December 29, 2010 aloa's blog

Artwork Feature #2: Pete Harrison - Advent

This is part of our new weekly series of posts. Here we feature a selected piece of art and have

April 11, 2010 aloa's blog

Pete Harrison Website Update

Wirestyle, Aeiko or Pete Harrison,all different names for the same artist. In the past time Mr. Harrison has been busy

November 07, 2008 aloa's blog

Inspiration: Super Combo

My friend Pete Harrison just launched a new project with Olly Moss called Super Combo. A company with stylish new

Featured Tutorial

Hipster Text Effect in Pixelmator
Hipster Text Effect in Pixelmator
Every time I checked Dribbble I see a bunch of posts with this sort of vintage typography style. It's a very interesting look and very trendy nowadays. With that in mind I decided to improve my skills by trying to replicate this look and feel using Pixelmator. I will also post a tutorial using Photoshop, Fireworks and CSS. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a nice Hipster Text Effect in Pixelmator.

Try this Wallpaper

Wallpaper of the Week #160 by Richard Roberts
Wallpaper of the Week #160 by Richard Roberts
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Richard Roberts an US based freelance illustrator and designer. He has been illustrating digital for over six years and has had the pleasure of working with clients world wide. Richard is a very diverse artist using an array of different styles and techniques and always strives to push the limits of his work. For more information visit Richard's portfolio at http://www.theotherstream.com/

Book Suggestion

Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
Book Suggestion: Visual Complexity - Mapping Patterns of Information
The book of this week is a book I just got from a friend. It was in my wish list for a long time. The book is called Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information and as the reviews says, it's about our ability to generate information now far exceeds our capacity to understand it.