September 08, 2008 Francisco's blog

The future of magazines

Some of you may have already seen the news about the new issue of Esquire magazine containing E-ink on the

Featured Tutorial

Soul Rebel Poster Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show how to create an awesome illustration that can be printed as a poster to hang it on your wall. I broke down step by step from the beginning to the end so you can follow and understand exactly what I went through while making this piece, and you get to download the .psd at the end.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #145 by Magomed Dovjenko
Wallpaper of the Week #145 by Magomed Dovjenko
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Magomed Dovjenko, a very young thought talented illustrator and designer based in Cologne, German. He just updated his portfolio with new work like his "Help Japan" poster.

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.