Jackie_new inspiration

I stumbled upon this amazing artwork by Nick Gentry. It really caught my attention, because he is using mixed paint and computer disks on wood as a medium. He is relating his art to technology, without actually using technology. I love the fact that it looks like a collage, but the piece as a whole looks like a portrait.

Inspiration for this week

I Found this website when searching ideas for my new portfolio. I loved the variety of layouts and design and I want to play around with a few of these ideas in my own portfolio. I decided to completely re-do my portfolio cause mine sucked looking back on it now!

web portfolios

Since we are working on updating our own web portfolios I wanted to look for other web portfolios online. I found this site that features a lot of well designed web portfolios.

Flash Portfolio

I found this portfolio that was done in flash and I loved the design. Everything is very clear but it still is creative and fun to go through.  My favorite part is the first page with the collage because its showing you images along with telling you what you will be clicking on.  The images turn to color when you roll over them to let you know your on a link which I also thought was nice.  The navigation bar at the bottom is also nice because it stays with every page so there is consistency.
http://okaydave.com/

Print design to Digital

I found this really nice article on the Computer Arts website. Its talks about 10 ways to transfer print skills to digital. I think something like this is good for every designer to know.

Inspiration

JK Rowling recently launched her new website.  While her old one was totally flash and very intriguing, this new version is a lot more simplistic and in a timeline fashion.  Seems like everyone is following in facebooks footsteps. But I like the soft colors and easy use.  The simple design is really appealing.

http://www.jkrowling.com/

Weekly Inspiration

I saw a bunch of these on tumblr this week.  Its disney movie posters remade in a simplistic and sinister way.  I really loved how you understand the movie and see a darker side of it in such a simple way.