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Inspiration: Adhemas Batista

Reid — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:18:32 +0000

Christmas has come early for me. Adhemas Batista is absolutely one of my favorite illustrators, and he’s updated his site with some beautiful new work. He’s added a couple photos to the about section, and it appears that he has set up shop in Los Angeles with a new studio called Magenta. Hopefully that means we’ll be seeing a lot more work out of him.

Rejected: GRSS

Reid — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:03:27 +0000

I’m working on a project for GRSS, an organization within IEEE. The work is coming along really well, but I was totally in love with this design and it got nixed along the way. I’m sure it’ll creep back into a project somewhere someday, but I’m sad that it isn’t going to get finished. It was just coming into it’s own, and now it’s going to find a spot on the shelf before it was fully realized.

Dvein Titles for F5Fest will kick you in the face softly.

Reid — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:38:22 +0000

Dvein: F5 Titles from F5 on Vimeo.

Check out these amazing titles that spanish design firm Dvein created for the F5 conference in New York City. The lineup includes design firms of incredibly broad backgrounds, but the titles do an incredible job of tying it all together into a cohesive whole.

Their description of the work

“We asked each speaker to name five objects that inspire them or has something to do with their work. We received all kinds of answers—really interesting objects that gave us a great starting point: wind turbines, microscopes, lights, smoke, lamb rib cage, French bulldog…”

The fest itself also looks amazing. Where else could you see Rachel Maddow and Psyop in the same day? I believe it’s sponsored by Motionographer.com which is a fantastic blog (and where I first saw these titles).

From the conference description

We believe that true insight and lasting inspiration are born from creative collisions, from unexpected encounters, from exploring outside your area of expertise.

What a fantastic outlook – I’m going to go collide with something right now.

Dave Ellis

Reid — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:45:17 +0000

If I had any kind of cash, I’d have Dave Ellis paint my house. Really fresh, free of ’spray art’ wall cliches, Ellis’ paintings are full of movement and energy. Click through his portfolio to see his industrial truck paintings.

Design For Everyone

Reid — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:32:50 +0000

There’s plenty of rhetoric about design equality, and it generally surrounds issues of class. We don’t often see design issues address identity politics, and for that matter the disabled in particular. Check out Dutch industrial designer Jan Gunneweg.

mn8

Reid — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:14:10 +0000

If you’re into motion graphics at all, you’re surely familiar with the work of Jake Sargent. From Digital Kitchen, to Motion Theory, this guys has been defining the edge of motion graphics for years now. He’s got a new site up that’s definitely worth a look.

http://www.mn8studio.com/00_new_mn8_site/index.html

Black Day To Freedom

Reid — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:30:04 +0000

Please Watch this film. It’s a fictional piece about displaced peoples. It’s beautiful. It’s one-of-a-kind. I’m gushing, I apologize. I guarantee you’ve never seen anything quite like this. I also guarantee that it’ll effect you. Please watch it. Made by motion graphics guru The Ronin.

The finest illustrator alive today is…

Reid — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:45:09 +0000

I can’t seem to get too far from brazil. My absolute favorite illustrator Adhemas Batista just updated his website with some new work. Nobody paints on top of photography better than Adhemas. These are full on illustrations. He doesn’t skimp on the color. If you’re looking for subtle, look elsewhere because these illustrations are luxurious.

The illustrious ISO50

Reid — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:50:04 +0000

The one and only Scott Hansen. He’s a rockstar in the illustrating world, and a bit of a rockstar in the rockstar world (He’s the recording artist Tycho). I like Scott Hansen because his rock posters don’t use any clip art and they don’t use any non-sequitur imagery. Don’t get me wrong, I love today’s trend in rock posters, but ISO 50 is a breath of fresh air in the over-saturated poster design scene.

Misprinted Type

Reid — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:26:46 +0000

I can’t say enough good things about Mr. Brazil Eduardo Recife. His fonts have practically defined the last few years. You’ve seen Porcelain and Selfish all over, I think Old Navy used Rosewood. Download the entire set at his website. While you’re at it, download his Photoshop brushes as well. They put something in the water down there, cause the Brazilians got it going on. See it at MisprintedType.com

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