July 23, 2008

Inspiration: Plate Designs

I thought that these classic and modern designs on plates were pretty good. As some of you may see, there

Featured Tutorial

Vector Effects | Photoshop Tutorial
Vector effects
Last week I had posted an article about Photoshop Masters, it was really good to see their works and how they used the tool to achieve those amazing effects. I really like the style of some guys there, particularly Adhemas Baptista, Eduardo Recife and Nik Ainley. Now in this post, I created a really cool design mixing a photo with vector elements using Photoshop (lots of brushes) and Illustrator.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 201 by Alecio Calixto
Wallpaper of the Week 201 by Alecio Calixto
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Alecio Calixto and it's called The Crow. Alecio is an art director and digital designer from Brazil. The image was a suggestion from Alecio himself to us via email. You can also suggest us wallpapers. Just email them to abduzeedo@abduzeedo.com with the subject "Wallpaper of the Week" For more information about Alecio visit http://cargocollective.com/aleciocalixto

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
Book Suggestion: Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
The book suggestion of this week is a very inspiring one for those in love with vintage typography, it's called Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age. It's definitely a book for when you need some extra motivation and inspiration. About the book Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.