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MWM Graphics When Kids Drawings Come to Life I’m not sure if any of you have ever heard of Dave Devries, but if you haven’t, he’s an exceptionally creative artist. His site, The Monster Engine, is a look at a child’s imagination as it pertains to monsters. And what Dave does with those monsters is quite fascinating actually. He describes it as this… The process is simple. The results wind up being pretty bizarre but I have to say, it’s kind of cool to see what your doodles as a kid would look like in the real world. Enjoy

Great Resume Designs that Catch Attention–and Got People Hired Inspiration June 21, 2011 When applying for a job, you have no choice but to do your best to outshine competition. Even before winning an interview, your qualifications (or in some instance, your character) are already judged by the resume you’ve submitted. It is then important to make your resume or CV as honest, concise, and striking as possible. If you are looking forward to a creative position, you will be expected to come up with something grand and extra creative as well. Take a look at how other designers compose their creative resumes. View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source Author: Cadence Wu Cadence is You The Designer's senior blogger, and the most jack-of-all-trades of the staff.

Anamorphic Art! Artist Felice Varini is a master of anamorphic installations. He paints directly on indoor and outdoor spaces such as rooms, stairways, buildings, and more. His work requires that you view it at a specific angle, so that you can see geometric shapes. Notes about the artist: [1] Felice Varini was born in 1952 in Locarno, Switzerland. and currently lives in Paris.[...] The paintings are characterized by a single vantage point from which the viewer can see the complete painting (usually a simple geometric shape such as circle, square, line), while various ‘broken’ fragmented shapes are seen from various other view points. 1. Optical Illusions » Blog Archive » Body Art – Hand Animals These have to be some of the best examples of hand art I’ve ever seen. Great fun to look at for the kids and a real example of how to disguise your hand as an elephant, eagle or tiger. Click the main post for the full set of pictures.

Ballpoint pen and nothing more Surprisingly, all these detailed, realistic pictures are made by ordinary ballpoint pen. The author – a young artist and photographer Sarah Esteje. It is difficult to imagine how you can draw so cleanly and professionally the first time – because, unlike the pencil drawings, there is nothing to fix fails. 35 Celebrity Mosaics PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Recycled red, white & blue trash including McDonalds wrappers, toy soldiers, cigarettes, a Costco card, and a pretty sweet sneaker. COURTNEY LOVE, Pills. BIG BIRD, Cereal. CHEECH AND CHONG, Drug and alcohol paraphernalia KATHY GRIFFIN, Trash donated by Kathy to the artist. KIM KARDASHIAN, Red Vines. CHELSEA HANDLER, Snuggie wrappers, Belvedere vodka bottles and birth control pills, among other miscellany. LADY GAGA, Hello Kitty merchandise from a Gaga photoshoot, poker chips, sunglasses, rhinestones, recycled electronic parts and a dismembered Kermit the Frog doll. MICHAEL JACKSON, Pills. JAY-Z, Broken records. HEATH LEDGER, Pills. MISSY ELLIOT, Makeup. SIGMUND FREUD, Pills. MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN, Jelly beans. CHRIS ROCK, Miscellany. CONAN O’BRIEN, Orange, Blue and Green garbage. GEORGE LOPEZ, Random trash. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, Rice. FREDDY KRUEGER, Red Vines. RACHAEL RAY, Pasta. ROSIE O’DONNELL, Snack food. TAYLOR LAUTNER, Red Vines. JERRY SEINFELD, Cereal. MONIQUE, Red Vines.

Dusty Car Windows Art Incredible Dusty Car Windows Art Works Most people can’t resist when they see a dirty car window and end up scrawling funny figures or clever messages. But their are great and talented artist, elevating these dust-covered canvases to the level of high art. Link Be Sociable, Share! 40+ Vintage and Retro Photoshop Actions 499 shares 10 Places to Get Photoshop Actions Delivering high quality images is something every designer should worry about, especially with images being such an important part of a design. Read More 1523 shares 20 Excellent Examples of Photo Manipulation Photo manipulations are fun to create and fun to look at.

Create A Cute Creature Character From A Sketch In Illustrator In this tutorial I will show you how to create a cute creature from a sketch. This tutorial uses custom brushes, the Paintbrush tool, Pen tool, and the Live Paint Bucket tool. Even if your not a huge fan of the cuteness, you can use these techniques for other illustrations, logos, and vector elements. Final Image Below is the final image we will be working towards. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate Topics Covered: Custom Brushes, Paintbrush Tool, Live Paint Bucket tool Estimated Completion Time: 1-1.5 hours Step 1 Create a sketch with traditional media or in a design application like Photoshop. Step 2 In Illustrator, create a new document, go File > Place, find your image, and place it on your document. Step 3 Press the Create New Layer button from the Layers panel and rename it “Outline”. Step 4 For the outline of the creature we are going to create two custom Art Brushes. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Paintbrush tool or Pen tool Avoid Paths with Sharp Angles Step 8

“The Art of Clean Up” por Ursus Werhli, vía bumbumbum “The Art of Clean Up” es un libro del artista alemán Ursus Werhli, aquí recopila distintos objetos y situaciones completamente organizadas. 12 Top Quality Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials Below are a few Photoshop light effect tutorials that have caught my eye while looking over the tutorial sites, for me these produce the best results while using brushes, blurs and other media such as textures to create a top quality effect. Create Awesome Abstract Nebula Circle Shape in Photoshop Covers using filters with textures such as the twirl filter and warp filter with a Nebula star texture making for impressive results. Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects You’ll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design. Create a Surreal Girl with a Raven Composition in Photoshop Tutorial Loads of great tricks in this tutorial. The Making of “Constant Slip” This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to, but is very detailed and can lead to some very creative ways of achieving light effects. Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop Comments

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