October 28, 2011 PauloGabriel's blog

Super Creative Infographics by Column Five

During my daily research for great works, I got to find some sweet infographics done by Column Five, a creative

November 29, 2010 paul0v2's blog

Cool Infographic Designs

Infographics are really cool when they're well done, and the design makes it cool and interesting to check out the

August 10, 2010 PauloGabriel's blog

Movies Infographics Collection

Illustrators have been doing a great job with infographics, and these are getting cooler these days. There are tons of

July 13, 2009 PauloGabriel's blog

Video of the Week #45

Some time ago we had a post featuring some beautiful infographics. There was a bunch of great data visualization settings,

June 18, 2009 PauloGabriel's blog

The Beauty of Infographics and Data Visualization

Here in Brazil there's a magazine called "Super Interessante" (which had an Abduzeedo cover a little time ago), that always

Featured Tutorial

Reader Tutorial: Cartoon Character in Photoshop
Reader Tutorial: Cartoon Character in Photoshop
I have been thinking of doing a cartoon version of one of my favorite characters, Agatha Christies’ Detective Hercule Poirot, always portrayed as a strong willed and serious man. Doing such an intellectual and grumpy looking character in a cartoon fashion sounded like a funny idea to me. So I got my pencil and drew and colored it entirely on Photoshop CS3.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #70 - Dizzy Pattern
Wallpaper of the Week #70 - Dizzy Pattern
The wallpaper of this week I designed inspired by a skateboard deck design from the Element. It's a vector pattern that creates a really nice optical illusion. I, also, prepared 2 versions a dark one for those like me who like dark wallpapers and the original version that is more bright, but with a nice retro feel. Check out the tutorial: Rad Pattern in Illustrator that Makes you Dizzy .

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Designing Brand Identity - An Essential Guide for the Whole Bra
Book Suggestion: Designing Brand Identity
The book suggestion of this week is about branding and it's a recommendation from one of our favorite graphic designers out there, Roger Oddone. The book is called Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team and it covers everything you need to know about branding, from its definition to how come up with the most efficient strategy.