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Crowdsourcing Creativity for Inspirational Marketers, Tortured Artists & Researchers

Crowdsourcing Creativity for Inspirational Marketers, Tortured Artists & Researchers

Image by Paul Roget

How often do you find yourself seeking inspiration from crowdsourcing?

If you haven't heard, crowdsourcing is happening all over the web. It's the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent and outsourcing it to a 'crowd,' usually an undefined, large group of people in the form of an open call. Using the Internet's vast reach has become the gateway for crowdsourcing.

It's easy enough on Twitter to crowdsource ideas. Get a group of followers to use a common hashtag and seek out ideas for anything you're working ...

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Miracle Mile Art Walk Studio and Gallery Tour!

Miracle Mile Art Walk Studio and Gallery Tour!

The Miracle Mile “Art Walk” Gallery & Studio Tour (MMAWGST) is a FREE self-guided art tour taking place within the culturally diverse gallery districts and neighborhoods of the Miracle Mile/Mid City section of Los Angeles.  This “art walk” spans approximately 10 square miles and is home to significant galleries, all independently owned and operated, representing and exhibiting world renowned artists, who create works of art that attract collectors from all over the globe; blue chip to low-brow; in addition to artist, print and photography studios.

Check out the Galleries - http://tinyurl.com/8z94lzn

Check the Kickstarter page, and they appreciate ...

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Turning Your Graphic Design Hobby Into A Career



Do you enjoy using your creativity to come up with unique designs? If so, you might want to consider turning your hobby into a successful career. This can be accomplished by enrolling in one of dozens of amazing graduate programs for graphic design. Under the instruction of talented and knowledgeable professors, you will learn how to create an impressive portfolio and land amazing clients.

If you are considering a career in graphic design, you may currently be at a loss for how to get started. It's a large field and choosing a direction can be tough. The following suggestions ...

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Featured Artist: Pete Harrison

Today we feature Pete Harrison and his work. Take a break, pour yourself an espresso, top off your coffee, crack open another Red Bull or break out the china and sip on high tea... & let's see what Pete has to say to all y'all (just saw the Hatfields and McCoys)

Enjoy!

FF: How would you describe your art and design style?

Pete:
My design style I guess at the moment you could say it was photo manipulation with lighting effects, I use similar elements and the way I work that now people recognise a piece and can put ...

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Featured Blog: China Design Hub

Our friends at China Design Hub (CDH) have been covering original design and art from China for a few months now and have shared with us a couple of inspiring new artists. The blog, that features art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, has been showcasing different creative industries from industrial and architecture to interior and fashion. Their goal is simply to shake off the negative light and biased view toward Chinese Design. Here are 3 talented artists that caught our attention.

Sally Zou
Sally is a Shanghainese born in 1986 and started picking up art, design and advertising after ...

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Featured Artist:Fede Ponce

Fede Ponce is a 2D-3D artist from California, hailing from Mexico via Canada with scholastic roots from Pasadena's Art Center. His work came to our attention and we had the opportunity of asking him some questions. Take a look at his latest montage of work and what he had to say when we spoke with him.

Click here to see the breakdown.

When someone asks you what do you do, what is your "canned" answer?

A: It's tough to pinpoint what I do, and even harder to describe it exactly because of the nature of the work. It ...

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Featured Artist of the Week: Sam Chiver

Today we feature a UK artist whose geometric & surreal illustrstion have been brought to our attention.

Sam Chiver is a UK based Illustrator and print maker. Working with both digital and handmade materials his work often explores themes of a universal nature. He produces limited edition prints, some of which are available [at his online gallery.]

Take a look at his blog for more insight into the mind of Sam Chiver.

From a young age he was inspired by mountainous landscape found during trips to France and also a love of comics. He similarly takes much inspiration from the realms ...

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SPARK! Issue #10

Who's your favorite character of all time... which version.. by what artist? I know mine: Bob Kane's Batman by Alex Ross. I like to think of Alex's style as the best of both worlds, it's 2D that looks like it was rendered in 3D. This week I've pulled a few characters from both the pop-culture and the obscure pile. Share yours with us by posting it below.

1. The Batman (rough sketch phase) by Alex Ross

2. Gollum by WETA Digital

instantShift - Amazing Character Designs

3. Bettie Page by Bambinomonkey

4. Octo-Owl by 64Colors

 

5. Belly Dancer by Carlos ...

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Internal SPARK!

We are proud to have world renowned Polish designer Tomasz Opasinski featured on our homepage this week. He is well known for his unique design approach to abstract digital art and is currently offering a free tutorial on Filter Foundry that shows how he used Mudbox to design the background featured on our homepage. Click here to check it out.

Here are a couple abstract works from Tomasz:

 

Marko Vuckovic's Grass Lamp
The grass lamp is an innovative concept that i designed to enhance the décor of a home interior with natural elements, aiming to bring warmth and ...

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SPARK! Halloween Edition

Whether you celebrate Halloween (All Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Souls Day, the Festival of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos) or not, you have to admit the Season of the Witch brings with it an intangible quality.

“And when I looked in my window
So many different people to be
It's strange… sure is strange”

The trees begin to fall, the air becomes colder, the brightness of summer gives way to earthier tones, and best of all, imaginations are allowed that usually are dormant - run wild for one night. 

To paraphrase Donovan: When I look out my window ...

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