At this years OFFF Festival in Barcelona Ars Thanea first presented their Case Study for the game cover “Call of Juarez” for Ubisoft. In a rather detailed way we show you how the cover was done.
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Call of Juarez by Ars Thanea
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Aloa is the moniker of… read more
This amazing series created by Nathan Spotts shows some gorgeous images that are very near reality but yet still a creation of his great mind. Imagine if you could look beyond the sky and see from really close the beauty that is out there, now take a look at these… read more
Hi everyone, it’s been a while since I dropped my last illustrator tutorial and so I decided to teach a really classy lesson this time. I’ve been a huge fan of vector art ever since I started working as an art director then as an illustrator. And I always appreciated… read more
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?
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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Karan Singh, an illustrator and designer located in Melbourne, Australia. With experience gained from working at a multidisciplinary studio and spending the past five years working independently as an illustrator, Karan’s projects have seen him interact with a gamut of… read more
It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
It’s time to announce our five lucky winners for the UFeedMeBack Giveaway! In case you didn’t catch the last post on UFMB here’s a quick recap of who/what they are: UFeedMeBack is a straightforward consulting tool that gives it’s members (invite only) access to request feedback from well-known designers… read more
The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#110 and make sure to comeback… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Forefathers and Sullivan NYC. Also we’re featuring a nice service called Yoggrt, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more
One of most beautiful and peaceful moments in life is when you see that thin beam of light entering the room, going through the darkness and making things clearer, right?
Not only in rooms, but anywhere, light beams give us that feeling of warmth and cheerfulness, like in these amazing images,… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more
Alessandro Pautasso, aka Kaneda, a photographer, graphic designer, and illustrator based in Turin Italy. Kaneda is specialized in vector art and lately have been experimenting a lot portraits creating a mixture of photography and vector that is really amazing, check it out!
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For more from Alessandro visit www.nosurprises.it
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Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Chicago, USA.
For the next week we’re going to feature Moscow,… read more
The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Last week we had a post on logos with trains… today it’s all about logos with eagles!
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As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries: Logopond, Logo Faves,… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Today we are going to show a irreverent project done by Studio Alopra, Cafeka is a oustanding experimental project realized with the will to mix stop motion with 2D animation. This is probably our first case study about a video/animation, so I hope you guys enjoy and also learn… read more
Not sure how I came across Andrew’s work but not sure how I could have missed it either. I’m really digging his illustrative style: his color schemes, simple use of lines, and not to mention his excellent use of textures.
A collector of old ephemera and just about anything wood and… read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.
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We don’t get to see much of religious design here at Abduzeedo, and maybe that’s something we should feature more. There are tons of good religious design out there just waiting to be found, like Jim LePage’s.
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Jim emailed us about his work and it happened to be very interesting! As… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
So this post is being published a bit later than all it’s other counterparts but nevertheless, I can’t pass up an opportunity to brag on something as cool as Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (WMC Fest), especially as an Ohio Native. So what is WMC Fest? It’s an… read more
Architect, born in Newfoundland and graduated in Halifax, Canada, leads the firm Saunders Architecture in Bergen in Norway. With stunning visuals of their projects, also has works in England, Denmark, Sweden and Canada.
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Todd Saunders was born in 1969 in Gander, Newfoundland, and received his degree in… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can download to use in your projects. Check out this week’s free textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture… read more
How to describe a surrealist artist? Well, I got make phrases using words like creativity and imagination… and that’s most definitely a couple of words that could describe indeed Ryan Lake’s work.
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Surrealists tend to make some pretty crazy pieces, really random thoughts, like crashing limos under a rainbow. What is… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
You probably already know Marek Okon, even If you don’t know who is exactly him, you definetely already saw his artworks. He’s one of the best digital artist nowadays, working a lot for the games industry doing concept arts for games like Crysis 2, War Hammer 40.000 and Napoleon -… read more
I made an amazing selection of album cover from upcoming bands that you provably don’t know about. The artwork that comes with this unknown music is just amazing, this scene gives chance to many artists and designers to create outstanding work and here are a few for you to check… read more
Instagram reinvented the photo sharing on our social media structure. It’s a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your pictures to friends and family. And what I like the most about Instagram, are the various schemes that offers you to filter your pictures with your own little touch.
My all-time… read more
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?
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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Richard Roberts an US based freelance illustrator and designer. He has been illustrating digital for over six years and has had the pleasure of working with clients world wide. Richard is a very diverse artist using an array of different… read more
It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#109 and make sure to comeback… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Typo Popote and Syropia. Also we’re featuring a nice app Photovine, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more than… read more
The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more
Gotta love these guys that come up with more cartoonish characters from comics books. DC Miller has some pretty awesome art featuring our favorite superheroes, really worth checking out.
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I really like his style! And if you like it too, and want to check out more of his work, you should… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more
Adrián Romero is an 18 year old illustrator and graphic designer from Spain known as Vision. His work is breathtaking, a mix of illustrations with photo manipulations that just fits right in and the final results are amazing. Keep an eye on this young talent and check out some of… read more
Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Bruges, Belgium.
For the next week we’re going to feature Chicago,… read more
The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Last week we had a post on logos with ice creams and popsicles… today it’s all about logos with trains!
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As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries:… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
As designers, we are artists in whatever we do. Depending on how good we are at it, we can be a master. And Stanley Lau also known as Artgerm is truly a master of his own art. His universe is surrounded of stunning illustrations so rich in colours and… read more
Seriously, I believe El Mac and Retna are probably the best partnership since Batman and Robin. These two guys can make some really outstanding mural paintings, it’s like one completes the work of the other and the result is a powerful combination of colors and striking lines.
You should definetely… read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.
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I don’t think my illustration fever will end any soon. I’ve been a big fan of it for a really long time and it just gets stronger. Finding new artists is a mission for me these days, and I hope I’m winning.
These are some cool illustrations by Malaysian artist NjaY… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
So…who/what is UFeedMeBack? UFeedMeBack is a straightforward consulting tool that gives it’s members (invite only) access to request feedback from well-known designers (feedbackers) who are willing to share some of their wisdom with the goal of helping others in the design community who are eager to learn and grow…. read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can download to use in your projects. Check out this week’s free textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture… read more
Office formed by the architect Piero Lissoni and Nicoletta Canesi in 1985, presents an incredible list of clients such as Boffi, Alessi, Cappellini, Cassina, Benetton, among other major brands. With over 70 professional employees, also have an area for development of graphic designs.
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It’s been some time since the last time that I actually called an illustration “adorable”. I was thinking about other adjectives I could use for this one, and “lovely” and “It’s so cute I wanna die” came through my mind.
Don’t laugh, these are seriously cute. I’m guessing by the style… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
A few weeks ago we held a design contest sponsored by Filter Forge with the prize being a free copy of their software up for grabs to the top three contestants. However, just in case you didn’t catch that first post, here’s a brief explanation of who/what Filter Forge… read more
In the world of Advertising creativity is everything and Lorenzo Vitturi sure knows how to pull it off. Born in Venice, Italy, Lorenzo is a photographer/designer with a lot of experience and an amazing portifolio. Check out what and how he gets done.
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For more from Lorenzo Vitturi visit www.lorenzovitturi.com
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A few months ago I started seeing some poster in San Francisco about this game called L.A Noire. The text effect was really cool, sort of old style neon effect. I know I have done a few tutorials showing how to create this type of effect, but I needed to… read more
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?
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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Jonathan Wong, an aspiring graphic designer/illustrator born and raised in Limerick, Ireland, currently studying Graphic Design in the Limerick School of Art and Design.
For more information about Jonathan visit his Web site at http://www.artofwong.com/
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It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
We love personal projects, we love case studies & we love Mosk. Just right to the start of the weekend, we spread enough love for everyone. Enjoy this incredible case study
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The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#108 and make sure to comeback… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Findbacon and Oobafit. Also we’re featuring a nice portfolio from Chris Davis, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more
Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
For the next week we’re going to feature Bruges,… read more
From the same creator of the WTF Series, Minga pulled of yet another funny illustrations series based on old mules and each piece represents a different type of mule, some of them represented by a brand but it’s all fun and great illustration after all. Check out the mules!
Also check… read more
The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Last week we had a post on logos with elephants… today it’s all about logos with ice cream and popsicles!
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As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries:… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Joshua M. Smith aka Hydro74 is a designer based in Orlando, Florida. He’s a craftsman and master in type treatments, branding, apparel, illustration and more. His art is a true inspiration of somebody that is very skilled and very passionate about his work.
The soul purpose of my career is… read more
With all the T-shirt contests happening on the internet, I start asking myself, what makes a T-shirt design really good? I mean, you see a lot of funny ideas or well executed drawings winning, but shouldn’t a T-shirt design be both of them? Vincent Bocognani artworks really answer my question…. read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.
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It might be seen as vandalism, but for street art appreciators, trains are potential canvases. When artists come up with good looking art, it just makes cities a little happier.
The first 4 images are in Abduzeedo’s home town, Porto Alegre. All the others are from several cities around the globe…. read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
A few weeks ago, we made an interview with Radim Malinic, an illustrator and graphic designer based in London, England. Now he’s back this week with a Book Giveaway for his Book #Three, a collection of commercial and experimental work done by Radim during the last couple years.
The interview… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can download to use in your projects. Check out this week’s free textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture… read more
German office was founded in 1990 and led by architects Matthias Burkart, Alexander Von Salmuth and Ernst Ulrich Tillmanns. With studios in Stuttgart and Leninski in Russia, have a characteristic architecture by using colors and materials.
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Formed in 1990 by four architects, Matthias Burkart,… read more
Following our weekly addiction to great illustrations, I’ve found some great pieces by Puerto Rican illustrator Ericka Lugo. Gotta love her color schemes!
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I guess that most illustrator wake up after some weird dreams and start sketching… that’s gotta be the reason for seeing so much creative illustrations so often. The… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Happy 4th July to all our readers, today is independence day here in America and I selected some awesome 4th July firework photos from past years so you can enjoy and get ready for tonight!
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If you have some firework photography from the past years, share with us on the comment… read more
A few weeks ago, I met Mike Harrison at the OFFF festival in Barcelona. We had a little chat and I decided to interview him for abdz. Read all you have to know about the graphic designer & illustrator from England
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I’m certain that most of you have seen Dana’s work floating around the internet somewhere, be it ffffound, tumblr, or wherever. Every time I come across her work, even if it’s the 10th time I’ve seen it, I’m always completely blown away by the level of detail that each piece… read more
A few weeks ago a friend of mine wanted to know how to create a sort of 3D globe effect using Photoshop. I didn’t know how to do that but I got really intrigued with that, so I decided to give it a try. I knew that the Spherize would… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Matei Apostolescu for the new Depthcore chapter called OBSOLETE. We posted about this new chapter, it’s simply amazing.
For more information visit http://www.depthcore.com/
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Dolce Caffè Font and Cheesemonger. Also we’re featuring the nice portfolio from Tiny Big Studio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we… read more
I usually freakout when I find a great illustrator… but this time I’ve found one that just blew my mind. His name? Loopy Dave. The man knows his thing.
All his work is pretty rad, reminds me a lot of Serge Birault’s work (Dave even makes little homages to Serge in… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#107 and make sure to comeback… read more
The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Nice, France.
For the next week we’re going to feature Amsterdam,… read more
Summer is in the air and nothing better to remind us of the beach than some surf action. These photographs captured some awesome action and moments that bring motions to live. Check them out and get out there!
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