Royalex is a French illustrator based in La Rochelle and was kind enough to share a colorful illustration project with us. Ouroboros was a school project for my final year in design school.

Eiko Ojala shared an awesome editorial illustration post on his Behance profile.

The future is now, and RETOKA . join the future now. With this project RETOKA . launched their first NFT work in the Foundation App. The artwork is simply beautiful featuring a human figure type of composition made of chains with a glitchy look. 

In the world of art, seeing is believing. We are creating the most culturally diverse contemporary art space for young artists, who embrace love, bravery and future and for you, to explore a different art world.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Weekend! We would like to start off this week with a Cyberpunk-feel inspired experimental short film entitled: Muse. Superb soundtrack by Morgan Willis, we are invited to watch a bunch of short sequences taking us through a journey of the imaginary future world and space.

I have always been a huge fan of the work put together by the team at Microsoft Design and also the collaborations they worked with several 'external teams' as well to create wonders and game-changing visuals for Microsoft products. We are featuring another great example by this partnership for 'Windows 11 Themes'.

The amazing people over at Debut shared a cool post exploring different typography styles to promote their studio. You can see in the images below a series of graphic styles, from simple vector illustration style to more intricate 3D visualizations. 

The "36 days of type" challenge never ceases to inspire me. There is always a new take on how to create a beautiful mix of typography, colors, and layout. For this post, I'm excited to feature the work that Maria Giemza created for her contribution.

The Lakeside Festival is an annual festival for drum and bass, house and techno music and is presented by Ehrlich Bum Bum, an independent drum and bass collective from Graz, Austria. Lukas Diemling created an analog typographic artwork for the brand identity and poster.

Let's explore Saigon, Vietnam through illustrations by a bunch of folks including: Maxk Nguyen, Thai Thanh Do, Kawako Giang Nguyễn, Nguyễn Thành Vũ, Thinh Le, Hạnh Huỳnh, Người Đá, Vũ Hải Long and Nguyễn Thành Chiến. This amazing crew has created a tremendous series by illustrating scenes from the streets of Saigon in Vietnam.

Yani & Guil shared a beautiful brand identity project for Salon Berlin. The heads of Salon Berlin reached out at us to bring to life a whole new series of men’s care products from the ground up.

Juhani Jokinen is an Associate Lead Concept Artist for Ubisoft. He is based in Helsink, Finland. Juhani is a concept designer, art director, and illustrator. He specializes in producing conceptual ideas and high-end artwork for clients within the entertainment industry.

If there is one thing that gets me really inspired is retro sports car. I posted about this before, but who doesn’t remember those amazing Lamborghini Countach posters that were all over kids walls in the 80s?

Deep Yellow shared the commissioned work they did for Bolster to enhance their visual identity through 3D shapes. The visual language was used to improve the digital experience and print materials.

Lera Kiryakova is an illustrator based in Tula, Russian Federation. She shared a lovely series titled 'Girls' which is an illustration series highlighting fictional characters and some of them you would recognize from the movies like 'The Queen's Gambit, Brave, Moana, and more.

The Observatory is an illustration and graphic design project created and shared by Anxo Vizcaíno. It is one of those projects that make your imagination fly away. It reminds me those old school 80s artworks, like you still can see some street artist doing on plates and stuff like that.

This summer, global warming seems to be affecting all parts of the world simultaneously.

It's been quite a long while since my last 'Raw Design Inspiration'. The concept of this inspiration roundup is basically 'No theme', absolutely 'raw' inspiration. Being an abdz., inspiration is one of the biggest fuels in my everyday life. Whatever it is for life and work balance, it comes in many shapes and forms. For me, I do appreciate a good surf on Dribbble.

Artur Szygulski shared a beautiful set of 3D typography work created in Blender 3D, my favorite 3D tool. The inspiration behind the 3D alphabet was nature and concrete, or as the title refers to, Concrete vs Nature. 

Soyuz ² is a duo of designers named Slava and Danil based in Moscow, Russian Federation. They have shared a concept app design titled 'SimpleDelivery®' which is basically an app where you can ship anything from the comfort of your home and even your work office.