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Hi Awak

2016-10-16T20:12:00.001-07:00

Macam ni lah kalau nama pun kerja kan? so semalam dan kelmarin ingat nak taip sesuatu di blog tapi tak jadi sebab sibuk dengan hal sendiri. Biasalah bila dah berkahwin ni tak banyak aktiviti yang merangsang minda dan fizikal tapi tetap ada untuk diri sendiri biar pun lambat, yelah asalkan kita bahagia kan.

Sekarang ni nak citer pasal pekerjaan sekarang, so aku faham mungkin tak berapa sesuai di jadikan topik tapi aku nak citer gak sebab ni kan blog aku nyehnyehnyeh. Mengikut pengalaman aku sekarang ni aku dah tak buat kerja grafik mahupun fotografi yang aku idam2 kan selama ini, termasuklah multimedia dan animasi serta kerja2 seni yang lain. Aku rindu sangat nak buat natam tu tapi yelah takde rezeki kot? aku cuba buat pada masa lapang tapi macam di atas lah kan memang tak sempat nak membuat dan meratah lagi la tak dan.

Selingan Video daripada Youtube

Sekarang ni aku berkait rapat dengan bisnes sawit dan perihal korporat di salah sebuah organisasi terkenal di kuantan. Aku tak bangga tapi aku bersyukur sebab ada kerja, Alhamdulillah. Pejam celik pejam celik dah masuk 7 tahun aku bekerja di sini, mana tak nya kerja yang banyak kan? start daripada aku berhenti kompeni hungka tu aku terus masuk ke sini. Kira aku start tu time aku baru kahwin dengan orang rumah aku tahun 2009. Merentas masa, melawan arus serta pelbagai lagi dugaan yang baru terpaksa la aku redahi eceh hahahahah, hanya rodong (kawan) aku sahaja yang faham berapa tahun aku dah menganggur, memang cemerlang gak lah buah anggur tu hahahahaha.

Oklah sekarang pun aku dah anak dua dan makin membesar dah diorang ni, pastu aku yang rasa perkara yang best ialah aku jumpa balik kawan sekolah vokay 1996 dulu. Cumanya takat ni aku jumpa baru lah 4 orang kira on dan off lah jumpa diorang kat kuantan. Memang kelakar bila beborak pasal cerita lama2 kat sekolah dulu, especially teringat sejarah kantoi tak solat subuh hahahaha tu biasa eh yeke? alamak kantoi hahahaha takpelah tu dulu time2 jahil kan.

Apa lagi ek aku nak cerita nantilah aku cerita pasal sekolah vokay yang femes. So sekarang aku ada keje nak sambung.

Blog Bersawang

2016-10-14T05:01:00.001-07:00

Assalamualaikum

Lama sungguh tak berblog rasanya, ada dekat setahun pun rasanya. Walaubagaimanapun, bila masuk balik blog ni rasa macam nak aktif semula lah rasanya. Tapi masalah nya tak tahu sampai bila dan bagaimana nak kekalkan aktif tu?

Yelah sekarang ni kan dah zaman teknologi canggih semuanya pakai apps je, yang blog ni apa lah kurang nya kan? nak kata ketinggalan zaman tak juga. Sebab apa blog ni bukan saja nak jana pendapatan tapi boleh juga di kaitkan sempadan ilmu tanpa batasan. Sebab apa saya cakap macam tu? sebab internet tiada sekatan (bagi saya) kerana jika ada sekatan bermakna ilmu itu bukanlah di kongsi atau di pelajari oleh sesiapa.

Ilmu tidak datang daripada buku sahaja tapi macam2 medium dah sekarang ni. Kalau tanya budak2 sekolah kompem korang tak sangka ada bende macam tu kan. Takpelah berbalik pada aktif pada blog tu, in shaa Allah ada masa aku akan karang kaw2 kasi baek2 punya; dan aku tahu ramai lagi yang follow aku nye blog tak kisah lah orang lama ke baru tapi at least kirim komen lah sikit takpun tekan follower tu baru sedap sikit aku tengok "oooh ada orang lagi minat kat aku ni, eh maksud saya membaca blog saya ni". Lebih kurang lah kan.

So rasa macam lapar lak ermm nak gi makan lah. Tengoklah kalau rajin kang saya buat balik / sambung balik menaip blog dah usang ni hehehehehee.

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Tips Panduan Membeli DSLR

2016-08-24T21:43:00.000-07:00

Di sini bukan aku punya kandungan dan aku hanya berperanan untuk mengatakan penulis ini ada teori yang tersendiri. Dan bukan juga aku nak menokok tambah segala apa yang penulis cerita namun si penulis pandai di dalam pemilihan itulah yang paling penting.

Untuk keterangan lanjut boleh melayari blog penulis ini

Tarmizi Shukri

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Tips-tips kat bawah bedasarkan kisah benar semasa aku membeli dslr & semasa tolong kawan2 survey kamera.

1. Ukur ketebalan dompet

Persoalan pertama adalah berapa bajet yang korang ada? Untuk yang nak beli DSLR untuk pertama kali, saya cadangkan beli model entry level. Harga dalam lingkungan RM1500 hingga RM2000

2. Canon, Nikon atau Lain-lain?

“Beli C atau N sebab yang lain tak bagus”, dialog ini biasa keluar dari mulut mereka yang merasakan jenama yang mereka pakai paling best sangat. Perlu di ingatkan di sini, jenama tak penting pun. Kalau beli DSLR harga 10 juta pun tapi pakai auto mode baik tak payah. Pilih jenama yang korang rasa serasi dengan tangan korang. Pegang dulu semua kamera yang ada di pasaran sama ada Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax dan sebagainya. Kalau rasa sesuai dengan tangan, beli je, tak perlu dengar cakap orang lain sebab korang yang nak pakai nanti.

3. Nak shoot apa?

Jenis kamera bergantung kepada apa subjek yang korang nak shoot. Contohnya kalau korang suka shoot gambar aksi seperti sukan dan sebagainya, kamera yang boleh shoot 5 fps (frame per second) ke atas patut menjadi pilihan. Kalau landskap tak perlu fps yang tinggi. Satu lagi, saya pernah terbaca dalam forum fotografi, forumers ada bagitau yang Nikon is best for landscape, Canon is best for portrait.Saya tak tau sejauh mana kebenarannya sebab saya pakai Sony, Like no Others 🙂

4. Lens

Selain jenis kamera, lens antara perkara yang perlu juga di ambik berat. Biasanya dslr akan dijual beserta pakej lensa yang berlainan. Contoh sony a300 yang aku beli 2 tahun yang lepas disertakan dengan lens 18-70mm & 55-200mm, sesuai untuk pelbagai keadaan. Nikon d90 pulak dengan lensa 18-105mm manakala Canon biasanya dengan pakej 18-55mm.

Jika korang nak beli dslr sekadar suka-suka, 18-55mm dh cukup ok, boleh cover indoor dan outdoor sekali. Bagi yang suka travelling pulak, lens 18-250mm sangatla sesuai, sebab tak perlu nak tukar-tukar lens. Kalau wedding pulak 18-105mm dah cukup bagus dan kalau nak skodeng, bolehla angkat 70-200mm atau terus sambar je 70-400mm. Kalau nak cerita pasal lens ni 10 muka surat pun tak abis, kalau free nnti aku buat entri pasal lens pulak untuk beginner senang faham, kalau dah expert tak payahla baca.

5. Banding harga & free gift

Sangat penting jika korang sayangkan duit, kalau tak sayang, abaikan tips ini. Jangan lupa bandingkan free gift, ada kedai yang bagi banyak free gift, ada kedai yang kedekut. Biasanya free gift yang korang akan dapat bila beli kamera seperti tripod, kad memori, screen protector, beg & cleaning kit.

6. Tengok kedai

Kalau pekerja atau tokei kedai layan kita macam sampah, sila beredar segera dan sebar2kan nama kedai tu supaya takda customer yang datang kedai tu lagi. Biarla harga mahal sikit asalkan layanan tip top. Hampir terlupa pulak ada part 2..hehe..

7. Stabilizer

Stabilizer merupakan satu fungsi/sistem pada kamera untuk mengurangkan gegaran yang menyebabkan gambar menjadi ‘blur’. Ada banyak jenis image stabilizer (IS), namun yang biasa digunakan pada dslr terkini ialah Lens-based Image Stabilization dan Sensor-shift Image Stabilization. Brand-brand seperti Canon dan Nikon menggunakan Lens-based IS, manakala Sony, Pentax, Fujifilm & Minolta menggunakan sistem Sensor-shift IS.

Jadi, apa bezanya antara Lens-based IS dan Sensor-shift IS bagi mereka yang nak beli dslr pertama?Bagi pengguna nikon dan canon, IS terletak pada lens dan bukan pada body kamera. So kalau nak beli lens, kenala cari lens yang ada IS, kalau tak kemungkinan besar masa ambik gambar banyak gambar akan blur ( jika menggunakan slow shutter atau lens zoom) dan untuk pengetahuan, lens2 yang ada IS agak mahal, dan sesuai untuk mereka yang berpoket tebal sahaja.

Brand2 seperti sony dan olympus pulak tidak perlu risau sama ada lens ada IS atau tidak sebab IS dah ada dalam body kamera. So untuk brand2 ini, apa2 lens pun sesuai termasuk lens2 lama seperti minolta. Kesimpulannya, lu fikirla sendiri..hehe..

8. Tengok orang kat sebelah

Maksudnya tengok2kan kawan2 korang, ramai pakai brand apa? Kalau ramai pakai canon, beli la canon, kalau nikon, beli la nikon & kalau sony, beli le sony. Nanti nak share lens atau aksesori lain senang, kawan nak ajar pun senang sebab brand sama.

So, sampai di sini sajalah, semua tips di atas adalah berdasarkan pengalaman aku masa mula2 nak beli kamera. Kalau korang ada tips yang best silalah berkongsi kat sini. Adios…. :p

2016-06-27T19:29:00.004-07:00

As ever there are a few other considerations for using a Range Extender, such as placement. The ideal solution is to position the extender approximately in the middle of your routers existing WiFi coverage rather than at the edge, since otherwise you’ll risk boosting an already poor signal and the performance will suffer.

Equally it’s important to make sure that the extender supports the same WiFi spec (e.g. 802.11n, 802.11ac) as your router and likewise try to pick one that supports both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, assuming your router supports both of those (most modern ones do). Just remember that the extended signal will always perform a little worse than the original, which is largely unavoidable but not a huge concern.

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Use Encryption

As a general rule everybody should have security / encryption enabled on their home WiFi routers (ideally the WPA2 setting), but some people leave it disabled out of a belief that doing so will improve their network performance. In reality this was only really an issue for the very early WiFi hardware with WEP encryption enabled (this is very easy to hack and should generally never be used) or budget routers with first generation WPA (TKIP) enabled, which struggled to handle the extra overhead.

By comparison the impact of enabling WPA2 on modern hardware, even many cheaper devices, is negligible. Indeed I’ve found that using encryption can actually make the connection more stable and less likely to drop connectivity at the edges of coverage. But I must admit to not being entirely sure why that is (it could just be a quirk of the hardware I’ve used).

Pro Tip: Try to ensure that all of your WiFi kit is using and supports the WPA2 (AES) Advanced Encryption Standard. Some settings, such as WPA2-TKIP/AES, might seem stronger for security but they actually only exist for backwards compatibility (less secure) with older devices and it’s not necessary to use that dual setting unless you have older kit in your network (enabling it may also carry a greater performance detriment).

Advanced Tweaks

Some routers give the end-user significantly more flexibility to play with the advanced settings of their WiFi, such as by adjusting the options for Beacon Interval, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS Threshold or various other things. Generally speaking you should leave these well alone as most adjustments will often sacrifice something in one area in order to improve it in another and if you get this balance wrong then problems can occur. But if you do want to try then here are a few quick suggestions.

Beacon Interval (milliseconds)

WiFi routers use these “beacon” signals to help keep the network synchronized and many default to 100ms. Setting a lower (e.g. 50 or 75ms) interval might help your WiFi network to hold its connection with other devices, albeit at a cost to some battery life on other devices. By contrast raising the setting above 100ms could save power but the likelihood of connectivity problems may increase.

RTS Threshold (Request To Send)

The RTS Threshold protocol is a tricky one to explain, but it helps to clear the channel before data is sent. A lower setting may help in busy WiFi environments as it should reduce collisions, but set it too low or incorrectly and your network performance may suffer. It’s a tricky balancing act to get right.

Fragmentation Threshold

Any data packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. Setting smaller packets than the default can improve reliability, especially in busy environments, albeit at the cost of performance. Again, we wouldn’t touch this or the RTS threshold unless you’re comfortable with making such tweaks and always make a note of your settings so you can swap them back if it doesn’t work.

Hopefully some of these tips will prove useful to you or at least provide some additional background on how WiFi works. Just remember that WiFi is far from perfect and wired connections will generally always deliver faster speeds with lower latency and more stability.

Mesin Kitar Semula Kertas / Epson The PaperLab

2016-01-31T19:48:00.002-08:00

Mesin Kertas Pertama Recycling Epson Kemunculan sulung Dunia Untuk Pejabat Anda

The PaperLab bertukar sampah menjadi kepingan baru yang segar. Daripada menghantar jauh berjuta-juta laman yang akan disusun semula di suatu tempat, ia boleh membolehkan organisasi untuk melakukan segala-galanya di lokasi. Dipanggil PaperLab, mesin datang dari gergasi pencetak, Seiko Epson. Epson berkata ia boleh menghasilkan kertas baru dalam masa tiga minit, 14 lembaran baru satu minit, dan 6720 helaian dalam masa satu hari bekerja lapan jam.

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Di bawah hud, yang PaperLab melakukan proses tiga langkah. Pertama, ia pecah kertas ke dalam "panjang, kapas nipis, gentian." Kemudian, ia meletakkan gentian ke dalam bahan cecair menggunakan campuran bahan kimia. Kemudian, akhirnya, di bawah tekanan yang tinggi, ia memperbaiki kertas ke dalam medium bertulis. Ciptaan ini adalah disebabkan oleh mula dijual di Jepun pada 2016, dan Epson masih belum menetapkan harga. Alastair Bourne, seorang jurucakap Epson di Jepun, berkata ia akan berada pada tahap yang membolehkan pelanggan untuk "menghargai manfaat kewangan untuk memiliki PaperLab."

"Kami sedang mengkaji kos keseluruhan kitar semula dokumen sulit bukan hanya kos kertas," katanya. "Banyak syarikat menghabiskan banyak pada pemprosesan sulit dokumen-pengangkutan, kitar semula dan keselamatan. The PaperLab bermakna mereka boleh mencapai semua ini di belakang rumah mereka."

Dalam amalan, ini bermakna mesin sembilan oleh empat kaki mungkin akan merayu paling kepada bank, syarikat insurans, dan pejabat-pejabat kerajaan untuk memulakan dengan, sebagai kumpulan-kumpulan ini semua menghasilkan banyak bahan sulit. Tetapi, dalam masa, anda dapat membayangkan organisasi alam sekitar sedar akan datang di atas kapal juga. Sudah tentu, walaupun, memansuhkan kertas seperti dalam "pejabat tanpa kertas" –seharusnya ia akan menjadi jauh lebih baik untuk alam sekitar.

Jadi Pengasuh

2016-01-04T19:58:00.002-08:00

Hari Ke-2

Dah masuk hari kedua aku menjaga irfan namun aku tak rasa kesusahan; walaupun aku dengan dia tapi aku rasa macam rapat sangat hubungan dengan anak aku yang sulung ni. Macam biasalah waktu pagi tunggu ipan ni bangun, dan kompem dia akan bangun lambat sangat nak dekat tengahari pun ada. Biasa nya waktu pagi aku akan keluar untuk membeli makanan, kadang-kadang ada gak lah aku masak tu pun masak biasa2 je maklumlah orang bujang hehehehehe, masak2 yang biasa contohnya roti dengan telur hancur dan ada air coklat ataupun kopi belalang.

Selang-seli dengan tengahari kang adalah makan yang lain pula, ipan ni tak tentu kadang2 dia nak makan nasi kadang2 nak roti je dan TELUR! ye telur lagi. Aku pun tak tahu macam mana nak cakap dah? Hari2 telur kot keluarga aku walaupun aku ada lauk tapi tulah kadang2 memang aku tak beli lauk pun hahahahaha. Well, hari kedua ni macam biasa lah lepas dah makan bekpes (breakfast) tu dia akan mentelaah pelajaran nya iaitu TV Astro ye, ye TV. Tapi aku tak halang sebab banyak rancangan untuk budak2 macam ipan ni, tapi masa dan jam tu kenalah tetapkan supaya jangan jadi overdose ye tuan2 dan puan2.

So, ipan pun dah mentelaah di depan TV jadi aku pun duk kat sini mentelaah aku nye blog, yelah secara personal nya aku dah lama tak menaip blog cuma ada pun mungkin copy dan paste je. Tapi daripada takde langsung kan? boleh lah kan dapat gak duit daripada Nuffnung tu kan kan? Oklah rasa nya takde apa pun cuma kadang2 bosan gak ye duk kat rumah ni, macam mana la kalo aku jadi surarumah ye? hahahahaha eh...
Eh...EEEEEEEHHHHHHH!!! kain tak jemur!! aarggghhhhh. Errr..oklah untuk itu saya berundur diri dulu ye sebelum kain tu basah lagi dan mengelakkan daripada jemuran itu kena air hujan manalah tau kan? ni dah tahun 2016 tak tahulah musim tengkujuh ke tak ye? ok lah buhbye dan assalamualaikum.

Program Affiliates / Affiliates Program

2015-12-17T19:52:00.001-08:00

Assalamualaikum,

Di sini saya ingin berkongsi dengan pembaca di sana, anda semua pernah dengar tak perkataan "affiliates" ? Apa itu affiliates? dan apakah fungsi nya?

Klikjer affiliates yang di janakan oleh orang Malaysia sendiri, serupa sistem affiliates google iaitu AdSense, di Malaysia juga tidak ketinggalan; affiliates yang di maksudkan adalah seperti NuffNang dan Ashadee . Klikjer merupakan affiliates yang terbaru dan di cadangkan oleh rakan sekerja saya untuk mencuba nya, namun tiada gunanya sekiranya ia tidak di kongsi. Di sini ada beberapa "screenshot" untuk anda semua menilai sebelum anda mendaftar.

Di maklumkan di sini, bahawa sistem affiliates ini adalah bergantung pada pembaca anda! bermakna anda harus mencari pembaca maya anda, jika affiliates ini terbiar maka untung ataupun sebarang komisyen tidak akan dikira. Oleh itu, apa tunggu lagi? Saya sudahpun daftar, anda bila lagi?

Sila daftar di sini : http://www.klikjer.com/members/idevaffiliate.php?id=10864

Selamat Tahun Baru 2015

2015-12-14T17:09:00.001-08:00

Assalamualaikum

Kepada semua penduduk 360 se-Malaysia amnya, saya (Syam "Shinchan" Chumil) ingin mengucapkan Selamat Menyambut Maulidur Rasullullah S.A.W dan Selamat Menyambut Tahun Baru 2016. Kepada yang mengenali diri saya; saya bersyukur akan kehadrat illahi dengan kurnianNya maka hubungan kita semoga dapat di kukuhkan dengan ukhwah dan agar sentiasa kekal abadi selamanya In Shaa Allah. Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Mohon kepada pembaca di luar sana yang mungkin bukan penduduk Kampung 360, kami turut berterima kasih kepada anda kerana anda menyokong kami selama ini dan tanpa anda semua kami tidak dapat meneruskan perjuangan selama ini. Terima kasih.

Bagi penduduk Kampung 360, di harap pada tahun hadapan 2016 semoga kita dapat memeriahkan lagi kampung 360 ini dengan lebih banyak aktiviti mahupun makan-makan (i know right!). Jadi untuk tidak membuang masa dengan ini saya mengakhiri ucapan saya wabilahitaufikwalhidayah assalamualaikum.

The best Star Wars games on PC

2015-11-27T00:48:00.000-08:00

The best Star Wars games on PC

What are the best Star Wars games for PC? There are plenty to choose from, and the quality is wildly variable. Thankfully - in large part to sheer weight of numbers - Star Wars has probably generated more great licensed games than any other film series. And with new movie The Force Awakens appearing in cinemas imminently, and Star Wars Battlefront nearly upon us, it doesn't look like the well will be drying up any time soon.

In the mood for a more generic brand of intergalactic adventure? Check out our rundown of the best space games on PC.

In the meantime, let’s take a look at ones you can play right now. And if you don’t spot one of your favourites, hit the comments and let us know.

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic has always had a bit of an identity problem. One half of it tries to be a continuation of the Knights of the Old Republic single-player games, split up into several class stories that let you experience the Star Wars galaxy as a Chiss Imperial Agent or a Sith Warrior. The other half is the MMO half, and is pretty traditional.

Those class stories, though, they’re worth going through the MMO stuff for. They’re ambitious, authentically Star Wars and often epic in scope, leading to things like joining the Sith Council. The latest expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, puts the focus almost entirely on this part of the game.

Knights of the Fallen Empire is, essentially, a single-player game stuck inside an MMO. And it’s great, evocative of Knights of the Old Republic II even. It’s strange, the way that it tries to very hard not to be an MMO, but as the closest thing we have to a KotOR sequel, it really should be played.

Try Star Wars: The Old Republic for free.

LEGO Star Wars

The original Traveller’s Tales LEGO game, LEGO Star Wars is proof that a great idea can live forever. The Complete Saga covers all six films, recreating the adventures of all key characters in blocky form, and asking that you break everything in your path on your journey towards defeating the Empire. Best played in local co-op, its gentle puzzles and good-natured humour make it a must play with your smaller family members. If you don't hoard it for yourself, that is.

And thanks to the custom character creator, you can make Boba Fett a Sith Lord.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

The first Knights of the Old Republic, which you may very well spot elsewhere on this list, was a fairly traditional Star Wars tale, despite its twists and turns. Its sequel, with Obsidian taking over from BioWare, is a bit more ambitious.

It has all the trappings of a Star Wars romp – the lightsabers, the Force and its Light and Dark Side dichotomy, exotic alien words, wookies – but all of it is contained within a much bleaker, more philosophical narrative. And as much as it allows players to dabble in the Light and Dark sides of the Force, it’s an exploration of the grey area in between them.

Don’t worry, it’s exciting too. Lightsaber duels, interesting new companions to recruit and, maybe, corrupt, making new enemies at every turn – it’s quite the space odyssey.

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Proof that not everything that came out the prequel trilogy was childish junk, Republic Commando is the Rainbow Six of the Clone Wars. Cast as special ops clone trooper RC-1138, you undertake missions accompanied by three other commandos, who can be bossed about with a variety of orders and context-sensitive commands. As influenced by Halo as it is Tom Clancy’s finest, the tactical nature of the game didn’t stop it from being a brisk run-and-gun.

Frequently considered one of Star Wars’ most underrated games, Republic Commando is notable for being completely Jedi-less and trading epic combat for a grittier, ground-level feel. Entertaining touches like modular weapons, a wrist-mounted blade, and a visor wiper that brushed away enemy blood splatter ensures Republic Commando has a charm all of its own.

Star Wars: Empire at War

The films have generally focussed on intimate struggles; Luke and Vader, Anakin and Palpatine, Han and Lando. Yet despite these one-on-one conflicts, Star Wars has always been set against the backdrop of a much larger war. The perfect setting for an RTS, then. LucasArts have published numerous strategy games set within the Star Wars universe, but Empire at War is easily its best attempt.

Set between Episodes III and IV, Empire at War chronicles the escalating conflict between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. A campaign map containing numerous planets adds an element of grand strategy, researching technologies in the downtime and establishing planetary defences. Battles can only be fought with troops taken into the fight, which ensures Empire at War has its own flavour when it could quite easily have been a Command & Conquer clone.

These skirmishes take place both on land using troops and vehicles and in space using cruisers and fighters, culminating in the classic assault on the first Death Star. Considering the vast amount of 3rd person action games that make up the bulk of the Star Wars games library, this is a solid and welcome change of pace.

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

The X-Wing series is treasured by PC gamers for numerous reasons. Not only are they terrific at capturing the feel of Star Wars’ most exhilarating space battles, but they’re also surprisingly demanding space-sims that replicate some of the intricacies of flying fictional fighter craft through the deep inky black.

X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is the third in the series, and looking back it seems like it was parsecs ahead of the times. It’s a pure multi-player game, offering team-based competitive modes where each player fulfills a specific combat role. The Balance of Power expansion pack would later add a story campaign that can be played in co-op with eight players. These features are the bullet points from the back of a late 2000’s shooter, but X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter came out in 1997, making it quite literally the most futuristic Star Wars game ever made.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Kyle Katarn’s first adventure, long before he picked up a lightsaber, sees him doing covert work for the plucky Rebel Alliance and uncovering a dastardly Imperial plot to unleash a super army on the galaxy. Katarn’s mission? Shoot all the Imperials.

At 20 years old, it no longer looks its best, but back in 1995, it was a way to experience Star Wars from a completely new perspective. The level design is also superb by the standards of any year, being elaborate and ripe for exploration in a way that modern linear shooters rarely are.

Thankfully it’s also available on GOG and Steam, so you won’t have to hunt an ancient physical copy down.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer

Whatever you think of Episode I, there’s no denying that its podrace was a tremendous spectacle and great insight into the sporting world of a far away galaxy. Episode I racer opens the scene into a whole game, with players taking on the role of one of the super-star podracers and embarking on a season of races hosted on numerous planets. Each planet’s track showed off the unique elements of its mythos, such as the Spice Mine Run on Mon Gazza that winded through the vast machine plants of a spice extraction facility.

Winnings can be used to improve your podracer or purchase Pit Droids for enhanced repairs. New racers can be unlocked through play, with the ultimate prize being Sebulba with his rival-toasting flamethrowers. The podracers themselves really benefit from the use of licensed sound effects from the films, and whilst it may be an ugly game by todays standards, Racer really does sound like a genuine podrace.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

The second game in the Dark Forces series but also the first Jedi Knight game, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II sees Rebel mercenary Kyle Katarn embark on a revenge mission to bring the Sith who killed his father to justice.

Katarn is one of the Expanded Universe’s greatest characters; abandoning the Empire to fight for the Rebel Alliance in the original Dark Forces game, the sequel sees his greatest transformation: from gruff gunslinger to a powerful Jedi. The change saw the game’s FPS gunplay mixed up with lightsaber combat, and added an impressive array of Force powers too. What’s more Dark Forces II also has a morality system, and your actions against non-hostile characters determines whether you’ll slip into darkness or remain on the true path of the Jedi.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

It’s all black and nothingness out in space. For the real scenic view from an X-Wing cockpit, try swooping over one of the galaxy’s many scenic planets. That’s where Rogue Squadron takes you; a flight game that takes place firmly within atmospheric confines. You may be a little less free than you are in the space-sim X-Wing series, but this doesn’t stop Rogue Squadron being a stellar flyer.

The arcade-feel keeps things fast and tight, easily swooping over ground targets and riddling them with blaster fire, and engaging in violent chase sequences with TIE Fighters. The craft collection is small but the X-Wing, A-Wing, Y-Wing, V-Wing, and Snowspeeder all have their own unique characteristics, making mission replays vastly different in feel if not events.

Star Wars: Battlefront II

Hailed as the finest Star Wars multiplayer FPS, Battlefront II is what happens when you take the Battlefield formula and inject it with some LucasFilm magic. Split across both generations of Star Wars, players take part in some of the most iconic battles of the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. Four player classes split sides into distinct combat roles, and a strong collection of vehicles ensures there’s plenty of variety in the way you can blow the opposition to bits.

Battlefront is majorly focused on frontline combat between grunts, but the sequel brought Jedis and other such legendary types to the fold. Cleverly preventing everyone diving on a lightsaber, Jedis are only unlocked after the team scores a set amount of points. It makes their presence on the field feel a little more special, provided of course the player in control knows how to swing a blade.

A victim of the GameSpy shutdown, it would appear that you can no longer engage in Battlefront’s multiplayer modes. Not so, though: GameRanger will help you through such troubles and let you continue the fight. The series has also been resurrected by EA and DICE, and the new Star Wars Battlefront is due out very soon.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

If you’d rather take to the skies on your own, then TIE Fighter is the route to take. It’s unfolding narrative is frequently cited as one of the best Star Wars tales around, and that’s certainly down to the tone it takes. Rather that sniggering like an evil villain, the Imperial forces in TIE Fighter genuinely believe they’re fighting an army of terrorists, and playing as a TIE Fighter pilot never feels like being ‘the bad guy’, but rather an important cog in the machine that will crush a threatening insurgency.

Aside from the great story, TIE Fighter lets you strap into the cockpit of one of sci-fi’s greatest ship designs, and operating it feels every bit as cool as you’d expect. You also get to fly alongside the Dark Lord himself, which lets face it is in everyone’s top five Star Wars fantasies.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Prequel can be a bit of a dirty word in Star Wars circles. Prequel prequel however is a reason to celebrate, because it means you’re talking about BioWare’s Knights of the Old Republic, the seminal RPG set 4,000 years before the rise of the Empire. Based on the old d20 ruleset, KOTOR is essentially Dungeons & Dragons: Star Wars edition, and is every bit as brilliant as that sounds.

A rich universe that delved deep into aspects only hinted at in the core films (Boba Fett’s descendants the Mandalorians feature heavily), the game was set during the Republic’s heydays. The threat of a Sith warrior known as Darth Malak hangs heavy in the air, made worse by the fact that he’s the apprentice of Darth Revan; a shadowy unseen power who’s Vader, Sauron, and Voldemort combined. As with any BioWare RPG, it’s your job to stop him, and you’ll join a team of Jedis, smugglers, pilots, and mercenaries on your journey, as well as taking command of your own Millenium Falcon-wannabe the Ebon Hawk.

Knights of the Old Republic is brilliant for many reasons; its strong cast, great use of the license and its packaged sound effects and music, strategic party-based combat, and some lovely visuals for the time. But ask anyone what the best thing about KOTOR is, and they’ll instantly talk about a very specific plot point. Even now, 11 years after launch, I refuse to write it down for fear of destroying one of gaming’s best narrative sucker punches. But if you’ve played KOTOR through, you’re already well aware that its tale is better than most of George Lucas’ scripts.

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Kyle Katarn returned to the PC in Jedi Outcast, the finest Star Wars experience ever crafted. Treading a similar path to its predecessor, Kyle once again must progress from mercenary to Jedi due to cutting ties with the Force after almost falling to the dark side. Built on the Quake III engine, the shooting is naturally solid, but it’s the lightsaber combat that really marks Jedi Knight II as a masterpiece.

Being able to cycle between light, medium, and heavy combat stances offers a depth to lightsaber combat that hadn’t been seen before, and to date has yet to be beaten. Duels felt intense and evoked the awe that the film’s best clashes inspired. Even cooler was if you inputted the ‘saberrealisticcombat’ cheat code into the game’s console. Suddenly saber swings would slice off limbs and heads, leaving hissing cauterised stumps. Even accidentally walking past people with the blade extended would cut them down.

Combined with Force abilities that felt every bit as powerful as they looked and a path of progression that saw you become ever more competent with your abilities, Jedi Knight II is the true, unrivaled Jedi sim.

Adobe Illustrator tutorial

2015-11-04T00:26:00.002-08:00

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create repeating patterns for skate deck art

Intro

Skate decks are a mini art canvas on wheels – and some of the hottest designers around have honed their talents in pursuit of the status of design legend in the half-pipe circuit. Yet creating deck art is more than recreating yet another urban art scene and slapping it onto a strip of maple. This speedy canvas should be home to more imaginative renderings,.

This masterclass shows you how to use repeating, tiled patterns based on vector workings of real-world objects. By taking the everyday, such as vegetables and kitchen utensils in this case, and reworking them as stylized vector art, you can add a real twist and create some thought-provoking art.

After designing the objects, next comes the part that, while requiring patience, is like working with a digital jigsaw puzzle. Thanks to some clever tiling techniques and tricks, you be able to turn a few vector objects into a multi-layered, highly complex design that will have some people scratching their heads.

Some advice – stick to bright, contrasting colour palettes for maximum impact, and ensure that objects are a mix of short and long – adding pace to the composition.

Once done, head to your nearest skate emporium and prepare to dazzle with your astounding deck.

Step: 1

Start with a new document in Illustrator and get your reference images ready. You may want to keep your references in a separate, locked layer. We’re only going to use them as a rough guide so make sure you leave yourself a space to draw on.

Step: 2

Display the grid by going to View > Show Gridand turn on snap to grid by going to View > Snap To Grid. As we’re going to be drawing quite symmetrical, simple objects this will help us in keeping the shapes consistent.

Step: 3

Using the pen tool and looking at the reference, start drawing the objects. Try sticking to two-to-three colours per object – this will make getting the right overall colour scheme easier. With symmetrical objects such as a tomato you can draw one side first, duplicate it and place it on the other side. Select the in-between points with the direct selection tool and right-click > Join to join them.

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Ben Beach of ilovedust reveals how to use Illustrator to create chaotic, repeating vector patterns ideal for skatedeck art

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Step: 4

Continue to draw more objects. You may want to compare them to each other to make sure they are a similar style, both in shape and colour. You could use one of illustrators swatch libraries such asWindow > Swatch Libraries > Fruits and vegetables to keep the overall colour consistent.

Step: 5

Once you’ve drawn plenty of objects, try drawing some vernacular shapes. These will help you fill in the spaces in between your objects and can also be a good way to add colours. Try using the grid to keep the curves and proportions the same as the rest of your objects.

Step: 6

Now that you have all the elements you need, you can start to make the pattern. I like to start by making a shape that tiles by itself to use as a guide. Try drawing a square and draw a shape that reaches from the bottom-right corner to the top-left corner.

Now use this shape to form four sides of a new shape making sure the bottom-left shape is facing the same way as the top right and the same goes for the bottom right and top left. This will make sure they tile.

Step: 7

Now that you have your guide shape you can start arranging the elements of your pattern. At this point you may want to turn off snap to grid and turn on snap to point by going to View > Snap To Point. This will help you with aligning your elements to the sides of the guide shape. Feel free to play around with the scale of your objects now, to make sure they fit.

Step: 8

One thing you will need to be careful of while you’re arranging your elements is their position in the layers. You may need to send objects forward or backward to make sure the part of the element you want to be visible is on top. This can get fiddly and confusing, so make sure you name your layers meaningfully.

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Step: 9

Once you have arranged all the elements into the guide shape and you’re happy with the graphic you can get onto the next step – tiling. First, I’d recommend saving the document you’re working on and opening up a new one. Once you have a new document, copy your graphic in it.

Step: 10

At this stage I’d like to scale my graphic down, so to ensure the paths stay to scale, select all (Cmd/Ctrl + A) and go to Object > Path > Outline Stroke. This will turn any stroke into a fill. Alternatively, if you’d like to keep your strokes go to File > Preferences > General > Scale Strokes & Effect. This will keep the scale of the stroke width consistent even if you re-size.

Step: 11

Draw a new shape that is as big as your document and send it to the back (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + [). This will act as your background so make it whatever colour you want. Lock the layer to avoid selecting it later. Now select the whole graphic and copy it by holding down Alt and moving it.

Step: 12

Once you’ve released the object, group it by going to Object > Group. This will enable you to select the whole object again while aligning it to the other graphic and save you the headache of having to select each element again.

Step: 13

Because of the complexity of the graphics, the snap to point function might not ensure that your graphics land in exactly the right place. A good way to line them up is to zoom in and turn on outline view by hitting View > Outline and aligning the corresponding guide shapes.

Step: 14

Once you’re happy that you’ve tiled your graphic onto a large enough area, you need to go through it and fix any mistakes and inconsistencies. Because of the vernacular nature of this method, some elements are likely to overlay where they shouldn’t and some elements may get lost. To fix this you will need to ungroup all of the objects by selecting one group at a time and going to Object > Ungroup. Then, go through your graphic and move elements up and down until you’re happy with it.

Know Your Camera

2015-10-30T01:25:00.002-07:00

COMPACT VS. DIGITAL SLR CAMERAS

Choosing between a compact (or "point and shoot") and a digital SLR camera is often the first big purchasing decision when starting out with photography. Not only is it potentially a big financial decision, but it may also determine what kinds of shots you'll be capable of capturing. This tutorial cuts through all the marketing hype in order to highlight only the most important differences between each camera type — thereby helping you to decide which one is best for you and your shooting style.

What exactly does it mean for a camera to be a compact (or point and shoot) versus an SLR? Strictly speaking, SLR cameras just have viewfinders that see the same light as the camera's sensor (more on this later), but in practice this isn't the only distinction. While the line between each continues to blur, these three differences usually* still apply:

OVERVIEW

Viewfinder Mechanism
Fixed vs. Interchangeable Lenses
Camera Sensor Size

There's also a range of more minor differences (which vary depending on the camera brand or model), the above three are often what most impact one's photography. The next several sections will focus on what these three differences actually mean in practice, and how your photography style will be impacted. At the end, we'll also discuss some of the other more minor differences between the two camera types.

*Notable Exceptions: The "Micro Four Thirds" or 4/3 standard has interchangeable lenses, but doesn't use the standard SLR viewfinder mechanism (Olympus/Panasonic cameras). Some budget SLR cameras may also have fixed lenses, and some high-end compact style cameras can have sensors that are nearly as large as an SLR — but each is the exception rather than the rule.

However, this deserves mentioning up-front: SLR cameras are usually MUCH more expensive than compact cameras — mostly as a consequence of the above three differences (we'll discuss why later). Also, unlike with compact cameras, purchasing an SLR camera is only part of the cost; you may have to buy additional lenses, an external flash and other accessories. These can even end up costing more than the camera itself.

1. VIEWFINDER MECHANISM

Unlike compact cameras, with an SLR camera what you're seeing through the viewfinder is the same light that will reach your camera's sensor when you press the shutter button:

Compact Camera

SLR Camera:

Mirror Down

Mirror Up

With an SLR, when you press the shutter button, the mirror flips up and the light that was formerly being re-routed to your eye instead gets sent straight to the camera sensor. Move your mouse over the buttons above to see how this works. The flipping up of the mirror is also what makes the characteristic clicking or snapping sound that we've come to associate with SLR cameras.

With a compact camera, the viewfinder mechanism instead just tries to estimate what light will reach the sensor, so it's potentially less accurate. Compact cameras may also use what's called an electronic viewfinder (EVF), which attempts to re-create what an SLR viewfinder would see — but by instead using the electronic image from the sensor.

Note: The above behavior is in fact why they're called "Single Lens Reflex" (SLR) cameras — because the same lens is used to produce the image in the viewfinder as is used to capture that image at the sensor, and the mirror reflects light to the viewfinder ("reflex" referred to the reflection in German). However, this terminology can be a little confusing, because SLR cameras are the type of camera that can use more than just a "single lens" — not compact cameras.

The need for a prism/mirror is one of the reasons why SLR cameras cost more (other than sensor size), and can make a big difference for a camera designer/manufacturer. However, in practice the sensor size and ability to change lenses will likely make more of a difference to your photography. This is especially true since many camera owners choose to use the rear LCD screen instead of the viewfinder.

On the other hand, if your work requires seeing exactly the light that will be captured, then you should certainly opt for an SLR. Otherwise, you can usually still see exactly how that light will be captured using either a compact or an SLR camera — by looking at the rear LCD in "live view" mode, and by using a live histogram.

2. FIXED vs. INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES

The fact that SLR cameras can change out their lenses is likely the first difference that one notices, or knows ahead of time. Yes, many compact cameras can use lens adaptors (especially the high-end variety), but the original lens still remains on the camera.

photo courtesy of scott bourne

Why would a camera need more than one lens? It is difficult if not impossible to design a single lens that can capture scenes using the wide range of styles commonly used by photographers — all without noticeably sacrificing quality and portability. Each style is therefore far better suited by a single, special purpose lens.

In practice, being able to use different lenses usually means that:

You'll be able to use wider lens apertures (lower f/stops), which will enable a shallowerdepth of field and/or better low-light performance.
You'll be able to use specialized lenses, such as ultra-wide angle lenses, fish-eye lenses and extreme telephoto lenses, which will give you more creative options.
You'll have the potential to achieve better image quality, primarily because your lens will likely have been more specifically designed for the task at hand.

For example, with portraits one could use a wide aperture (such as f/2.0 or less) in order to create a smooth out of focus background and isolate their subject. Alternatively, with architecture one could use an ultra-wide angle lens that's been designed to also minimize distortion (causing otherwise straight lines to appear curved). Neither of these scenarios would be possible with the vast majority of compact cameras.

photo on left courtesy of eliya

However, using more than one lens also means that:

You need to carry more lenses with you if you plan on shooting a range of different styles and subjects. This decreases the portability of your camera system.
You need to change lenses every time you wish to change shooting styles. This can interrupt your shooting rhythm.
You might introduce dust onto your camera's sensor each time you have to change lenses. This can reduce image quality and be difficult to remove. See the tutorial on camera sensor cleaning for more on this topic.

Of course, to negate any potential inconvenience, you could always choose your favorite all-around lens for your SLR and just stick with that. In addition, the built-in lens on a high-end compact camera can sometimes produce higher quality images than a stock or budget SLR lens, and is often also a lot more versatile. However, once you start spending a lot more, compact camera lenses rarely hold their own against high-end SLR lenses.

3. CAMERA SENSOR SIZE

In general, compact cameras have much smaller camera sensors than SLR cameras. This is a less commonly known "under the hood" difference between SLR and compact cameras, but is likely one that will make the most noticeable impact on image quality.

What does this mean in practice?

Cost. Larger sensors are much more expensive to make, and usually require correspondingly more expensive lenses. This is the biggest reason why SLR cameras cost so much more than compact cameras.
Weight & Size. Larger sensors require much heavier and larger camera lenses and camera bodies, because the lens needs to capture and project light over a larger sensor area. Other than reducing portability, this can also be a disadvantage because it makes one look more conspicuous with their large SLR camera/lens (thereby making candid people shots more difficult).
Depth of Field. Larger sensors create a shallower depth of field at the same aperture setting. For example, a lens at f/4.0 on a compact camera likely won't create a blurred background in a portrait, whereas f/4.0 on an SLR camera will likely create a smooth, creamy background (depending on subject distance). This can be an advantage for portraits, but a disadvantage for landscapes.
Image Noise. For the same number of megapixels, larger sensors have much larger photosites/pixels* (as shown above). This increased light-gathering area means that these pixels will be more sensitive to tiny amounts of light — resulting in less image noise. This means that an SLR camera can usually get away with a much higher ISO setting than a compact camera without appearing noisier.
Dynamic Range. Another consequence of having physically larger pixels is that SLR cameras can usually capture a greater range of light to dark without having this become solid white or black, respectively (a higher "dynamic range"). This reduces the chance of blown highlights in the sky or other bright objects, and can preserve more details in the deep shadows.

*Technical Note: strictly speaking, a photosite isn't the same as a pixel, since a pixel is usually created based on several photosites, but we'll use the more familiar word "pixel" here even though we really mean "photosite." See the tutorial on digital camera sensors for more on this.

photo on right courtesy of coltfan909

The key here is that a different sensor size is just a trade-off; one size isn't necessarily all-around better than another, so you need to consider how the pros/cons of each will fit into your intended shooting style. For much more on this topic, also see the tutorial on digital camera sensor sizes.

OTHER COMMON DIFFERENCES

In addition to what's already been discussed, each camera type may also have other advantages, depending on the specific brand or model. These include:

Compact Camera Advantages

Live view rear LCD (although most newer SLR's have this feature)
Greater range of pre-programmed creative modes
No mirror/shutter mechanism that can fail after ~10-100K shots

SLR Camera Advantages

Faster camera autofocus
Much less shutter lag (delay between pressing the shutter and starting the exposure)
Higher maximum frame rate
RAW file format support (although most high-end compact cameras have this)
Ability to take exposures longer than 15-30 seconds (using manual or bulb mode)
Offers complete manual exposure control
Ability to use an external flash unit (but many high-end compact cameras have this)
Manual zoom control (by twisting the lens as opposed to using an electronic button)
Greater range of ISO speed settings
Ability to upgrade just the camera body and keep all of one's lenses

However, many of the above differences follow from the fact that one often spends a lot more on an SLR than a compact camera, and aren't necessarily inherent to each type. If one spends enough on a prosumer/high-end compact camera, they can often attain many of the above features typically found with SLR cameras.

SUMMARY: COMPACT vs. DIGITAL SLR

The preference between each camera type really comes down to one of (a) flexibility and the potential for higher image quality versus (b) portability and simplicity. This choice often isn't a matter of which is right for a given person, but which is better for a given shooting environment and intended photo use.

Compact cameras are much smaller, lighter, less expensive and less conspicuous, but SLR cameras allow for a shallower depth of field, a greater range of subject styles and the potential for higher image quality. Compact cameras are probably better for learning photography, since they cost less, simplify the shooting process and are a good all-around option for capturing many types of scenes out of the box. SLR cameras are much better suited to specific applications, and when size and weight aren't important.

Costs aside, many prefer to own both types of cameras. That way they can take their compact camera to parties and long hikes, but have an SLR available when they need to capture indoor subjects in low-light, or when they're going somewhere specifically for photography (such as for landscapes or events).

(Resources from : http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/compact-vs-digital-slr-cameras.htm)

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Design retro isometric artwork [copy&paste]

2015-08-25T00:15:00.000-07:00

Vector illustration can produce beautifully clean, precise artwork, but the results can also be a bit soulless. Here Mark Oliver creates those clean, precise shapes and then ‘grubbies’ them up for a more organic retro look.

Intro

Vector illustration can produce beautifully clean, precise artwork, but the results can also be a bit soulless. Here Mark Oliver creates those clean, precise shapes and then ‘grubbies’ them up for a more organic retro look. He also gives you a recipe for transforming shapes to fit a predefined isometric projection without having to do any calculations.

You can modify this tutorial to work on an illustration of your own as long as it conforms with the projection used. Import a 150dpi greyscale scan of your drawing and then follow the steps outlined below.

Time to Complete

3 - 4 hours

Software

Illustrator

Step: 1

I start by roughing out my illustration with careful consideration of the isometric projection I want. I then make my final drawings on tracing paper over a sheet of printed guidelines. In this case I scanned my sketch into a file called RW_drawing.tif.

Step: 2

To work on the image in Illustrator, I created an A3-sized document and imported my sketch. In the Layers panel menu, I selected Options for ‘Layer 1’, renamed the layer ‘Drawing’ and ticked the ‘Dim images to 50%’ checkbox. I then locked the layer and saved the file under the name Radio Wave.ai.

Step: 3

This and the next step show how to create guides for the isometric projection. Select New Layer… from the Layers panel menu and name the result ‘Guides’. Use the Line Segment tool (\) with theShift key held down to draw a horizontal line right across the page. Double-click the Rotate tool (R) and enter an angle of 30°. Using the Selection tool (V), hold down the Alt key and drag out as many copies as you want to become guides.

Step: 4

Select all the lines, then copy and paste them. Using the Reflect tool (O), click once at the top of the page and then, holding the Shift key, click once at the bottom of the page. Select all of the lines again, turn them into guides (View > Guides > Make Guides) and lock the layer.

Step: 5

Next I created a layer named ‘Box’ and drew a rectangle of about the same size as the right-facing panel of the object in my illustration. I rotated it by 30° with the Rotate tool. Then I double-clicked the Shear tool, entered a Shear Angle of -150°, checked the Horizontal radio button and entered 30° into the Axis box. This gave me a shape with the correct projection to match that panel.

Step: 6

For the top panel, I rotated my initial rectangle by 30°, then sheared it through -30° with an angle of 30°. For the left-facing panel, I rotated it -30° and sheared through 150° on a -30° angle. I then moved and resized the resulting objects to make up the rhomboid shown.

Step: 7

I then created two circles to match the elements in the drawing, rotating and shearing them in the same way as for the right-facing panel. Next I selected both circles and combined them (Object > Compound path > Make). With the compound path at the front (Object > Arrange > Bring to Front), I selected both it and the rectangle beneath. I then hit the Minus Front button in the Pathfinder panel (Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + F9) to subtract the front shape from the rectangle.

Step: 8

Next I removed the stroke from the sides and circles before applying some gradient fills with suitably retro colours – I went for an orangey-red.

Step: 9

Now I made a new layer named ‘Panel’ beneath the ‘Box’ layer and drew a circle in it with a buff-coloured gradient fill and no stroke. I copied it and pasted it in front (Cmd/Ctrl + F), then imported the file RW_resource1.tif.

With this image selected, I opened the Transparency panel (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + F10) and selected Multiply from the dropdown menu, leaving the opacity at 100%. Then I placed the image centrally over the circle and resized it to fit.

Step: 10

I sent the image backward (Cmd/Ctrl + [) and then, with Shift held down, I selected the top circle and the imported image and created a clipping mask (Object > Clipping Mask > Make). With the Selection tool, I dragged across the two circles and imported image and grouped them (Cmd/Ctrl + G). Then I rotated and sheared it to match the right-facing side, positioning the result behind the box so part of it could be seen through the holes.

Step: 11

Separately, I made four objects (provided in the file RW_resource2.ai) which I copied and pasted into a new layer named ‘Mechanics’ at the top of the layer stack. With both of the orange objects selected, I copied them and pasted them in front, then used the Reflect tool to create an additional pair of objects as shown.

Step: 12

With all six objects selected, I applied a 3D effect (Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel) using the parameters shown above. If you want, you can adjust the lighting, too, by hitting the More Options button.

Step: 13

Next I opened the file RW_resource3.ai, copied all the objects and pasted them into a new layer called ‘Wings’. I selected the four shapes that define the edges of these objects, copied them and pasted them in front. Finally I gave these shapes a thin black stroke, removed the fill and clicked elsewhere to deselect them.

Step: 14

Now I imported the file RW_resource4.tif over the top shape and sent the imported image backwards. I chose the Multiply mode in the Transparency panel, then moved the image around until I was happy with the look within the outline. Next I selected both the imported image and the outline and went to Object > Clipping Mask > Make. I dragged a selection across this top object to select all parts and grouped them, then repeated the steps with the other three shapes.

Step: 15

With all four ‘wings’ selected, I did a Copy followed by a Paste In Front, then reflected the copies horizontally. To make the eight wings face right, I selected them and applied the transformations of step 5. Then I placed all the elements as I wanted, resizing as necessary, before creating yet more elements to add interest.

Step: 16

Once I was satisfied with the overall result, I deleted the ‘Drawing’ layer and turned off the ‘Guides’ layer.

It was time to create one more layer, named ‘Sea’, at the bottom of the layer stack. In this layer I dragged out a shape behind the image with the Rounded Rectangle tool, adjusting the radius of the corners using the Up and Down arrows with the mouse button down. When I was satisfied I gave it a retro blue-green gradient with no stroke.

Step: 17

The very last step was to find a texture to give the illustration an aged look. Suitable images can be found online, but I chose to scan the back of an old map (RW_resource5.tif). The pages of old books would have worked too. I brought the scan into a new layer named ‘Texture’ at the top of the layer stack. Then I chose ‘Multiply’ in the Transparency panel and set the opacity at 60%. Ta-dah!

Based in Brighton, UK, Mark Oliver has won awards for his digital illustration and art for children’s books. He also creates interactive Flash animations for clients such as the Science Museum in London. Recent projects have included isometric vector art for a map of the Sea Life London Aquarium, and illustrations for the book Aliens: An Owner’s Guide, with words by Jonathan Emmett.

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MOCAfest Masterclass Series, Sarawak

2015-06-02T01:55:00.001-07:00

OVERVIEW

The program is designed to teach and instill the ability to tell a story through pictures. The best way to learn is from people who have mastered their craft. Peter Sanders is an internationally acclaimed photographer renowned for his documentation of the Islamic World. We want to create such an environment in different places in the world where everyone, from the beginner to the expert, may benefit from Peter Sanders’s vast knowledge and experience of photography and storytelling. The programs consist of four master classes, which form the core of the program, covering various topics. Sidi Peter shares his experiences and stories and then demonstrates. This is followed by opportunities for each participant to shoot pictures at various locations in the area.

SPEAKERS

Peter Sanders is an internationally award winning photographer who began his career in the 1960s as one of London’s leading photographers of rock musicians, photographing Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who and many more.

In 1971 Peter travelled on a spiritual quest to India, afterwards to Morocco, then to the Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah. From his ongoing travels, he has built up a huge photographic archive of over a quarter of a million photographs of the Islamic World, its people, architecture and cultures. His work is shown internationally in exhibitions, presentations and books. Recently, Peter created the ‘art of seeing’ photographic workshops to encourage young people into the creative arts.

His empathy with both spiritual masters and ordinary people has opened many doors and allowed him to photograph many ofwhom have never been photographed before.

Peter continues to travel worldwide on a number of commissions for a variety of international clients.

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The 100 best free fonts [FREEBIES]

2015-05-05T18:58:00.001-07:00

The best free fonts, from vintage-inspired typefaces to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs, for Windows and Mac, for a range of projects.

We've scoured the web to present you with a fine and varied selection of free fonts. Including scripts, serifs, and a range of ligatures, these fonts will give you greater flexibility in your designs, and add to your arsenal of design tools.

This list represents the 100 best free fonts we've found in a variety of styles.

Some of the typeface collections listed below can be used on your web projects, but please be sure to check the terms. Now join us as we present you with 100 of the best free fonts, which you can download and use today. Let us know how you get on!

01. Bellaboo

BellaBoo is an all caps font that's perfect for any kind of design project

This bold, all-caps font from Marcelo Reis Melo contains Latin and Swedish characters. Guaranteed to add a quirky, handmade flavour to your designs, it's free to download – both for commercial and personal use – and comes in both TTF and OTF formats.

FORMATS: TTF and OTF

02. Pier

Add a touch of class with Pier, a geometric font with a modern feel

Pier is a clean sans-serif font that's perfect for any-sized design, big or small. Created by Montreal-based senior art directorMathieu Desjardins, it comes in four weights, has a selection of glyphs and is free for personal use.

"The idea was to create a slightly off geometric font that would look good big or very small," he says. "It was made to fit your everyday designs and text needs."

FORMAT: OTF

03. Manifesto

Manifesto is an angular headline font with style

Tomaz Leskovec's clean, uppercase show font Manifesto was inspired by the geometric aesthetic of the Italian rationalist movement in the mid 1920s. Angular and eye-catching, it'll add impact to headlines, posters and more.

FORMAT: TTF

04. Delicate

Need a minimal serif stencil? Look no further than Delicate...

For a minimal option, French studio FAAK&PAAT's Delicate is an elegant serif stencil with a contemporary geometric twist. The classy design is available in three versions; rounded, bold and strict, and is free for both personal and commercial use.

FORMAT: TTF

05: Timber

"Timber is very versatile," says designer Mehmet Reha Tugcu on Behance

Istanbul-based designer Mehmet Reha Tugcu's trendy inline font Timber has a retro-futuristic vibe. Free for both personal and commercial use, it's perfect for logos, posters, headlines and any design situation where you have a bold typographic message to convey.

FORMATS: TTF and OTF

06: Fabfelt Script

After a script font with a hint of retro? Try Fabfelt...

French graphic designer Fabien Despinoy is the creative behind Fabfelt, a free script font with an industrial feel. "I tried to design a handwritten typeface without graininess, which is natural and a little retro," he comments.

FORMAT: OTF

07. Bizon

Bizon is a trendy uppercase font that's free to use

Nantes-based art director Axel Bizon is behind this personality-packed uppercase typeface, Bizon. The irregular, handmade design is free for both personal and commercial use.

FORMAT: TTF

08. Futuracha

Futuracha is a display font based on futura's backbone

A group of curious design explorers make up høly and are the team behind today's font of choice Futuracha. They comment on Behance: "The name is the combination of words futura and cucaracha (cockroach in Spanish). "The design is based on the basis of the pf futura book. The letters edges radically extend in a forceful way trying to remind the art deco's style.

FORMAT: EPS

09. Monthoers

Monthoers is a new update to Rochoes, by designer Agga Swist'blnk

If you're looking for a distressed retro font, Monthoers could well be the answer. Created by Indonesia-based graphic designer Agga Swist'blnk, it's the latest incarnation of her Rochoes typeface, and free for personal and commercial use.

FORMATS: TTF and OTF

10. Reis

Reis is great for posters, logos and much more

This cool, handwritten design Reis was created by Marcelo Reis Melo. Great for posters, logos and much more, Reis is available free for personal and commercial use, with donations to the author, as always, appreciated.

FORMAT: TTF

11. Anders

Anders was an experimental project by creative advertising student Tom Anders Watkins

Geometric design Anders was an experimental project by creative advertising student Tom Anders Watkins. "Using influences from modern font design, I wanted something very minimal and a little unique, here's the result," Watkins comments on Behance.

FORMAT: TTF

12. Dense

Dense currently only comes in Regular but there'll be more weights to follow

Dense is a versatile, elegant, geometric and compact sans-serif typeface. Three weights have been created thus far: thin, regular and bold. Created by Canadian artist Charles Daoud, Regular is currently the only weight available, but Daoud has said that he'll update his Behance page with news on how to get the other weights in the near future.

FORMAT: TTF

13. Reckoner

Reckoner was inspired by popular industrial sans serif typefaces

Reckoner was created by Sydney-based graphic designer Alex Dale. "Drawing inspiration from popular industrial sans serif typefaces such as Bebas Neue, Alegre Sans & Dharma Gothic, I set out to design a typeface with a modern twist whilst keeping the fundamentals of a traditional font," Dale comments on Behance.

"The result is Reckoner, a free for commercial and personal use typeface that features a secondary set of characters in the lowercase setting that can be placed in your designs to add a unique touch to certain words."

FORMAT: TTF

14. Vincent

This free type collection was Suarez's first fully functioning typeface

Vincent was developed by graphic and product designer for NBC Universal Ben Suarez. Created at the end of last year, this vintage-inspired design was Suarez's first fully functioning typeface, and is a great addition to our list of 100 free fonts.

"Vincent was intended to be used as a title font," explains Suarez. It was "named after my grandfather who drove a '76 Chrysler Cordoba and smoked out of an old wooden pipe. He was rad."

FORMAT: TTF

15. Jaapokki

Create eye-catching headlines with Jaapokki

Jaapokki was created by Finnish designer Mikko Nuuttila. With clean lines, two alternatives and large set of glyphs, Jaapokki is great for headlines, posters, logos and more.

FORMAT: OTF

16. Biko

Biko Black is a big, brash display font that has a touch of class

Biko is a design by graphic designer and visual artist Marco Ugolini: "a geometric sans serif with a strong and yet friendly character". The name is a tribute to South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Perfect for display, copy text and logos, it's available in regular, and black versions. It's also one of our typefaces that's only free for use in personal projects, and as you can purchase the font for a mere 20 Euros for commercial use we felt that it must be included.

FORMAT: TTF

17. Parisish

Parisish by George Williams is kinda reminiscent of the French capital city - hence the name

This is one of the most elegant typefaces, and was created by type designer George Williams; it has the feel of old Paris about it. One of 57 fonts created by the designer, this is one of his most popular, having received over 200,000 downloads. It's free for both personal and commercial uses.

FORMAT: TTF

18. Baron

Baron is an uppercase display typeface, free for personal and commercial projects

Created by graphic design student Frank Hemmekam, this font family is designed for display with Hemmekam describing it as "a free uppercase display typeface inspired by the classic sans serif font families. This typeface is, because of its many alternative options and weights, perfect for usage in posters, logotypes and headlines." Baron is free for both personal and commerical use.

FORMAT: TTF

19. True Love

Davide Cariani's free font was inspired by old school tattoo typography

Davide Cariani is a UX designer and web developer with a passion for typography, which led to him creating this entry in our list. True Love was created in his spare time and his first type experiment. Inspired by old-school tattoo fonts, glyphs available include letters, numbers, dash and dot.

FORMAT: TTF

20. Calendas Plus

Calendas Plus was created by the team at Spanish design agency atipo

Calendas Plus is an improved version of Atipo studio's first typeface, Calendas. The team at the Spanish design agency completely redrew the font with new ligatures and includes a full glyph set. You can download this simply by sharing news of the design on Facebook or Twitter.

FORMAT: TTF

21. Universum

Universum is based around the circle and variations on it

Universum is a free font created by Prague-based graphic designer JAF 34. He wanted to create his own typeface based around the circle and variations on it, and here's the result.

JAF 34 says that Universum is suitable for posters and print design, and comes in OpenType and TrueType flavours. While it's free, JAF 34 suggests you might want to make a donation if you like it.

Format: TTF, OTF

22. Kilogram

Kilogram was based on Nick Curtis' Anagram

This font was created by KalleGraphics and based on Nick Curtis' font Anagram. The bold design includes a full set of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. Free for personal use.

FORMAT: OTF

23. Construthinvism

This free typeface was inspired by Russian Constructivism and Cryllic characters

Pedro Fernandes and 4838Design are collectively responsible for free font Construthinvism. Fernandes describes the design as being "inspired by the Russian Constructivism, Cyrillic characters and Alexander Rodchenko".

FORMAT: OTF

24. Molesk

Download Molesk to add a vintage touch to your designs

This vintage-style inclusion in our rundown was designed by communication and multimedia student Pedro Lobo. A slab serif font with shadows on the right, the design includes a full set of upper-case letters, numbers and a selection of special characters.

FORMAT: TTF

25. Bigmouth

A simple tweet is all the creators of Bigmouth ask for in return for this download

What's that? You want more? Well, say hello to Bigmouth: a font by Timo Kuilder of Twelve Twenty. The typeface is available in both regular and bold versions. All the Timo asks for in return for the download is a simple tweet (click the 'Pay with Tweet' button on the top right).

FORMAT: OTF

26. Tracks

Tracks Type will look great when used for headlines and posters

Tracks type is all caps fonts and alphabet only, inspired with railway tracks slash, static, dynamic, and clean. It was designed by Indonesia-based design student Gumpita Rahayu and is available in two different styles - medium and slanted. This font was designed for display purposes, so will look great when used for headlines.

FORMAT: OTF, TTF

27. Ziamimi

Another typeface collection that's perfect for your headlines and poster designs

Ziamimi is a gorgeous font that comes in capitals - making it perfect for headers and eye-catching statements. Its sleek finish allows it to really stand out as one of the best free typefaces we've come across. It also comes with numbers and a few punctuation marks.

FORMAT: OTF

28. Dooodleista

Download this font for free if you're looking to experiment!

Why Doodle? This question can be answered with two simple words - for fun. This is the first and most important rule that designer Filiz Sahin has set out for anyone that uses one of the quirkiest typefaces in our list. We love its playful style anddoodle art feel.

FORMAT: OTF

29. Klinic

Support your fellow designers and donate cash towards these brilliant fonts

In four weights (and italics), the eight-font Klinic Slab family is one of Lost Type's most comprehensive releases to date. A contemporary, versatile slab serif, Klinic is a workhorse that marries personality and functionality. Designed by Joe Prince, it's free to download, but if you decide to use it then we'd encourage you to make a donation.

FORMAT: OTF

30. Albert

Designer William Suckling was inspired by Victorian signage and lettering when developing new typeface Albert

Albert is the latest offering from 22-year-old, London College of Communication design student William Bayley Suckling. One of many designs created by the talented creative, Albert is a new decorative headline typeface, inspired by Victorian signage and lettering.

FORMAT: TTF

31. Muchacho

'A western-style serif font with quirky legs' - Jeff Schrieber on Muchacho

Designer Jeff Schreiber describes his typeface Muchacho as "a western-style serif font with quirky legs". Based in the Netherlands, Schreiber's design contains all capital letters, numbers, diacritical marks and most punctuation marks. Muchacho is a free version of his Wild West-inspired typefaceGringo.

FORMAT: TTF

32. Cylburn

Download Cylburn at Lost Type Co-op

You can find semi-connected script font Cylburn on Lost Type Co-op. Designed by Dai Foldes, the artist comments on his creation: "Cylburn is a semi-connected script, structurally based on Roundhand but written with a pointed brush and restrained tension that separate it from its traditional roots." Like many free typefaces there is no charge for personal use, but donations are gratefully recieved.

FORMAT: OTF, TTF

33. Lovelo

Coming with two line versions, this is the perfect font for headlines

Designed by Austrian typographer Renzler Design, the Lovelo font is a remake of the original Lovelo Inline. It's a geometric sans serif typeface with two line versions, making it an eye-catching choice for any large text or headlines. As always, the font is free but there is a donation option if you'd like to show the designer your appreciation.

FORMAT: OTF

34. Komoda

Komoda is a great free display font

This great free font is Komoda by Polish designer Joanna Angulska. "Komoda is a display, sans serif typeface suitable for headlines, editorial and poster design," she comments on Behance.

FORMAT: TTF

35. Fairview

Fairview is one of the many great fonts available on the Lost Type Co-op

Fairview is a condensed sans serif, with small cap alternates, inspired by the industrial lettering of the 20th century. Designed by Riley Cran for the Lost Type Co-op, the font comes in uppercase, lowercase, numerals and punctuation. There's also a donation option with this font, so be generous and show your appreciation!

FORMAT: OTF

36. Zwodrei

Another brilliant font for headlines and larger texts

Perfect for personal headline use, Zwodrei was designed by 27-year-old German based graphic designer Lukas Bischoff. After graduating from his studies of communication design at the University of Applied Science, Lukas has gone on the create some beautiful typefaces - including this one!

FORMAT: OTF

37. Distractor

Use for personal projects and be sure to let Simon know how you got on

Distractor a new typeface designed by London-based graphic designer Simon Stratford. Loosely based on Bevan, the inspiration behind this font was the old letterpress styles and hand printed lettering - a passion of Simon's. Use for personal projects and be sure to let Simon know what you think of it!

FORMAT: OTF

38. Linux Libertine

Featuring more than 2000 glyphs this Times alternative is great - and free!

Linux Libertine was designed by the Libertine Open Fonts Project and, according to Wikipedia, "aims to create free and open alternatives to proprietary typefaces such as Times Roman". The font is licensed under the GNU General Public License and the SIL Open Font License, and contains more than 2,000 glyphs and includes character sets such as the Greek Alphabet, Cyrillic script, and Hebrew.

FORMAT: TTF, OTF, WOFF

39. Museo Sans 500

Museo is extremely popular, and you can get two variants for free

This extremely popular font is part of the Museo family of fonts, and you can get both the Sans 500 and Sans 500 Italic versions for free. You can either get one desktop license, one web font license for 500,000 page views, or a combination of the two. Registration is required to access the fonts.

FORMAT: OTF, TTF, EOT, WOFF, SVG

40. Museo Slab 500

Museo Slab is a weighty font that packs a serious punch

If you thought a free Museo sans font was good, we've also got two Museo Slab variants to accompany it. If you're looking for an impactful heading font, this could be it. As with the Sans versions above, you can either get one desktop license, one web font license for 500,000 page views, or a combination of the two. Registration again required to access the fonts.

FORMAT: OTF, TTF, EOT, WOFF, SVG

41. Lobster

Snap up this Lobster font! That's right, it's a pun so good we've used it twice

We love Font Squirrel. It's a brilliant resource for fonts, and this is one of its hottest properties over the last few years. Chances are you've seen this font, and never realised that you could use it both on and offline at no cost. Lobster is a compact and legible calligraphy-based script font that works in both upper and lowercase, and can also be used on the web. Definitely one to snap up!

FORMAT: OTF, TTF, EOT, WOFF, SVG

42. Bevan

Ultra-bold web fonts don't always translate to screens, but this one does

This is Vernon Adams' reimagining of a traditional 1930s slab serif by Heinrich Jost. The letterforms have been digitised, reshaped and optimised for the web, with more open counters and stronger stems to ensure that Bevan functions as an ultra-bold display font that suits modern browsers.

FORMAT: TTF

43. Nord

Nord was created to celebrate the launch of the Nord Collective new motion graphics studio

Nord is a new font created by Alex Frukta and Vladimir Tominto celebrate the launch of the Nord Collective, their new motion graphics studio. Free for both personal and commercial use, it's an OpenType font that comes in four weights - Bold, Light, Medium and Regular - and which included Cyrillic as well as Latin characters.

FORMAT: OTF

44. Langdon

Serious, solid and dependable; XML Telecom worked alongside designer Steven Bonner to create free typeface Langdon

Langdon is a free typeface from XLN Telecom and leading graphic designer, illustrator and typographer Steven Bonner. The result of the collaboration is a typeface that is solid, serious and dependable. Langdon is available as a free download and can be used privately and commercially with no restrictions on usage.

FORMAT: OTF

45. Bohema

Bohema by Joao Oliveira is an Art Deco font with a modern twist

An Art Deco font with a modern twist, Bohema was created by graphic designer and illustrator João Oliveira. Perfect for retro designs, Bohema is ideal for headlines, editorial letterings, branding, merchandising and special occasions. Available in eight distinct styles, payment is required for the full set but Oliveria generously offers the regular alternative style demo as a free download.

FORMAT: OTF

46. Airbag

Airbag is a slab serif typeface created by designer Simon Stratford

This trendy display typeface was created by designer Simon Stratford after he failed to find a free font online suitable for his artwork. The slab serif typeface is the Stratford's first, the designer creating a full set of uppercase letters, numbers and a few special characters. And all he asks for in return for the download is a simple tweet.

FORMAT: TTF

47. Fail

Fail by Douglas Vitkausk does anything but

This grunge typeface does anything but what its name suggests, having been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times since its release. This is one of 129 fonts designed by Douglas Vitkausk, whose work has amassed over 12 million downloads collectively! Free for personal use only.

FORMAT: TTF

48. Comic Neue

Comic Neue aspires to be the casual script choice for everyone

If you're looking for a fun, light hearted font but simply can't bring yourself to use Comic Sans, then Comic Neue, a make-over of the infamous font, may be just the solution.

Created by Australian designer Craig Rozynski, Comic Neue's arrival has already caused quite a stir in the design world, with it leading to Comic Sans trending on Twitter and the original font's designer Vincent Connare, commenting that the design "should be more casual".

FORMAT: TTF

49. KanKin

KanKin is a contemporary sans serif free font by Alexey Frolov

The designer of this contemporary yet 'old style' sans serif,Alexey Frolov, claims it's perfect for posters, logos, print and web. It's certainly clean and bold, and it's no surprise, given the nationality of the font's designer, that the Russian characters look particularly good in this set.

FORMAT: TTF and OTF

50. Nexa: light and bold

The Nexa font family includes a number of styles and weights. Here you get two

The Nexa font family includes 16 styles and weights. The font family has great legibility, and works very well as a headline font. Here you get two parts of the family for free, and if you want the rest then you'll have to put your hand in your pocket.

FORMAT: OTF

51. Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel is a throwback to the 1930s, and has serious retro charm

Designed by Brian J Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles for Astigmatic, this font takes its inspiration from the title screen of the 1937 film Cafe Metropole starring Tyrone Power. It has a classic weight and subtlety that make you think of artisan signage and craft, but its cursive lowercase lends itself to a host of different uses.

FORMAT: OTF

52. Moonshiner

Moonshiner, an impactful heading font

Mattox Shuler designed this font in a few days, and it lacks accents and support for some common characters, but as a heading font - especially for graphic design work - it's a great, free option.

FORMAT: OTF

53. Oranienbaum

Give your headings a classic look with Oranienbaum

Described as 'modern Antiqua' (a group of classic 'old style' typefaces), Oranienbaum has been created by Ivan Gladkikhand Oleg Pospelov. And as free typefaces go, it's a corker! Based on classics like Bodini, this font has pronounced serifs and makes a great headlines.

FORMAT: TTF

54. Wasteland

Freelance designer and animator Anton Bohlin created today's font of choice, Wasteland. He comments on his hand drawn, brush typeface: "Wasteland was inspired by a post apocalyptic future where civilization is wiped out, water and gasoline are the only accepted currencies on the planet and you only have a handful of shotgun shells left."

FORMAT: OTF

55. Aventura

Aventura was inspired by the outdoors

Inspired by the outdoors, Aventura was created by graphic designer Jimmy Kalman. With a full set of uppercase letters, numbers and a selection of special characters, Aventura is free for both personal and commercial use.

FORMAT: TTF

56. Locksmith

You can grab this gorgeous font for the mere price of a tweet!

This gorgeous font was created by California based designerKenji Enos. Having worked on everything from print, web, motion graphics, animation, video editing and 3D modelling, it's clear that Kenji has some serious talents when it comes to typography. You can grab the regular format of Locksmith for the mere price of a tweet or Facebook share.

FORMAT: TTF

57. RBNo2

You can grab the light and light alternative formats for free!

RBNo2 is inspired by late 19th century industrial fonts with German roots regarding straightness and geometry. Combined with other sans serifs, slab serifs and serif fonts it catches the eye when used in headlines and short copy texts.

Added to the regular styles the alternate versions will turn the font into a perfect partner for modern, technical and contemporary impressions as well as high quality, luxury and timeless environments. You can grab the light and light alternative formats for free.

FORMAT: TTF

58. Bariol

Bariol has already proved a massive hit with designers across the board

Designed by Spanish studio Atipo, Bariol has already proved a massive hit with designers across the board. Crafted with versatily and readability in mind, the brand new, slightly rounded typeface is available in four weights.

The font is readable even at small scales and can be used as corporate typography, packaging design, infographics and even editorial design. You can download Bariol regular and italic for free by just 'paying' with a tweet or you can get the complete font family from as little as €3.

FORMAT: OTF

59. Moderne Sans

Moderne Sans takes its inspiration from 1920s typography

A clean and elegant sans serif typeface, Moderne Sans was created by graphic designer Marius Kempken. "Moderne Sans is a free font, inspired by 1920s typography," Kempken comments on Behance. "The design is based on uppercase letters, but I created lowercase letters, numbers and some alternative letters too."

FORMAT: TTF

60. Manteka

Manteka has proved popular with designers across the globe

Manteka is designed by Spanish typographer Eduardo Arayaand was crafted especially for use in print, but equally has a spectacular web performance. The free font has already proved very popular with designers across the globe.

FORMAT: TTF

61. Geared

Geared could be a versatile addition to your next project

Geared is an industrial inspired Condensed Slab Serif that comes in four weights - thin, regular, bold and extrabold. It was designed by graphic designer Ben Dalrymple and with such an extensive character set, Geared could be a versatile addition to your next project.

FORMAT: OTF

62. Johanna

We love the slight vintage feel to this one

Johanna is a modular typeface based on six basic modules and as a result, there are 147 glyphs of versatility in each style. It was created by Spanish graphic designer Adrià Gómez and also comes in an italic version. We love the slight vintage feel to this one and think it could be used best in web design. The colours that Gómez has used to showcase the font are also a brilliant touch.

FORMAT: TTF

63. Silverfake

This vintage font is presented in contemporary curves

Silverfake is a new contemporary slab serif wide free font designed Alexey Frolov, aka MRfrukta. This vintage font is presented in contemporary curves that make the font applicable for both retro and modern designs. Silverfake contains only capital letters but also some alternate characters are also included.

FORMAT: OTF

64. Typometry

Emil manages to encorporate quite a surrealist style into this type face

This quirky font was crafted by Emil Kozole for a university project. A lover of 'pretty colours', Emil manages to encorporate quite a surrealist style into this type face. Typometry will be a great font to experiment with in a number of projects. The font is now a pro version with two weights, four styles and more than 220 glyphs that are available in both TFF and OTF format.

FORMAT: TFF, OTF

65. Che's Bone

Filiz experimented with this font for Che and other dog lovers

This gorgeous font was created by Filiz Sahin. She says of the font, "My dog loves bones. I experimented with this font for Che and other dog lovers. It has round edges and condensed skinny forms. The corner of each letter has a bone shape which is Che's favorite part. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!" It is free for personal and commercial use and Filiz would be grateful for credits!

FORMAT: EPS

66. Mood Type

The project was inspired by Modern Swedish Furniture

This is another brilliant design from Filiz Sahin. The project was inspired by Modern Swedish Furniture, print mechanical instructions - crops, bleeds, and registration marks - as well as pop influenced '70s fonts. This is an EPS font for display font purposes only, at the moment. There are no PostScript or OpenType versions available. Please do some nice and clean work.

FORMAT: EPS

67. Homestead

Homestead comes in uppercase only with numerals and punctuation

An evocative yet forward thinking slab, Homestead is another stunning creation from the guys at Lost Type. Inspired by their desire and need to explore, Homestead represents the ways in which we are always searching for the place to call home. Designed by Luke Lisi, Homestead comes in uppercase only with numerals and punctuation.

FORMAT: TTF

68. Habana

Bonnie didn't only design the font but she also crafted the sultry illustration that showcases the typeface

Habana is a geometric sans-serif inspired by Cuba's capital city. Available only in uppercase, this curvy offering was designed by New York based designer Bonnie Clas. What's more, Bonnie didn't only design the font but she also crafted the sultry illustration that showcases the typeface. That's one talented lady right there!

FORMAT: TTF

69. CODE Pro

Code font is applicable for any type of graphic design

Code Pro is a font family inspired by the original Sans Serif fonts like Avant Garde or Futura, but with a modern twist. It is clean, elegant, and straight-to-the-point. Code font is applicable for any type of graphic design - web, print, motion graphics, etc - and perfect for T-shirts and other items like posters and logos. It also comes in a number of languages!

FORMAT: OTF

70. Adamas Regular

Adamas only comes in upper case but we think it's a great free font to experiment with!

Created by Romanian graphic designer Octavian Belintan, the Adamas style was first used by Greek and Latin writers for a stone of impenetrable hardness. Adamas only comes in upper case but we think it's a great free font to experiment with!

FORMAT: OTF

71. Fabrica

Fabrica proves to be highly efficient for small screens

Created by Canadian designer Alvin Kwan, Fabrica was designed with one thing in mind: to create the most legible typeface for mobile screens. In a world where people read more text on their smartphones and tablets, rather than on actual paper, Fabrica is a typeface that's well worth looking in to. Although the download is free for all, you can also donate however much money you would like to Alvin for his work.

FORMAT: OTF

72. Infinity

The name comes from guides for creating: they are similar to the number 8

Thai graphic designer Tarin Yuangtrakul mainly focuses his work on illustration, which has been exhibited in Bangkok, South Carolina and New York City. At the tender age of 20, Tarin is already making waves on the design circuit. Here, Tarin turns his hand to typography to create Infinity.

FORMAT: TTF

73. Makhina

Makhina free font is inspired by gas pipes

Nuno Dias is a graphic designer with a passion for typography and illustration. He is also the artist behind Makhina. "This is my second attempt on typefaces," Dias comments on Dribbble. "I don't have much experience yet, but this time I tried something more functional and simple. Inspired by gas pipes, the basic shape is a rounded square."

FORMAT: TTF

74. Rex

It’s a caps font, but there is a difference between both caps and small caps

This three-weight font type is brought to you by the folks atFontfabric. Designer Svetoslav Simov, who is based in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded the independent type foundry back in 2008. Every week, a typeface is rolled out of production and is put up on the site to download absolutely free. Rex is one of those fonts, designed in three weights: light, bold and bold inline. It’s a caps font, but there is a difference between both caps and small caps, which can be seen in the examples on the website. It's available for both personal and commercial use.

FORMAT: OTF

75. Haymaker

The inspiration for the typography design came from the workmanship, lettering and baseball jerseys of the 1930s and 1940s

Designer Trevor Baum created this vintage-inspired typeface. Proclaiming a love of bicycles, type and Jewish delis, Trevor wanted to create a font that was both rugged and refined, and we think he's got the balance spot on. The inspiration for the typography design came from the workmanship, lettering and baseball jerseys of the 1930s and 1940s. The font comes in uppercase, lowercase, numerals and also contains punctuation.

FORMAT: TTF

76. Carton

Nick claims that Carton is 'best served chilled'

Here's another awesome find on Lost Type, the typography co-op that ensures its designers receive 100 per cent of the donations given for their fonts. This time, the typeface comes from talented Newcastle based graphic designer Nick McCosker. It only comes in upper case but we think that's all a typeface of this kind needs. It's immediately striking to the eye and will work really well with any titled-based designs; possibly less so in body text.

FORMAT: OTF

77. Nevis

The font can be used for both personal and commercial purposes

Nevis is another fantastic typeface brought to you by Ed Merrittof Ten by Twenty. The website description is spot on: "Nevis is a strong, angular typeface and is ideal for headings, text, buttons and everything in between. It's assertive and bold, but manages to retain a friendly tone, and looks especially good when used in all caps." The font can be used for both personal and commercial purposes but it cannot be redistributed or sold. Although you can download the font for free, Ten by Twenty say they always appreciate a donation, however small. If you can't do that, a link back to the site is hugely appreciated!

FORMAT: TTF

78. PLSTK

The designers are happy for you to use the font in any way that you wish

This font was created by Christian del Moral and Luis Armesilla. Both Madrid-based designers, Luis mainly focuses on motion and graphic design, but has a special interest in typography and lettering. Christian is heavily influenced by music and tends to illustrate in a child-like old school way. The designers are happy for you to use the font in any way that you wish. All they ask is that you send them an image of your work once you're done with it! Take a look at this awesome video the guys created to showcase PLSTK's capabilities.

FORMAT: TTF

79. Abraham Lincoln

Frances creates stunning typography and has worked with book covers, leaflets and posters

There are no vampire hunters in sight, we're afraid; just an awesome font created by designer Frances MacLeod. Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Frances creates stunning typography and has worked with book covers, leaflets, posters and more.

She created this Abraham Lincoln font to resolve a constant search for a condensed serif. The promotional specimen featurrs the font in use and folds out to a poster of Abraham Lincoln's address to the 166th Ohio Regiment in 1864 on the reverse. You can see the examples on her personal website.

FORMAT: TTF

80. Adam

Inspired by Futura, Adam is suitable typeface for headlines, posters, titles and captions

Shrenik Ganatra is the designer behind Adam. Based in Mumbai, the independent artist comments on Behance: "Adam is an all caps, sans serif typeface inspired by Futura. The sharp, clean appearance makes it a suitable typeface for headlines, posters, titles and captions. It consists of 227 glyphs and is free for both personal and commercial use."

FORMAT: OTF

81. Ostrich Sans

The typeface comes in six styles, including Sans Light

This superb typeface is created by New Yorker Tyler Finck. Tyler has created a number of fonts and regularly allows designers to download them for free. He describes Ostrich Sans as an open source font family that he's very happy to offer for free from The League of Moveable Type. The typeface comes in six styles, including Sans Light, Sans Regular, Sans Bold and Sans Rounded. It only comes in caps but we think that it's the perfect font to make an instant impact.

FORMAT: TTF

82. Nougatine

Used for editorial and commercial purposes, Nougatine is a great all-rounder

Designed by 25-year-old Frenchman Fabien Laborie, the graphic designer describes Nougatine as "a titling font inspired by the smell of freshly baked cookies." Delivered with 380 glyphs, a host of varying ligatures and a panel of alternative letters, it enables the power of versatility. Used for editorial and commercial purposes, Nougatine is a great all-rounder.

FORMAT: TTF

83. Valentina

It is compiled of 457 glyphs, with 125 alternative lower cases or the 46 ligatures

Produced by Spanish typographer Pedro Arilla, Valentina is described as a sincere tribute to his grandmother; which is where the name also stems from. A self-professed minimalist, Pedro created Valentina as a classic didone. Incorportating many antique Spanish techniques with influences of Bodoni, Valentina is great for editorial purposes. It is compiled of 457 glyphs, with 125 alternative lower cases or the 46 ligatures.

FORMAT: OTF

84. Chunkfive

Chunkfive has all the ingredients for great headings and titles

Chunkfive derives from the team at The League of Moveable Type. With a motto of providing only the best fonts within the interweb, Chunkfive is a perfect example of their high standards. An ultra-bold slab serif, Chunkfive has all the ingredients for great headings and titles. The fact that it also contains lower case means that it could also work in body set text. If you're looking for a vintage Americana feel, then Chunkfive is your guy.

FORMAT: OTF

85. Tracion

Tracion's hard shapes are inspired by architecture and engineering

Tracion is the first typeface created by freelance art director and illustrator Marcus Lien Gundersen. A bold design, Gundersen was inspired by architects, engineers and the building industry during its development.

FORMAT: TTF

86. Forum

The font's intended use is for headings and titles

Designed by Russian graphic designer Denis Masharov, 'Forum' is just one of the many fonts this man is responsible for. Currently working for Time Out Moscow, Denis has been a professional typographer since 2008. The font's intended use is for headings and titles, but we're sure it would look great in set body text too! It's classic feel is clear to see, with its clever arches and direct lines. If you love this font, we suggest you check out the rest of Masharov's creations. The man's a genius!

FORMAT: Google Web Font

87. Cassannet

The art deco typeface is available in bold, regular and outline weights

Released earlier this year, Cassannet is a gorgeous addition to our best list, which captures the essence of vintage Cassandre posters. The art deco typeface is available in bold, regular and outline weights. Containing ligatures, capitals, numbers, small capitals and also titling alternates, the font will be perfect for any purpose. You can be really nice and offer a donation to the makers or simply repay them with a tweet.

FORMAT: OTF, TTF

88. Farray

The Bauhaus-inspired Farray was created by French designer Adrien Coquet

Farray was created by French graphic designer Adrien Coquet. A generous guy, Coquet recently put the finishing touches to his Bauhaus-inspired design and now offers it as a free download for both personal and commercial use.

FORMAT: OTF

89. League Script

Brought to you once again by those folks over at The League of Moveable type comes League Script. A gorgeous rendition of teenage girl's endless diary entries, League Script offers a sweet alternative to boring body text. Designed by Haley Fiege, it includes ligatures and will act as the framework for future script designs. It's popularity is apparent; having been downloaded a whopping 71,000 times. How will you use it?

FORMAT: OTF

90. Henry

Marta mainly cites the fonts major influence from vintage cars

We at Creative Bloq love a blast from the past and this Henry font couldn't be more retro if it tried. Created by Polish graphic designer Marta Podkowi?ska, the font was named after Henry Ford and inspired by all things '60s. Marta mainly cites the fonts major influence from vintage cars, which can be seen in its glorious curvature. Although the font only comes in upper case, we think it would be perfect for headings and titles, and a great chance to test your design abilities.

FORMAT: TTF

91. Mink Type

Mink Type was created by New York-based art director Filiz Sahin. "Mink Type is a cool, handpainted display typeface that was developed using brush tools in Illustrator," she comments. "Each letter has three variations including upper and lower cases so you can create a custom feel for your designs."

92. Bobber

We think it'd look create on an illustration portfolio

More vintage? You bet! Bobber is a classic font developed by Brazilian typograher Lucas Perdido and Russian graphic designer Dmitry Goloub. Described as an "alternative slab serif", the font is totally free and the guys are happy for you to use it for commercial purposes. We think it'd look create on an illustration portfolio, for those of you that love all things vintage!

FORMAT: Ai

93. Lavanderia

Working as a script font, Lavanderia will really work well as a heading type

Created by designer James T Edmondson, Lavaderia is a charming font that takes influence from the Laundromat windows of San Francisco's Mission District. It comes in a range of open type features and three weights. Working as a script font, Lavanderia will really work well as a heading type as well as being able to slot nicely into the set body text.

FORMAT: OTF

94. Sketchtik Light

Sketchtik echoes chalk boards from the classroom without looking immature

This cute font is taking us back to our school days. Designed byHiekka Graphics founder Ossi Gustafsson, Sketchtik echoes chalk boards from the classroom without looking immature. It'll give a sense of fun to any design, which could work well for portfolios or branding. The font comes in light, regular, bold and black so there's plenty of versatility for titles, headings and set body text. (You only get the Light version for free.)

FORMAT: OTF and TTF

95. Metropolis

Kelava wanted to create his own Art Deco font without being too much of a copycat

It's no wonder this font has become so popular, thanks to its modern twist on a vintage style. Designed by Australian graphic designer Josip Kelava, Metropolis is influenced by the industrial movement of the 1920s. Kelava wanted to create his own Art Deco font without being too much of a copycat. The result was this bold and daring typeface, perfect for catching your user's eye. It only comes as capital letters, so it won't be relevant for set body text. It does however, look amazing on a poster or homepage!

FORMAT: OTF

96. Building

With a strong visual impact, Building is great for posters and headlines

Building was created by Italian design student Leonardo Gubbioni. He comments on Behance: "With a strong visual impact, Building's primary purpose is to capture the attention, in a world where you are constantly assualted by sensory stimuli."

FORMAT: OTF

97. Azedo

Azedo was created off the back of Pedro Azedo's personal identity

Portugal-based graphic designer Pedro Azedo is behind this gorgeous typeface Azedo. A personal project, Azedo was created off the back of the new identity Pedro created for himself.

FORMAT: TTF

98. SciFly Sans

The SciFly font was created by Tomi Haaparanta

Tomi Haaparanta, the famous and prolific font designer from the Suomi Type Factory, has created a new typeface, commissioned by Flyerzone. Anyone can download and use SciFly Sans within their projects to create a unique style.

FORMAT: OTF

99. Glamor

Glamor has a beautiful classical style

Glamor is a free font created by 26-year-old French graphic designer Hendrick Rolandez. Designed in 2013, Glamor includes a set of 24 fonts, from light to bold, with more than 200 unique characters for each font.

FORMAT: OTF and TTF

100. High Tide

Filipe Rolim is generously sharing his free font High Tide for all to enjoy

Design student Filipe Rolim developed this typeface due his need for having a more alternative font to use in his projects. And now he's generously offering his design as a free font for all to enjoy.

FORMAT: TTF

12 tips for creating geometric vector graphics and art [kopipesediseng]

2015-04-26T20:13:00.005-07:00

12 tips for creating geometric vector graphics and art

Leading illustrators share their tips for perfecting artworks and patterns based on geometric shapes.

Create collections

"Build a file of geometric shapes from drawings you have created by hand. This gives you a collection of ideas to play with when you are working. Lately I have been scanning in a lot of geometric shapes drawn with rulers and other tools, and combining them into a single PSD work file to dive into when I am working. This process feels more natural and integrated with my other illustration work.
"An illustration I recently produced for Wrap Magazine was made with a combination of these shapes alongside curvy line work. The poster for Disko Vraiment is made completely with shapes from the work file without drawing anything beforehand."
Rick Hedof (NL)

Use your imagination

"Laying down the shapes in Adobe Photoshop is a process of imagining the forms three dimensionally. Anyone can draw a load of triangles but making them suggest a rounded surface say, is the task. I draw each shape with the Polygonal Selection Tool and fill each of the aforementioned colours on a separate layer if I'm being diligent (so I can adjust them globally later should I feel like it).
"There's no great science to the images I create. I rarely sketch out the composition beforehand preferring to sort of mould it and let it evolve during the actual creation (read: fun bit). Adobe Kuler is a great tool for selecting limited colour palettes - starting with a 'dark', a 'medium', and a 'light', before working in stages/complimentary shades in between."
Liam Brazier (UK)

Handy tools

"Astute Software makes THE perfect plug-ins for experimenting with geometric design in Adobe Illustrator. Vectorscribe with its Dynamic Corners and Dynamic Shapes tools is an amazing piece of kit. Also the Collider Scribe plugin is really nifty and very handy when making geometric stuff. And the MirrorMe tool might be very handy for some too."
Loulou & Tummie (NL)

Overlap

"When creating illustrations I like to use overlapping shapes created with the shape tool in Adobe Illustrator. I set the shapes to multiply in the transparency window. Next I use the pathfinder tool to add and subtract shapes from each other. In this way I can create patterns within the shapes."
Patrick Hruby (UK)

Sketchbook inspiration

"For me, using a sketchbook is essential to keeping a constant workflow. I need a big amount of drawings. So I can be sure that – when I browse through the pages of my sketchbook, I’ll always find some tiny ideas that are worth a closer contemplation and will inspire new work."
Roman Klonek (GE)

Get hands-on

"Play with handmade shapes as an alternative to working digitally. The majority of my work is hand made by drawing and cutting numerous pieces of paper I have hand painted. Assembling these cut-up pieces into into a composition, I use spray adhesive to keep everything in place before I scan the finished paper cut into Photoshop and touch up any small imperfections."
Ellen Giggenbach (NZ)

Parallel lines

"Even though my finished work is entirely digital, hand sketching is very important to my process. Starting with the earliest thumbnail sketches, I try to work out the rough geometries of my major shapes and get them to play well together. Once on the computer, I can begin to finesse the details of particular curves and angles and get everything to lock in.
"One trick that most designers treat as second nature but which I feel is just as important to illustrators working geometrically, is to make sure that elements align with each other or run in parallel. This sort of precision imbues an image with a subliminal sense of order.
"Though my work is heavily geometric, I'm actually more comfortable working primarily in Photoshop at a high resolution and I find it a very natural environment in which to create my shapes, using my hand sketch as a guide. I do use Illustrator to create certain repetitive elements such as the dots of a clock face but I always import those back into my Photoshop image."
Jesse Lefkowitz (USA)

Work with grids

"With creating geometric shapes and patterns I stick to a method and system I've used for years now. Usually, to start off with I'll create a grid using the line tool in Illustrator and whilst holding down the alt key, duplicate the lines until the grid is made. From there on in, it serves as a perfect tool for experimenting with geometry. There are loads of quick tools like the blend and the scissor tool that can be used to experiment with shapes."
Gordon Reid (UK)

Don't skip the sketch

"The sketching stage is vitally important, no matter how controlled and unassociated the final artwork may be. Early sketches can lead to completely different ways to solve how a line or shape works within the illustration and also expand your style, past preset software tools. The biggest challenge for me has always been to keep the warmth and fluidity from the sketch and bring into the final work. I often prefer the sketch!"
Edward McGowan (UK)

Dramatic Black & White By Rick Sammon [kopipesediseng]

2015-04-21T23:38:00.000-07:00

Dramatic Black & White

By Rick SammonPublished in Quick Fix

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FINAL

Making beautiful black-and-white images is easier than ever before, thanks to powerful adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as specialized conversion software like Google's Nik Silver Efex Pro, Perfect B&W from onOne Software, Tonality Pro from Macphun and B&W Effects from Topaz Labs.

You can play around with the sliders in these programs and in plug-ins, and you may wind up with good results. However, with a deeper understanding of black-and-white imaging, you can create a more powerful, more dramatic and more artistic image. I'll cover the basics in this column, showing just some of the endless possibilities that await you in black-and-white processing.

ORIGINAL
Here's the file (cropped from my RAW file) from which I created the iceberg image.

Before we get going, however, here are some important factors to think about as you're shooting when your goal is to create a great black-and-white image.

SEE VALUES

You need to see in values rather than seeing colors. You also need to envision how shadows and highlights will "play" in your black-and-white images. As you shoot, envision how the scene will look without color, which can be enamoring, as well as distracting (in a good way). With practice, you'll start to see in black-and-white.

SEE THE LIGHT

Dramatic lighting leads to a dramatic black-and-white image. In other words, strong shadows are very important in black-and-white photography. In fact, the expression "Shadows are the soul of the photograph" is especially important when it comes to black-and-white photography.

Lightroom—which I used to create this image of an iceberg in a glacier lagoon in Iceland—offers awesome black-and-white capabilities, even when you don't use a plug-in. This screenshot of the Lightroom Develop module shows my enhancements to my original color file. First, I selected the B&W Contrast High preset. To add more impact to the image, I boosted the Contrast and Blacks, and then reduced the Highlights.

SEEK OUT TEXTURES

Textures are also very important in black-and-white photography. Textures are emphasized by shadows, usually created by side lighting.

FIND SHAPES, FORMS AND PATTERNS

When you combine shapes, forms, patterns and textures with dramatic lighting, you're on your way to creating a dramatic black-and-white image.

Technically, here's something else to consider when it comes to black-and-white photography: Color files can have up to 16 million different colors, whereas a grayscale image has only 256 shades of gray. This is why considering and adjusting contrast—the difference between shadows and highlights—becomes more critical in black-and-white photography.

LEARN ABOUT COLOR FILTERS

Understanding the effect of color filters is very, very important in creating the black-and-white effect you desire. Basically, here are the effects of digital color filters on an image:

Red: Darkens a blue sky for a more dramatic image.

Orange: Darkens the sky slightly more than a red filter. Like a red filter, it can also reduce atmospheric haze.

Yellow: Darkens the sky less than a red filter, which can be beneficial, depending on the desired effect.

Blue: Honestly, I've never found a use for a blue filter in black-and-white photography. In landscape photography, it often lightens the sky too much.

Green: Lightens foliage and slightly darkens the sky.

Infrared: Simulates, somewhat, the effect of black-and-white infrared photography.

Experiment with the effects of applying filters in your processing software. You may be surprised to see how an image changes as you switch between filters.

CONSIDER CONTRAST

My iceberg image has strong contrast—one of the elements, as I mentioned, that contributes to strong black-and-white photographs. Strong contrast is often desired, which is one reason to shoot in the early morning or late afternoon (as I did here) when strong shadows add contrast to a scene.

Enjoy your exploration of black-and-white photography. In doing so, think about black-and-white photographer Ansel Adams' philosophy: A picture is never really done. Go back again and again, and try different changes—even subtle ones.

Also keep in mind what another great black-and-white photographer, Ruth Bernhard, said, "There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture."

Rick Sammon is a longtime friend of this magazine. See more of his work at ricksammon.com.

Pomade Tips for First Timers [kopipesediseng]

2015-04-20T21:13:00.001-07:00

I use various types of pomades ranging from water-based, to petrolatum-based (which many are familiar with seeing an orange tin on the shelves), to old school (now) discontinued grease that was used to slick up the hairstyles which emulate today. And while I've used and loved several brands, Layrite has been one that has done my hair no wrong since the start!
Now, when you go to the supermarket, barber shop, or beauty supply store, you'll find yourself staring at a whole bunch of different hair products. Various types of: gels, creams, pastes, waxes, pomade, sprays, tonics! Then you've got the various finishes: matte, dry, natural, wet. Also, different textures! But, since we're focusing on pomade, let's just sort you out with that...

WASHABLE OR NOT? THAT IS THE QUESTION...
Now, the argument of "whether or not a pomade should be able to be washed out with just water" is a whole 'nother beast to tackle. It's an on-going argument that no beginner should venture into. Hell, no one in their right mind should! Unless you've got time and tolerance to spare...

PETROLATUM-BASED:
For the most part, petrolatum-based products will not wash out with just water. And rarely will they come out with a single wash. Now, depending on the strength of your deep cleansing shampoo or how virgin your olive oil is, you may (or may not) get the grease out in a wash or two. But, chances are, it'll take a bit of playing around with to figure out what "works" for you. So, if dealing with washing out a hairstyling product isn't for you, then skip the petrolatum-based stuff, and take a look into the water-soluble pomades. Oh yeah, if you think getting this stuff out of your hair is a pain, it's equally as troubling to wash off of your hands!

WATER-BASED:
Water-soluble pomades are ones that'll wash out with just water. No, you won't need a shampoo to get the product completely out of your hair! All of Layrite's hairstyling products are completely water-soluble. Pretty nice, right? Don't gotta worry about using up the family's olive oil! The feel of your hair may be something you want to maintain, so don't forget to follow up with a conditioner to keep your hair feeling nice and healthy.

THICK HAIR OR FINE HAIR?
Whether you've got thick hair or fine hair, there's a product from Layrite that'll work well with your hair. But, which one is it?

THICK HAIR:
Since I've entered the world of barbering, I've had more experience with hair-types and what products suits thicker hair better. Of course, depending on the hairstyle and how much product you use will remain a factor, but for the most part, Layrite Super Hold works extremely well for folks with thicker hair. Well, for one: You won't have to use as much Layrite! Layrite Super Hold is much more dense to the touch than Layrite Original. So combing up a tall pomp will require much less pomade to be used.

FINER HAIR:
Folks with finer hair won't have the absolute need to use a product as heavy as Layrite Super Hold. Typically, a product that dense will weigh the hair down, rather than hold it up like it would thicker hair. So something light like Layrite Original will give folks with finer hair the hold they need to achieve the look they're aiming for.
Pro-tip: For you cats with finer hair that are looking to get more volume out of your hair, try applying a nickel-sized amount of Layrite Original thoroughly to your hair, and use a blowdryer to give you that lift. Applying the product beforehand will ensure giving you a firm base to work with, where as adding product afterwards may just weigh the hair back down.

PUTTING IT IN YOUR HAIR!
Depending on the type of finish you're looking for, the way you apply the pomade will play a major role.

APPLYING TO WET HAIR:
Applying either Layrite Original, Layrite Super Hold, or Layrite Super Shine will go in much smoother to wet hair. But take note: By wet hair, I mean slightly damp. Overly wet hair will break down the product a bit too much, whereas slightly damp hair will break it down enough to spread through thoroughly. You've seen the movie, There's Something About Mary? Yeah, don't need to see folks with that going on simply because they didn't apply pomade right! You'll end up with a more slicked/refined styling when applied with this method.

APPLYING TO DRY HAIR:
While you wouldn't have too much difficulty applying any Layrite product thoroughly to dry hair, you gotta be aware that it'll give you a different "texture" in comparison to applying it to damp hair. Applying the products to dry hair will give you a more separated, aka texturized, look. You'll need to streak your fingers through your hair several times to get an even coating since there's no water in the hair to slightly break down the product to get even application.

FINISHING TOUCHES!
Now that you've got an idea as to what type of hold will suit you well, there's one more question to ask: Shine or no shine?
Depending on how you apply Layrite Original or Layrite Super Hold (dry or wet,) you'll end up with slightly different finishes...
Damp application: the product will dry with a slightly glossed finish.
Dry application: the product will dry with a more matte/natural finish.
But, if you want to add some shine to your life, you can lightly "glaze" the top of your already-dried Layrite Original or Layrite Super Hold with some Layrite Super Shine! Using it as a top-coat for either product will allow you to have the hold offered by either product, respectively, but give you that wet look without that wet-look hold (or lack thereof).
Layrite Super Shine will give you that wet look that many petrolatum-based pomades out there offer, but without the hassle of washing it out of your hair. Not too shabby, eh? The product itself can be used as a standalone product, but don't expect to get too much hold out of it for a super tall pomp. It's ideally used for hairstyles that use the wet-look finish, ie: slick backs, tight contours, or Jheri Curls (if that's your thing).

OVERVIEW
Grease or Water-based.
Layrite Original for finer hair.
Layrite Super Hold for thicker hair.
Damp hair for a slicked finish.
Dry hair for a matte finish.
Layrite Super Shine for a top-coat to add shine to Layrite Original or Super Hold.
Well folks, there you have it. A little introduction to the world of pomade. There's a lot to take in! If it were that easy, then blogs like mine wouldn't have any content to provide! As with everything, it takes some time to get used to and some trial and error. But, hopefully I was able to knock out some of that for ya and make your venture into using pomade a bit easier and not leaving ya lost in the dark!
I hope you enjoyed this little guide from me and look forward to more postings from me in the near future!
Until the next time.
Pomp Hard!
- Jan
www.therebelrouser.com
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12 hot design dates you can't afford to miss [kopipesediseng]

2015-04-16T00:51:00.001-07:00

12 hot design dates you can't afford to miss

With events season in full swing, here are some cracking world-class conferences, festivals, exhibitions and more for April and May 2015.

April is a gloriously hectic month in the global design calendar, building up to a crescendo of world-class events in May.

Here's our pick of the key creative dates you need to know about over the coming weeks. Are you going to any? Let us know in the Comments below – we'll see you there…

01. Generate New York

17 April 2015
New York, USA

At time of writing there were still a few tickets remaining for the design event of the year: Generate New York, which takes place this Friday.

net magazine and Creative Bloq's leading conference for web designers and developers features some of the biggest names in web design, including Mike Monteiro, Val Head and JoonYong Park as well as some fantastic new speakers, the two-track one-dayer promises inspiration, education and unparalleled networking opportunities. Here are 13 reasons why you need to attend...

02. Design Ranch

16-19 April
Waldemar Guest Ranch 1005 FM 1340, Hunt, Texas, USA

An intimate, three-day, hands-on, workshop-driven design retreat on the rustic banks of the Guadalupe River, AIGA's Design Ranch is about reviving your creative spirit, putting away your mouse and getting your hands dirty. The ranch is open to people of all creative disciplines "seeking a recharge".

03. Deadline to enter:
Kyoorius Advertising and Digital Awards

17 April
Work must have been published for a client in India or created by a studio in India for a client abroad

The final deadline for submitting entries to the 2015 KyooriusAdvertising and Digital Awards has been extended to Friday 17th April. This year Kyoorius has added a host of new categories to incorporate emerging areas in advertising, communication and digital design.

The nine-member advertising jury comprises of international and Indian agency representatives, and will be led by Nils Leonard, chairman and chief creative officer, Grey London, while the Kyoorius Digital Awards will be helmed by Andy Sandoz, creative partner, Havas Work Club and Deputy President of D&AD.

04. D&AD judging begins

19 April
London, UK

Judging for the prestigious D&AD Awards starts on 19 April 2015. The organisation will announce results as they are confirmed on the D&AD website. Winning work will be featured in the 2015 D&AD Annual and on the D&AD site. It'll also be showcased at D&AD's Awards Night, and at D&AD exhibitions and events internationally.

PROMOTION

05. Behance 99u conference

30 April - 1 May
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre, 1941 Broadway, New York, USA

 "Get fired up to make sh*t happen" at Behance's annual conference, 99U, which is designed to shift the focus from idea generation to idea execution – in short, bringing ideas to life.

Talks inspire action, with everyone from comic artists to CEOs and directors sharing the secrets of their success. This year's line-up includes Christoph Niemann, MoMA's Paola Antonelli and Adobe's Scott Belsky.

06. Pictoplasma

29 April - 3 May
Babylon, Platoon Kunsthalle, Urban Spree and numerous art spaces in Berlin, Germany

The world's largest conference and festival for contemporary character culture design and art, Pictoplasma unites artists from all realms of media and discipline with some of the world's leading graphic and games designers, animators and illustrators.

Full of lectures, presentations, screenings, workshops, performances and more, with confirmed speakers including Adventure Time's Andy Ristaino, Yves Geleyn, Hikari Shimoda and TADO.

Pick Me Up

23 April - 4 May
Embankment Galleries,  South Wing, London, UK

The UK's original contemporary graphic arts festival is now in its sixth year. Subverting the norm of your traditional art fair, Pick Me Up showcases graphic art in all its forms.

A fun, quirky and informal festival with studio spaces where you can shop for affordable art, digital Q&As, competitions and workshops. Up-and-coming artists are celebrated, so get networking!

Here are the hottest illustrations from Pick Me Up 2014...

08. HOW Design Live

4-8 May
Hyatt Regency Chicago,  Chicago, USA

The 25th anniversary of HOW Design Live promises to be the biggest and best ever, with a bolder-than-ever speaker line-up including Jessica Walsh, Karim Rashid, Spin's Tony Brook and Mucca Design's Matteo Bologna. This is one of the biggest international design events, and this year will be merging five events into one experience.

09. F5

17-18 May
Terminal 5, 610 W 56th St.  New York, USA

F5 seeks to unite art, technology and design by bringing together the thinkers and doers that are breaking ground and shaping new standards in media and design.

The two-day festival gathers filmmakers, writers, digital artists, game designers, graphic designers, VFX experts and many more seeking to inspire and create. Speakers this year include Patrick Clair, Debbie Millman, Eddie Opara, Partik Moberg and Block & Tackle.

10. What Design Can Do

21-22 May
Stadsschousburg, Amsterdam

What Design Can Do explores the impact that design can have across all creative disciplines, with 2015's speakers including the inimitable Stefan Sagmeister, johnson banks' Michael Johnson, Google Creative Lab's Steve Rura, and experimental artists Bompas & Parr.

11. TYPO Berlin

21-23 May
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-foster-Dulles-Allee 10, Berlin, Germany

The global design conference with a typographic flavour returns to Berlin with talks and workshops covering "design, culture, society – with a little bit of kerning."

With this year's theme of 'character', talks will present strategies against a culture of superficiality, with a view to building personality within your work. The myriad guest speakers include Aaron James Draplin, Matthias Frey, Jon Gray, Josh Higgins and Gemma O'Brien.

Here's a little taster of day three of TYPO Berlin 2014...

12. OFFF Barcelona

London motion graphics studio Manvsmachine opted for a bit of performance art at OFFF Barcelona 2014...

28-30 May
DHUB, Plaza de les Glories Catalanes 37, Barcelona, Spain

This year marks a milestone for OFFF Barcelona. It's the 15th anniversary of the epic three-day design conference, and plans are in place to make it a party to remember.

This year's featured artists include Laika, Michael Cina, Mirko Borsche, Stefan Sagmeister and Studio Blup. It promises to be an explosion of graphic design, web development, motion and sound design – and almost everything in between.

5 Reasons Your Photography Isn't Improving [kopipesediseng]

2015-04-07T21:52:00.003-07:00

5 Reasons Your Photography Isn't Improving by Michael Woloszynowicz

The evolution of a photographer is rarely a linear one. We get better, we get worse, we think we’re improving but we’re not, and then with some luck and a lot of patience and practice, we actually start to produce great images. For some that last point is never reached and it’s usually due to a few common mistakes. As a portrait and fashion photographer I struggle with these mistakes on a regular basis as much as anyone else, and have included a few of my own photos as retrospective of my personal progress.

Reason 1 - You Compare Yourself to Others Too Much

We’re surrounded by photographs everywhere we go, so our natural inclination is to compare our work to those of our peers and idols. While this can be a source of inspiration, it can also become dangerous if we use other people’s work as a general yardstick for measuring our progress. We look at the outcomes and question why our photos don’t look the same. Striving for ‘sameness’ is an exercise in futility and a recipe for failure.

When referencing the work of our peers, the key ingredient is to dissect their style into the attributes that make it desirable to you in the first place. Is it the light, retouching, models, colors, location, etc. that you gravitate towards? By striving to improve on individual characteristics, while injecting your own style, you’ll notice gradual improvements in the quality of your work, while avoiding the frustration of not reaching an identical result.

Reason 2 - You’re Not Committed Enough

Few great photos are taken from the comfort of our office chair. Regardless of the type of photography that you do, the great photos, the great ideas, all take a ton of effort, planning, logistics and dedication to bring to fruition. Convenience is never an ingredient of a great photo. We have to stop making excuses for not going the extra mile, for skipping a step because it was too much work, because we’re uncomfortable with it. Much like Edison’s famous quote, a great photograph is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Reason 3 - You’re Too Afraid to Fail

We all hate failure and avoid it like the plague. Even though failing can be disheartening, we also grow more from our failures than from our successes. After all, what do you remember more? Do you recall what you did to take that great photo, or do you remember what you screwed up on when you took the bad one? Sure, there are times when you want to avoid failure - such as when you’re working for a client. However, there are times when you need to embrace it and plan for it. This is one of the main reasons why personal work is so crucial to your development as a photographer.

Personal work gives you a license to fail, learn and grow. Whenever I’m involved in a test shoot or a creative project, I always strive to attempt something that I suspect I may fail at, while balancing the results that I can deliver. This way, if a new lighting approach, creative effect, or another experimental idea doesn’t work out, I have a plan in place that I can fall back on. This way I can still provide my creative team with a result that they’ll be satisfied with.

Generally, the risk or uncertainty of a shoot should be inversely proportional to the stakes. If, for example, I’m planning on attempting something I have no idea about, I’ll do so with a friend or a relative as a model and another friend as an assistant, with only the promise of a free drink to deliver on. As the stakes increase and the number of people counting on our results grows, the pressure mounts, and we tend to succumb and stick to our usual routine. This is why photography is a gradual progression and not a race to the top. While we all want to work with the best teams with large budgets and mass publication, doing so at an early stage simply raises your stress levels, stymies your progress and increases the stakes on failure.

Reason 4 - You Shy Away From Feedback

A lot of photographers like to ask for feedback but don’t like receiving it. Too often I hear stories of photographers being asked for feedback, providing it and then offending the photographer with their honesty. A lot of us have become used to the destructive feedback that rules the internet and are conditioned to respond angrily and defensively, even when it comes in a constructive form. I generally feel that feedback should be given only when asked for, or given in private, but too many of us fail to ask for it in the first place.

Some of us are certainly self-aware and acutely familiar with our own limitations and shortcomings, but we only represent one perspective- and a rather biased one at that. I believe that part of our hesitation stems from our attachment to our own images. We don’t want to hear that a photo is bad and have to discard something we tried so hard to create.

What I’ve learned though is that photography is a process of creation and destruction. Not everything is portfolio-worthy, but everything we do will strengthen our portfolio in the future. Each image is an intangible investment even if it doesn’t end up as a finished product. Make it a part of your monthly routine to ask for feedback from people you respect. As a result, you’ll watch yourself grow tremendously as a photographer, even if your portfolio happens to shrink a bit in the process.

Reason 5 - You Focus Too Much on The Technical Aspects

This can be one of the most important and difficult things to overcome as a photographer. Too often do we become fixated with the ideal light position, perfect exposure, rule of thirds, etc. and ignore the vital creative element. When an image lacks creativity, a viewer either skips it outright or fixates on the technical issues since that’s all that is left. If, on the other hand, you capture a concept or an emotion that captivates the viewer, technicals simply play a supporting role.

That’s not to say that the technicals are irrelevant.

If you’re brilliant creatively, but can’t translate things into properly exposed or composed image, then it’s hardly a recipe for success. The technical elements, however, are rarely what we struggle with. That's the easy part. The creative parts are much more intangible. We can’t be taught creativity. It comes from inspiration and through imagining things without technical constraints.

Becoming strong technically frees you from feeling constrained, from worrying about failure and leads to believing that anything is possible. With the technicals under your belt, go out and explore. Go to a museum, sit down and observe the world around you, notice expressions, colors and moments. The things that evoke an emotional response in you are likely to do so in others as well.

Reason 6 - Inaction

Yes the title of this post states "five reasons", but this one simply relates to all of the above. It’s probably the one thing we’re all guilty of most -inaction. As we read the above reasons, we say to ourselves, “yeah, I should be doing more of that.” We get advice from others and say to ourselves, “yeah, they’ve got a point.” But then what? We’re all revved up and ready to make our work better but as time goes on, we end up doing nothing about it. We just carry on with the status quo and wonder why we’re not improving.

Don't let that happen to you.

Best album cover art: See the winners of the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards

2015-03-09T20:14:00.001-07:00

The Best Art Vinyl 2014 public poll reached over 12,000 participating voters, expressing their views on the best in art, photography and graphic design in modern music culture.

With the sales of vinyl records now at a 20 year high, the awards run by Art Vinyl demonstrate how this annual snapshot of record cover design has captured the imagination.

Voters expressed their views on the best vinyl artwork for the year and voted Dan Hillier’s stunning illustration for the debut album by Royal Blood in at the top spot. In second place was the debut from FKA Twigs, followed by Singles by Future Islands.

This year’s design follows 2013’s winner, an astronaut painting for the White Lies album Big TV. Previous winners include Thom Yorke’s The Eraserfrom regular Radiohead contributor Stanley Donwood, and work from the sixteenth century Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel for The Fleet Foxes eponymous LP.

Touring exhibitions featuring the 50 favourite sleeves from 2014 will begin next year across the UK, as well as Italy and Hungary, but for now feast your eyes on the top 20 in the Art Vinyl public poll (and then feast your ears by purchasing vinyl from your local independent record shop).

Best album cover art 2014: winner

Artist: Royal Blood
Album: Royal BloodSleeve Illustration: Dan Hillier.
Hand lettering: Harry Robbins.
Design: Richard Welland.

The winning design for Royal Blood was an original piece created by Dan Hillier called Falls. it was inspired by Victorian etchings and completed in his surrealist style.

Freebies Of The Month mostly year 2014 the month of Disember [sorry for long title]

2014-12-29T23:22:00.001-08:00

When mass printing dominated the mid-twentieth century, the number of colors in an image was reduced by replacing gradients with dots. The technique was seized upon by pop artists, like Lichtenstein and Warhol, to such an extent that it’s entered our visual language.

However, despite it being one of the simplest ways to evoke retro printing, it’s not that easy a technique to produce in Photoshop.

Happily designer Matt Borchert has fixed the problem for us by providing Halftone Automater, a great set of Photoshop actions, free to download for WebdesignerDepot readers.

There are 12 distinct actions: dots, diagonal lines, and horizontal lines; each divided into small, medium, large, huge and gigantic sizes.

Download the files beneath the previews:

Retro street image via Mohamed Adel

p.s : You need to provide a valid e-mail address before you can download any of this files. Well i think it's good stuff from the freebies. Kudos!!

5 lessons fast-moving consumer goods can teach us about branding [kopipesediseng]

2014-12-18T23:28:00.001-08:00

5 lessons fast-moving consumer goods can teach us about branding

Natalie Candy at Coley Porter Bell explains what designers can learn from the world of FMCG.

Brands need to innovate to keep up with changing consumer lifestyles and stand out from the crowd. However, often too much innovation is launched simply because it can be produced and it therefore often lacks relevance to the consumer and impact at shelf. When done well, innovation can prove hugely successful in building brands, but it has its risk with research suggesting between 70-90 per cent of innovation fails in the first year of launch.

We've picked five innovations from the world of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) that we believe have been built on solid foundations to prove a success. Those that have shaken up a category, answered a genuine consumer need, been driven by lifestyle trends, innovated through to point of sale and ultimately built brand value.

01. How to succeed where others fail

Tangle Teezer is now sold in more than 65 countries

Invented by former hair colourist, Shaun P, manufactured and made in the UK, Tangle Teezer is referred to as the 'life changing' hairbrush created to achieve what others have failed… to successfully detangle hair.

A massive success, the product is now sold in more than 65 countries and at a rate of 10 per minute and was awarded CoolBrands status this year. One to watch in haircare, its most recent launch is the first 'upright non-slip water-loving detangling hair brush'.

02. How to meet an unmet need

Nivea looked at things from the consumer's point of view

Life is busy, yet the beauty industry generally insists on adding more steps into the daily routine rather than making it easier. Nivea, thankfully looked at it from the consumer's point of view to revolutionise the body care routine.

They were aware that people only used body lotion occasionally either because there is not enough time in the morning or that they simply didn't like the feeling of a normal body lotion.

The solution was one to save time and improve the moisturising experience with the In-Shower Body Moisturiser. The range has taken a 2.8 per cent share of the body lotion category with £4m sales (in one year from launch) and has now extended into After Sun.

03. How to tap into multiple trends

Graze tapped into multiple trends to really deliver something new

Consumer lifestyles are constantly evolving and brands that are truly innovative stay one step ahead by tapping into trends and creating solutions accordingly. Every now and again a brand manages to tap into multiple trends to really deliver something new.

Graze.com achieved this and created a new phenomenon in snacking, which delivered against the trends for health, freshness, convenience and customisation. After achieving success in the UK, Graze.com launched into the US, where within a week they signed up 30,000 subscribers across 48 states and after three months smashed their first quarter targets with 100,000 new customers.

04. How to innovate through to point of sale

Developing an innovative product is one thing, but making sure it really stands out and attracts attention is another.

When Sony launched their W Walkman they threw out the rulebook and created a strategy that uniquely brought the idea to life. Rather than put a rational claim about being waterproof on the pack (which many brands would have done), they created an innovative point of sale that would create buzz about the brand. To showcase the waterproof qualities, the products were put in full water bottles in gym and pool vending machines in New Zealand creating a product display, distribution channel and talking point.

05. How to build brand value

Too much innovation is created for the sake of it, merely because the technology or product format is available. Successful innovation should drive brand value, be meaningful and relevant.

There tends to be a disappointing lack of innovation in the chocolate category beyond flavours, however in the last year Cadbury have shaken things up. Through the brand story of 'Joy', they've developed products to target different audiences with more exciting ideas, especially through Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations and Marvellous Mix-Ups ranges (a collision of sweets and chocolate to create a new confectionary experience), all the while staying true to the brand.

Words: Natalie Candy

Natalie Candy is a senior planner at Coley Porter Bell.

Design By Human

2014-12-09T17:48:00.001-08:00

TOGETHER, WE GO FAR

As a Design By Humans Collective artist you receive some of the best royalty rates available. With your own easy to manage storefront within Design By Humans, you will be able to place artwork on quality products and reach millions of people who love and appreciate your art. Design By Humans will then produce and fulfill all of the custom products and ship them directly to your fans. You can do this all while keeping the rights to your artwork.

HOW TO BECOME A DBH ARTIST

Your application can be approved and your store activated within 24 hours, so you can start promoting your designs and selling right away.

WHEN YOU SUCCEED,
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE

We give you the tools and knowledge that you need to succeed and earn money through your DBH Collective storefront. We'll inspire you with updates from our Creative Director and trend reports that will make your store the best it can be.

You create awesome art and share it with your fans and we'll do the rest.

We are Hüman, you are Hüman.

Design By Humans is creative community of T-Shirt design lovers. From shopping for new graphic tees, organizing design contests and communicating fashion trends; we are a society of artists, fashion gurus and expressive humans. This is our network that we represent, create a free account today and be apart of our talented t-shirt designer community.

Monday Blues

2014-12-01T00:47:00.000-08:00

FYI Monday: Beautiful Typography Designs by André Beato

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.

André Beato is a Portuguese graphic designer and illustrator currently based in London. He specialises in vector based graphics and illustrated typography. The subtle use of textures and bold colour schemes really make the lettering come to life. For more inspiration make sure to visit andrebeato.com.

Written by Franz Jeitz

Franz Jeitz is a freelance designer and owner of Fudgegraphics. Originally from Luxembourg he now lives in London. Franz loves design, music and is a tea enthusiast. Follow him on Twitter.