Star Graphic Design

Since college, one of my favorite artists has been a man named Brom. His dark, and sometimes disturbing imagery is not for everyone. Personally, I am a huge fan of Tim Burton movies, so that may explain why I am drawn to such a style. Nonetheless, Brom is a fantastic illustrator and his work can be seen in more places that you may have realized.

Below are a few of my favorite pieces.

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I found the coolest mirror the other day online. It has a etched mustache, and I am wanting one soooo much. I just want to tell everyone how cool this thing is.

The same site also has some really neat artsy accessories and clothing. My favorite is these recycled pop-can bracelets, that are severely over-priced, yet fantastic. From the looks of it, you can even choose what label you want.

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There are many successful logos out there. Recently while creating a logo for a client I was doing some research, and started to take notice of the most common properties of a successful logo. In my opinion a Logotype is the most common in regards to the most recognized logos in the world.

In basic design, there are 3 types of logos. Symbol, Logotype and Combination.

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I have some great advice for any Graphic Design student, or anyone coming into the industry. These are in no particular order, just things that I wanted to share that have helped me.

- Get your personal portfolio online. The sooner you buy your dot com and throw a splash page up there, the better. It helps to at least get you ranking with Google, that way when you are ready to put you final site up, you already have a base.

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Just wanted to say Happy Valentine’s Day to all my Graphic Designers out there.

Most cities have old mural advertising on the side of any building created around the turn of the century. These forgotten pieces of art are often hidden right under your nose. Just recently I have decided to document as many as I could find.

It’s amazing how far the field of Graphic Design has come, and we are lucky to still have these pieces within our view.

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Yesterday Apple released an update. No big deal, right?

Wrong. Photoshop CS3 has been giving every designer I know, trouble. It freezes when applying blending options, dragging in Smart Objects and pretty much anything that seems to use a moderate amount of RAM. This results in many wasted hours of design time, when you need to Force Quit Photoshop once an hour, all day long.

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I have a great tutorial for you here on turning an image into a mosaic using Photoshop.

There are a lot of different ways to do this, each with a different result. I’m not saying mine is the correct one, or even the best. It just has a really cool screen printed look when finished, which I really like.

Start of with the picture of your choice, then follow these steps.

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