Schizzo: 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

OFFSET 2009 Videos

For anyone that missed the Offset conference last November, they've just posted a couple of presentation videos online. Great stuff, in particular Chip Kidd's talk on the process of book cover design.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

7 Elements of an Effective Portfolio Website

This great series from Escape from Illustration Island discusses 7 major points to focus on when creating or refining your portfolio website.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Examples of Plagerism in Graphic Design

Graphic Design Plagerism

Really good site. Plagiarism of graphic designer's work!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Deadline

A stop-motion animation clip by Savannah College of Art and Design student Bang-yao Liu. Be sure to catch the making-of too.

Kevin McSherry interview

Illustrators Ireland kicks off a new series of audio interviews with illustrator and founding IGI (Illustrators Guild of Ireland) member Kevin McSherry.

Kevin lets us look around his south Dublin studio, talking about his work and life as an illustrator, and shares a few useful tips on how to survive and stay creative in uncertain times.

Interview by Steve Doogan.

See full interview here

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Rihanna in a typographic poster

This is an image from www.graphicdesignblog.org

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I AM NOT AN ARTIST

A series of gif animations by Johnny Kelly, who recently lectured at DIT Mountjoy and Matthew Cooper.

http://www.iamnotanartist.org

Photography Project - Best Idols

Some of my favourite paintings by Mark Ryden.

Milton Glaser on drawing and thinking

In this short video by C. Coy, designer Milton Glaser draws a picture of Shakespeare while talking about the ways that drawing helps him think and perceive: 'for me, drawing has always been a primary way of encountering reality.'

His ideas reminding me of cartoonist Seth's short essay for The Walrus called 'The Quiet Art of Cartooning.' Both Seth and Glaser are in agreement that your mind opens up on interesting ways while you draw. Teachers who prevent students from drawing and doodling while being taught a lesson are hindering their learning.