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She’s Crafty
I read this snippet in Print Magazine about Jessica Helfand’s new book, “Scrapbooking: An American History”. Helfand is a writer for the Design Observer and has written many books surrounding the subject of graphic design. This particular book was inspired by her critical blog post about scrapbooking and the profound reaction to it (I recommend reading the post). It made me think about…
New Stuff at Mediaslap
We recently added a few new Photoshop brush sets and our blog is now up over at Mediaslap. Jason posted our first video tutorial and it’s a great view for those new to Photoshop brush usage. It is also worth watching by anyone in the creative industry for the sheer entertainment value. Have a look for yourself.
Easy Graffiti Photoshop Brushes
Easy Graffiti is a new Photoshop brush set created by designer Alabaster Jones that is now available at Mediaslap. Over the years graffiti has transformed its reputation as an act of rebellion and vandalism to urban works of fine art. With this new set you can let your adolescent desire to hit up walls and subway cars shine through. Easy Graffiti Photohop brushes are the safe and legal way to tag your next design project. The Easy Graffiti set contains 22 high resolution brushes to add to your Photoshop brush library. We look forward to providing more brushes from Alabaster in the coming months. View the new set here.
Mediaslap.com is Live
We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest project, Mediaslap—an online resource for buying and selling Photoshop brushes.
We will be expanding the site on the fly including artist submission tools, new brushes and new features that provide value for the contributing artists and designers. If you are interested in submitting your brushes you can find the info here.
Head over to www.mediaslap.com, check it out, download brushes, tell us what you think and enjoy.
Departika Steps into the Ring
Veer recently asked a Departikan to be a contender in their latest Lightboxing bout. Katie, who thinks Veer promotions are the best non-junk-junk mail ever, took on the challenge and was matched up with Tom Huveners of Belgium in the opposing corner. Veer supplied both fighters with the same six design elements in a lightbox and gave them until the clock struck twelve to explore the theme of Midnight.
The rules were simple. Using only the images and type provided in a Veer lightbox, make a design. something great. Crop. Cut. Paste. Fight dirty. Write copy. Make a knockout design. Then the judges and the voting public decide the winner of the bout. To vote you will need to log into your Veer account or create a new one, then you can chime in on your favorite design. Of course we are biased and hope you vote for us, but may the best contender win. Vote here.
Mediaslap
We’ve been working feverishly on our latest Departika project, Mediaslap—A website providing “Photoshop Brushes of the Highest Standard” to designers, scrapbookers, photographers, agencies and do-it-yourselfers. Mediaslap sells Photoshop brushes created by our team and hand-selected artists from around the world. We are launching the first version at the end of June and plan on expanding quickly to include tools that provide value for the contributing artists and community. We plan to listen and learn from the artists and consumers, apply what we learn to the site, and refine it to become the best resource possible for finding and licensing Photoshop brushes.
Please sign up for Mediaslap updates by submitting your email in the form below. We’ll let you know the day it launches. In the meantime, above is a screen from the new site.
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Radiohead Weird Fishes Video
Nice stop-motion animation video for Radiohead.
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica
There is a commonly held belief that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system. Partly true.
Designers Review of Books
Books for the creative mind.
Create Your Own Magnetic Prototype
Literally a magnetic prototype.
