Design Shard http://www.designshard.com Design blog for web designers and designers to gain inspiration and resources Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 designshardhttp://feedburner.google.com Nike Football City Typography Treatment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/designshard/~3/f11Lw3UiiFU/ http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/nike-football-city-typography-treatment/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000 Ben Rama http://www.designshard.com/?p=3579 Here we feature an artist who goes by the name of “ROAN“, for the design savvy amongst you will remember him from the PSD Tuts post about South American Artists in which he was featured – This is truly awesome design and illustration.

This is an extract from his folio which I hope will inspire you.

“Recently I was commissioned by my friends Accept & Proceed, to create a black & white illustration, which was a “Call to Arms” to a Mexican soccer club called Club America, and this piece may reflect its essence and passion for this sport.”

Here is what he produced

The Typography below looks alive, im sure i can almost see a heart with the main arteries and blood vessels flowing through it.

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Download the Photoshop Fractal Brushes

You only need to download one of the files below.

Additional info:

  • Quantity: 8
  • Resolution: 2500 x 2500
  • Contains: fractals
  • Created in Photoshop CS4
  • Size 27.1 Mb

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

]]> http://www.designshard.com/freebies/8-free-fantastic-fractal-photoshop-brushes/feed/ 5 http://www.designshard.com/freebies/8-free-fantastic-fractal-photoshop-brushes/ Featured Illustrator: The Super Talented Irina Vinnik http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/designshard/~3/SwW8ogI4VCQ/ http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/featured-illustrator-the-super-talented-irina-vinnik/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:02:08 +0000 Ben Rama http://www.designshard.com/?p=3366 Whilst looking through Behance I discovered a female illustrator called Irina Vinnik from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Her illustrations immediately struck me as being fantastically detailed. Drawn in a moleskin they have a quiet unassuming quality that makes them even more interesting.

You might also enjoy these past posts:

I’m sure you will see more of Irina’s work around the design interweb as she is very talented.

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Jaguar 2040 : What is Luxury in 2040?

The Initial Idea

In an intelligent and self-developed age, society will bring luxury to a new status. Indulgence in the harmony of a tailored experience designed to match individual ideologies. Luxury is having the opportunity to fulfill life.

What is it?

The Jaguar L-type is designed to be a Luxury vehicle for a modern era, it is designed to be a cruiser for the modern city inhabitant. The objective for the L-type is to become a piece of sculpture when not in use, and it can do this by parking on special hub’s installed around the city, which are positioned upright to drastically alter the vehicle’s appearance.

When parked on the hubs, it’s secondary use is to gather solar electricity, like a blossomed flower reaching above the shade of undergrowth. The vehicle is continuously connected to the national grid, where it draws power via the front wheels, which in turn powers electro magnetic thrust, which react with specially adapted roads.

Scenario 2040

The world is a figment of its former self…

Society

  • Overpopulation requires fully sustainable cities to be developed local to existing cities.
  • After seeing the effects of global warming, world governments prioritise the environment and integrate society with nature.

Technology

  • Nano revolution has dawned and nuclear fusion is still not ready for mainstream use. Maximising renewable energy is important. Aiding this, development into ultra efficient and powerful electronics.
  • Nano materials, Nano computers and Nano solar voltaic cells change the way the car is packaged, centralising the user.
  • Products are designed to provide human satisfaction rather than to fuel consumerism.

Economy

  • Recession brings a generation who are aware of financial matters, buying into timeless products / cultures, which fuel a healthy product lifespan.
  • The standard of living is increased dramatically in the eco city, due to a natural lifestyle the population will begin the accept a happier place, with equilibrium in human behavior.

Ecology

  • The environment is warmer due to global warming, however the damage caused by CO2 emissions is slowly reversed with advancements in technology.

Political

  • Break down of traditional governments makes way for a scientific driven leadership.
  • World peace is within grasp.
  • Eastern superpowers merge with western societies creating a increasingly diverse World.

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Luxury and Design

  • Overconsumption is no longer a sign of success
  • Cultural experience over material possession.
  • Timeless quality thinking with technology
  • Sustainability where material and design matter most.

Augmented reality lets you create and interact with your environment : example : Drift amongst the stars as you travel

Final Concept

Exterior design work and clay modelling completed by Amar Vaya, Thomas Tzortzi and Louise McCallum in a joint project with Jaguar’s advanced design team.

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I tried to choose a variety that covered a broad selection not just the gimmicky and in vogue cards that whilst being creative and original can be over done.

Uno Design

Clint Shuttlesworth


Cross Section Studio


PataPri


Thought & Theory


Business Card for: Running Doves Press


Business Card for: Erich Hartmann


Business Card for: Dan Springer


Business Card for: Paul Wilson


Yunikon Design


Santaclara Business Cards


Erik Merkow


wildlabs


MacLife Business Card


Fenson Jeremy


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This was a fun post to create so leave a comment if you liked it and we’ll do more like this in the future.

You might also enjoy these posts:

Paramore Redd

Paramore Redd

Colly

Colly

Esteban Munoz

Esteban Munoz

Onstuimig

Onstuimig

Acosmin

Acosmin

Iamdocto

Iamdocto

Concentric Studio

Concentric Studio

Aran Down

Aran Down

My Brain Art

My Brain Art

Carol Rivello

Carol Rivello

We Design Wise

We Design Wise

Go Mammoth

Go Mammoth

Ichabod Media

Ichabod Media

A Modern Eden

A Modern Eden

Zee

Zee

Upstate Design

Upstate Design

Project 1000

Project 1000

Truf Creative

Truf Creative

Marcus Holmroos

Marcus Holmroos

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You might also enjoy:

Additional info:

  • Quantity: 15 Images
  • Resolution: 3264 x 2448
  • Contains: Various plants and shrubs
  • all 14.08 mb

Download

The download links are all the same… so you only need use one of the links below to download the pack!

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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The escape

By Jaxe

Air + Exo

By Sciencewerk

Force of Nature

By priteeboy

Zermatt

By David Mascha

Desktopography

By Priteeboy

A lovely tree

By Seb Creane

IMSS

By Khairil osman

Pack Systems

By Pawel Nolbert

Pond

By Pete Harrison

The Roadside Daydream

By Justin Maller

Field of arts

By iuneWind

Nature View

by ~iamboredr1

LONG WAY HOME

by tigaer

Krust

By Leigh Flurry

Open source

By Jerico Santander

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You might also enjoy these posts:

Create a Devastating Twister With Photo Manipulation Techniques

Create a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a children’s book illustration

Create a Beautiful and Dramatic Scene With Photo Manipulations

Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

Create a Vivid Themed Illustration Using Simple Hand-Drawn Elements

Make a Surreal 3D Outdoor Room Scene in Photoshop

Design a Surreal Desert Scene in Photoshop

Use Photo Manipulation and 3D Layers to Design a Surreal Cover Art Illustration

Melting Girl in Photoshop

How to Create a Matte Painting Inspired Scene

Making of Urban

How to Make a High-Impact Fashion Poster in Photoshop

Matte Painting: Create A Distressed Surreal Cityscape

Photoshop Tutorial: Create dynamic lighting

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While some are quite labour intensive there are some that can be quite easily achieved just by using Photoshop…see my selection below.

Colourful Exploding 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Colourful Exploding 3D Text Effect

Glossy 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Xara 3D6

Glossy 3D Text Effect

Retro Sci-fi 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Retro Sci-fi 3D Text Effect

Realistic 3D Water Text effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS5

water text effect

Polished 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

Polished 3D Text Effect

Steam Punk 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D

Steam Punk 3D Text Effect

Simple 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

Simple 3D Text Effect

3D Shattered Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop, Cinema 4D

3D Shattered Text Effect

Typographic 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS+, Cinema 4D

Typographic 3D Text Effect

Modern 3D Typography Poster

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, 3DS Max

Modern 3D Typography Poster

3D Light Streak text Effect

Programs used: Illustrator

3D Light Streak text Effect

Retro 3D Arcade Text Effect

Programs used: Illustrator

Retro 3D Arcade Text Effect

3D Layered Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop

3D Layered Text Effect

Colourful 3D Text Composition

Programs used: Photoshop, Xara 3D6

Colourful 3D Text Composition

Warped 3D Text Effect

Programs used: Photoshop CS5

Warped 3D Text Effect

Comments…

Have you seen any great 3D Type tutorials out there? , which ones do you like the look of the most? let us know in the comments…

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