Gender Switch: Iconic Household Brand Mascots Redesigned by CDA Fair bit of work has gone into each of these Gender Switch: Iconic Household Brand Mascots Redesigned images, illustrated by the folks over at CDA. Big part of why CDA have done this Gender Switch for the brand mascots, is to highlight part of our culture…
The Toon Type Alphabet Project Hand Illustrated Lettering by @mvrtn_art The Toon Type Alphabet Project Hand Illustrated Lettering by @mvrtn_art, based in Manchester England, is probably the most gorgeously detailed attempt at creating an illustrated alphabet you’re ever going to see. The attention to detail is just astonishing, with each character painstakingly drawn in penil,…
Disney Tutorial: Educational Tips on Drawing The Cute Character Drawing The Cute Character: The illustration and animation of the Cute Character is what Disney is so well known for, and has been forever and ever, and ever. This is a fascinating illustration of the major points that that show ys how to illustrate the perfect cute…
Erich Dieckmann: Design Development of a Metal Tube Chair The Erich Dieckmann vintage metal tube chair development illustration has been doing-the-rounds of late, and it’s quite a interesting—at least to me—look into the design process way-back-then. It’s really way-back given Mr Dieckmann was born in 1986, and passed 1944. Seems this particular illustration is from a rare book,…
As a graphic designer, where colour inspiration is pretty darn important, so this selection of Vintage Colour Wheels, Charts and Tables Throughout History has made me far too excitable! The moment I found the post, and saw the featured image and post title, I clicked it straight away, and onto the website of Public Domain Review:…
One Line Animal Logos – Gracefully Drawn by DFT (Differantly) This form of monoline illustration is superbly expressed in a recent series of One Line Animal Logos, by Differantly, that superbly capture the profile shape of various animals, such as a: Kangaroo, Squirrel, Cheetah (my favourite), Rhinoceros etc. Differantly is a mixed-media creative duo, based in Paris and…
Visions of the Future Poster Series for NASA Designed by JPL aka The Studio A creative team of visual strategists at JPL, known as “The Studio,” created the poster series, which is titled “Visions of the Future.” on behalf of NASA. The Studio is a team of designers, artists, makers, strategists, and thinkers. We are…
The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), the French government space agency had commissioned these lovely Retro-Futuristic Space Posters, designed by Thomas Hayman, to celebrate some of their latest missions. They are only making these posters available for download until the 19th December, so get in quick before the high resolution versions are taken off-line: https://cnes.fr/fr/affiches…
Struggles Of An Anxious and Introverted Freelancer When I first saw one of these cartoons from: The Daily Struggles Of An Anxious and Introverted Freelancer, on Design Taxi, I immediately felt that ‘this person’ knew exactly how I can feel at the best of times! I actually felt a sense of relief when I started scanning all Sow’s…
These ‘History of Mac’: illustrations Of Every Apple Macintosh Created, by Aakash Doshi, really are brilliant.
