Daniela's blog

Inspiration: Archan Nair (badam PISTA)

Inspiration: Archan Nair (badam PISTA)
I love colors, specially vibrant color combinations, because, that's the first thing that catches my attention, or maybe, it's because my Brazilian heritage, our carnival here is always very colorful. That's why I was very impressed by the work of Archan Nair, an artist based in New Delhi, India, with excellent illustration, mixing vibrant colors to produce some really cool work.

Awesome Wall Paintings

Awesome Wall Paintings
Yesterday I was surfing the web and I ended up on a site called Keepdrafting, where I saw some very interesting works from a talented artist called Augustine Kofie. I was amazed by his work and I thought it would be awesome to share with you. He has incredible paintings, wall paintings, illustrations, installations, and videos.

Pattern Inspiration: Daniele De Nigris

Pattern Inspiration: Daniele De Nigris
I really like patterns and I use them a lot in my designs, that's why I want to share with you some very cool images from Daniele De Nigris. An italian designer that has a very cool style, reminds another great artist Andy Gilmore.

Color inspiration from Rainbows

Great Color inspiration from Rainbows
As evidenced by cave paintings, humans have been inspired by nature since the dawn of time. While lightning makes for amazing photographs, and japanese prints capture the awe-inspiring power of tidal waves, few of nature's forces are as subtly powerful as the rainbow.

Fantastic Frilly Bits Typography Inspiration

Fantastic Frilly Bits Typography Inspiration
A few months ago Fabio had published a tutorial showing how to create a nice typography effect, the Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography.

Cool Painted Tattoed Portraits by Shawn Barber

Cool Painted Tattoed Portraits by Shawn Barber
I'm not a huge tattoos fan, I don't even have one, but the quality of the drawings and artwork created by Shawn Barber has blown me away. His paintings have been exhibited in NYC, San Francisco, LA, Berlin and many more cities and cool venues. Also he has done some work for The Grammy Awards, Rolling Stone, MTV Networks and Converse.

Incredible Custom Shoes Designs

Incredible Custom Shoes Designs
We love shoes, that's total fact. Now, when it comes to custom shoes, we are totally suckers for it. There are some artists that make sweet custom shoe designs that are really worth a look. Here is a mix of cool custom desings that I found over the internet. And if you know of any other cool design, please drop a comment!! We'd love to see it!!

M. C. Escher Impossible Structures and Inspiration

M. C. Escher Impossible Structures and Inspiration
Last night I was looking for some references about mathematics for a t-shirt design I’m working on. I found an incredibly cool Dutch artist named M. C. Escher. You have probably already seen his work and haven’t realized it was him, so that’s why I decided to blog about him.

Inspiration: Brett Walker

Inspiration: Brett Walker
This is my first post on Abduzeedo, so let me introduce myself. My name is Daniela. I'm a Brazilian graphic and product designer. In this post I will share some images with you from Brett Walker, a photographer from London, UK.