Yeay my first published graphic work (well first time in a book anyway). Much bigger news of course is that the first copies of the book have arrived. Congrats again to the Missus. Booyakasha!
I reckon my images would have been a fair bit different had I not read Tufte's classic Visual Display of Quantitative Information last year.Very worthwhile read.
Gorgeous piece of work by Robert Hodgin using processing (music is by Goldfrapp). I've used processing a little bit before and have seen a good few other projects - but nothing as visually stunning as this. Read all about the project at www.flight404.com.
Labels: design, multimedia, music, processing
Less because I think my 100th post is a huge milestone and more to do with the fact that I like making images. And this is as good an excuse as any. I'm not sure why it's made entirely of insects. Slightly inspired by some great typography.
I like making images. Was thinking of doing an image-a-week kinda thing. Here's a good excuse for some image-making. I saw this idea on (the gorgeously designed) Sabrinadent.com recently but Grandad sent out an open invitation to join in. The idea is that you go to three different random link generators to get your band title, album title and album photo, then go makey makey.
I got very lucky landing on that great photo and the title fits in by chance but the album title makes no sense whatsover!
Semi fluid layout, the navigation buttons resize as the browser window is resized.
Another fluid layout, but this time the image on the homepage resizes depending no the size of the browser window.
Another fullscreen resizable layout.
Labels: css, design, web design
This post would probably be more at home on homebug - but I'll take the conch on this one - every morning I walk by Clerys on O'Connel street and wonder WTF are they thinking!? D'you ever see a big company do something very wrong and you can't figure out why no one has told them yet? Or even more likely is that every body knows the blunder yet some middle-mismanagement or office politico prevents it from happening. So here's the thing; they gutted the inside of the shop and got the decoraters in. Grand. Paid a small fortune no doubt. Yet Jo-walking-by-Soap wouldn't know any different because their shop windows look like they're still being decorated by the same dusty old window dresser for the last 30 years. They need to take a walk up Grafton street or rent a copy of Mannequin!
I spy with my little eye an opportunity to BIG UP one of my favourite dead artists, Giorgio de Chirico. He had a thing for mannequins you see. De Chirico is one of the few surreal artists who managed to capture the essence of dreams. People say that about Dali but his paintings were way too polished and detailed to vaguely resemble any dream. Chirico was a big influence to Dali, as well as Max Ernst, and Magritte to name a few, and some of them directly copied his Metaphysical style. Every time I see that tower from the LUAS, (somewhere between Windy Arbour and Cowper ), I'm reminded of his Nostalgia of the Infinite (below) even though they're nothing alike. Actually I think every time I see a tower I'm reminded of it.
Labels: art, Chirico, design, Metaphysical, painting, waffle
Love this. Can you remember that childhood game you used to play where you'd fold a piece of paper in three, and one of you would draw the legs, then another the body, another the head? (Child hood game? Pretty sure I played that recently!)Well here's a video version. PSST! Pass it on is a collaboration between different teams of designers, animators, directors and 3D artists. I love the end of the clip below.
Well worth going to the Pass it on website to see the new batch in hi res.
Had a go at designing some wallpaper. Was really for a website but I reckon it'd look alright in a living room! Maybe. And works ok as a desktop wallpaper.
I've been working my arse off trying to get this LIFE site finished. It's probably the best design I've done but I'm sick of the sight of it at the moment! There's a lot of work to it - a member section, and a minisite that's going to be used as a template for other chemists. I'm looking forward to getting it finished off and getting a full nights sleep!
However I did have a bit of fun earlier (which I'm paying for now because I'm dying to go to bed but have to get this site done). I scanned in a sketch that I did during the week and chucked it into a photo. I wanted to do something better with this - but for now here's Zippy, the Wonder years.
Labels: css, design, web design
