(via Editorial : Ellie Tzoni)

I have been a fan of Blunts work for a few years now, in fact he kindly did an interview for me in my 1st year in FdA. But recently his work seems to have come into its own a lot more. The editorials he creates are always clever and coherent, a great example when considering this line of work.

(via www.mitchblunt.com)

Very surreal stuff going on in these painting, with a great colour palette though. Not normally a fan of this ‘style’ of work, but i think Treadwell have developed a very individual interesting language. 

(via Jaime Brett Treadwell | Paintings)

Lovely cut outs, and some great gocco screen prints too. I have recently been using cut outs with posca pens in my sketch books to replicate vector work, perhaps some should stay as cut outs if i gave them a bit more care.

(via Shows | Ghostpatrol)

I have been enjoying vector work a great deal more recently. Saw this on Its Nice That and was really impressed, the colour palette really helps set the fantasy scene.  

(via ISLA DE OMETEPE - JANINE REWELL)

I really like how much white space there is on the Form Us With Love website. This could have been carried through to the degree show site, but with so much information to fit in, it just became very busy. Maybe after work is done we could have a “clean up”

(via Form Us With Love)

I rarely do whole pencil drawings like this guy but i still appreciate them. These images make me want to attack them with block colour and some vector too, get a good mix in there (which does come through on his cut outs). I like using pencil work alongside digital colouring normally, but these images are strong enough and engaging on their own.

(via A View of Edo : Liam Stevens)

I see a far amount of work like this around, I think it has become a sort of trend in design, and I realised that this also was coming through in some of my experiments. I do still like it and appreciate the grids and layout, however it has made me think about idea vs aesthetic… and if simply creating nice looking work is enough for some people. I had always been stronger in the “idea” side of work, and believe it’s very important, however over the previous few projects i have been trying to strengthen my visual language and technical skills. I don’t want to lose my strength in the idea area, but instead find a balance and build up both skills. This is why i think editorials may be a good exercise for me rather that just trying to create “nice images” for something as it were.

(via ··· Pablo Abad ···)

I was shown this scrolling website by a friend. From what i can tell its using flash however i have come across several Jquery websites with a similar design. I would like to try and apply some scrolling animating to my Aurora Borealis project for the final site. 

(via Soleil Noir 2012 | We believe in…)

I have been really enjoying the variety of work on the site. The illustrator uses collage in some editorials but is predominately working with cut out shapes (I’m guessing made in illustrator) and textures. This is a practice that i have been using more in my own work too.

(via cristóbal schmal : nomono)

Collage work sometimes mixed with vector work.

(via Daniel Lachenmeier - Illustration and Graphic Design)

I stumbled upon this blog by a guy who is making art to accompany his music. A lot of photo collages mixed with illustrator, much of it would be classed as “Hipster” i guess but still nice things over here. I have seen this digital photo style before and still prefer to use handmade collages, it would be interesting to see some of his work created with real photos and a scalpel. (via http://penabranca.tumblr.com/)

Some really great branding from Gerren Lamson. A huge versatile portfolio on the website including illustration, design, web design and branding.

(via Gerren Lamson · Austin, TX)

I really like this cd cover and packaging, I would have liked to have a bit more creative freedom / time on the EP cover i was making. And be able to create something more along these lines… I am still happy with my end result however i think there is a lot of room for improvement. Maybe seeing more designs like this will help influence my next attempt.

(via Rivers & Robots Packaging | Ogvidius)

The Drop is a design company founded by Nick Thompson. There are some layout ideas that i would like to influence my final hand-in books. (They also do some great web design)

(via Asuza | The Drop)