May 10, 2010

The art of Drfranken from Madrid (Spain)

Drfranken is the other half of nastplas.com they work as freelance illustrators and designers in Madrid, Spain. His style is mostly influenced by grunge and Gothic art. His technique uses airbrush, vectors, photo manipulation and digital painting or a combination which results in a fusion of strange and bizarre but it’s kick-ass awesome, so it’s a great pleasure to share this collection to all of you and I hope you find it interesting as well as inspiring. continue reading

May 3, 2010

20 Iron Man Illustrations for Inspiration

I was planning on seeing the sequel to the Iron Man blockbuster movie this weekend with my wife, but all the good seats were booked solid. And I don’t want to compromise the experience of watching the movie from the perfect vantage point just because I want to be one of the first to see it. So without anything to do on a hot summer weekend I decided to compile this Iron Man illustration set to get it out of my system until I can finally see the movie (hopefully before this week ends… please, please, please). I hope you guys like them. And without further ado… continue reading

Apr 15, 2010

Inspiration: How to Draw Cartoons Online – Jeff Scarterfield

The internet is overflowing with rare gems. Websites that we can consider a great find in the multitude of websites trying to get a piece of that popularity pie. As a web designer I am often on a quest in search of new skills I could include to my arsenal. And one time I was so inspired by doodle art during my research for my articles “We will, WeeWillDoodle” together with those awesome illustrated websites I’ve featured in “Inspiration: Cultural themed website designs”, that I felt like I had to try it out for myself right then and there continue reading

Apr 8, 2010

30 Night Time Photography Inspirations for Beginners

As a Photography newbie I find it really challenging to take photos at night, my first issue is focus. Getting a clean shot is really hard, capturing that right amount of focus on a subject when it gets dark, especially if your trying to shoot using natural light. Then my second handicap at night is exposure, since exposure requirements changes dramatically as soon as the sun goes down. So why do I even bother to shoot at night anyway? continue reading

Mar 20, 2010

How to Make Party Balloons in Photoshop Tutorial

Today I’m going to show you how to make party balloons in Photoshop, nothing fancy, I just find balloons handy from time to time. You can use it to take up an empty space in your scene, they can be a lot of fun to do and it’s very easy. continue reading

Mar 9, 2010

30 Grunge Themed Prenup and Wedding Photography by Mango Red

Wedding photographs are almost always set in a romantic mood, always fun, sometimes mushy and borderline boring, but sometimes we get real lucky and stumble upon exceptionally interesting ones that literally jumps out of the box and get’s in your face. Like these wedding and prenup photos I compiled for you continue reading