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Niels “Shoe” Meulman

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Misc. | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Niels “Shoe” Meulman is a super-talented graffiti artist and creative director from Amsterdam. His work is so good, I’m actually shocked that I haven’t seen it before. He has a new book out, called “Calligraffiti” that looks fantastic.

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Olga Feldman

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Super.


Holidays

Posted: December 21st, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Illustration, Inspiration, Misc. | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

xmasHere’s a quick series of holiday sketches that I finished up yesterday. I guess I am in the holiday spirit. Now where did I put my Bob Dylan Christmas Album?


Walden Poster

Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

50539_3039800_lThis wonderful poster is for sale over on Society6 for $50. Worth every penny. (via Kitsune Noir)


L.A.

Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Illustration, Misc. | Tags: , , | No Comments »

LALately I’ve been having a pen & ink revival. It’s nice to get away from the machine occasionally.


Cravendale Milk by Sanna Annukka

Posted: December 7th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Love these cartons by Sanna Annukka for Cravendale Milk.

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Pale Horse Design

Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Chris Parks, aka Pale Horse Design, does some amazing work.

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Halloween Cans for Jones Soda

Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

6a00d8345250f069e20120a67d3d7b970c-550wiLove these cans by SuperBig Creative for Jones Soda (via the Dieline). Happy Halloween!

Update 10/31/09: I’m drinking the Candy Corn flavor right now, and it’s pretty delicious. Just thought you should know. DesignBrawl approved.


Adobe Illustrator: Fading Out Shadows

Posted: October 23rd, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Tutorial | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

Here’s a quick tutorial where I run through using the opacity mask in Illustrator to create transparent shadows that fade out to nothing. I can remember when I first started drawing in Illustrator it took longer than I care to admit before I realized that a gradient didn’t have to have two colors (ok, it does but it doesn’t have to appear that way).


Martin Ansin’s Phantom of the Opera

Posted: October 19th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Here’s a beautifully rendered poster for the Phantom of the Opera at the Alamo Drafthouse by Martin Ansin.759221255436155

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