Logo design: beautiful black & white logos

on February 8th, 2009

I know this has been done before (see the references at the end of this article), but I really feel like talking about monochromatic, in particular black&white logos and symbols and how beautifully and meaningfully they can create an instantly recognisable identity for brands, companies and concepts. Starting with some well known and successful examples. [...]

Tags: ,

Illustration experiment: Dawn over Mount Fuji

on February 7th, 2009

This is what happens when one reads too many books about Hokusai an Hiroshige. One gets in the mood for drawing Mount Fuji. So here you go, a couple hour’s work, my Dawn over Mount Fuji illustration.

Tags: ,

Free vector symbols: Art Nouveau card

on January 31st, 2009

I’ve had this for a while now, it was fun creating it but I don’t really have a commercial use for it; so I’ll just make it available for free, as a vector.

Tags: ,

Illustrator – basic mesh tutorial

on January 16th, 2009

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9f7SOhtUPU 300 250]

Tags: ,

3D logo elements in Adobe Illustrator – Part 1

on August 9th, 2008

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GLZCIFpBec 300 250]

Vectorising a human eye tutorial

on July 31st, 2008

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BPfk-zwk1g 300 250]