graphic design

La Bastilla Visual Identity by David Espinosa

abduzeedo — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:53:00 +0000

We all love beautiful visual identity work and it is our goal, here at Abduzeedo, to promote inspiring work every time we come across with that. La Bastilla is one of those, it's a great design work by David Espinosa from Bucaramanga, Colombia

For more information visit David's Web site at http://www.davidespinosa.co/

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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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Nike Laces by Hugo Silva

abduzeedo — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:11:47 +0000

We always say that personal projects is the best way to learn and do what we love. We do that all the time with Abduzeedo in our tutorials and wallpapers and we always admire other designers that do that too. That's the case of Hugo Silva and the brilliant Nike Laces.

Hugo Silva is a graphic designer and illustrator from Lisbon. He works in the design industry for over 4 years focusing on identity, corporate, editorial, packaging and illustration. Hugo has a BA Graphic Design and a Master Design Visual Culture at IADE-Creative University.

Nike Laces is a very smart idea of creating the nike logo with shoe laces. Check it out.

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Final Results

For more information visit Hugo's Web site at http://www.behance.net/yhello

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Insurance Map Cover Remake by Fake Studio

abduzeedo — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:02:47 +0000

Fake Studio worked with a few old maps covers made by The Sanborn Maps Co. edited at the beginning of the twelve century. They found those maps and fell in love with those type compositions so they decided to remake one of this old covers using 3D modern technics.

Fake Studio is a design, illustration and motion graphics production company, located in Barcelona, Spain. Check out more of their work on http://www.fakestudio.tv

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For more information visit http://www.fakestudio.tv/fake/

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Incredible Typographic Works by Peter Tarka

AoiroStudio — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:15:24 +0000

Peter Tarka is a young graphic designer and illustrator from Wroclaw in Poland. For being in graphic design since 2008, Peter sure knows how to deliver a strong creative typographic works. It's really impressive and I am inspired by this versatility with the different composition of typography and colours.

For more information about Peter Tarka, you can visit his CargoCollective , Behance or simply follow him on Twitter @PiotrTarka.

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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New Works of Ginger Monkey

AoiroStudio — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:58:58 +0000

Tom Lane is the man behind Ginger Monkey, currently living in Bristol, UK. Tom has worked with big brands such as Sony Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, BMW, Miller, Computer Arts and more. This is the showcase of his most recent work from his website.

For more information on Tom Lane (Ginger Monkey), check out more of this work on GingerMonkeyDesign.com or follow him on Twitter @GingerMonkey_TL.

I've been chasing the sense of achievement that comes from putting an idea down, seeing it grow, take shape, and have it exist 'out there'. I'm one of those lucky people that make a living doing what they love.

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Illustrative and Surreal Work of Takeshi

abduzeedo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:27:43 +0000

Emeric Trahand also known as Takeshi is a New York based art director and artist from Saint Etienne, France. Emeric's illustrative work is renowned for its surreal feel, the quality of its photomontages as well as the light treatments and colourful compositions. We also have already feature one of his works for our Wallpaper of the Week.

Although Emeric has had a rather short career, beginning as a freelance illustrator in 2006 in France, he has already been commissioned by a diverse array of major international clients: Ubi Soft, Emi Music, TBWA Helsinki, Adidas, Cacharel, Grimbergen, Toyota, Swatch, Chase Bank, Bank of America, ASICS, Subway, Aquafresh, Lays, Radio Shack, Spike TV, VH1, Asher Roth, the Cool Kids, Cuervo, GrandPrix de Montreal, English National Opera, Société Générale, Maaf Insurance, Groupama Insurance, Ventury Paris, Cacharel, and Sony BMG.

Decembre

Cream

Pigeon

Promotion material for the band

G-SHOCK vs Takeshi

Blind - Depthcore

Cita

NOIR

For more information about Emeric, visit his Web site at http://cargocollective.com/stillontherun

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The Greatest Brandversations

paul0v2 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:21:49 +0000

This is a project created by Stefan Asafti, a designer from Romania and it's a project is about brands - the great brands of the modern world - which have build quite a history for themselves as the years went by. The branderversations is the creation of each logo using their rival logo. What? I know, check out the post and you will understand and appreciate it better.

There have always existed disputes among the competing parties, divergent opinions, while the fans of each brand were convinced that theirs was the best product. Last, but not least, the rivals have even conducted ad campaigns against the competing brands. This project mostly approaches the visual "conversations" between the company logos and the ways that they influence each other, hence the name of the project, Brandversations. It is a parallel between the modern and the old, some of the slogans dating back to the 40s and 50s.

I have switched the slogans of the brands amongst themselves, the goal of this being to give them further meaning and to create a sort of a confusion. It is surprising how logos can influence other logos. The truth is that each pair of rivals has something in common, that something which has helped them to build one identity upon the other, this way becoming the biggest brands.

Completing this project has taken a lot of time and a lot of patience on my part. Each little bit of the final image has been moved and resized manually in order to maintain a correct and balanced composition and layout of the elements.

For more from Stefan Asafti, go to behance.net/stefanasafti

Pepsi vs Coca Cola

Apple vs Microsoft

McDonald's vs Burger King

Nikon vs Canon

Firefox vs Internet Explorer

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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Corporate and Brand Identity: Taiama by Roger Oddone

abduzeedo — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:42:12 +0000

Corporate and brand identity is much more than just graphics, it's all about the strategy and image a company wants to express to their audience. Creating this type of work requires knowledge on an array of design subjects including, color theory, typography, form and materials. For this post I would like to feature the work of a great friend of mine, Roger Oddone. It's the brand identity for a business called Taiama.

Roger says that Taiama is the name of a bird that flies low over the water surface with the lower part of the beak skimming the water foraging for fish.

The shapes and colors of the bird served as inspiration for the stylized symbol of Taiama.

The typeface was based on circular forms that follow the same visual language of the symbol.

About Roger Oddone

Roger is a branding and graphic design based in San Francisco, California. He is Senior Graphic Designer at Google in Mountain View. His work has been featured in magazines around the world and also he is one of the top Behance users in Branding. For more information about Roger visit his Web site at http://www.rogeroddone.com.br/

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New work by Pete Harrison

amanda — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:19:02 +0000

Pete Harrison aka Aeiko is a digital artist and designer from the UK and also a member of the Depthcore crew. He sent us an email early last week informing us of the latest updates to his portfolio, of which we were happy to feature here.

Some artists create with pens, others a paint brush, and today many more with a computer, but I am the only artist that renders my images with the deadly, but dazzling coloured illumination of my Jedi light-saber. Each stroke I summon by the strength of the force smears beautiful streaks of light across my canvas, until the end result is a frame filled with flashes and flares that burst from the depths of a deep black galaxy.

Check out more from Pete over at his site.

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Amanda Macedo is a designer and blogger by passion and profession. Living and working out of her backpack, she can now be found in San Francisco, CA, biking, writing, dancing, and tweeting .

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Justin Maller Updated Work

abduzeedo — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:23:02 +0000

Justin Maller was the first designer/digital artist we had the chance to interview on Abduzeedo, it was back in 2007. After these 4 years are even more fans of his work and everything he has done also running Depthcore. That's why everytime he updates his portfolio we feature some of his new artworks.

For more information about Justin Maller visit his Web site at http://justinmaller.com/

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Introducing John Mark Herskind

AoiroStudio — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:13:19 +0000

He's a young 18 years old freelance graphic artist from Columbia, South Carolina. He's also a staff member at SlashTHREE, as well as an artist at Intrinsic Nature. On top of that he's the founder and creative director of Designers Against Child Slavery (also known as DACS), a non-profit art group aimed at using art and design to restore the lives of women and children victimized by the commercial sex trade.

What's common for creativity is that it comes from inspiration. Inspiration found in the world we live in, and the people we live with. Its found when we share with them, building on what's given from the diversity of peoples thoughts, and perspectives. So try and drop the assumptions that you know how to do things, and already know the solution. Stray away from the direct path. Take risks. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.John Mark Herskind

You can check his work on Johnmarkherskind.com , follow his work on Behance.net or follow him on Twitter @jmherskind .

You can also check his previous feature on Abduzeedo about the Designers Against Child Slavery Abduzeedo.com/DacsUnited2011.

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The Work of Diftype/Niklas Lundberg

aloa — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:51:58 +0000

Today's featured artist is the swedish graphic designer & illustrator Niklas Lundberg. Since 2006 he works under his alter ego Diftype.

Where to find him on the web

http://www.diftype.com/ - website & portfolio
http://source.diftype.com/ - blog

About the author

Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Abduzeedo Book: Story and Giveaway

amanda — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:49:41 +0000

In 2006 Fabio started Abduzeedo with the idea of backing up his files in the cloud after an ugly robbery where all his equipment, and work, were stolen. He never thought it would grow or expand from the online world. Luckily his predictions were wrong. Now after almost five years we are entering in the realms of the printing world with the releasing of our first book, the Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers.

The idea of publishing a book goes back a few years...I mean, who hasn't had that idea? But the dream started to come true in a raining evening in San Francisco where I was invited to attend a cocktail. It was at that cocktail that I met Rebecca Gulick from PeachPit (who would later become my editor). I shared my book idea with her and she really liked it.

The book includes interviews with Cris Vector, Chuck Anderson, Erik Johansson, Justin Maller, James White, Karl Kawnsy, and Nik Ainley and features work by Adrian Romero , Aiven (Yvan Feusi), Alex Varanese, Alexander Lataille , Anako, Ari Weinkle, Benjamin Low, Carlos Lerma, Diego L Rodriguez , EL Nombre, Ed Lopez, Erik Schumacher , Evan Bohringer , Felix Ajenjo, Floris Hermsen , Gaetan Weltzer , Genaro DeSia Coppola, Guilherme Marconi, Horacio Lorente, Jeff Huang, Karan Singh, Mart Biemans , Michaelo, Neil Hanvey, Nicolas Monin-Baroille, Olli-Pekka Jauhiainen, Perttu Murto, Pete Harrison (AEIKO), Przemek Nawrocki, Rob Shields , Sergei Vlasov, Simon Duhamel, Sorin Bechira, and Ollipekka Lauhiainen.

Brazilian designer Fábio Sasso, who has wildly popular design blog Abduzeedo, has created the definitive guide to design. This book features interviews with designers and offers tutorials on various design styles, an extension of what he does with his site abduzeedo.com. Each chapter addresses a particular style, e.g., Vintage, Neo-surrealism, Retro 80s, Light Effects, Collage, Vector, and starts off with an explanation about the style and techniques that go into that style. Next, the Abduzeedo Design Guide shows images from different visual artists illustrating each style. Fábio interviews a master of each style, such as, in the case of 80s, James White. Then he wraps up the chapter with a tutorial showing the elements and techniques for creating that style in Photoshop.

Meant for beginning to intermediate designers as well as more experienced designers looking for inspiration, the book focuses on styles that can be applied both to web or print.

We'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who helped make this dream a solid reality: the crew over at PeachPit, the Abduzeedo team for setting aside time and dedication to both the blog and the book, and finally you guys, the readers, without all your support throughout these almost five years none of this would have even been an option. Thank you.

Giveaway Rules

Here comes the good part! We're giving away a copy of the Abduzeedo Book to two lucky winners! All you have to do to participate is leave a comment on this post mentioning ideas you may have for the next book or things you'd like to see in it, and tweet about the giveaway. We'll announce the winners here next week so don't forget to check back. Good luck!

The book is also available to buy on Barnes & Noble and Amazon for you impatient few ;)

About the author

Amanda Macedo is a designer and blogger by passion and profession. Living and working out of her backpack, she can now be found in San Francisco, CA, biking, writing, dancing, and tweeting .

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Interview with Graphic Designer Strange Program

aloa — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:19:19 +0000

Today I would like to share with you an interview I've done with designer StrangeProgram, an artist with an extensive gallery on deviantART that shows a colorful and interesting style.

Check out the interview!

1. First of all we would like to thank you for taking the time to provide abduzeedo.com with this interview. Please tell us more about your art and design background and what made you become an artist and designer?

Hi, no problem! I started doing art because my mom did a lot of art. She was constantly doing either watercolor painting, or sketching, or anything, really. So early on in my life, my greatest artistic inspiration was her. As time went on I began to explore interests in graphics design, particularly forum board signatures, and began trying to make them. I constantly wanted to expand my technique and eventually I shifted to larger canvas sizes to improve the potential I could do with the work. I think what made me do it at first was just the excitement of learning new techniques and expanding on styles.

2 How did you come up with your style, what made you explore more this style and what in your opinion is the main characteristic of it?

Well, I really wanted to create a style where the true stars of the show were the colors, the textures, and the contrasts. To create something pleasing to the eye using these utilities as your main device is a lot of fun! So eventually I started coming up with more and more ways that I could use them to my adventure to sync with my techniques. As time has gone on, I've been able to develop more interesting techiques to apply. I like expressing myself using the color, the texture, and the contrasts - it isn't so obvious that it is my emotion expression, but that is a good thing to me. I think the main characteristic to my work is how comfortable I am with expressing myself using it - It always flows so naturally with how I feel and what I am thinking.

3. How's your workflow for your projects? How would you break down your workflow in steps?

As my mom has been doing artwork for her entire life she's always stressed the importance of defining your values with your darks and lights and balancing them in the piece of artwork. I always try to begin with some brainstorming, trying to get some idea of where the light source is going to be, what the values are going to be and how I am going to distribute the light shades and dark shades evenly in the piece, and where the negative space is going to go and how I am going to use it. I'll come up with a basic idea of what and then slowly work my way up, distributing detailing evenly. I like to decide where the real impactful stuff is going to be early on, and plan what I'm going to do to separate this piece from the last. I always begin with which colors I am going to use in mind. I would say that my main resource for planning is my imagination. I try my best to visualize what is going to happen.

4. What's the importance of the computer in the creative process?

Really the greatest advantage of the digital age for the artist to me is just the sheer amount of directions that you can go with it, and how much different things you can work with to create one piece. The ability to illustrate in one program, 3D model in another, and paint in another and then put it all together really is a phenomenal combination of different techniques that the artist has chosen to apply into the completion of one single project. The capability that an artist has to utilize all these different programs and all the different tools available in them is limitless.

5. Apart from the profits, what type of satisfaction do you get from your work? And how much this matter in your life?

The satisfaction of expression is one thing. It is my favorite way to communicate, without ever having to tell anybody anything. It feels like a release sometimes. In a less abstract way it also just keeps me interested and gives me something to pay attention to. There is a lot of enjoyment to be had completing something and being proud of it. The way it helps me express myself is important to my life - it's a craft that I have come to build up and enjoy working with.

6. What are your favourite 5 websites, and why?

Google.com - This is probably the most important and took for granted. For research, just looking at pictures of things (Not using them!), or researching something that has to do with the work that I am doing. Having a search engine available is also a great advantage of the computer in the creative process.

Deviantart.com - There are a lot of resources here, in the resource and stock images part of the website. It is also where I upload a lot of my artwork. Also a great way to keep track of other artists whos work I enjoy.

sxc.hu - Free stock image site. A lot of good stock photos here.

Depthcore.com - Essentially an inspiration portal for me - a lot of very inspiring and talented artists who release artworks on a regular basis together as a collective.

Kular.adobe.com - I was a little hard pressed to think of another one, but even though I don't use this website very often, I have used it before and it is no doubt very useful for coming up with combinations of colors that work well together in design.

7. Advice for those who are starting out their career. What kind of references are important for those who want to work with this kind of style?

The best advice I can probably give is to really get comfortable with your tools. Get comfortable with the tools in all the programs you use. You can do this through tutorials, or, you can do like I did, where I essentially just always kept trying to use a new tool with every new project I made. Sometimes the results aren't in your favor, but once you come to learn and master a lot of the tools in the programs you use that'll be your greatest asset in really developing a comfortable relationship with the work you do. I use a lot of geometric references and have been trying to introduce some perspective based techniques into my work, so I guess the best starting point for someone trying to work with a style like mine is to try to come to some technical foundation that you can apply your creativity to.

Where to find this artist

http://strangeprogram.deviantart.com/

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Stop the Violence Collab

PauloGabriel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:00:06 +0000

I find quite delightful when collaboration takes place amongst designers. The power of creativity gets multiplied and the possibility of something awesome being born is just too great to handle.

When photographer Francois Robert's pics met Rick Valicenti from 3st, a design collab, it was just inevitable for this book to be conceived. Francois came up with a alphabet made solely out of bones for the photography exhibition "Stop the violence" and Rick did an awesome job designing the book and also producing a 60 sec video to promote it. It is pretty impressive and outstanding. Nicely done, guys. For more information on this, you may visit 3st's website (also check out their other sets of works). I hope you enjoy these! Cheers, and stop the violence. ;)

Stop the Violence from thirst / a design collaborative on Vimeo.

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.