Kai Isselhorst is a professionally taught designer from Germany. Kai has an amazing knack from drawing inspiration from art, design, as well as music, and his natural surroundings. Kai explains how he started out as a graffiti artist and then evolved into what we see him as today; an interesting and talented designer.
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David Fuhrer is a self taught digital painter with a passion for making some of the most creative and vivid art around. David is an extremely talented and he explains how he creates some of his art by mixing 3D elements with painting. David also gives us a look into the type of tools he uses to create his lively artwork.
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Peter Jaworowski is a professional graphics designer who is extremely fluent in Photoshop. Peter specializes in advertisements for some of the biggest companies around, and in this interview Peter gives advice to all designers on how to properly put your work out there to be able to land the type of jobs that he has. This interview looks into the life and process of being a professional designer.
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Greg Martin is an amazing digital illustrator that is currently living in Portland Oregon. His themes are focused on celestial art and space scenes. In this interview, Greg gives seasoned advice on how to become successful with using Photoshop. Greg also takes amazing pictures, learn how he uses Photoshop for his photography. Now lets get into this interview.
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For graphic designers, nature is often an excellent source of inspiration. Sometimes those things not created by man showcase more beauty and style than we would have imagined. In modern web and graphic design, the natural elements of trees, leaves, and grass are a recurring theme.
Fortunately, designers have unlimited potential for using Photoshop to create stunning artwork depicting nature. In this post, we’ll take a look at inspirational website designs and photos, as well as some tutorials and free brushes that can help you to easily integrate these elements into your own work.
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Daniel LuVisi is a California native who has a tremendous passion for illustrating. His work has some of the most detailed and original imagery that you won’t find in many places. Daniel takes inspiration from comics he read when he was a child, current music, and movies. In this interview, he stresses the important tasks designers should focus on to perfect their craft. Now, lets get into this interview!
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A button (or badge in some places outside the US) can be designed for maximum impact through message, image, and cleverness. They have a capacity to communicate change and are often proudly worn as badges that represent our causes and beliefs.
Designers can tap into this capacity to communicate through creative button designs that challenge our conceptual thinking, promote positive change, while stylistically pushing the medium. In this post, we look at over 40 button designs driven from a variety of sources: modern illustrators, campy old cartoons, political badges, close up textures, positive causes, and more. Let’s look at some inspiring buttons and see if we can kick our creative engine into gear.
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Peter Maciocha, AKA Enjin, is a designer from Poland. He’s an incredibility talented artist that makes amazing illustrations. He finds his inspiration from music. Peter makes the majority of his designs in Photoshop. His illustrations are a mix of photo manipulation, 3D elements, and more. Let’s jump into the interview with Enjin.
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Pixel by painstakingly crafted pixel, artists create masterpieces styled as early video game art. Let’s take a look at some of the top pixel art studios and artists that will leave your mouth dripping with wet little squares. Then we’ll review a wide range of beginner to comprehensive pixel art tutorials. And don’t miss all the articles, resources, and collection of other cool stuff to be found in this solid collection of pure pixel love.
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About six months ago Sean posted Inspiration: Fire, Flames, and Infernos. I thought it would be appropriate and fun to take a look at the opposite end of the spectrum for some additional inspiration. Much like fire and flames, water and ice are prevalent in web and graphic design. Here is a showcase that will give you a taste of what is possible.
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