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| The Rather Difficult Font Game Computer Arts - Jim - 14 Apr 2008 12:33pm It's supposed to be rather difficult, but this game of font identification is likely to be all too easy-peasy for the average Computer Arts reader, isn't it? Well, isn't it? http://ajax.sayitaintslow.com/fontgame/ |
| BAPLA Picture Buyers’ Fair Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Apr 2008 11:58am Registration is open for the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies' annual Picture Buyer's Fair, held on 7-8th May at the Business Design Centre. Covering everything from photography to illustration and fine art, it's a great place to find inspiration and get fresh new ideas, and also a great opportunity to meet and catch up with colleagues from the industry. There's also a free seminar programme held over both days; details are yet to be confirmed, so keep checking the BAPLA site to find out more. Registration's free, so sign up today! http://www.bapla.org.uk |
| Ten Thousand Cents Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Apr 2008 11:16am "Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork by Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of contributors using Amazon's Mechanical Turk system and a custom art tool drew a copy of a 1/10,000th portion of a $100 bill; these pieces were then reassembled into the finished piece. You can view the entire piece online and see how every piece was drawn, and you can also buy a print for, yep, $100. http://www.tenthousandcents.com/ |
| FontStruct Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Apr 2008 12:50pm If creating your own font the proper way is a little too ambitious for your tastes, try this new tool from FontShop that enables you to build modular fonts out of pre-defined shapes, then render them as TrueType. http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/ |
| Get Together With Armani Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Apr 2008 4:25pm Emporio Armani wants an ad campaign for its new fragrances, "Get Together", and it's holding a contest in order to find it. Head over to the site and find Giorgio Armani's brief as well as all the art assets and guidelines you'll need. The creator of the best video will see their creation broadcast on TV or online, as well as winning €10,000; there's also a €5,000 prize for the best print ad, and national prizes of Emporio Armani watches and fragrances. http://www.emporioarmaniparfums.com/contest/ |
| Join Our Fan Clubs! Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Apr 2008 3:47pm If you happen to use that popular Facebook thing and fancy pledging your allegiance to us, you can now sign up to be a fan of Computer Arts and Computer Arts Projects. Come and join us! |
| No CA Newsletter? Computer Arts - Garrick - 02 Apr 2008 10:49am If you've not been receiving the CA Artstream newsletter, we apologise. We have had a fire in the hold, so to speak. To continue receiving it, please re-subscribe (link below) and we will do our best to sort out the database. Thanks, and our apologies again. http://www.futureprofile.co.uk/ |
| April fool... Computer Arts - Garrick - 01 Apr 2008 4:52pm Who did the BBC turn to for their April Fool's Day spoof? None other than the talented folks at Gorgeous and Passion Pictures. This slot featuring flying penguins was directed by Vince Squibb and Darren Walsh. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7324127.stm |
| Flashy Fold-Ins Computer Arts - Jim - 31 Mar 2008 12:32pm The New York Times has just done a profile on Al Jaffee, the 87-year-old artist behind Mad Magazine's fold-in pages, and to accompany the feature there's a selection of his work from the last 44 years, all nicely foldable thanks to the magic of Flash. |
| New Work Computer Arts - Jim - 31 Mar 2008 12:00pm If you're running low on cool sites that can point you in the direction of neat stuff, the Amsterdam-based New Work might just fill the hole; lots of great finds wrapped up in a bold, clean design. http://www.ilovenewwork.com/ |
| Radar Music Videos - get commissioned Computer Arts - Tom - 28 Mar 2008 12:00pm RadarMusicVideos.com has created a worldwide community of music video filmmakers,which aims to hook-up aspiring directors with unsigned bands and record labels. We'll have a selection of the best new music videos from the recent Radar Festival in Computer Arts issue 148 and on the disc, on sale April 10. http://www.radarmusicvideos.com |
| Don't forget the Graduate Showcase! Computer Arts - Jo - 28 Mar 2008 10:54am Just a little reminder to let you know the deadline for this year's Graduate Showcase is looming. You have until 14 April to get your work to us. Miss out and you miss the chance to get your work soon by over 20,000 professionals http://www.computerarts.co.uk/graduateshowcase |
| Young web designers unite! Public User - 27 Mar 2008 12:26pm A group has been set up for young designers and developers who feel they're not being taken seriously enough by the industry. The phrase 'bedroom designer' is these days used with derision and implies shoddy work. To throw off the image, the UK Young Internet Alliance has been set up. http://www.ukyia.co.uk |
| Rafael Rosendaal Computer Arts - Jo - 27 Mar 2008 10:27am Dutch/Brazilian flash artist has a selection of mini-flash toys to play with on his site, some clever, some silly, but all are mildly diverting http://www.newrafael.com/info/ |
| The best fonts of 2007 Computer Arts - Jo - 27 Mar 2008 10:24am Though we may be a quarter of the way through 2008, it's not too late to look back at some of the best in type from 2007 . Check out Typographica's favourite fonts of 2007 http://typographica.org/001124.php |
| Viral the viral Computer Arts - Garrick - 20 Mar 2008 2:07pm The online publishing specialists at Yudu Media are using their knowledge of viral marketing to create their own viral campaign. Visit their site to read an online guide to good viral marketing http://publishing.yudu.com/A7ixu/FreeEBook3/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl= |
| Get involved with the Daydream Network Computer Arts - Tom - 20 Mar 2008 2:04pm The Daydream Network is inviting creatives of all shapes and sizes to get enter its DD.04 showcase. The best bits of design, photography, illustration, and animation (as well as a heap of other categories) get distributed to media houses and creative agencies. Only Computer Arts' Graduate Showcase beats it for networking opportunities. More details here: http://www.daydreamnetwork.com/ |
| Design Heroes Computer Arts - Tom - 20 Mar 2008 11:52am Who are your top three design heroes? Head along to the forum to post your opinions. http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19703 |
| I Just Called To Say... Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Mar 2008 11:12am ...I love Conrad Ostwald's showreel. It's a knowing jaunt through the traditional ticklist of showreel essentials, carried off with a sense of humour, stacks of panache and a serious amount of skill. If he's not already drowning in job offers then there's no justice in the world. |
| Plushform Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Mar 2008 10:56am Forget about vinyl - designer plushies are going to be the next big thing, apparently. And what better than a blank plushie purpose-built for customisation? That's Plushform, launching next month. http://plushform.com/ |
| Dimensions of Colour Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Mar 2008 4:18pm If you know what colours look good but feel a little lost when it comes to things like hue and chroma and subtractive colour mixing, David Briggs has put together a pretty comprehensive - if a little technical at times - site explaining how colour works. http://huevaluechroma.com/ |
| Mad About The CardBoy Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Mar 2008 5:08pm I've just uploaded a special gift for all of you. It's a PDF featuring a flatpack toy designed by Mark 'CardBoy' James from a sketch by Pete Fowler. If you get a bit stuck putting it together, look in the latest Computer Arts, on sale right now, for extra hints and the story of its creation. http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/snyrd.pdf |
| Fail Dogs Computer Arts - Jim - 17 Mar 2008 12:02pm Because there's more to life than LOLcats. http://faildogs.com/ |
| Barburrito Computer Arts - Garrick - 13 Mar 2008 1:35pm The creatives at Manchester's Bourn Design have recently completed an array of work for the Mexican bar, Barburrito. Interiors, packaging, menus, illustration, identity - all wrapped up into one juicy tortilla of a design job. (Hey, it's lunchtime...) http://www.bourndesign.co.uk/work/barburrito.aspx |
| Please Say Something Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Mar 2008 11:13am A cartoon for the 21st century by David O'Reilly. Five high-speed episodes of love and loss in the distant future, messing brilliantly with the old-school cat & mouse cartoon cliché, and making for a compelling and deeply troubling way to pass a few minutes of the day. http://www.davidoreilly.com/pss/ |
| Go Speed Racer! Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Mar 2008 2:22pm I'm vaguely aware that Speed Racer is some Japanese cartoon that became quite popular in the USA, but beyond that I don't have a clue and I'm not especially bothered. On the other hand, this blistering pair of CG-stuffed trailers has me absolutely gagging to see it at the cinema. How cool is that? |
| 30 Days - 30 Pieces Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Mar 2008 4:22pm David Schell of texturemedia realised that he was spending too much time on interactive design and not enough on fine art and illustration, so he came up with this project - to produce one piece a day over 30 days - and roped in a load of friends to join in. He plans on repeating the project, so let him know if you fancy getting back to your artistic roots for a month. http://www.30days30pieces.com/ |
| Phun Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Mar 2008 3:03pm I'm in very severe danger of spending my entire afternoon playing with this neat little physics sandbox program. So far I've managed to make a small tower of bricks and knock it down with a big ball on the end of a chain anchored to the sky. I'm easily pleased, sometimes. http://www.acc.umu.se/~emilk/ |
| Garfield Minus Garfield Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Mar 2008 12:15pm Interesting fact: if you remove Garfield from Garfield comic strips, you often end up with the brilliant, disturbing and deeply funny story of Jon Arbuckle. http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ |
| "I've got a Bass feeling about this." Computer Arts - Jim - 03 Mar 2008 3:06pm We've all wondered what the Star Wars opening titles would have looked like if Saul Bass had been hired to do them, haven't we? Now we need wonder no longer, although we'd also hope that he'd be able to spell 'starring' properly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25t-PQDn5A |
| Favourite Album Covers Computer Arts - Tom - 29 Feb 2008 11:53am To celebrate the new issue of Computer Arts Projects - Designing for the Music Industry, which is now on sale, I've popped a little Friday Fun on the forum. Head along and tell us all what your favourite album artwork is. http://forum.computerarts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=126212#126212 |
| Memes don't exist - tell your friends Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Feb 2008 4:36pm If you weren't already excited enough about this year's Graduate Showcase, we've upped the ante by creating this neat little behind-the-scenes viral video. Pass it on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEHk-mLweKs |
| Guerrilla Galleries Computer Arts - Jo - 27 Feb 2008 3:17pm Guerrilla Galleries is Bristol's only dedicated graffiti and street art gallery, and fast becoming one of the most exciting contemporary art destinations in the West Country. Following on from the acclaimed first showing, the latest exhibition showcases even more of the UK's finest graffiti artists. All artworks are for sale and can be purchased from as little as £25. The exhibition opens on Friday 29th February and continues throughout March. http://www.guerrillagalleries.com/ |
| A new typography term Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Feb 2008 11:45am From the people at Ironic Sans comes keming - the result of improper kerning. Now available as a t-shirt. http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_a_new_typography_term.html |
| Ideas are like fish Computer Arts - Jo - 18 Feb 2008 4:05pm Fun little viral from the people at the D&AD promoting the Awards. Book your places now for the Ceremony 2008 at the Royal Festival Hall. http://www.dandad.org/fish/ |
| Type Lovers Computer Arts - Tom - 13 Feb 2008 1:55pm Well, it's Valentine's Day tomorrow, and as such Extensis has produced a rather funny little Flash game to prove compatible type faces. If mixing Stencil and Papyrus for a comical conclusion is your thing, click here... http://blog.extensis.com/typecaster/ |
| Momiji doll competition Computer Arts - Jo - 13 Feb 2008 11:40am This just in from our special field correspondents, Peskimo: "Momiji, a UK based company that make little Japanese style dolls are currently running a competition where peoplecan design their own set of dolls with a winner being created as a set to be sold exclusively in Selfridges stores. The competition is in conjunction with Don't Panic and Selfridges, all the info is here" http://www.dontpaniconline.com/designbrief/client/?t=38 |
| Inka Jarvinen Computer Arts - Jo - 06 Feb 2008 4:22pm Lovely work from Finnish designer, Inka Järvinen. http://www.inkajarvinen.com/ |
| Shift logo competition Computer Arts - Garrick - 02 Feb 2008 11:53am Shift magazine is an ezine I often check out to get the lowdown on what's going on amongst creative people over in Japan. The mag is currently running a logo competition which might be worth checking out if you have any spare time. http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2008/03/shift_logo_competition.html |
| Badge of Honour Computer Arts - Tom - 31 Jan 2008 4:10pm Stereohype’s annual badge design competition has extended its deadline until Tuesday, February 5, giving you the chance to see you designs on lapels up and down the land. This year’s judging panel includes former winners and Computer Arts' Editor Garrick Webster. Get your submissions in pronto. http://www.stereohype.com/pages/badge_competition2007.asp |
Quicktime 7
QuickTime updates don’t usually get us that excited. But the inclusion of the H.264 codec in QuickTime 7 has us drooling as it’s the one the PSP uses for movies. Stick your showreel on a big memory card and put it on a PSP – that’s progress!
Canon EOS 350D
Canon’s pro-am SLR gets even better, now with an 8 megapixel sensor and new features previously only found on much more expensive models, including three focus modes, monochrome mode and faster memory card writing.
Annoying Apple
Jobs and co have sparked ire for getting heavy-handed with a student who put the latest OSX update online, so much so that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out and offered him $1,000 towards his defence.
Drunkenblog.com
Loonatics
“Hey, let’s take the Looney Toons characters and re-imagine them as angular, edgy superhero types in the year 2772 for today’s teen demographic!” No, really, we’re sure it’ll be at least as wonderful as Scrappy Doo.
Postgazette.com
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