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Nike Athletes by Gabz
Polish illustrator/designer Grzegorz Domaradzki has some serious drawing chops. His distinct, graphic style almost looks like it could come to life in animation. This Nike campaign is a great example of his “remastering” technique, where the work starts off as a traditional pencil drawing, then brought into Photoshop. Incredible work. Via iamgabz.com
Read MoreA Thirst for Design
In collaboration with TBWA Chiat Day for PepsiCo, Greek designer Charis Tsevis created this series of illustrations. Tsevis is “in love with complexity,” and it shows. Cannot imagine the amount of time it takes to build these. Tsevis has a very analytical approach to design, which makes for some thoughtful and compelling work. Be sure…
Read MoreContemporary Classic
Highly regarded Minneapolis design firm Charles S. Anderson Design Company has a vast body of work, and their development of the Turner Classic Movies identity caught our eye. The modular structure is brilliant: “The TCM logotype we developed was brought to life with a series of 30 simple character icons, each representing a different movie…
Read MoreMarveling at Mondo
Since reading about Texas-based Mondo in the New York Times late last year, we’ve been really taken with their work. This offshoot of theater chain Alamo Drafthouse commissions artists to design alternate versions of movie posters. Quite fittingly, they recently released a series of posters tied into and coinciding with Marvel’s blockbuster The Avengers. They…
Read MoreMaking Waves
Brazilian artist Tom Veiga is passionate about surf culture, and that’s reflected in his vibrant, illustrative work. “My art is the union of design and waves, in my artworks I always try to translate in lines, shapes, colors and contrasts all the inspiration I get from waves.” Veiga was recently commissioned by Australian clothing and…
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