RealtimeUK is a UK based CG Production house directed and guided by some of the most creative producers and directors from the games and television industry.
Check their latest reel featuring work for computer and advertisement industries
Playgrounds festival curator Leon van Rooij asked Menno Fokma Studio to create the artwork for this years edition of the festival.
[button size=big link=http://www.mennofokma.nl/ target=blank]Menno Fokma[/button]
3rd most viewed designer on Behance Network (over 2mln views) - Saint-Petersburg artist Irina Vinnik released a new awesome Calendar for 2012. In the name of "The Eyes of Imagination"
With the new year approaching, I am excited to represent a new Calendar. This limited edition of the yearbook called “The Eyes of Imagination” is a deep insight into my intangible imaginary world, which I’ve tried to perceive & depict. Each page portrays the spirit of the month as I see it. All of these drawing were created in 2011 and you might have already seen some of them in my sketchbook – it’s my annual report for those who love my paintings.
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[button size=big link=http://www.behance.net/IrinaVinnik target=blank]Irina on Behance Network[/button]
From a graphic design studio with a passion in typography, Tallinn based "Handmade" grown up to a huge laboratory of typography made by hands. They do fonts from everything usual and obviously simple like food, home appliance objects, paper, metal and even meat. Don't miss their Christmas set and all other fonts on a good sale.
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You may seen short motion identity created by Future Deluxe for Black Ocean. Here is a long version featured by sound designers from Zelig commissioned for this project
[button size=big link=http://www.futuredeluxe.co.uk/ target=blank]Future Deluxe[/button]
[button size=big link=http://zeligsound.com/ target=blank]Zelig Sound[/button]
Visual effects supervisor James Atkinson released an awesome reel featuring his work for famous blockbusters and commercials, enjoy!
DESIGNerd was founded in mid 2010 by the Australian based internationally award-winning graphic designer (and publisher) Kevin Finn on behalf of design enthusiasts the world over.
As a self confessed DESIGNerd, Finn has developed the 100+ Design Trivia Game concept as a fun, social and accessible means to further promote design education and awareness. To achieve this, Finn invites some of the world’s most significant and influential designers to share their vast knowledge through their personal selection of 100+ trivia questions.
[button size=big link=http://www.designerd.info target=blank]DESIGNerd[/button]
Edno Pereira is a graphic designer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[button size=big link=http://jrdragao.deviantart.com/ target=blank]Edno on Devianart[/button]
The beauty of the cars from the past revealed in this nice app. An experience designed like a digital, interactive museum, Road Inc. plunges the user into a universe of cars that have reached legendary status. The app is paid but I think it's worth of it.
[button size=big link=http://www.roadincorporated.com]Road Inc.[/button]
The hidden/double meaning illustration from spaniard Nacho Diaz reminds me the comedy illustrations by Glenn Jones. Having a special touch for character design Nacho creates amazing pieces of illustrations with creativity and originality that combines quality and humor.
[button size=big link=http://naolito.deviantart.com/gallery/ target=blank]Nacho on Devianart[/button]
We dig this! Poly app let you draw with points and turn your pictures into geometric array of colours.
This project is inspired by the Triangulation invented by the mathematician Boris Delaunay in 1934. While the process behind is complicated, the result reduce an image to its essentials, creating the illusions of triangles, prisms and pyramids.
[button size=big link=http://innoiz.com/ target=blank]Made by innoiz[/button]
Take a look at this set of typography portraits made by Michael McCabe from the United Kingdom.
[button size=big link=http://www.behance.net/MMcCabe target=blank]Michael on Behance[/button]
Pause Fest is a manifestation of the digital and creative industries featuring the world's most creative minds of the 21st century within the Melbourne CBD. Pause Fest is about the new, innovative, interactive, exciting, creative and contemporary. Pause 2011 is just over and we are able to watch amazing set of festival titles and splashes created by talented motion designers.
We like crazy concepts especially when it comes to Nokia Concept Lab.
Nokia GEM which revolutionizes mobile design by turning the entire handset into a touchscreen.
The GEM device changes appearance from camera to phone or map according to the function selected by the user. It could even display advertising messages on the back of the phone.
The back and front are also interactive, making it possible to pinch and zoom the rear of the phone while getting a constant clear view of the image on the front.
"Michael Peck’s artistic practice is concerned with the sensation of disorientation and dislocation that is often felt within the post modern world. Exploring issues regarding the loss of cultural identity, his work particularly focuses on the effects within minority groups and individuals existing on the fringe who are challenged to assimilate within the larger community."
[button size=big link=http://www.michaelpeckart.com target=blank]Michael Peck art[/button]
Talented fashion photographer Eli McFadden set up a personal project, photographed and edited exclusively on the iPhone.
Also check her latest fashion project "Exile":
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We spotted a nice projects made by Egor Kraft and Karina Eibatova who are together with Lesha Galkin share Dopludό Collective. They were commissioned by Sydney's shopping center and went to Australia to work on murals for their new stores. The way they explore and use the Space metaphors in their work made us to post another (and this time a motion) piece by Egor Kraft - "Beyond The Surface".
"Beyond The Surface" by Egor Kraft
"The video is a visual metaphor of existential freedom, predominance of essence over existence, and conditionality of boundaries it also has a sculptural dimension related to the evolution of form. The space as a black absolute presented as an allegory of authentic freedom as well as the narrative links to the discourse of how the consciousness and existence are related to each other."
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Russian director Eldar Usmanov released a beautiful live-drama short-movie "2D Soul" ("Плоскость души")
Motion graphics studio Machine Molle presents their latest showreel and summarize the best of the best of what was made for their customers in 2011.
I wish I could read on French but here is a website to celebrate Garamond typeface 450th anniversary. Created in 1461 by Claude Garamont it comes through the ages and still fits the modern life of typography and design. Long life Garamond!
