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The Properties of Identity

paul0v2 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:03:21 +0000

This is an illustration series by Alex Varanesse, he believes that if identity can be reduced solely to a finite set of properties—and I've always believed that it can—then this series serves as a woefully incomplete but sternly determined starting point.

A collection of [seemingly] random visual ideas produced over a period of a couple weeks in November of 2011. Much of the creative content seen here, however, was pieced together from half-remembered dreams, edgeless shards and overwritten fragments of a partial existence originally thought to be lost forever to the 1980's; as such, it might be more accurate to say this work was simply recovered.

Disjointed and scatterbrained though it might seem, this series is connected by at least one thread of genuine consistency—that it's not the product of the standard design tools of the noughties, but the output of a camera that points back towards the eye of the user, one lens against the other, extracting with each sizzling flash another interlaced glimpse of times, places, colors and shapes that make even less sense now than they did at the moment of their original recording. What this camera lacks in fidelity it resolutely makes up for in contradiction; its dimensionless images feature depth without distance, saturation without color, shape without form and conviction without meaning.

For more from Alex visit alexvaranese.com

About the author

Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 26 year old web designer - paulocanabarro.com I'm from Brazil currently living and working out of Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds, finding and sharing inspiration here has become part of my life. If you like to know more about me or get in touch visit my website paulocanabarro.com Stock me at Twitter and Dribbble

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Worldwide Photography #57: Honolulu

marcos333 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:06:47 +0000

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we're going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Honolullu, Hawaii.

For the next week we're going to feature Bucharest, Romania so if you want to send your submissions for the next Worldwide Photography, please tweet the tag #wwphoto and the link of the photo(s) on twitter. I'll be wainting for your submissions :)

pineapple

Jeremy Snell

alvinkredible

` Toshio '

ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN ©

Ryan Eng

Jeremy Snell

` Toshio '

ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN ©

~ Floydian ~

.Hoppo.

Ryan Eng

.Hoppo.

Watari Goro ???

konaboy

Bill Adams

.Hoppo.

Ryan Eng

isayx3

Rex Maximilian

Tom's who!

TheBigPineapple

konaboy

Marquisa -

Reuben Wu

.Hoppo.

Watari Goro ???

.Hoppo.

eyetwist

.Hoppo.

/\ltus

Jeremy Snell

About the author

My name is Marcos Torres, I'm Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.

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New Interview with Archan Nair

marcos333 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:04 +0000

Archan Nair is a really kind person and one of the top notch digital artists nowadays. This is actually our second interview with him, as we always like to know more and more about him and all his knowledge thru this years working on the creative field. Hope this conversation will be useful and enjoyable for you guys.

If you want to know more about Archan, please acess his Website.

1) First of all I would like to thank you for doing this interview, it's an honor for us to present more about you to our readers. I would like to start asking you about when your interest for digital art and illustration began.

Thank you so much for having me again on abduzeedo and making me a part of this ever growing creative spirit here.The honor is mine .. and I am really glad to be back after a few years and sharing my journey with all the beautiful creators and co-creators.

I began working in the fashion industry around 2002, when I joined my family’s apparel manufacturing company with absolutely no formal training. Around Mid 2006 I started dabbling with a bit of photoshop, and was basically having fun everyday.. earlier days it seemed really fun and joy to create, but as I was exploring more, I started becoming really serious with creating and expressing myself through the digital medium. In about a year, I finally decided to pursue my love , to do what I really enjoy from the deepest corner of my heart, and to start my own studio where I could create all the time. It has been an incredible trip since then.

2) Which artists do you use for reference?

I admire a lot of artists, but usually in other fields of art like music or sculpture. I love a lot of visual artists also , but I never use any as reference. I really love artists or creators who are truly original in their style and just do what they love doing. and it really shows in their work.

3) People recognize you for doing some really intense and colorful mixed media art, a aesthetic that influenced a lot of designers and art directors on the last 5 years. How did you develop this style and how would you describe it?

I feel that the colours come so naturally to me, and that our culture has a major influence in the way I use my vivid compositions. It is definitely not a conscious effort, but it seems to be embedded deep within me.My inspirations comes from everything around me, life as usual. Conversations, music, movies, realizations, anything which could really inspire me at a particular moment would motivate me to express myself through that channel , and while expressing them on a manasic plane I translate them through vibrant love.

4) Describe us a bit of your creative process.

I love experimenting. and I get bored very easily .. so I always need new ways to innovate and create. When I am creating my subconscious always reminds me of how much more can I explore.. I usually would start an artwork by beginning with water colours to create a base, and then paint digitally. Print the artwork on a canvas and use acrylic paints, pens and markers for line art drawings, 3D objects or even scraps , and experiment with traditional and digital medias on and off the entire process , even images or anything which I would connect with during the creation of the artwork, until I feel I am ready.

5)You latest artworks seem to have a great influence of traditional illustration, more specific from watercolors and some abstract paintings.
Do you use to mix this medias? What you think about mastering traditional methods?

Oh yes absolutely. I love working with different medias. As I have progressed in this journey over the last few years, I have started loving different mediums of expressing myself and trying to merge them into 1 composition, that is really exciting me now. I am not sure about mastering, as I feel no one can master anything, as every process is infinite and never-ending, so even those we term as masters are still learning and doing new things too.

I feel that no matter which media we create on, we should just love creating , irrespective of the media.. and if someone is inclined towards a particular genre, he or she should try it out.

6) How do you describe your daily routine?

Sure. Well, I have no timetable as I don't follow time anymore, so I am creating all the time. I wake up early mornings usually and create , Love tingling my senses with great food. love dining out, watching movies with the family and friends. Love exploring sound and creating music, trying to spin both the sound and visual energies with each other now and absolutely loving it.

7) Which is your favorite piece so far?

I feel all my works are a true part of my being, my energy and all are my true expressions.. so selecting a piece or a few pieces is really very difficult, as they all have contributed to really connect me with my true self, and still help me grow and find answers everyday. Every one of them are my babies and really really special. I love them all!

8) Tell us five lessons you believe are really important

- I feel its important to really seek , admire and manifest your own reality. If you love doing something, you must do it without fear and go all out and do it all the time

- Contribute to the planet, by sharing and loving every living element , everything around you, because of which you are in such a beautiful space.

- Be original and do your own style, as that will make you unique and that is how you will find your true calling

- Working on your skills or technique is important, but not everything! Try to pour more love into your work than just focus on the skill part.

- Realizing how gifted we all our in our own special way and really using those gifts in society.

9) Tell us sites that you like to visit

These days I like going into tumblr, I love 1x.com, and I am a tech freak, love customizing my phone so xda developers as well :)

10) Thanks again for your time, please leave a final message for the ones who are starting out on this kind of business.

I feel that success is never about money or fame. Success is about finding your true creative spirit, knowing your gift and sharing your vibration in its purest form with the cosmos. Would love to just share, and say.. be original, love what you create, imagination is the only knowledge and when we listen to our heart, we have access to that knowledge. Thank you so much! :)

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Typography Mania #118

paul0v2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:14:33 +0000

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania

Make sure to click on each image to go to original location where you can check out more work from each artist and designer.

Submit your Typography work

From now on you can submit your typography mania piece by adding your image to Abduzeedo's Flickr Group and use the tag Typography. I will search through and handpick the best pieces every week.

Images

Submitted by Jay Roeder

Submitted by HypeForType

Submitted by Chris Halderman

Submitted by delroca

Submitted by TIPOCALI

Submitted by devgupta86

Submitted by bryrye

Submitted by delroca

Submitted by Pretty/Ugly Design

Submitted by giopuno

Submitted by Marcelo Schultz

Submitted by Jackson Alves

Submitted by rubikluk

Submitted by Space Jungle

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Gore and Visceral Artworks by Nychos

marcos333 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:14 +0000

Nychos is one of these all time recognizable artists, even when he's not doing some gore illustration or wall painting, his technique just got so much particular that you will know instantly know who's the author. Bunnies, splatter, gore scenes and black humor are some recurring themes on his highly detailed pieces.

You should check more of Nychos work, it's definitely worth it, so just check his Website.

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Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

AoiroStudio — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:38:40 +0000

The title says pretty much what this post is all about. For those who are more concern about the final score, I am more into looking the commercials. It's where you will witness all the millions of dollars that companies spent each year for a few seconds of air time during the Super Bowl. Some of the commercials are purely hilarious, genuinely done and others are just plain déjà vu. I hope you will enjoy them!

Audi 2012 Game Day Commercial - Vampire Party

M&M's - Ms. Brown Teaser (2012, USA)

2013 Lexus GS - Super Bowl Ad "The Beast"

Bridgestone - Press Conference

Teleflora Super Bowl Ad - Adriana Lima 2012

OFFICIAL David Beckham Bodywear for H&M Super Bowl Ad

Coke 2012 Commercial: "Catch" Starring NY Bear

The Bark Side - 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

The Dog Strikes Back - 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial

Toyota Camry 2012 Big Game - 60 Commercial It's Reinvented

2012 Acura NSX - Super Bowl Full Commercial Featuring Jerry Seinfeld

"A Dream Car. For Real Life." -- 2012 Kia Optima Big Game Full Commercial

Chevy Sonic "Stunt Anthem" - Chevrolet Commercial

Pepsi MAX - Check-Out Super Bowl Full Commercial

Samsung "Next Big Thing" Super Bowl Ad

Doritos® - Bird of Prey -- Crash the Super Bowl 2012

2012 Chevrolet "Route 66" Super Bowl XLVI Commercial - Happy Grad

FIAT 500 Abarth - Seduction 2012 Super Bowl Contender

Marvel's The Avengers Super Bowl XLVI Commercial

My all-time Favourite - Budweiser Wassup

About the author

My name's François Hoang and my alias's Aoiro Studio. I am a self-taught freelance graphic designer from Montreal, Canada. I've been designing for the last 4 years and really have a huge passion for creative work that makes a difference in our world. If you wanna requests some posts; I can be found on Twitter or feel free to contact me.

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Visual Identity: Dronninga by Kristian Tennebø

abduzeedo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:39:31 +0000

Our goal for 2012 was to focus on excellent work in all fields but with a special attention to Visual Identity. Nowadays design has become a great differentiator in terms of how people perceive companies and products in general. The visual identity is the first contact customer has with those and that's why we love it and will be posting more about that.

In this post we will showcase Dronninga a beautiful Visual Identity work from Kristian Tennebø, a designer from Oslo, Norway. You can find out more about him at http://www.dinamo.no

Dronninga landskap is one of Norways leading landscape architects. To tell the story of craftsmanship and tradition, we made a labyrinth of the letter D, which became the most important element of the new identity. The classical labyrinth is a universal symbol for landscape arcitechts and can be traced back to medieval times. For them it represents a way of thinking and catalyst for how they attack their projects.

As in nature, the feeling of touch and perspective, became an important feature in the new identity. Tactile uncoated papers, wide range of embossing, screenprinting, varnishes and
all routed elements in their signage.

About the author

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. You can get in follow us via Twitter at @abduzeedo

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Worldwide Photography #56: Hobart

marcos333 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:53:17 +0000

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we're going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Hobart, Tasmania.

For the next week we're going to feature Honolulu, Hawaii so if you want to send your submissions for the next Worldwide Photography, please tweet the tag #wwphoto and the link of the photo(s) on twitter. I'll be wainting for your submissions :)

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ac2026

hillsee

Andrew C Wallace

David Panevin

Sarcophilus Harrisii

andrewfuller62

mugley

Method Photography

Kizza414

Gomerama

alexwise

glenyc50

andrewwantcoffee

SegiY

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andrewfuller62

Stefan Karpiniec

rossipenburg

tim phillips photos

tassie.Sim

shuttles

Andrew C Wallace

maxwell_cimus

Roger T Wong

shaun_25

Gerald Verdouw

vinzzzzzzzzzz

biskitboy

Roger T Wong

CarlosSilvestre62

Artie | Photography :: No need 2 comment :)

Airflore

Eloise Claire

mymostofme // metamorphograph

BennoSteve

john white photos

tim phillips photos

Sean Davey Photography

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Retro Illustrations from Russia

paul0v2 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:52:09 +0000

Iv Orlov is an illustrator from Murmansk, Russia and his work is absolutely amazing. A mix of retro with a strong use of colors and patterns blending everything together and twisting the mind of the viewer by creating different shapes using the white space. It's like each piece never ends. Check it out!

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Typography Mania #117

paul0v2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:18 +0000

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania

Make sure to click on each image to go to original location where you can check out more work from each artist and designer.

Submit your Typography work

From now on you can submit your typography mania piece by adding your image to Abduzeedo's Flickr Group and use the tag Typography. I will search through and handpick the best pieces every week.

Images

Submitted by Jay Roeder

Submitted by willpay

Submitted by wanderingbert

Submitted by Nikie_Monteleone

Submitted by Brenton Little

Submitted by Kristian Hay

Submitted by fabioooliveira

Submitted by Marcelo Schultz

Submitted by iGraph_pl

Submitted by JuPuddles

Submitted by emilymcdowelldraws

Submitted by MikeGalore

Submitted by SmoothSqu4d

Submitted by alex_great2002

Submitted by Damibanwo

Submitted by Jackson Alves

Submitted by C_a_N_D_a_R_K ®

Submitted by maykel nunes

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Beautiful Editorial Illustrations by Luciano Lozano aka. Ilustrista

marcos333 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:31:15 +0000

Luciano Lozano it's a self-taught illustrator based on Barcelona, Spain working mainly with magazines and books. He got a quite distinctive style, since we cannot simply label it as retro as sometimes he works with traditional methods getting some really fresh results.

You can know more about Luciano at his Website.

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Experiments II the 7th Exhibiiton of Cosmosys

AoiroStudio — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:29:41 +0000

The group Cosmosys is a creative community focused around different forms of art, composed of artists from around the globe and they recently released their 7th exhibiiton with a beautiful gallery of different stunning pieces. I hope you will enjoy them!

Our goal is to provide artists with a community in which to experiment and grow. We want to influence many great artists out there, spread the love for art. Also have a thriving community/family of artists that really enjoy being creative and that have a strong bond between them.

For more information about Cosmosys and their artists, you can visit Cosmosys.net , be a fan of Cosmosys on Facebook or simply follow them on Twitter @cosmosysart .

LIT by Dyst

HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Sythest

TEMPLE by Noah

MODERN CIVILIZATION by Aoryu

INFERNO by Paint

RELEASE by Vanish

ENTHEOGEN by Clyzm

SANGUINE by Pain

SATORI by Straye

DOMINANCE by Bess

THE INFECTION by Obstination

CHAOTIC LIFE by Aoryu

SOURCE CODE by Vanish

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH by Obstination

REMINISCENCE by Aoryu

SUPERNOVA by Obstination

THE LEGACY by Obstination

PEYOTE by Clyzm

RETURN OF THE DEBRIS by Daze

FOR THE BIRDS by .SZ

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Marker Portraits by Mr Frivolous

marcos333 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:16:48 +0000

Thru Abduzeedo and other inspiration websites, you probably have seen almost everything in terms of art, from wicked installations to regular acrylic art, there are no limits to creativity. Ok, but I must admit I have never seen someone doing such beautiful artworks with markers. Yep, regular markers, like the ones we used to draw when we were kids and nowadays we mostly use for sketches, just check this guy out.

You can see more of this awesomeness at his Flickr.

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Stunning Aerial Photography

guest — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:43 +0000

Photography is great and amazing in and of itself, but aerial photography takes it to another level of beauty by capturing these incredible shots only few people are able see without these photos. I hope you all enjoy and get inspired from this!

Hello everyone! I'm Mackenzie, a graphic designer out of Colorado. In addition to being a designer, I run Artists Inspire Artists - an inspiration blog. I hope you've enjoyed this post. For more, follow me on Facebook & Twitter.

20 things from 2011

paul0v2 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:08:12 +0000

20 things that happened on the internet in 2011 is an amazing image illustrating 20 facts that happened last year on the internet and you have to guess what they are. You can also check the step by steps of how it was done, and see detailed shots of this amazing piece.

The Artworks is created by Peter Jaworowski & Michal Lisowski of Ars Thanea together with Syzygy a digital agency from London.

Perhaps you’ve seen 20things from 2010. This year’s incarnation works much the same way: 20 of the greatest, funniest and most insane internet events from 2011 have been united in a single illustration. It’s an open challenge. Last year a few people guessed 19 out of 20 – we’re hoping someone will crack all 20 this year.

inspiration

The Properties of Identity

This is an illustration series by Alex Varanesse, he believes that if identity can be reduced solely to a finite set of properties—and I've always believed that it can—then this series serves as a woefully incomplete but sternly determined starting point.

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Worldwide Photography #57: Honolulu

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we're going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Honolullu, Hawaii.

pineapple

Jeremy Snell

alvinkredible

` Toshio '

ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN ©

Ryan Eng

Jeremy Snell

` Toshio '

` Toshio '

` Toshio '

ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN ©

~ Floydian ~

.Hoppo.

.Hoppo.

Ryan Eng

.Hoppo.

Watari Goro ???

konaboy

Bill Adams

.Hoppo.

Ryan Eng

isayx3

Rex Maximilian

Tom's who!

TheBigPineapple

konaboy

Marquisa -

Reuben Wu

.Hoppo.

Watari Goro ???

.Hoppo.

eyetwist

.Hoppo.

/\ltus

/\ltus

Jeremy Snell

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New Interview with Archan Nair

1) First of all I would like to thank you for doing this interview, it's an honor for us to present more about you to our readers. I would like to start asking you about when your interest for digital art and illustration began.

2) Which artists do you use for reference?

3) People recognize you for doing some really intense and colorful mixed media art, a aesthetic that influenced a lot of designers and art directors on the last 5 years. How did you develop this style and how would you describe it?

4) Describe us a bit of your creative process.

5)You latest artworks seem to have a great influence of traditional illustration, more specific from watercolors and some abstract paintings. Do you use to mix this medias? What you think about mastering traditional methods?

6) How do you describe your daily routine?

7) Which is your favorite piece so far?

8) Tell us five lessons you believe are really important

9) Tell us sites that you like to visit

10) Thanks again for your time, please leave a final message for the ones who are starting out on this kind of business.

About the author

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Typography Mania #118

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

Submit your Typography work

Images

About the author

Sponsored Links:

Gore and Visceral Artworks by Nychos

About the author

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Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

Audi 2012 Game Day Commercial - Vampire Party

M&M's - Ms. Brown Teaser (2012, USA)

2013 Lexus GS - Super Bowl Ad "The Beast"

Bridgestone - Press Conference

Teleflora Super Bowl Ad - Adriana Lima 2012

OFFICIAL David Beckham Bodywear for H&M Super Bowl Ad

Coke 2012 Commercial: "Catch" Starring NY Bear

The Bark Side - 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

The Dog Strikes Back - 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial

Toyota Camry 2012 Big Game - 60 Commercial It's Reinvented

2012 Acura NSX - Super Bowl Full Commercial Featuring Jerry Seinfeld

"A Dream Car. For Real Life." -- 2012 Kia Optima Big Game Full Commercial

5)You latest artworks seem to have a great influence of traditional illustration, more specific from watercolors and some abstract paintings.
Do you use to mix this medias? What you think about mastering traditional methods?