Ian Moss: Retoucher & Designer
Here lies a random collection of work, ideas, inspiration, teachings, questions, answers and thoughts.
It takes well over a year to design, execute, deliver, and ensure the proper implementation of the roughly 5,000 or so assets it takes to get a CS release out the door (we’re already thinking about CS7). Along the away, there are innumerable institutional, technological, and political hurdles to overcome. It can be daunting, but we do everything we can to get it made with as few design compromises as possible.
See the details: Adobe Blog
The pin-up paintings (and photographs, of course) were created by Gil Elvgren, one of America’s most notable pin-up artists. What you may not realize (we didn’t at first), is that the photographs all show the same model — Elvgren’s wife — though she appears with different haircuts, and obviously wearing every outfit under the sun.
Found: flavorwire.com
Bulavkus—a USB flash drive disguised as a classic safety pin—keeps your data safely pinned.
Luxe Plates are stainless steel covers that stick onto your device with a special removable adhesive. We use a photochemical process to etch out the art on the Plate. Luxe Plates embrace the form-factor of your device and add lasting style at the same time. Pick from one of our many featured artists or upload your own custom artwork.
Buy from the range of artist’s designs or create your own at: luxeplates.com
New identity designed to showcase DC Entertainment’s rich portfolio of brands, stories and characters across all media platforms.
read more dccomics.com
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co, the photography icon that invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America’s best-known companies.
Artist Riusuke Fukahori’s London debut exhibition “Goldfish Salvation” transforms ICN gallery into the world of goldfish. When struggling with artistic vision, Fukahori’s pet goldfish became his inspiration and ever since his passion and lifelong theme. His unique style of painting uses acrylic on clear resin which is poured into containers, resulting in a three-dimensional appearance and lifelike vitality. This exhibition features twenty new painting works by this leading Japanese contemporary artist.
Exhibition details - icn-global.com
Video of the process - on youtube
More images - via Dominic Alves Flickr
‘On 18th July 1969, as the world waited anxiously for Apollo 11 to land safely on the surface of the Moon, speechwriter William Safire imagined the worst case scenario as he expertly wrote the following sombre memo to President Nixon’s Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman.
Read more via retronaut.co
Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper.
More info: bergcloud.com
Have you ever felt like you’re seeing the same movie poster over and over again? Well, you are, in a way. As it turns out, film posters have several very simple tools (color, text size, figure placement, etc) to signify what kind of movie they’re advertising without you really even having to read its name or tagline.
Found via: hypenotice.com
Designed back when Zapf Dingbats were the only symbols in font form, the FF Dingbats™ package was the first to illustrate modern communication, with some 800 images and icons of faxes, ISDN, disks, and keyboards. But the face of the tech world has changed significantly since the early ’90s. Floppy disks and cassette tapes have gone the way of the dinosaurs. So Johannes Erler and Henning Skibbe have revisited FF Dingbats, redesigning it for the new modern age of flat panels and iPhones®.
Via: espiekermann More info and free download: ffdingbatsfont.com
