Monthly Archives: August 2009

GlowPinkStah! Makeup Tutorials!

The wings will take you higher. Gloria Shuri does spoofs of various subcultures that you can check on on YouTube under the name GlowPinkStah. The one below is killer. Gloria Shuri Makeup Tutorial Number 1

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Tutorial, Visual Concepts

What The Font?!

Cant figure out the typeface? The free What The Font?! system is now available as a free iPhone application. Simply take a photo of your mysterious typeface and BLAMO you’ve got some sort of type answer. Joy! Don’t worry the helpful utility still exists for free online here.

Posted in Course Related, PrePress, Resources, Typography, Vocation & Profession

Plantin-Moretus Museum

Ok, I’m obviously on a museum kick but I promise to go low-brow again real’ soon.

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Design History, PrePress, Repost From Cited Source, Typography

Vintage Tobacco Adverts

Stanford Museum of Tobacco Advertising: scary fun.

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Drawing, Visual Concepts

The best camera is the one you have with you.

Just as a reminder to the gallery, you get better by working on your work. You emphatically DO NOT improve the quality of your work by looking at equipment, researching grad schools, or reading about the latest software update. You have to get your hands dirty as much as possible.

Posted in Course Related, Design Theory, Editorial, Education, Resources, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession