“Hands-Up Garbage” – If you know who the copyright holder is on this image, please let me know so I can attribute the proper credit.
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Eat your Chinese “star-wasabi” with these detailed and quirky lightsaber chopsticks! They’re available for a variety of Starwars characters including Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Mace Windu and Darth Maul (shown below)…
Credits: Images source/copyrights [and to purchase these chopstick] – Geekstuff4u.
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These mock Star Wars Blueprints show the various functions of Star Wars ships and AT-ATs. Take a look at the details, including the manufacturers (my favourite is “BlasTech Industries”) and the armament sections [ SEE MORE ].
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Starwars of the Victorian Era. Who doesn’t like Starwars? Well, to satisfy most of us, here are some amazing digital paintings of four infamous characters. They have been spruced up in Victorian attire by talented illustrator and animator, Greg Peltz. I recently went to see the new Star Wars film with my son at the IMAX near where I live, and I must say, it was great to see C3-P0 and R2D2 on a huge screen again! (Illustration above: Victorian Starwars Jabba the Hut).
Above: Victorian Starwars C3P-O
Above: Victorian Starwars Boba-Fett
Above: Starwars Chewbacca
For more information, as well as more of these Starwars illustrations, please head-over to the Greg Peltz blog. All images © copyright Greg Peltz / via antilogic.
If you like these illustrations, you may also like to see Cycles and Seasons Calendar.
Is this the most ultimate StarWars inspiration post ever? It just maybe! From craftily sculptured Darth heads and stunning illustrative examples—to humorous StarWars comics and satire—this inspiration article should give you much viewing pleasure. May DesignSoak be with you…
In a bathroom far far away, this unique Star Wars bathroom tile mosaic adorns the wall. Designed by Jagoda Architecture, this themed shower wall shows C3-PO, R2-D2 and Chewbacca seemingly stood on coloured platforms.
Credits: Found via Peety Goring from Technabob. Design by Jagoda Architecture. See the rest here.
Here are 5 stunning pieces of artwork by Federico Uribe. As can be seen, the artworks are made from everyday objects, such as jigsaw pieces, pencils and coins. I can remember back in the days of art class, where there wasn’t a computer in sight. All we had to work with were pencils, coloured pastels, vaious paints, and of course – pencils! The ends of these were either thrown away or simply put back into the art trays. No-one ever used used them, so it’s good to see an artist like Uribe find such a fantastic use for the old pencil-ends and suchlike…
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Credits: All images © copyright Federico Uribe .For more works by Federico, please visit his site: Federicouribe.com
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These funky pencil art photos were produced by Bisy Backson, a creative from Amsterdam. I love original work such as this, and its good to escape the amount of digital and Photoshop work out there [SEE THE REST OF THE SET HERE].
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5 Fantastic Artworks by Federico Uribe – Made from Everyday Objects! http://ow.ly/Xt5jl
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A colored pencil, coloured pencil r pencil crayon is an art medium constructed of a narrow, pigmented core encased in a wooden cylindrical case. Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils’ cores are wax- or oil-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents. Water-soluble (watercolor) pencils and pastel pencils are also manufactured as well as colored leads for mechanical pencils [more].
See Also: Amfursands: Fur-Decorated Ampersands by David McLeod.
I found these Victorian graphic design posters and leaflet collection via Attitude Design. I think it’s great to look back upon design ‘before Photoshop‘ and see how different and varied advertising was back then. I rally like the one shown below, with the man posing in the ever-so-classic ‘fight pose’. Did boxers really stand like this? Check out the poster of a woman holding a camera up in the air, too. Classic.
As it happens, I recently visited the National Media Museum in Bradford, here in England, where they have an entire collection of vintage cameras and their corresponding Victorian graphic design posters and other interesting artifacts.
The image shown above was found via Attitude Design. Copyright © of the individual designs shown are copyright © their respective holders.
If you like vintage design, check out 10 Vintage VW Campervan Images.
Take a look at these ink bubble drawings by Roland Flexner, who was born in Nice, France. He now lives in New York City and exhibits his work, which includes these sensational drawings:
If you like drawing inspiration, why not quickly check out Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre.
All images © copyright Roland Flexner. Visit Rolandflexner.com for more examples.
On another note, when I was at University (Coventry, UK), myself and the rest of the students were all asked to buy a set of ink pens for a project. It was then that I saw how remarkable these pends can be. I think the smallest nib was a 0.1, and then the ‘Rotering Set’ went all the way up to 0.9 or 1.0 I think. I still use them to this day, years later, although I don’t buy the ones with inc cartridges any longer. I use the ‘DP’ ones instead. You can check out one of my Moleskine Sketches sing these ink pens over on Pure Christian Graphic Design entitled “Cross Walkies Photo Illustration“.
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Sophia is a handlettered script font made by the super-talented Emily Spadoni. This font is sweet, saucy, and a little shabby. A new hand-lettered brush style typeface.
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These interesting designs were created by Brazilian graphic designer, Paula Rúpolo. Apparently, Paula was working on another logo design when she began to research into various brands and their color schemes. As part of this research, she swapped-out the colors of prominate and famous brand logos, including comparisons form the likes of Playmobil and LEGO (see further down this post).
I think this type of work is fantastic, and remind me of the swapped logos design ‘experiment’ by Fabio Di Corleto. Image Above: Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts logos.
Canon and Nikon Logos
Ebay and Amazon Logos
Fedex and UPS Logos
Oral-B and Colgate Brand Logos
Playmobil and Lego logos
Real Madrid and Barcelona logos
Sprite and 7Up Logos
Further Information // “Prominent Brands Colour-Swapped with Competitor Logos” // All the images shown within this post are © Copyright, Paula Rúpolo. Via Creative Guerrilla Marketing via Gareth Coxon.
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Prominent Brands Color-Swapped with Competitor
#Logos – http://ow.ly/Xbt54 pic.twitter.com/WsJSjUEEAQ
See also: Clever Swapped Logos by Fabio Di Corleto.
This project kind of reminds me of the ‘Freaky Human Typeface‘ that was featured previously her eon Design Soak. Designer David McLeod, in this case, has created a visually-stunning set of typographic ampersands that are shrouded in realistic-looking fur. He entitled the set ‘Amfursands’. Get it?
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An ongoing exploration into different hair characteristics through a bad pun.
Further Information // “Amfursands: Fur-Decorated Ampersands by David McLeod” // All the images shown within this post are © Copyright David McLeod (Creative Commons). You can see more of Davids excellent design work on his profile.
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