and the winner is…
05/01/2008
photographicks
05/01/2008
A huge passion of mine is photography. Diving into this Zombie magazine concept has been a bit of a journey for me. I realised soon into it that as much as Zombies are fun, it didn’t leave room for me to really show off what I’m good at. Never mind, plenty more opportunity for that I hope. Anyway, here are some great photographers I’ve found in the last month.
I’m a big fan of Winfield’s work. I’ve experimented with polaroids for over a year now, and this man is a genius, even down to his compositions. He really knows how to work colour and texture to create one whole piece. It’s almost like fine art by the time the finished product is ready.
I really enjoyed looking at this collection of photographs. It’s hard to say which is better, the art or the photography, but what matters is that these photos provide a great insight into graffiti and the beauty in portraying typography.
I’ve been following Lia’s work for about 4 years. I remember being about 16 and thinking how awesome she is. I still do! Her art is wide across the board, but primarily photography and, brilliantly, Polaroid photography. In fact, it’s probably Lia that inspired me to get my first Polaroid camera. Her site is beautiful, simplistic in style and has that ethereal quality of the time before sleep and waking. It’s like being in a dream.
website . lists
05/01/2008
Creating my own website has really made me appreciate the artistic quality in others’. Since creating my own, I’ve found some ingenious examples of what flash, html and a bit of creativity can do for you.
You know when you see a website and want to marry it? No? Never get this? Okay, well let’s put it this way. I’d never be divorcing this little beauty. Okay, so it’s a bit creepy. The background music does make me want to reach for the pillow and check Silent Hill hasn’t crept into the neighbourhood. But underneath it all is a raw quality that I love.
From what I understand, (and that’s saying something with the higgilty piggiltyness of the site,) it’s actually a musician’s website. But hey, I’m just here to appreciate the beauty.
Okay, so I may be a bit biased here, but I am really enjoying this band at the moment and it thrilled me that they had a beautiful website. For the last couple of days it had flatlined (quite literally! The website had a heart monitor on it and nothing else,) but it’s resurrected again. It provides a lovely look at flash and html working hand in hand with each other.
I’m not sure I actually like this site. I’m only sure that it’s a great use of layout and html coding. I like sites that have intricacy and “easter eggs” as it were. I think this site could be made more than what it is, but is still a beautiful representation of what can be done with a bit of creative thinking.
I love this site! It’s a bit of fun and thats what makes it so charming. Don’t forget to look beyond the immensely pleasurable dandelions 
There’s some great work beyond the blowing.
Line, line away
10/11/2007
I’m studying line drawings at the moment for a insight into how people go about doing them and this website is a brilliant example of comedic illustration with a graphical feel. Yey!
Winston’s Writen Words
17/10/2007
I absolutely adore Sam Winston. He was one of the first links I put up in the Links list and he’s a designer whom I’d be happy to model myself on. His works are very tactile, thoughtful, and precisely constructed, and the use of typography as something subtle rather than pointed in an intriguing concept.
The fact that they all involve the media of paper makes his work only that bit more interesting, especially when considering the possibility of paper as a topical resource in the environmental debate. Anyway, head on over to his site and take a gander at the work there.
Links List
12/10/2007
Starting from the ever famous Wikipedia, I was set the task of finding 10 links from there on out. It was such a rewarding thing to do because through doing so I’ve found some amazing illustrators and designers. Check them out;
Wikipedia – www.wikipedia.org
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Designing Magazines – www.designingmagazines.com (links)
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The Premiere Issues Project – www.01issue.pixelyn.com (resources/links)
- NoA Magazine – August 2001
- Art Prostitute – April/May/June 2003
- Dot-Dot-Dot Magazine – 2002
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Magma Books – www.magmabooks.com
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David Foldvari – www.davidfoldvari.co.uk
- Old stuff
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Bigactive – www.bigactive.com
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Monsterism – www.monsterism.net
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Kozyndan (and Bunnyfish) – www.kozyndan.com
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FuriFuri – www.furifuri.com
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Welcome to Jeremyville – www.jeremyville.com
