Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

I found this wonder set of photographs on But Does It Float.  I have no idea what is being photographed, but they simply beautiful.  I’m often inspired by SEM photography, I find it very powerful to take something that can’t be seen by the naked eye and bring it into focus for viewing by the [...]

Notcouture is really a great place to go and see a lot of really pretty things fairly quikly.  I love the layout of the site, which is set up with 10 rows of five images on the page.  The images are large enough for you to get a good look, and the text is small [...]

I am getting to the point where I am going to have to start figuring out how to put together a Portfolio site, so I went searching for some ideas an inspiration – this post shows 50 of them – from inspirationfee.
50 Unique Examples of Single Page Portfolios.
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Now here is a non digital display of beauty that will blow your mind.  I love the Smithsonian Craftshow, and they post a ton of great object images online for you to drool over.  What a great place to go for insight and inspiration.  I highly recommend taking a few minutes to check it out!
The [...]

Lovely stuff from designrfix.
60+ Desktop wallpapers that will absolutely inspire you | designrfix.com.

In case you missed it, you really should check out Vectortuts+ roundup from March, some awesome tuts and resources to be had, especially if you’re an Illustrator addict!
Best of the Web – March 2010 | Vectortuts+.

A little web design inspiration for you from Smashing Share.
Weekly Smashing Web Design Inspiration – #12.

Inspiration -> Graphis Annual ‘57/58

Posted: 10th April 2010 by admin in Design, Inspiration
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This is a great vintage post about vintage design and the idea of Design Annuals.  I have been collecting design annuals for a while now, even before I got interested in the subject so passionately as of late.  I always found them to be huge books full of great ideas and images to use as [...]

=): Yellena’s Blog

Posted: 5th April 2010 by admin in Blog, Inspiration
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This amazing artist doesn’t blog much, but it’s because she’s so damn busy with work.  You really need to check out her amazing designs….and she’s doing it old school….with pens and ink and paper and stuff…..wow!  Oh and check her etsy shop too!
=): Yellena’s Blog.

On a completely unrelated note – this too is a great blog.
Personal Development for Smart People – Steve Pavlina.
(no pictures to see here, just text, sorry…but it’s got a lot of great information, especially if you, like most artists, struggle with deadlines, motivation, momentum, dedication, time management, depression, self-discipline and all those other things that [...]