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[30 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Featured Artist Adam Cairns

Adamn Cairns is a 14 Digital Artist out of the UK and has been one of the hugest supports of this blog! Adam is one of the more talented young artist I’ve seen in the online community, and someone I believe has a promising future. His excellent photo manipulation work is quite impressive.

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[27 Nov 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
New Book- ARTFUL MANIPULATIONS

For sometime now I’ve been working on a project I haven’t told many people about, but finally it’s time to let out the secret, if you read the headline of this post then you have probably guessed it, I will be publishing my first Art Book in the first quarter of 2010!

Articles, Inspiration, Typography »

[24 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Typography Tuesday Showcase 11/24/09

#typographytuesday – to participate every Tuesday tweet articles and images on typography. They can be gallery showcase, tutorials, free fonts. If you have a blog you can also post articles on typography and encourage others to tweet them!

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[24 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Featured Artist Whytmonkz of Deviant Art

Today I feature the work of a very talented freelanced designer based out of Indonesia, Whytmonkz of Deviant Art. When I first saw his work I was completely blown away by it. What he is capable of doing with photo manipulation in top notch!

Articles, Video »

[21 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Guide to Being A Better Design Client Part 1

Usually I develop articles to help designers and other creatives, but today I’m going to write something that will help both designers and clients. For designers this will allow you to understand that you are not alone in wishing that circumstances in your client relationships were better and possibly give you an idea as to how to communicate to your client or employer the changes you wish to occur in your relationship with them.

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[19 Nov 2009 | 9 Comments | ]
30 Plus Fresh Typography Designs

Typography is one of the most powerful skills in a graphic designers arsenal. The power of words to create, destroy, inspire, move us to action, or stop us dead in our tracks should never be underestimated or taken for granted.Today’s showcase features more than 30 Examples of fresh eye catching typography designs from various designers.

Articles, Inspiration, Twitter »

[19 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Roberto Blake Featured on Minervity.com

I woke up today to find that I had the honor of being featured in an article by @KarenMcDade on Minervity.com. This is a real treat with me since I was put along side my own personal heroes like David Cousens and BrandNu! I can’t tell you how blown away I was by that when I saw it. Ultimately the article is to introduce the community to underexposed designers that use twitter and offer something of value to the design community by doing it, which was a great idea that I fully support.

Graphics-Portfolio, Portfolio, Video »

[18 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

I put together a small video, generally for video editing I use Adobe Premier Elements, but I’ve found that for small presentations for your graphic design work you can in fact get away with putting these together in a few short minutes in Windows Movie Maker and that you can in fact export them in HD Quality!

Graphics-Portfolio, Typography »

[18 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Typography I Really Do Love Helvetica

I really do love the Helvetica font-face and I just wanted to share some of the typographic artwork it has inspired me to create.

Inspiration, Photo-Manipulation, Showcase »

[18 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Featured Artist Rodney Hart of Deviantart

Today’s Featured Artist is someone I have been watching on Deviant Art for quite a while. His work is nothing less than stellar, captivating, and inspiring. I’m actually surprised he doesn’t have tens of thousands of views to his Deviant Art page because as you will see his work is just that good! His name is Rodney Hart and he is a Graphic Designer based out of the UK.

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[17 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Photo Manipulation Blazing Blue

Its obvious when you first look at this image that it was inspired by none other than the Jabbawockeez, the Season 1 Champions of America’s Best Dance Crew, who also stared in the movie Step Up 2 The Streets, who have taken the nation by storm.

Articles, Blogging, Twitter »

[17 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
How To Use Twitter Responsibly

This is just quick little guide of some ways you can tweet responsibly and keep your readers from Unfollowing you and encourage more people to follow you. Who knows maybe you’ll even be a leader on twitter one day!

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[16 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Photoshop Creative Artist of the Week Oksana Podrez

This week’s Photoshop Creative Artist of the Week is Oksana Podrez a digital artist based out of the Ukraine.
You can view her other work at her Photoshop Creative Gallery. Congratulations Oksana!

Articles, Twitter »

[16 Nov 2009 | 8 Comments | ]
Get On the List: Graphic Designers that Use Twitter

In the next week or two I will be compiling a list of graphic designers, web designers, and digital artist that use twitter. I know that we’ve all seen list like this before, but I’m hoping to mix it up a little, in addition to listing people that I already know as designers and artist from the web, I”m letting you guys recommend who should be on the list, and nominate others or yourselves too.

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[14 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Featured Artist Rob Shields

Rob Shields is probably one the greatest and most well known digital artist I’ve ever seen. His work serves as a constant inspiration to myself and many others in the artistic community. Whenever I look at Rob Shields work I am blown away and inspired to take my own work to another level.

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[12 Nov 2009 | 14 Comments | ]
40 Stunning Digital Paintings

Maybe some of you are as tired as I am of the same list over and over featuring the same artwork by the same people. So here you go some new fresh eye candy from you from some digital artist many of you have never seen or heard of who produce some of the most amazing digital artist in the deviant art community.