pshero
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Introduction Back when I wrote the popular A Scrap Of Notebook Paper tutorial quite a few of you wanted to know how I created the push pin shown in my final image. Well the wait’s over my friends! In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create your own 3D push pin using Photoshop […].
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
In a manner more typical of the corporate than the corporeal, designer Nicholas Felton marks the passage of each year with an annual report. Past editions of the Feltron Annual Report have ranged in sensibilities, from his editorial 2006 (smarter than the smartest magazine) to his diagrammatic 2009 (which out-Tuftes Tufte.) While the very concept is arch, making the Feltron Report a beloved fixture in the offices of so many graphic designers, I really have to hand it to Nicholas for never stoopi
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Illustration Art
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Over the years, many people have wrestled without progress over the difference between art and illustration. The internet is riddled with silly theories on the subject: In illustration the intent is most often the selling of a product. When something noble is put to ignoble ends, there is a deterioration of value. The distinction lies in the fact that Art is the idea (brought to life) while an illustration is only a depiction (or explanation) of an idea.
Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art
APRIL 27, 2011
Here's my composition plan for a large painting I am planning to work on and maybe enter into the Times Watercolour Competition. There is a bit of symbolism involved, can you spot it? I have also done a small value study which I will post after the fixative has done its job. *View the finished painting here*.
Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People
Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t
pshero
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Introduction In this Photoshop Text Effect you’ll learn to create cool Scrapbook style text that can be used as a stand alone word treatment or converted to individual reusable.png files with a transparent background. READ THIS: If you haven’t already done the Text In Stitches tutorial and you want to add the stitches to […].
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
JANUARY 22, 2011
So enormous are the contributions of the Italian people to typography that they often pass unnoticed. The words you are reading may be written in the English language, but they are rendered in the Latin alphabet, which comes to us via Roman ancestors. We celebrate these same ancestors in the name of our upright Roman alphabet, and we remember their country of origin in our slanted Italics.
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Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
MAY 25, 2011
We’re very proud to be among the honorees of the 2011 National Design Awards, announced this morning by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. An official White House project created to increase national awareness of the role of design, the National Design Awards are given annually in recognition of excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement in design.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
MAY 25, 2011
We’re very proud to be among the honorees of the 2011 National Design Awards, announced this morning by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. An official White House project created to increase national awareness of the role of design, the National Design Awards are given annually in recognition of excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement in design.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
JANUARY 23, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art has announced the acquisition of four type families by Hoefler&Co — HTF Didot, Gotham, Mercury and Retina — for its permanent collection. In designing new typefaces, we’ve has long been consumed with the interpretation of historical artifacts, the implications of cultural expectations and mechanical requirements, and the invention of new techniques.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
JANUARY 23, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art has announced the acquisition of four type families by Hoefler&Co — HTF Didot, Gotham, Mercury and Retina — for its permanent collection. In designing new typefaces, we’ve has long been consumed with the interpretation of historical artifacts, the implications of cultural expectations and mechanical requirements, and the invention of new techniques.
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Illustration Art
MAY 16, 2011
Is there such a thing as background? Or is everything really foreground? Illustrator Robert Heindel once said about his hero Bernie Fuchs, "Look at the things he does. Who else would paint a tree with the sun behind it? I would never attempt it." But a painting of a tree with the sun behind it is also a painting of the sun with a tree in front of it.
Illustration Art
JANUARY 2, 2011
[Blogger reports that today is my 300th post. I never expected to take this blog past 50, but what started as a fun way to highlight some under-appreciated artists, tell a few truths in support of those who already know them, and share some good stories became an unexpected source of stimulating dialogues and rewarding acquaintances. Many thanks to all who have participated, and happy new year to all!
Illustration Art
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
The newest volume of the Classic Comics Press reprint of Leonard Starr's comic strip, On Stage , has just been released and publisher Charles Pelto was kind enough to invite me to write the introduction. I am a huge fan of the strip, and the period covered by this volume (1966-1967) is one of my favorite periods. In honor of this 8th volume in the series, my introduction lists the top 8 reasons why On Stage was one of the very greatest story strips of all time.
Illustration Art
JULY 3, 2011
Illustrator Henry Raleigh had a thing for shoulders. Other artists loved to draw hands. Al Dorne , Steve Ditko and Mort Drucker all emphasized hands in their pictures, building compositions around them and infusing them with significance. Amedeo Modigliani's tastes were a little different; he seemed to have a thing for necks , extruding them to achieve the effects he wanted.
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Illustration Art
JANUARY 23, 2011
At long last, a book devoted to the life and art of the great illustrator Robert Fawcett has been released by the art publisher, Auad Publishing. It is a hard cover 9x12" book with a dust jacket, 182 deluxe pages, and a special foldout for Fawcett's well known Civil War panorama. The book was a labor of love for the publisher, who selected and edited the numerous color and black and white images used in the book.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
APRIL 4, 2011
For the President of The United States? Yes We Can. —JH.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
JULY 8, 2011
We’re generally content to control font outlines by pushing points around on a screen, but an intuitive interface for managing the entire gestalt of a type family remains elusive. Andy Clymer at H&Co tends to develop fonts and tools together (one always seems to be the excuse to create the other), and this is his latest exploration: using facial recognition to control the basic parameters of a font’s design.
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Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
JULY 8, 2011
We’re generally content to control font outlines by pushing points around on a screen, but an intuitive interface for managing the entire gestalt of a type family remains elusive. Andy Clymer at H&Co tends to develop fonts and tools together (one always seems to be the excuse to create the other), and this is his latest exploration: using facial recognition to control the basic parameters of a font’s design.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
MAY 3, 2011
Typefaces are born from the struggle between rules and results. Squeezing a square about 1% helps it look more like a square; to appear the same height as a square, a circle must be measurably taller. The two strokes in an X aren’t the same thickness, nor are their parallel edges actually parallel; the vertical stems of a lowercase alphabet are thinner than those of its capitals; the ascender on a d isn’t the same length as the descender on a p , and so on.
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
MAY 3, 2011
Typefaces are born from the struggle between rules and results. Squeezing a square about 1% helps it look more like a square; to appear the same height as a square, a circle must be measurably taller. The two strokes in an X aren’t the same thickness, nor are their parallel edges actually parallel; the vertical stems of a lowercase alphabet are thinner than those of its capitals; the ascender on a d isn’t the same length as the descender on a p , and so on.
Illustration Art
APRIL 8, 2011
Peripheral vision may be our greatest weapon against ignorance. Your eyes don't need to stray more than an inch before they might bump into a view of reality that is startlingly different from your own: Matter and antimatter coexist side by side in this catalog of classes from the Learning Annex Of course, we can't always rely on our peripheral vision.
Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix
When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.
Illustration Art
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Last weekend I gave a lecture at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge Massachusetts. The following is an excerpt from what future generations shall call my NRM Manifesto (unless the NRM lawyers demand that I remove their name, which is quite possible): Anyone with the courage to take a fresh look at the role of art in the 20th century might reasonably conclude illustration has played a more significant role than "fine" art.
Illustration Art
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Illustrator Bernie Fuchs standing behind President Kennedy at the White House Once upon a time, kings and pharaohs sought the most talented artists in the land to serve as court painters. In an era before photography (and often before literacy) royal patrons of the arts knew they would be remembered by the images of their accomplishments. Akhenaten's distinctive face was immortalized by his royal artists Goya, Van Eyck, Rubens, Titian, Velazquez, Holbein and others found steady employment as cou
Illustration Art
MARCH 23, 2011
? God separating light from darkness in the book of Genesis (Michelangelo) "Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not." -- The Book of Revelations Illustrations can enhance words, but not everyone is interested in having their words enhanced. In fact, translating words into pictures sometimes provokes people to violence.
Illustration Art
DECEMBER 31, 2011
You think you've got career problems? Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakova launched her career just as the world was starting to unravel. Self-portrait as a young art student Zinaida turned 21 during the Russian Revolution of 1905 when widespread violence, poverty and political upheaval did little to help the art market. Even bigger revolutions were just around the corner.
Speaker: Michele Berdinis
This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?
Illustration Art
JANUARY 29, 2011
The illustrator Harry Everett Townsend (1879-1941) was born on a small farm in Illinois. As a young boy he showed early talent, painting signs for local farmers on the delivery route for his father's peddling wagon. But farm life was too confining for Townsend. As a teenager, he struck out on his bicycle for the big city and when he got to Chicago, enrolled in the Art Institute where he studied under Lorado Taft.
Illustration Art
MAY 3, 2011
Augustus John on the cover of Time Magazine, by Boris Chaliapin It's difficult to think of an artist, or a human being, who made a bigger, noisier mess of his love life than Augustus John. Raised in a strict religious home, he rebelled with a life of free love and anarchy. He proudly crowed, "Without much thought I act on the impulse of the moment." John impetuously eloped with a fellow art student, Ida Nettleship, but shortly after they were married he began courting a second art student, Dorel
Illustration Art
JULY 22, 2011
Ever since civilization invented modesty, the fig leaf has created special challenges for artists. One of Denis Zilber's typically fun solutions The awkwardness of Durer's early efforts.eventually gave way to more natural looking solutions by artists such as Frank Schoonover, Harold von Schmidt, Al Parker and James Avati: But the motivations remained the same: to make the censor's prohibition seem like a mere coincidence of nature.
Illustration Art
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Mead Schaeffer You hardly ever see pictures of men carrying women in their arms these days, but once upon a time such pictures made up 71.32% of all illustrations in women's magazines. John Gannam O.F. Schmidt Austin Briggs ad for business travel by train: bring your wife along and have a second honeymoon Readers of Redbook , Good Housekeeping , Ladies Home Journal , Cosmopolitan and McCall's all seemed to love these pictures.
Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design
Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.
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