! No matter your choice of candidate it is very important to let your voice be heard on a national and more importantly a local level. Your community needs you to pick the best person for the seats in your county, city, and state.

AIGA did a "Get Out the Vote" campaign and asked it members to submit thier nonpartisan posters and videos to get people to vote.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Internet Memes (All the Things) 

Erin L. Zingre

The Elephant in the Room?
Roberto Camacho

Your Two Cents
Eric A. Norton

Follow me to see all of the posters.

beautiful typography August round up

I have come across some typography this hot summer month worth sharing.

I hope you enjoy!
You can follow my typography board on Pinterest here.

Shalinder Matharu
 

Demure typography watercolor

Born & Raised Album Cover for John Mayer by David Smith

Typography everywhere
 

Eat & Meet Logo

nest

Craig Frazier picture books

There is something about children's books that just steals my heart. No matter how old I get I will never be too old for children's books. There are trillion different ways to stylize, simplify, and even color the illustrations to tell the story. It is not just a book cover but every page has personality and makes you feel one step closer to the character and the dreamworld. Talk about losing yourself in a book. I think there is no other type of book that's better to loose yourself in than a children's book.

There are a lot of great illustrators creating works of art but the great Craig Frazier has to be one of my favorites. Taking both kids and adults to another planet all while making us use our brains along the way. From the super simplified "bee and bird" to the art deco influenced "Stanley" his work is amazing eye candy. Outside of his illustrations for books his editorial work is rich with symbolism and meaning.

Checkout his work at craigfrazier.com, there is a lot of it.

beautiful typography APRIL round up

I have come across some typography worth sharing including some hand-painted and hand-drawn type. The hand-made type always catches my eye. It just has so much personality.

I hope you enjoy!
You can follow my typography board on Pinterest here.

 

 Ice Cream Social logo

The Highlands

Dana Tanamachi's the chalk art. You must check out her site.

She has some AMAZING work.

Josh Holinaty

 Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District

 Steady as She Goes 3D Printing

amazing artist Miguel Endara in action

Want to see something cool? Ok, prepare to be amazed. The dedication put into this piece is nothing short of amazing. A labor of love.

I think this deserves a full screen...and HD.


   

retro muppet concert posters (reblog)

Michael De Pippo has created some AWESOME Muppet concert posters.
Feed the muse of the kid still living inside of you.

Follow me to see the whole band (Dr. Teeth, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Zoot and Animal) and read his post.

Wacom Inkling = amazing!!!

Wacom produces some pretty awesome products but I think they have really out did themselves this time.

I present the Inkling.

Inkling is a new amazing digital sketch pen. Here is how it works.

1. Buy Inking, duh ;)
2. Sketch on any paper using the pen and reciver
3. Prepare to have your mind blown.

Why will your mind be blown? Well, just watch (full-screen and in HD).



You see that?! Layers!! Sit tight because Inkling will not be out until mid October 2011 and is going for only $199.

words from the wise (Scott Wise)

Need a fresh view on things to simplify your complicated day?
Then Scott Wise has just the thing. Check out his site Wise Idea.

Simple. Beautiful. True. Hilarious!

"The grass is greener on the side without all the fucking geese"

"Don't count your chickens until they have hatched. Because then you're counting eggs, not chickens. Idiot."

"S is for scissors. N is for nife."

"now that's how it's doneth."

All ideas copyright Scott Wise.

art of the menu

Let's face it, every restaurant menu you set your eyes on you critique it and think of all the ways you would have done it different. The type is too big, the color is all wrong, or it is just overall horrible and breaks your designer heart. If this is you, then you will enjoy "Art of the Menu," a site dedicated to showcasing very well designed menus. It makes my mouth water just looking through all the delicious choices.

If you have designed a beautiful menu and would like it shared just send it to Art of the Menu. I am sure since this site has just been baked they will gladly post your work of art. Here's how to send.

Order up! Dig in.
Not sold yet? Here is just a taste.

The Kickin’ Chicken
Multiple Locations, US

Maaemo
Oslo, Norway

The Ultimate Hitchcock Cookbook (video)

Enjoy this graduation project of three students from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover. This beautifully animated book contains recipes for Alfred Hitchcock’s classics. "It’s made for Hitchcock enthusiasts and every other couch potato out there." Lovely work guys!!


Hitch from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

Concept: Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco, Torsten Strer
Layout  / Animation: Pascal Monaco, Felix Meyer
Sound Design: Torsten Strer
Sound Technician: Dirk Austen / Paul Productions
Voice: Peter Bennett 

the pie monster (reblog)

Highly adorable and very different. The Pie Monster packages kids clothes in food containers. Very Sweeney Todd if I say so myself.

Follow me to read the full story on Lovely Package.

movie buff game

Fellow movie nerds, put your knowledge to the test with the "Famous objects from classic movies" game. Its fun, simple, and really well designed. Guess what movie the object is from, "Wheel of Fortune" style.

feed your paper crave

I stumbled upon a brilliant site called papercrave.com and I cannot go a day without scrolling through it's pages of beautiful post. There is enough design, illustration, typography, and print inspiration in this one site to last years!

In the words of the TV show host of Reading Rainbow 

"Don't take my word for it."

Follow me to papercrave.com