October 10, 2008 aloa's blog

Web Design Inspiration: Bacardi Mojito

When I looked for artists for the Web Pick's Water article I found this awesome water website but forgot to

Featured Tutorial

Dark Knight Rises Poster in Photoshop
Dark Knight Rises Poster in Photoshop
A couple of weeks ago I saw the new Dark Knight Rises poster and I love it. The concept was beautiful, using negative spaces to show the Batman symbol. As usual I started to think about ways to do that in Photoshop, then last Saturday I started looking for assets and trying to put together the first concept. After a couple of hours searching for images I found good ones and had a nice start.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #72 - Patrick Monkel
Wallpaper of the Week #72 - Patrick Monkel
The wallpaper of this week is really cool space scene created by Patrick Monkel, also known as Monk. Patrick is a graphic designer from The Netherlands, with great sense of color usage and a repertoire of nice light effects in his compositions. For more information visit Monks's website at http://www.patrickmonkel.nl/

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way We Make Things
Book Suggestion: Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way We Make Things
The book suggestion of this week is the next one in my list and I will start reading it this weekend. It's called Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. I have been waiting to read this book for a while. I got it a few weeks ago as a present and now it's the right time. Below I will list some info about the book.