Amazing illustrations by RJ Palmer

Realistic Pokémon illustrations by RJ Plamer

Designer: Nabhan Abdullatif

-Nabhan Abdullatif

Designer: Connie Lim

http://www.connielim.com/illustration.html

Connie Lim

Web Designer: Bryan katzel

http://www.webleeddesign.com/#play

-Bryan Katzel An amazing web designer and graphic designer, his website is so interestingly interactive and is a wonderful representation for the rest of his work.

Typographer: Thomas Bradley

http://www.thomasbradley.net/

-Thomas Bradley

Typographer Joshua Noom

http://joshuanoom.com/







-Joshua Noom

Typography artist: Glen Weisgerber

Glen Weisgerber is a Pinstiper who runs a business of painting lettering on trucks, race cars, and logo designs etc. using one stroke of hand lettering. Just beautiful!

Design Firm: Graphical House

http://www.graphicalhouse.co.uk/

Graphical House is a design company located in Glasgow (im assuming Scotland)from their site is plain to see that they are an elegant and open company from their photo gallery and their invitation to all customers and viewers to come to their official gallery and office. It seems they mainly focus on photography and simple shapes for their graphics and are very versed in their formatting for different technological devices.

Design Firm: Ziba

http://www.ziba.com/

Ziba is a design firm run and worked for by many people, in their about page Ziba makes a point to emphasize just how many designers there are in their company and how varied they are, I think this is not only very open but a good strategy showing how many people could potentially work on a customer's project but also how much variety in design and style there is. Not only what I am really impressed by is Ziba's focus on empathizing with their customers as well as their audience for their designs. That approach with emotion as well as professionalism I am very is what I like about this company the most even though their designs are very good and eye catching it is how they present themselves and advertising themselves a diverse company that cares that catches my attention the most.

Design Firm: AdamsMorioka

http://www.adamsmorioka.com/

AdamsMorioka is a design firm founded and run by Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka, just from browsing through their website and reading articles about them it is clear that the company is fun and lively just as it is professional. AdamsMorioka create a variety of work, advertisements for various companies both big and small, along with magazine and other 2-d ads the company creates websites and videos. I really enjoy the versatility of their designs even though they do multiple ads for one company no one poster or video or website looks the same and every advertisement has a fun attitude.

Design Firm: Finien

http://www.finien.com/?redirect=1

Finien is a design Firm founded by Fabian Geyrhalter, who specialized in launching brands for entrepreneurs, and his company has had clients such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Goodwill. The firm's site as well as their over all presence is very professional and sleek mainly showing off their logos and experience with digital technology. The company still reaches out and offers help, support and insight through their blog and published book "How to Launch a Brand".

Design Firm: Sagmeister and Walsh

Sagmeister and Walsh look like a really interesting and creative place to work , the first thing that anyone notices when they first visit their website is that their page is also a webcam taking photos of Sagmeister and Walsh's office. The second thing I noticed and really respected about the firm was their variety of designs and how they were displayed they range from 2-D designs in a magazine , sculptures, photography, furniture, music, commercial and noncommercial items. I also appreciate how open the company is open and honest about how they think, how they work and are willing to offer advice to other designers and design companies that are just starting out. Their talent and creativity along with their willingness to be open and supportive to all makes this firm seem like a wonderful place to be.

Photorealistic artist: CJ Hendry

http://instagram.com/cj_hendry

CJ Hendry is an amazingly talented artist from Australia who creates huge photorealistic images with just the use of ordinary drawing pens and lots of patience and attention to detail. Hendry was originally a commerce student who had an affinity for art, inspired by advertising and industry her subjects include fashion items such as shoes, bags, and hats. I am absolutely fascinated with how accurate and patiently this artist can create items in such a giant format, the way she creates her pieces makes every day items so beautiful and so much more interesting than they would be in an everyday setting.

Designer: Xavier Dupre'

Xavier Dupre
A famous french designer that has been awarded consecutive Certificates of Typographic Excellence in 04, 05 & 06 by New York’s Type Directors Club.

Designer Reblog:A Sweet Comic Book Made Entirely From GIFs

Stephen Vuillemin is The French animator, who has done GIF and illustration work for outlets like The New York Times and The Atlantic, just released the lastest installment of his animated Schoolgirls comic, which, loosely, follows a young Parisienne girl who becomes amnesic after experiencing a serious ear infection. Unlike typical GIFs made from video clips, Vuillemin’s process is additive, meaning he adds frames to the original illustrations in order to introduce movement to each frame. Vuillemin has been working on Schoolgirls since 2011 and has drawn at least 300 GIFs for the series. This is the 10th and last episode, though he adds the whole point of publishing on the internet is that there’s no limit to how far you can take a story.

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/a-clever-comic-book-made-entirely-from-gifs/#slideid-236421

http://stephenvuillemin.com/ABOUT-STEPHEN-VUILLEMIN

Designer Reblog: 3D Fashion Catherine Wales

About Cathine Wales:

Catherine has been working in luxury and fashion for over 15 years and prior to turning her sights to the digital world, Catherine trained and worked with some of the most prestigious fashion labels in the world, cutting designs for Jasper Conran, Jean Charles de Castelbajac, Oswald Boateng, Emanuel Ungaro, and Saint Laurent where she worked with the renowned Hedi Slimane and former design assistant, Simon Spurr.

Article:

Project DNA, the three-dimensional accessories collection from London based designer, Catherine Wales, will be part of the Design Museum's The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution exhibition. "Advances in technology have allowed me to utilize my expertise as a pattern cutter to approach current complications surrounding garment sizing and manufacturing restrictions," Wales commented. "3D technology can sustainably solve sizing issues and cut down on wastage while better supporting consumer demand." Produced using white nylon with a 3D printer, Project DNA designs are inspired by identity and the visual structure of human chromosomes. The accessories are created almost entirely with individual and interchangeable components that allow pieces to be built in a number of designs.

Designer Reblog: Oliver Sacks Book cover

Designed by New-York based Cardon Webb for Oliver Sacks. Via Design Milk. Link to original Site

Oliver Sacks: Neurologist and Author

Cardon Webb: Designer, creator of Oliver Sacks' book cover

Design Milk

My online Prescence

Here is a link to my personally built website, including my Resume, Portfolio and contact information: http://www.aunumart.net/

I'm still working on the site's look and interactive ability.

Artist's Resume

My Resume.

Research Blog: Are You Failing at Social Media?

The other article I found interesting this week was titled "Are You Failing at Social Media?", the article caught my attention almost instantly with a photo of a school teacher and young students raising their hands. It was after reading the introduction that I found out that this was a metaphor for how web designers should be active online in order to gain a presence and a following. In the last few years having an online presence has become important for all artists not just web designers or graphic designers. Even though this article is geared specifically for web designers while reading this article I found that these tips everyone could stand to pay attention to and put into effect. Even though most of the advice is seems to me to be common sense the article acts as a good reminder of the basics, such as knowing your audience and keeping an interesting, but professional presence and posting things that they would want to see or know and if you don't know what to post from you personally, sharing things from your fellow artists is always a good idea.

How to Photograph Your Portfolio Work in 6 Simple Steps

This week I read the article "How to photograph your portfolio work in 6 simple steps" by Rahat Bashar, this article caught my attention not just because it was recommended on our teachers front page of his blog but because I have heard my entire career as an artist that for a portfolio or for any presentation of an artists work that a professional photograph is optimal. The article of course points out the obvious that not all artists can pay to have their work professionally shot so these tips are perfect for a more cost effective but still professional method. I appreciate also that this photographer keeps in mind that not everyone will know what to do with their materials once they have them so he gives a mini tutorial on how is best to set up the lighting, position, camera and especially camera settings. This article also makes me aware how much artists are truly having to take some lessons in photography whether or not it's their main medium just to keep things cost effective for themselves, this is the same for other mediums of promoting themselves.

Research blog: How Designers Use Color to Influence Consumers. and Understanding the Use of Color in Design

This week I read two more articles titled "How Designers Use Color to Influence Consumers" by Jessica Velasco and Understanding the Use of Color in Design by Amanda Walters I originally read Walter's article first and followed the link it provided to Velasco's article. I found them both interesting in how they gave insight into not only how designers use color but why and how it effects their audience. I personally do not have the easiest time choosing colors for a design or illustration, having a list of colors and their psychological meanings make it a little easier to refine my thoughts and ideas. The articles also mention that every culture associates different means to different colors and also encourages designers to do research on who I we are trying to target with our work.

Research blog: What is green graphic design?

The article I read this week was titled What is green graphic design? by Angela Ferraro-Fanning. The article discusses simple ways a graphic designer can be more environmentally conscious when it comes to what materials they are using, how they are designing, printing and alternatives to paper products. this was personally very interesting to me because I try to be very environmentally conscious and I would like more advice on making my art more so as well. One piece of advice Ferraro-fanning gives is using white space creatively in your design more, that space will help to avoid full-bleed printing and reduce paper cost, I like this little piece of advice because I would never have thought to try and something so simple. Keeping your design simple will not only make your work more environmentally ideal but also helps to keep your designs modern looking.