Showing posts with label Designery Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Designery Things. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

WWF Legends


I've been doing a terrible job at updating (obviously). But I'm trying to be better! I was just having a discussion about how obsessed I use to be with wrestling and came across these awesome WWF Legends minimalist posters. I seriously need to take up watching wrestling again. These bring back some great memories. Enjoy! And snap into a slim jim!








































Hulk Hogan (Duh!)








































Andre the Giant








































The Macho Man Randy Savage









































Ravishing Rick Rude


Awesome right?! Here's the rest...



Monday, March 26, 2012

Minimalist Marvel Posters

So as an ubber all things Marvel geek, this made me completely giddy! (Especially after seeing the Avengers and Spiderman trailers at Hunger Games!)  I can appreciate good minimal art when I can relate. It was fun trying to guess what it was without reading it. Here's a couple of my favorites. Enjoy Marvel Maniacs.








Click here for the rest....

Monday, January 16, 2012

Packaging


I have a confession.... I have a secret love for packaging. I sometimes buy stuff because of the packaging. I critique a menu design before I even realize I haven't figured out what to order. What can I say...it's the design snob in me. The picture above for the VH1 Greatest Hip Hop Artist is so GENIUS. I love stuff like that.

Click here to enjoy some more awesome packaging.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Art Works



So this is super neat. I think all artisit need to participate!

It's a poster contest to illustrate how you support Obama's plan for bringing jobs to America. I'm definitely doing one. Get cracking! The deadline is November 4, 2011.

Here's the link for all the deets (thats details people) : http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/artworks-submission

And if you need a little inspiration, check out this book I read a while back. Design for Obama .

Happy creating!

KT

Friday, September 16, 2011

Font Friday

GOTA














I use to occasionally do this because I would see so many people just posting free fonts everywhere. I mean, you can never have enough fonts right? I'll try to post every Friday....don't hold me to it. Enjoy! I'm itching to use this Gota font on something.....


KT

Monday, July 18, 2011

Local Inspiration - Design For Good

Great morning inspiration. And it's local for once, which was even more inspiring. People using their design and creativity powers for good. So here's to you Mr. Hawkins. You rock:

On my way back from my usual trek to the kitchen every morning for a double fisted cup of coffee and a cup of water, I saw on the table a copy for the new RSVP Magazine. The cover caught my eye because it was so clean and...fresh. Yeah, fresh.

Anyway, I stopped and started flipping through it and came across The List, a list of about 10 young professionals they feature each issue, and of course I saw the word Graphic Designer. Hooked from then on.

Featured was Winfred Hawkins, a Junior Graphic Designer at my old stomping grounds Auburn University Montgomery. Point one scored.

He uses his art for the power of good. Outside of the Rosa Parks Musuem are 10 drawings that he did starting in high school. 2 more points to you.

Plays bass for the local Montgomery band Hellakoptka of Love. 3 more points.

And finally, he is a contributor to Helicity, a local non-profit organization that is dedicated to creating postive change in Montgomery. 10 points to Gryffindor.

Read the write up in RSVP magazine here.

Anyway, it's always nice to see something about how Graphic Designers are making their impact. Are you using your powers for good? I know I'm going to strive to. =)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Typography in Movie Posters

So anybody who knows me, knows I have a deep obsession with movies. Like I LOVE them. Like the ultimate job for me would include being a designer for some movie and sitting in the theatre watching my name scroll on the credits under the list of graphic designers. Hell, I even have framed movie posters at home. So today's perfect inspiration is typography in movie posters. Enjoy!

1. 300



2. 2012




3. American Beauty




4. Big Fish




5. The Dark Knight



6. The Departed





7. Gangs of New York



8. Inception



9. Max Payne




10. Ocean's 11





11. Ocean's 12





12. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World




13. Sex and the City





14. The Spirit




15. Taken




16. West Side Story




17. Zombieland




                          


































18. The Social Network


                                                  


















 

















19. 27 Dresses




                                     

































20. As Good As It Gets


Tuesday, April 26, 2011

50 Reasons Not To Date A Graphic Designer


So I found the funniest post the other day and had to share.
(The bolded ones are ones that I am guilty of. o_O)


1. They are very weird people.
2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
3. They will analyse conversations in layers.
4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.
5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.
6. They hate each other.
7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.
8. They cant change a light bulb or without making a sketch.
9. They fuck up all the tables with their cutters.
10. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.
11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.
12. You never know if it is really an original or a copy.
13. They make collages with your photos.
14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.
15. They idolize people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were his colleagues.
16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.
17. They ask your opinion about everything but  they do whatever they want.
18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.
19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.
20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.
21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.
22. They steal street signs.
23. Always carry their hands painted with something.
24. They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.
25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately)
27. Do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.
28. They hate Excel.
29. They read comics.
30. They want to save the world only with a poster
.
31. You will spend the day brainstorming.
32. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.33. Museums are their second home.
34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.
35. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.
36. They listen to music you have never heard of.
37. They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.38. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …
39. When you are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.
40. They have own iPods before you knew they existed.
41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.
42. They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city.
43. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.
44. You will never understand their gifts.
45. They see ordinary objects and laugh.
46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearim them screaming “When is the deadline?”

47. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.
48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.

49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.
50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

How To Steal Like An Artist

Don't you love when you create something and the NDP (otherwise known as the
Non-Designer Person) asks you that all important question in their mind: "How did
you come up with that?"
or one of my favorites "How do you do what you....do???"
Seriously, I have no proven or practiced madness to my method. It usually sparks
from one tiny thing or idea and goes from there.

I came across this awesome post today from How Magazine from an artist/writer
Austin Kleon. It's from a presentation he gave at a college on "How To Steal Like
An Artist and 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me." I think these are all are relevant to
not just ATP's (or Artist Type People) but NDP's too. Anyway, it gave me a little
inspirational life juice just the same. Read the actual post on his explanations of these.
I admit, I'm still working on #8!