Category archives: Typography

Turning Your Graphic Design Hobby Into A Career

Written by JamesJones on July 19, 2012 in Advertising , Animation, Art Shows, Digital Art, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Portfolio, Product Design, School, Tips and Tricks, Typography.

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 ...

Featured Artist: Pete Harrison

Written by on May 31, 2012 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Concept Art, Digital Art, Fashion, Featured Artist , FF Members, Fine Art, Gaming, Graphic-design, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Photography, Portfolio, Typography.

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 ...

Featured Blog: China Design Hub

Written by on April 13, 2012 in Ads, Advertising , Art Shows, Concept Art, Exhibition, Fashion, Graphic-design, Illustration, Interior Design, Typography.

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 ...

Album Art

Written by on Nov. 29, 2011 in Fine Art, Graphic-design, Photography, Product Design, Typography.

When I was in high school, I in inherited the old family hi-fi. We had upgraded the sitting room's entertainment center and in the middle of it was a state-of-the-art Sony component system that included a CD-player, a turntable, an equalizer, an amp, a stereo tuner, and a dual cassette deck. Back then vinyl was king and portables (like the yellow sports Walkman in my school bag) were gaining ground quickly. My local Record Store was walking distance and it was my happiest place on earth.

We all have our favorite songs, our favorite albums, but I also had ...

Design's biggest names come to London this week - and you can be there for free

Written by on Oct. 18, 2011 in Digital Art, Education, Graphic-design, News, Typography.

With design week hitting Los Angeles this week, I thought it would be nice to Blog, Facebook and Twitter about the different events going on in our global art and design world. If you saw the FF facebook page, you already know about Black & White Are Not Colors, happing at Festival Breda, The Hague. But, if you are in London, treat yourself to TYPO, at least sign-up for the free ticket giveaway. ~MAC

Design's biggest names come to London this week
- and you can be there for free

This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (October 20-22) typography's biggest names ...

The Original Print

Written by on Oct. 11, 2011 in Art History, Art school, Concept Art, Education, Fine Art, Graphic-design, Illustration, Poster Art, Typography.

The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California (video podcast)

The art world of the late 1950s experienced a groundswell of interest in printmaking that forever changed the artistic landscape of America. By that time, the most avant-garde of artists had become interested in making editioned works on paper with a press, using methods no longer relegated to a select group who defined themselves solely as “printmakers.” Because this development was still in its germinal stages in the 1950s, however, there existed only a handful of places in the country where eager young artists could learn the techniques of printmaking. Academic ...

Wall of Inspiration

Written by on Sept. 13, 2011 in Concept Art, Digital Art, Exhibition, Fine Art, Graphic-design, Illustration, Poster Art, Typography.

A while ago I started what my friend coined as "the drawer of inspiration." Every time I found something I "liked" I would toss it in the old metal cabinet by by the door. Eventually that turned into a wall of inspiration made up of everything from flyers I found near the local watering hole in Hollywood to direct marketing pieces laying around the post office. Recently I found this virtual wall of inspiration while cleaning up some of my design bookmarks and I thought I would share it with you all. It turns out that the guys at Abduzeedo ...