The Familiar Strangers

When I first saw Mike’s works in the Graduation Exhibition in Poly University in Hong Kong, I got hooked by them. Conceptual and at the same time functional. So being one of the up and coming , Mike would have plenty of thoughts or idea to share with us.

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Rob Dobi last time, and his clothing line has new series up. Once again, the illustrations and the concepts are all top notch. Go have a look.

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In the Advertising world, the creative process look like this: Strategy > Concept/Idea > Campaign & Tagline > Executions. You can see, the Strategy is in the most beginning of an entire idea and it is an appproach, based on market research and insights, as to how a product or service will be positioned/repositioned. After reading The Advertising Concept Book by Pete Barry, we have an overall look at 17 different strategy for killer ads
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Big Picture features some of the best and most powerful photographs in 2008. 

2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I’ve done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It’s not the story of 2008, it’s certainly not all stories, but as a collection it does show a good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days.  

Big Picture: The year 2008 in photographs

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The works of Andy Gilmore, who is based in Rochester, New York.

Inspiring and colorful works by Mike Orduna, who is based in Los Angeles.

You’ve probably seen him in some magazines, and many popular sites. Danny Roberts, a very young and talented fashion illustrator/illustrator is making some real noise in the fashion and illustration field. Today, we are so lucky that Danny shares some of his views and technique to us and also some of his fasinating works.

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Rabbit is one of the animals mostly found as a cartoon character. In Part 1, we cover some famously know rabbit like Peter Rabbit, Miffy, Bugs Bunny, Fifi Lapin Bunny……. Thanks for the readers’ comments, now we continue the series in Part 2..

Cover image Source: Tod Kapke

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If you are interested in starting a clothing line check this new eBook by Gino Orlandi from ColorOverload.com Called: Fuel for Design - A Powerful Guide to Starting Your Own Clothing Line

Fuel for Design is a complete guide on how to start a clothing line packed with many tips like:

    * How to Setup a Website and Online Store System
    * Professional Blogging Advice for Clothing Line Owners
    * The Best and Easiest Way to Ship Your Products
    * A Sample T-Shirt Business Cost Breakdown
    * And Much, Much More!

If dogs are human’s best friend, I dare to say Moleskines are artists’ and designers’ best friend. Rumors says Picasso, Matisse, and Hemingway were using their Moleskine to sketch. It was select as the best designer’s sketchbook in LifeHacker. I bet many of you guys are having one in your pocket. Here in this post, TFS will discover how to customize the moleskine to better suit for designers.

Cover image Source: Hydro74

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