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Video Inspiration: The Tale of How

Video Inspiration: The Tale of How
A lot of people ask us how we always find the artists and videos for our inspirations. Well, almost the best part of working on abduzeedo is watching movies (mostly on vimeo) and if I like them I just post them on here. But don't get me wrong. It's very hard work. And now, sound on, room dark, and psssst: The movie begins.

Inspiration: Rob Shields

Inspiration: Rob Shields
I know this artist for years now and i subscribed to his DeviantArt-Account. It was very interesting to watch him over the years, seeing the progress he made, the details he respected on. I knew him when he had the artist-name "F-For-Fake" and it's fun watching people change. See his portfolio here

Inspiration: Celso Junior Vector Graphics

Inspiration: Celso Junior Vector Graphics
When I first found out what vector graphics were, I was impressed (and I mean really impressed) by this artist. He's extremely talented, and makes very good artwork that would fit really well on your desktop. The bad news is that he stopped doing vectors in 2007. I would have asked for an interview if I had the opportunity.

Inspiration: Great Universe Collection Part II

Inspiration: Great Universe Collection Part II
Whohaa, here's part 2 after part 1 was so successful. It was finally time to publish a second article with these awesome pieces of art. When I look at this collection of fake universe pictures I always ask myself if this could actually happen. What do you think?

Video Inspiration: Superjail

Video Inspiration: Superjail
Ok guys. This is kind of a "must see" video. When i first watched it i was laughting my ass of, but it also is the most brutal tv-show i've ever seen. The pilot was aired on tv on May 13 2007 and then the show disappeared from the screen. They produce now more episodes of this show. In my opinion its THE MOST CREATIVE SHOW EVER MADE

Inspiration: Manifest Hope Contest

Inspiration: Manifest Hope Contest
I've never seen so much design production of a president at any other election. I love the Obama Illustration (see on the headline picture) and bought myself a t-shirt of it. The website ManifestHope.com made a contest about designing artworks that has something to do with Hope or Change.

Inspiration: MisprintedType (new site)

Inspiration: MisprintedType (new site)
One of the most famous artists in the world Eduardo Recife finally updated his website MisprintedType.com with the version number 4. Beside new free brushes and fonts he made a pack of new great Illustrations, which are great

2 x iStopMotion 2 Express (for MAC) Giveaway

2 x iStopMotion 2 Express (for MAC) Giveaway
Abduzeedo.com is doing great at the time. We get more good posts and users daily. Thats why we sometimes have to give something back to our users. This time we give away 2 full version of iStopMotion 2 Express each worth 100 $.

Video Inspiration: Magic Flashlights

Video Inspiration: Magic Flashlights
Who, this is one of my favourite snowboard movies. Nowerdays you have to be very creative if you want to impress the viewer, now that there are a lot of very good snowboarder out there. Mike Benson had a great Idea and just add motion work in his video. Enjoy

Inspiration: Speakerdog Illustrations

Inspiration: Speakerdog Illustrations
The Speakerdog is an invention by Ben O´Brien who simly calls himself "Ben the Illustrator". He sells a lot of merchandise like t-shirts, sticker, toys, softies, belts and of course prints and posters with the speakerdog. On the website he has a gallery of speakerdog illustrations, which i´d like to show you.

Nikolay Vanchev Interview (NuFabric)

Nikolay Vanchev Interview (NuFabric)
Nikolay Vanchev is a very talented 20-year-old graphic designer & art director. I was a friend to him on Deviantart but im in love with him since he published his "Typography is not a solution"-artwork. Together with Dimo Trifonov the bulgarian launched his new website nufabric.org.

Portfolio Update: Chuck Anderson (NOPATTERN)

Portfolio Update: Chuck Anderson (NOPATTERN)
We here at abduzeedo love NoPattern-mastermind Chuck Anderson. We published a great interview and mentioned him in several articles. He just updated his website with great new stuff you wont miss.

Adopekid Interview

Adopekid Interview
He called himself Adobekid but after Adobe contacted him he had to change his name. He changed it to Adopekid and if you look at his artworks you can recognize that they are very dope.

Nik Ainley (Shinybinary) Interview

Nik Ainley (Shinybinary) Interview
Nowerdays you'll find Nik Ainley's (from Shinybinary) work almost everywhere in the internet. He worked for great design inspirations and websites like PSDTUTS, Computer Arts, DigitalArtsOnline and Desktopography, just to name a few.

Inspiration: Cool Vector Cars

Inspiration: Cool Vector Cars
Vector art is one of my favourite technics of creating an image, but it takes time. Check out these cool vector artworks of cars