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Runaway: A Twist Of Fate Trailer That’s All About Brian
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Focus Home Interactive and Pendulo Studios released a new trailer of the upcoming, Runaway: A Twist of Fate and it's all about Brian.
Tags: ALL, and, at, Films, Focus Home, It's, Movies, news, Pendulo Studios, Review, Twist Of Fate
Black Wiimotes Coming In November
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Designer Book Shelf #4
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
This week on Designers Book Shelf I got a lot of reading suggestions for you. Every week I will be posting new suggestions of books for designers and everyone that loves design and art in general. Check out what I have for you this week and stay tuned for more next week.
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An Illustrated Life
Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
by Danny Gregory(Author)
Price: $13.59
Book Description
An Illustrated Life offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. Popular visual journalist and author Danny Gregory reveals how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life. Designers and artists working in all mediums will find creative inspiration from these insightful interviews and stunning examples.
Customer Review
(amazon)
Danny Gregory has done it again. He's nurturing and encouraging people from around the world to draw the little treasures of their lives. This book is a celebration of that special part of us that needs to draw, record, interpret, and play! When I got my copy, I was drawn like a magnet into the pages. This is a book that can be read and savored for a long, long time. There is so much, and it is all so rich. I carry it around with me throughout my day. Just looking at the beautiful cover makes me smile in anticipation.
The 50 artists have very different styles and approaches, which I found broadening. It is so much fun to read about their approaches, supplies, and ideas. I have taken a magnifying glass to some of the images already, so I can marvel at the smallest of details. I have found myself hoping that Danny Gregory will create a sequel - or - hopefully, a series of these books. An engrossing read. Buy it...you will love it. While you're at it, buy a moleskin or other journal because you won't be able to stop drawing!
Internet Famous
A Practical Guide to Becoming an Online Celebrity
by Cameron Chapman (Author)
Price: $5.99
Book Description
Internet Famous is the complete guide to making your name known online. With chapters covering everything from the basics of what Internet famous is to the different types of social media to creating your own plan to gain online fame, Internet Famous has all the information you need to become an online celebrity. Whether you want to be famous to help sell a product or service, to promote a cause, or just because you want people to know who you are, this book will give you all the tools you need to make it happen.
Layers
The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature
by Matt Kloskowski (Author)
Price: $29.69
Book Description
When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:
* Working with and managing multiple layers
* Building multiple layered images
* Blending layers together
* Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
* Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
* Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
* All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.
If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.
Customer Review
(amazon)
I'm one of those Photoshop users who knows too much to want to read a book mainly for beginners, not because of ego considerations but because I would be bored and skip around. But there are also huge gaps in my haphazard Photoshop education. This book gives absolute beginners what they need without slowing down the more experienced user. It's long enough to cover what it aims out to cover without being so long that you look at it and say, someday I'm going to go through that book but not today.
I was attracted to this book because of who wrote it (I watch Matt's Killer Photoshop and Lightroom tips all the time), the topic, which of course is central to knowing Photoshop, and because of the great cover. I'm a small press publisher and believe me, covers matter. Many good books languish because they don't appeal initially to the eye. And a Photoshop book should have a good design. It's also well-edited, a welcome plus in today's publishing world.
Anyway, what's between the covers is just as delightful. I think the word I would use to best describe this book is methodical but not in a boring way. It's comprehensive, but the way it's laid out never overwhelms you. I know that when I go through this book a couple of times, I'm going to be flipping my way through layers like a maniac but a maniac who knows what she's doing and knows what layers can do for her.
And, I LOVE the last page of each chapter, the "How do I...." question and answers. It gives me one place to go to immediately find all those absolutely essential shortcuts and critical pieces of knowledge without which one wouldn't really be able to say they had a good basic understanding of layers.
Matt even has two companion videos on the book's web site and you can download all the images used in the tutorials there as well.
I may not be an expert in Photoshop (yet) but I do consider myself an expert on Photoshop books and this one is well worth the very reasonable price. Have fun playing with it; I am!
Art of the Modern Movie Poster:
International Postwar Style and Design
by Judith Salavetz (Author), Spencer Drate (Author), Sam Sarowitz (Author), Dave Kehr (Author)
Price: $47.25
Book Description
Critically authoritative visually stunning and physically massive Art of the Modern Movie Poster is the first and last word on post-WWII film poster design. Showcasing fascinating examples from 15 nations this collection of more than 1 500 exemplary designs is a must-have for film buffs design and poster aficionados alike. The posters are organized by country of origin offering an intriguing glimpse into each region's unique visual sensibility and sometimes unexpected takes on familiar films. Gathered from the renowned collection of the Posteritati Gallery in New Yorkóone of the largest holdings of international film posters in the worldóthis volume is the definitive survey of both film and popular graphic art in the modern era.
Customer Review
(amazon)
Huge book that tries to cram in every movie poster ever made.
This book is about the "art" of the movie poster. If you are looking
for a great film with bad poster art, it probably will not be in here.
This book is more than a book on movie posters, but a great book on graphic design! Anyone going into advertising or graphic design has to have this book! The only problem I have with the book is it's lack of coverage given to American and Independent film posters. I think there is way to much coverage given to foreign movie posters. Having said this, you will find that the foreign poster art really is amazing and gives the film a whole diffrent "feel" than the Americian poster art that we are used to. All in all, you will find poster designs for movies that you have never seen before. Last, but not least, the book is an excellent refrence/shopping guide to the wonderful world of movie posters.
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I’m Family Guy, and I’m a PC
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009I don't know if you're a fan of Seth MacFarlane, the impresario behind a succession of hit animated series like Family Guy and American Dad. (he's just launched The Cleveland Show in the US and also made an appearance in FlashForward, "the new Lost", but I digress).
MacFarlane's made his name as a smart-mouthed comedian with a rather savvy business streak: a recent $100m deal with the Fox network made him the highest-paid TV producer ever. Now he's found another way to cash in on his current success.
According to this report in Advertising Age, he's signed a deal with Microsoft to sponsor a variety show featuring MacFarlane and his Family Guy pals that's going to be broadcast on Fox. The programme, due to be shown on November 8 in America, won't have any ads: instead they'll be weaving in promotions for Windows 7 along the way.
And we're not just talking "brought to you in assocation with", either. Oh no, says AdAge:
"You'll see us deeply integrated into the content ... you'll hear a lot about how Windows 7 can help you simplify your PC -- it's simple, fast and easy to use," said Gayle Troberman, general manager of consumer engagement and advertising at Microsoft. She went on: "Think about metaphors and examples we might use, talking about how simple things are. We'll be evoking the cast of 'Family Guy' in some interesting ways that integrate the product messages."
This sort of thing couldn't happen on British TV, of course, given the rules on product placement and sponsorship. But I can't help wondering what it will look like.
Followers of the blog will know I'm more than a little fascinated by Microsoft's marketing techniques for Windows 7, and this is certainly an interesting approach.
McFarlane might have a certain cool factor that Microsoft wants to tap into - but how on earth are they going to stop it being anything more than an informercial?
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Creating a Graphic Portfolio Without a Client
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The main problem designers face while beginning their careers is to find a client without having a portfolio to show. It’s hard to find a client to trust you to design him something without having any quality previous work to show him that you can make it. Here you will see and learn many ways that you can find to create a good quality portfolio without having that first client.
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Creating a portfolio without a client doesn’t mean that you don’t have to do any work. This is not going to be easy and quick; this will take a lot of work and time but it all pays off at the end.
Be Organized
Organization is the key for saving time and being more productive. If you willing to put time and effort to work on creating a portfolio that can set your freelancing career you will have to organize your self and make a schedule in order to be able to produce more. Organize your work space and set working hours, that’s the only way you going to get yourself to produce something.
For more time and organization tips read: How To Find Time For… Everything!
Work for Yourself
Work on personal projects that can further help promote your work. Designing something for yourself will be your first task, the good thing about working for yourself is that you have total freedom on the design but remember that is very important to set deadlines based on the time you have to work the same way you would if the work was for a client.
Design Wallpapers
Start working on a set of wallpapers, 3 to 5 wallpapers based on a theme, also make sure to transform them into iphone wallpapers as well. When you done creating your portfolio this will help promote your work.
Design Posters
Designing Posters and printing them can give you an extra edge to your portfolio and give a future client the feeling that you have good knowlegde of what you doing both in designing and printing. The same way you worked on a set of wallpapers work on a set of posters based on a theme, that can help you create a series of posters related to each other which can be a rich set on your portfolio. In the future you can giveaway a couple prints of your posters to help promote your work.
Typography Posters by Stefano Joker Lionetti
Design a Calendar
Designing a nice and creative calendar can show a lot of your creativity and print solutions, this is a chance to make something inovative to show your future clients what you capable of creating. In the future you can giveaway a couple calendars and also promote your work.
Self Promotional 2009 Calendar by Bora Bora
Design a Picture Book
Select a few of your own photos and make a nice picture book, mix it with some good typography and have a one of a kind piece in your portfolio. This can also bring the interest of your friends and family to getting one too, it all ads up on your portfolio.
Composition and Content by Andre' Wright Jr
Work For Free
Working for free is part of the deal, if you think about it, you only making an investment for the future. You are going to work for free now to generate more portfolio and get good jobs later. But doesn't mean you going to work for anybody for free, here are some ways to do it right.
Design for Contests
Designing for good contest can put a nice piece on your portfolio and also carry a name to it. Such designs contests like HugoCreate give you the opportunity to work on your own for a big brand. You don't have to win the contest, just by making a good piece to later display on your portfolio is already a win.
Hugo Create work by goshaptichka
Collab Work
Do a collab work with other designers that are in the same situation as yours. It's a great way to expand your work and learn more about working in group. Look for people that are hungry for work just as much as you are and invite them for a private project, trade ideas and built a design concept, at the end it's all going to your portfolio.
Collab work from Matt W. Moore and Magomed Dovjenko
Brand Yourself
Now that you already got some decent and creative pieces on your portfolio it's time to move on and get your self a nice logo and a website, that's another way to improve your portfolio within your own work. Every client that goes in your website will analyze it as well as your portfolio because it's also part of it.
Here is a great article on The Art of Branding Yourself and Your Freelancing Business
Design a Logo
Your first identity client can be you, design a nice logo for yourself to show as reference on your portfolio. Make sure to read Vital Tips For Effective Logo Design
Logo for his own studio by Hoang Rabbit
Design a Website
Designing your own website can be a challenge but at the end it you can say you did, get help from web designers if you need. There is a lot of services that convert PSD to HTML in case coding is a problem. Remember to stay away from templates in order to remain original.
Portfolio Website of Alexandr Schwarz
Design a Business Card
Now that you got a nice portfolio with a website to display them, it's always good to have a nice business car that you can give away everywhere you go, remember that the business card will represent you and your work when you not there. Here are some great samples and good finish options to print it: 5 Finishing Options to Print a Business Card
Each worker got their own business card at ID Branding
Conclusion
If you follow through you will get the experience of designing different projects for different medias and learn a lot on your own with your own mistakes. Building a portfolio on your own without clients is very difficult, very difficult to stay focus on something that doesn't pay off right the way.
Make sure to set deadlines to every project and work on it as if it was worth a million dollars, it all pays off in the end.
Now all you need is a client, with a nice portfolio it will be like a lot easier than before.
"Everybody makes mistakes at first; and if a painter never learns what his mistakes are he will never correct them. Therefore test your work; and if you have made mistakes correct them; and don't make the same mistakes again." Leonardo Da Vinci
Good Luck!
About the author
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Behold the, um, Beholder!
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Over on my blog I report a new release of SVG Web from the SVG Web team:
Yowsers! It's another release of SVG Web, this time code named Beholder:
According to the classic D&D Monster Manual, the Beholder is an "aggressive and avaricious spherical monster that is most frequently found underground." In other words, you don't want to bump into this guy in a back alley.
This release, roughly about 1 month of work, has contributions from many users and developers. We've knocked out a bunch of bugs and features.
See the full blog post for details.
SVG Web is a drop-in JavaScript library that makes it possible to use SVG on Internet Explorer with no further downloads from end-users.
[Disclosure: I am a member of the SVG Web team]
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Anka upset about Jackson’s This Is It
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
world entertainment news -
Legendary singer/songwriter Paul Anka isn't a fan of Michael Jackson's new song - because it's "ripped off" from a tune he co-wrote with the King of Pop in 1983.
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Breakfast briefing: Microsoft’s biggest ever Patch Tuesday addresses 34 software vulnerabilities
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009• It's Patch Tuesday - Microsoft's monthly package of bug fixes, new code and updates to various programs. And this one looks like a doozy: a total of 13 patches for 34 bugs makes it the biggest ever. Not only that, but many of the patches are ranked "critical" and two of them address zero-day vulnerabilities. Looks like it's time to download the latest updates.
• I missed this one over the weekend, but here's one that is both incredible and gruesome at the same time. Italian scientists have developed an alternative to the endoscope that's intended to make the process less invasive: a tiny robot "spider pill" that is swallowed and is able to scan the colon for signs of cancer. Makes me think of all those old wives' tales about spiders hatching inside people after a trip to the tropics. Ewww.
• If you're one of the readers of blog stalwart BoingBoing, you might have been a little surprised by the site's recent redesign. And you might have been equally interested in BoingBoing Classic - a retro stylesheet hacked together by Justin Watt. Unfortunately, he's has now stopped updating the site in what he says is an attempt to stop his "personal design criticism... being misconstrued by anyone as representing the opinions or attitudes of Federated Media, my employer and Boing Boing's advertising partner".
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0870 iPhone app has saved callers more than £267,000, says writer
Monday, October 12th, 2009With 91,000 downloads in two weeks and thousands of conversions, users have done well from the app that find geographic numbers for 08x-prefixed ones
The 0870 iPhone application - which finally made its way onto Apple's iPhone App Store at the end of September - has saved its 92,000 users a total of more than £250,000 in just a fortnight, according to the program's writer. (If you're behind the game on this one, see our previous post.)
Simon Maddox, who wrote the application - which lets people look up cheaper geographical alternatives to "national rate" numbers with the 08 prefix - has tracked the number of downloads and the amount of advertising revenue from his application, and found the results far more encouraging than he could have expected.
If you're just here for a summary, here goes: 91,722 downloads; £267,987.54 saved! $680.82 made in ad revenue
Yes, you read that right. In the two weeks the app has been released, it's saved UK consumers over a quarter of a million pounds! Pretty awesome! How do I calculate that?
Easy: Take the number of successful conversions, multiply it by the average saving per minute (35p), and then multiply it by an average call length - I used 5 minutes.
Impressive, eh? He also provided a graph of the pattern of downloads. We've taken the liberty of adding in the advertising revenue. (He gets that. It totals $680.73 - about £425 - for the period.)
That's got to be a big win for everyone. Except, perhaps, the companies using 08x numbers (apart of course from 0800) - and the telecoms networks that have shared from the extra revenue those numbers take off you, the caller.
If you haven't got an iPhone or Android phone (for which the app is also available), there's always the saynoto0870.com page.
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