Quote of the Week

"Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies." Erich Fromm

Link of the Week

Movie Poster today

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My personal favorite Movie Posters of the last 3 years,

I dont think they are necessary better. 
Some people might get lost in all this useless information.

Sometimes less is more.








Another Movie Poster.

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In the good old days, they knew how to mix different media.
A good example of illustration mixed with photography

Old school

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I think one of the best Movie poster ever made:

Task 5 Designer

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Illusrtator

Dave Dorman

DoB: 1/10/1958
PoB: Bay City, Michigan   USA
Web address: www.davedorman.com





Dave Dorman has been around for a long time,
illustrating book covers and drawing amazing pieces of
art for Star Wars, Indian Jones, Highlander and many more.

I found an interview with him in the current FX magazine.
He is talking about how he got started and how he got
inspired by the Star Wars and the Aliens Movies.
He also said that George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars,
bought some of his artworks himself.
In 1993 he won the Eisener Award for best Painter,
for his illustration in the book: Alien tribes.



















My favorite statement of the interview is:


quote:

"One of the unfortunate drawbacks in doing so much licensed work is that I was branded as  a commercial artist,"

" No matter how hard I triedto bridge myself over  to the creative side - the film making side - of Lucasfilm, I found my way blocked by how I was seen within the organisation, based on my work I had done for them. "

Task 4 Book Review

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Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler

Rockport publishers

ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-007-6
ISBN-10: 1-59253-007-9



The book is more an encyclopedia, it provides information and is a reference book for designers of all disciplines.It covers the core building blocks for design theory for disciplines ranging from graphic design to architecture.

It covers keywords like:
 
Alignment, Colour, Consistency, and Golden Ratio.

it also provides u with an definition of the word:

Alignment:

the placement of elements such that eges line up along
common rows or columns, or their bodies along a common center

Once you picked your keyword, it also gives you an example how it get used.
In total a good book, but not necessary to own.


Price: $ 77 AU

Task 3 Magazine Article Review

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Advanced Photoshop
Issue 61


Article: Holding your own exhibition. page 72 - 77




I was quite impressed by the fact that a magazine like advanced photoshop which is usually base on tutorials, has runs an article on "holding your own exhibition".

It comes with all sort of tips and tricks, how to hold your own
exhibition, how to calculate the costs,
how to choose what to display
and many many more.

If you are thinking about an exhibition
you definetely should check out this article.

Zach Bush

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Another Illustrator and graphic designer

Zach Bush




A quote of his website:

Zach Bush, a freelance illustrator, is based outside of Washington D.C. As of 2006,
he has diligently worked to perfect his skills by consistently taking on new projects
by various corporate clients. Zach's success is largely due to his perfectionist nature,
as he will never release a project until he is 100% confident it can not be improved upon any further.


If you like Illustrations or like to be inspired,
check out his website:

Adam Spizak

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Adam Spizak is a Polish designer and digital illustrator , currently residing in London, UK.
He is amazing , as you can see in this Illustration.
If you want to know more, find the link further below to his homepage.

The Triptych



adam spitzack
http://www.spizak.com/

Tutorial Blog (task 2)

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Hey Guys its me again.


Finally found a blog I can recommend.Something I was searching for,
for ages. Its not overloaded with graphics, instead it has a
whole range of useful tutorials, links, hints and tips.
It is not only good if your looking for help for any graphic software,
you will find tips for graphic design, web design, social networks,
ms office and links for freebies.


















The blog by itself, is well organized.The homepage shows you the latest
news out off all categories. If you are interested in any particular
category you simply pick one out of 10.On some tutorials you will find,
way to much advertising.
I understand the need of Advertisement, but they should make sure
that tutorial and Ads not sharing the same features.



In total nice Blog:              8/10



to find out more go to:


Blade Runner DvD Cover

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Blade Runner


One of the best DvD covers
I have seen so far.
The Artwork is just stunning.
Great use of  space and contrast.
The Harrison Ford
drawing is dominating
the artwork, but it is in
balance with the rest of it.

Do you Agree?
What do you think?
Leave a comment.



Audi R8

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The Audi R8


The most beautiful car ever made by Audi.
Its smooth shapes and curves simply makes it sexy.
The Audi R8 is a sports car which uses Audi's 'trademark'
quattro permanent four wheel drive system. It was introduced
by Audi in 2006. The car was exclusively designed, developed,
and manufactured by Audi AG's high performance private
subsidiary company, quattro Gmbh.