Archive for the ‘BLOG Japanese’ Category

4CP – Four Color Process – 20th Century Print Culture

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

By zooming in on and scanning different comic book illustrations, John Hilgart’s 4CP website exposes the four color process that is used to print comic books. With their tantalizing bursts of color, these close up scans can make for mysteriously abstract textures or ambiguous snapshots of dramatic comic book moments. Taken out of the context of their story, the close ups on 4CP illustrate the chaotic nature of the four color process and represent comic book illustrations as works of art from a new and exciting perspective.

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The Internet Justice League by Caldwell Tanner

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Caldwell Tanner has illustrated a comical imagining of the major websites as superheroes. Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, 4Chan, Tumblr, Amazon, Craigslist, Google, Google+, Yahoo, Huffington Post, Cheezburger all get the comic book treatment as “The Internet Justice League”.
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Felipe Aguilera Typography Designs

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Graphic designer, Felipe Aguilera makes use of vibrant colors and 3d shading techniques to create these stunning and clean looking typography works.
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Happy New Year 2012 Typography

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Here they are, some of the best looking New Year 2012 typography works (free of water marks) that I could find. Thank you for your readership in this past year. We hope you have fun and safe new year celebrations. Here’s to a happy and productive 2012 for us all!

Conan O’Brien The Tonite Show Speech Kinetic Typography

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

I love this speech by Conan O’Brien. Especially the last bit where he talks about cynicism. They are words that have always stuck with me. They show the depth of O’Brien’s personality. This is a very nicely done kinetic typography video by Jacob Gilbreath using the words from O’Brien’s farewell speech on The Tonite Show.


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Adam Hayes Hand Rendered Typography

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Adam Hayes aka Mr. Hayes is a graphic designer based in London, England. He has created designs for clients such as Toyota, Sony, the Guardian and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Below are some of his hand rendered typography works.

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Music Inspired Typography by Richard Perez

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Richard Perez is a graphic designer living in San Francisco, California. Here are some of his music inspired typography works. Check out his website at skinnyships.com and his flickr for more.
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Typography Sculptures by Andreas Scheiger

Monday, December 19th, 2011


Austrian based designer Andreas Scheiger preserves and quite literally dissects typography with his ongoing “Evolution Of Type” series. Check out some of the pieces from the series below and for more information on Scheiger’s work process, be sure to visit his blog.
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Typography by Tony Ariawan

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

These 3D typography designs come from the portfolio of Indonesia based graphic designer, Tony Ariawan.

 

Deus Ex by Amrei Hofstätter

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Striking colors, sleek shading and clean cut, metallic shapes come together in Amrei Hofstätter‘s origami inspired “Deus Ex” compositions. Hofstätter describes his abstract and psychedelic scenes to be based on an idea of imbalance and imperfection meant to “create a feeling of irritation” within the viewer.
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