Anna Ignatieva
Something Truly beautiful. This lady Anna Ignatieva draws phenomenally and i wanted to keep her in the records. i love love love some of her work and want to keep it around for inspiration. here are a couple of images from her:
Came accross it. Totally cool
Ok, so i am making a Catalog for a wholesale company and was trying to determine the pros and cons about different layouts. No my Graphic design classes did not touch on catalog subject, basically my Graphic Design College Level class are worth nothing as far as i can tell, the only classes i can truly say i learned from were my Typography design (which was not that awesome to begin with, but i did get to get cool books that taught me alot, and my alternative media classes which taught me about layout. My recomendation, if you are actully serious about becomeing a Graphic Artist: Get some layout books, some typography books, some graphic art books and read them, learn from them. For the programs, just learn to use all the adobe products; there are so many video manuals and how to videos that you dont need a class. Besides teacher don't actually teach you the programs, they just going to tell you to go to linda.com.
Anyways, enough rambling, i was looking for some ideas and came across this design. It is too cool.
Anyways, enough rambling, i was looking for some ideas and came across this design. It is too cool.
Natural Beauty
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| Red Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis Callidryas) |
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| The Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) |
Eventually they will be transferred into a 20 or 40 gallon and a pair of milk frogs will be introduced into the 15gallong. that though is future planning. here is a picture of the milk frogs, they are just wonderful.
Suzanne Crane
It is not often that I find stone ware that I feel is beautiful. Today, by chance I found Suzanne Crane's Teapot.
Inspiration extreme
Ok, so i was looking for the pieces to my new 40 project ceramic cups.
so I came across this artist and this album from © Ben Heine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/sets/72157623723956821/detail/
It is out of this world. the thought behind it, the inspiration the reality to not just draw what was there, but to make it into something else that could never be there. love it.
Not so sure what i feel about the hand in each picture, I mean couldn't he had taken a pic then a pic of the drawing and just juxtapose them on photoshop? Besides that. it is AWSOME!!!
so I came across this artist and this album from © Ben Heine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/sets/72157623723956821/detail/
It is out of this world. the thought behind it, the inspiration the reality to not just draw what was there, but to make it into something else that could never be there. love it.
Not so sure what i feel about the hand in each picture, I mean couldn't he had taken a pic then a pic of the drawing and just juxtapose them on photoshop? Besides that. it is AWSOME!!!
Beautiful Artist
This is the most beautiful photography i've seen. The photography of babies, many a time relies too much on the beauty of infants. the beauty and adoration that they provok on us; however here is a photographer that has created a beautiful concept, a work of art and a composition portraing infants in such beauty that all we have to do is appreciate.
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| Carrie Sandoval . Baby Gavin |
Typography Online Tools
THIS IS A VERY LONG POST, ALL ABOUT TYPOGRAPHY
http://dzineblog.com/2010/08/17-very-useful-free-online-typography-tools.html <<- copy from this site
1. WhatTheFont – Identify a Font From a Picture
This is a very professional site, excellent if you want to identify a font. It is an easy as 1,2,3: you just upload a picture of your font and WhatTheFont will give you the exact match and/or some approximate matches from the database! From there you can buy the font or download it for free (if it is free of course).
2. IdentiFont – Identify a Font From Some Clues
But what if your picture of the font is too distorted and the previous tool doesn’t work? Don’t worry, there is a solution: Identifont. There you should go to “Fonts by Appearance” and answer some questions describing the font you’re looking for. You are sure to find a satisfying example in the database! If this is for a logo or something similar and you don’t get the exact font you can download the best similar font and edit it in Illustrator letter by letter or you can try TypeNav and see if you have more luck with it.
3. Online Font Converter
Another very useful site is OnlineFontConverter.com, where you can upload a font and convert it in whatever format you want: .otf .ttf and so on. In addition, with this tool you can extract a font from a .pdf file, if the file has the font embedded! As a bonus, if you make yourself an account you get a history of every font you have converted.
4. sIFR Generator
With this tool you can create sIFR flash files automatically. With just a few clicks you can customize and create the files needed for your site: a .swf file, a javascript and a html snippet and you will have selectable text with any font you like within your site.
5. Text Fixer – Text and Html Tools
Another great site is Textfixer.com. Here you have a series of useful text tools such as capitalizing the first letter of sentences or removing whitespaces or removing line breaks and so on. You have also some nice html tools for converting badly formatted word text to clean html, CSV text to html tables or for compressing/uncompressing html code.
6. BitFontMaker for Small Pixel Fonts
With this BotFontMaker you can make some nice small pixel font (10 px high). You can then save it or send it to your friends. BitFontMaker is 100% compatible with any modern browser on any operating system. The framework is made in Javascript so you can use it on a device with no flash enabled as well.
7. Wordle – Text Cloud Generator
If you want to make yourself a cool text cloud and you don’t have the time to type every word in your favorite graphic application you can use Wordle. With just a few mouse clicks you can make something similar with what you see here by inserting the same text or by pointing Wordle to your Blog RSS. You can then print the text cloud on paper or if you have a Acrobat Professional installed you can print it directly into a PDF file that you can edit with Illustrator or Corel Draw if you are not satisfied.
8. STC FontBrowser – Browse Your Own Fonts
This tool is the equivalent of Bitstream Font Navigator, Font Manager or other applications. The only difference is the fact that it is online and, perhaps, that is free. It is not so customizable, you can’t see the detailed character map but it is the best choice for you when you want to show the clients what fonts they have (or not have) installed on their computers.
9. CSS Grid Caclulator
10. Font Struct – Online Font Maker
Font Struct is a site where you can build your own font using a grid system. Basically, you can use simple geometrical shapes that you put together. It all depends on your own creativity! The results can be amazing! You can then use your font, if you are satisfied with it, as the site offers you true type file once you have finalized your project. It’s a great way to build your own font in a very short time.
11. Horus – Online Font Editor
If Font Struct is not enough for you, you can modify your font with Horus, online font editor. With this tool you can edit fonts: just open it and go to the desired letter or number from the glyf section. Unlike FontStruct, you can edit any point of your vector and thus you have full creative freedom.
12. TypeTester
Another interesting tool is Typetester, which is useful for comparing screen types. Here you can choose several fonts if you can’t decide which one to choose and you can vary the size of the letter, leading, tracking etc. and compare the results at the same time. When you have reached a conclusion, just indicate which column you prefer and you will get the CSS code.
13. Text Ascii Art Generator
With the tool on this site you can easily create ASCII Art files. Just type your letters or text and choose some symbol patterns that you want to use. You can quickly switch from one pattern to another and see how your text looks. In this way it will be easier to make a decision.
14. Pixel to Em Converter
PXtoEM is a tool that allows you convert pixels in/from Ems. Ems are a relative measurement unit. One ‘Em’(1em) is equal to the height of the capital letter “M” in the default font size. This is often used in CSS sites where you want to allow the user change the font size at will.
15. CSS Gradient – Gradient Text Generator
This is a tool that generates selectable text that has gradient, with no Flash required or JavaScript. It uses a simple CSS trick that puts a semi-transparent PNG file over the desired text.
16. UpsideDownLetters
This site is a tool to turn the text upside down. This is a very non-conventional tool but you could use it if you have in mind a creative text-arrangement on your site. Unfortunately this tool is useless for rotating the text 90 degrees. For that there are multiple different methods depending on the browser.
17. Free OCR
Free OCR is a site where you can upload scanned document and convert it into text. It’s free and it works perfectly if the text is readable enough.
Hopefully, you will find these tools useful and they will help you in the creative process. They can surely allow you to save time and, most of all, they are all free to use online so go ahead and try them out! Do you use the above tools or other tools? Share your thought in the comment below.
http://dzineblog.com/2010/08/17-very-useful-free-online-typography-tools.html <<- copy from this site
1. WhatTheFont – Identify a Font From a Picture
This is a very professional site, excellent if you want to identify a font. It is an easy as 1,2,3: you just upload a picture of your font and WhatTheFont will give you the exact match and/or some approximate matches from the database! From there you can buy the font or download it for free (if it is free of course).
2. IdentiFont – Identify a Font From Some Clues
But what if your picture of the font is too distorted and the previous tool doesn’t work? Don’t worry, there is a solution: Identifont. There you should go to “Fonts by Appearance” and answer some questions describing the font you’re looking for. You are sure to find a satisfying example in the database! If this is for a logo or something similar and you don’t get the exact font you can download the best similar font and edit it in Illustrator letter by letter or you can try TypeNav and see if you have more luck with it.
3. Online Font Converter
Another very useful site is OnlineFontConverter.com, where you can upload a font and convert it in whatever format you want: .otf .ttf and so on. In addition, with this tool you can extract a font from a .pdf file, if the file has the font embedded! As a bonus, if you make yourself an account you get a history of every font you have converted.
4. sIFR Generator
With this tool you can create sIFR flash files automatically. With just a few clicks you can customize and create the files needed for your site: a .swf file, a javascript and a html snippet and you will have selectable text with any font you like within your site.
5. Text Fixer – Text and Html Tools
Another great site is Textfixer.com. Here you have a series of useful text tools such as capitalizing the first letter of sentences or removing whitespaces or removing line breaks and so on. You have also some nice html tools for converting badly formatted word text to clean html, CSV text to html tables or for compressing/uncompressing html code.
6. BitFontMaker for Small Pixel Fonts
With this BotFontMaker you can make some nice small pixel font (10 px high). You can then save it or send it to your friends. BitFontMaker is 100% compatible with any modern browser on any operating system. The framework is made in Javascript so you can use it on a device with no flash enabled as well.
7. Wordle – Text Cloud Generator
If you want to make yourself a cool text cloud and you don’t have the time to type every word in your favorite graphic application you can use Wordle. With just a few mouse clicks you can make something similar with what you see here by inserting the same text or by pointing Wordle to your Blog RSS. You can then print the text cloud on paper or if you have a Acrobat Professional installed you can print it directly into a PDF file that you can edit with Illustrator or Corel Draw if you are not satisfied.
8. STC FontBrowser – Browse Your Own Fonts
This tool is the equivalent of Bitstream Font Navigator, Font Manager or other applications. The only difference is the fact that it is online and, perhaps, that is free. It is not so customizable, you can’t see the detailed character map but it is the best choice for you when you want to show the clients what fonts they have (or not have) installed on their computers.
9. CSS Grid Caclulator
This tool is a CSS generator. You can create columns, rows, you can set the gutter the width, the font, make custom-size divisions etc. quickly and effortless. The CSS code will be generated in a separate window in real time, so you can copy it and use it anytime.
10. Font Struct – Online Font Maker
Font Struct is a site where you can build your own font using a grid system. Basically, you can use simple geometrical shapes that you put together. It all depends on your own creativity! The results can be amazing! You can then use your font, if you are satisfied with it, as the site offers you true type file once you have finalized your project. It’s a great way to build your own font in a very short time.
11. Horus – Online Font Editor
If Font Struct is not enough for you, you can modify your font with Horus, online font editor. With this tool you can edit fonts: just open it and go to the desired letter or number from the glyf section. Unlike FontStruct, you can edit any point of your vector and thus you have full creative freedom.
12. TypeTester
Another interesting tool is Typetester, which is useful for comparing screen types. Here you can choose several fonts if you can’t decide which one to choose and you can vary the size of the letter, leading, tracking etc. and compare the results at the same time. When you have reached a conclusion, just indicate which column you prefer and you will get the CSS code.
13. Text Ascii Art Generator
With the tool on this site you can easily create ASCII Art files. Just type your letters or text and choose some symbol patterns that you want to use. You can quickly switch from one pattern to another and see how your text looks. In this way it will be easier to make a decision.
14. Pixel to Em Converter
PXtoEM is a tool that allows you convert pixels in/from Ems. Ems are a relative measurement unit. One ‘Em’(1em) is equal to the height of the capital letter “M” in the default font size. This is often used in CSS sites where you want to allow the user change the font size at will.
15. CSS Gradient – Gradient Text Generator
This is a tool that generates selectable text that has gradient, with no Flash required or JavaScript. It uses a simple CSS trick that puts a semi-transparent PNG file over the desired text.
16. UpsideDownLetters
This site is a tool to turn the text upside down. This is a very non-conventional tool but you could use it if you have in mind a creative text-arrangement on your site. Unfortunately this tool is useless for rotating the text 90 degrees. For that there are multiple different methods depending on the browser.
17. Free OCR
Free OCR is a site where you can upload scanned document and convert it into text. It’s free and it works perfectly if the text is readable enough.
Hopefully, you will find these tools useful and they will help you in the creative process. They can surely allow you to save time and, most of all, they are all free to use online so go ahead and try them out! Do you use the above tools or other tools? Share your thought in the comment below.
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