Faceartists

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I stumbled upon Andy Alcala’s work on Abduzeedo and immediately pulled the file into my LittleSnapper for inspiration. Today I went back to take a look at Alcala’s series, FaceArtists, and it’s fantastic. He tributes artists like Pollock, Van Gogh, Warhol, and Banksy by painting some of their most famous works on- get this- his…

anything you want

anything

I didn’t know much about C.D. Baby before reading Anything You Want by Derek Sivers. Sivers created the online music site before iTunes, Paypal, or Napster were born. He was simply a musician who wanted to sell his own music online, realized no one had done it yet, and decided to learn to do it…

Saying No

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My close friend, Steve, once told me to never say yes immediately when someone asks you to work on a project; take some time away, and think it through. It ended up being some of the best business advise I’ve received to date. When we say yes on a whim we tend to easily put…

The Font Game

fontgame

Last night I happened upon a fantastic iPhone app called The Font Game. For graphic designers learning typography or those more experienced who want to tighten up their knowledge this is one of the best apps I’ve seen. There are two games featured on the iPhone app. The first is the Font Game which displays…

Hitch

hitch

Check out a rendition of Alfred Hitchcock’s Cookbook by a group of students for a class project. The style, voice over, music, and design are on point. Thanks to Kristin Williams for sending it my way.