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TARFEST MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY

Written by on Sept. 18, 2012 in Art Installation, Exhibition, Featured Artist , Poster Art.

Filter Foundry supports KCRW (89.9) and LAUNCH LA and other industry brands to present LA's 10th Annual free, Music & Art festival,TARFEST, which returns to the historic La Brea Tar Pits on Saturday, September 22nd, with an impressive lineup of musical performances, live art exhibits, Biergarten, Wine Bar and local gourmet food for the whole family to enjoy.

TARFEST will take place from 2:00 PM til 9:00 PM on Sat., September 22nd with performances by red-hot indie-rock bands Blondfire, Helena, Soft Swells, So Many Wizards, The Steelwells and The Makepeace Brothers with live paintings by revered ...

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 ...

Internal SPARK!

Written by on Nov. 4, 2011 in Concept Art, Digital Art, FF Members, Fine Art, Illustration, Product Design.

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 ...

Around the World in 10 Ads

Written by on Sept. 20, 2011 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Illustration, Marketing, Motion Graphics, Poster Art, YouTube.

Here in the states we seldom get exposed to the cornucopia of persuasive creative that daily tries to convince people like you and me in other countries to buy, sell, consume, entertain, drink, lie to our girlfriends (this usually goes hand in hand with the drinking ads,) drive faster, loose weight, live healthier or trade stock. Yes, the elements are all the same, but the delivery is usually a little different. Let's see what these modern day "Mad Men" are dishing out these days to our global friends using photography, video, animation, & 3D.

1) China: Bailing Fast Onset Cough ...

ROME: 3 Dreams of Black

Written by on May 19, 2011 in CSS3 and HTML5, Digital Art, Motion Graphics, Music Videos.

ROME has a new album out called "3 Dreams of Black" and deciided to use Chrome for little coding expriment. Check out this great music video made popssible with Google Chrome. http://www.ro.me/

"3 Dreams of Black" is an interactive film by Chris Milk and some friends at Google that showcases the creative potential of WebGL. WebGL is a context of the HTML5 canvas element that enables hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in the web browser without a plug-in. In other words, it enables your browser to show some really beautiful visuals. On this page, you'll find a WebGL ...