Nik Ewing is a designer from California with a talent for creating beautiful cover artwork and strong typographical design pieces. His type treatment is chosen very well and I really enjoy that he doesn’t limit himself to a small list of fonts.
Check out more of Nik’s work at nikewing.com and follow him on twitter.
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Françoise Nielly is a french painter specializing in portraits that combine elements of cubism and abstract painting. Beginning with a subject and colour palette in mind, Françoise begins her her process by applying ubiquitous slabs of colour with her palette knife.
This technique sounds like she would be creating abstract art, but as the colours overlap, the portrait begins to reveal itself. Then she just follows the cues to focus it into a collage of amazing colours.
To view Françoise’s complete gallery and view a demonstration of how she begins her process work visit www.francoise-nielly.com.
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I was scanning for some reference shots I could use and came across a site called 500px.com. For anyone unfamiliar with this site, it’s a great source of inspiration. Photographers from around the world upload their work, I think cropping them to 500px. I was first drawn to Konstantin’s profile by his ‘Dancing Among’ photograph. After exploring the rest of his collection, I had found 18 shots that I now had to arrange for today’s post.
When I look at his shots, I feel a sense of isolation in the mass. Konstantin combines many elements to create a sense of desolation. Most photos are of an isolated person or a mass of people walking in formation. The grainy film gives off an imperfect quality to the shots. The scenery is always at night with low light in the middle of snowstorm. In a world without any light, sun or colour: there would be no life. And in this world, the life that does exist is either suffering, or are drones marching in formation.
You can see Konstantin’s complete collection at http://gross.500px.com.
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I’ve been a fan of Signalnoise for a couple years now. I was initially drawn by his traditional illustration work found here, but as I explored his gallery a number of great pieces caught my eye. This post is a collection of my favourite works by Signalnoise. They are not ordered in preference.
If this is the first time you see James’ work, I recommend connecting with him. His work is always very strong and he encourages designers to push their work to it’s potential by not limiting your work to projects assigned to you either by client or employer. Go out and find what you want to do and just do it.
With that method, James was able to create some amazing work. It was so successful that he has to keep a close eye on his personal projects to make sure they aren’t used commercially (specifically his Tron poster, which was appropriated illegally on the cover of a Marvel Comic as well as a number of other medias).
James also runs a successful weekly broadcast aimed at sharing the progress of the Signalnoise brand and connecting to his audience of designers with the aim of inspiring them to make smart decisions about their work.
Connect with James at signalnoise.com or by his twitter and facebook.
His broadcasts are Thursdays at 3pm EST at signalnoise.com/live.
With an extensive library of impressive vector work, it’s easy to forget that James White of Signalnoise is also an accomplished artist. I was initially drawn to James’ work by his collection of skull composites. Relying on traditional technique is a great way to ensure that your designs will be unique and keep you from falling into design trends. The technique in these pieces if very impressive, walking the line between hard and soft (soft textures, hard lines, whispie greens contrasted with deep reds).
Connect with James at signalnoise.com or by his twitter and facebook.
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I came across Allison’s work the other day and I was amazed by the effectiveness of it’s simplicity. Each of these photographs are very strong on their own, but crossing them over the way Allison takes them to another level.
To view more of Allison’s work check out her site.
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