August 28, 2009 aloa's blog

Calligraphic Paintings by Jose Parla

José Parlá's - who now works in New York - created his own unique style which reminds of great calligraphic

Featured Tutorial

Crazy Cool Vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop
Crazy Cool Vectors in Illustrator and Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a very nice image inspired by the amazing work of Andy Gilmore. If you don't know who he is, I highly recommend you to check his work out. He creates images combining vectors and blend modes to create astonishing designs, and that is what we are going to do. We will use Illustrator and Photoshop in this tutorial. Step 1

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week 204 by Vlad Axinte
Wallpaper of the Week 204 by Vlad Axinte
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Vlad Axinte, a self-taught designer from Romania. The image is called "Coordinates of Chaos" and it was inspired by street art and grafitti. I tried to take the street art into a digital environment using my Wacom Bamboo Pen and Adobe Photoshop CS5 For more information visit Vlad Axinte's Web site at http://www.behance.net/lexington

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Symbol
Book Suggestion: Symbol
The book suggestion of the week is called Symbol and it's a great book for those willing to learn more and improve their design skills on symbols.