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Killer Site #10: Francisco Aveledo – FA DESIGN

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:41:48 +0000

Here is a great Graphic Design Portfolio Site. I was surfing around for some design inspiration for redoing my own portfolio site and stumbled on this. There is some great work and imagery within Francisco Aveledo’s FA DESIGN portfolio. Take a look see! This guy really has it goin’ on.

Francisco Aveledo – FA DESIGN

Blotter Art – Trippy Tiles

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:46:32 +0000

I came across a great site – blotterart.com. Blotter art is the art used on sheets of tiled and perforated paper for ingesting LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide). Each tiled piece is a “hit” of LSD. There are some amazing and beautiful designs that have been created throughout the years. Really an inspiration to look at. Blotter Art has become a highly collectible form of art. There are signed additions of famous blotters and such at the site. There are many sites showing examples of this cool art medium, but blotterart.com is a great place to feast your eyes (and maybe lighten your wallet) if you are into collecting. The image below is of a Geisha Girl Blotter signed by the Grandmaster of trippyness himself – Timothy Leary!

Image from Blotterart.com

Tumblr Trove: Bear

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:39:15 +0000

I have come across so many great images while checking out peoples blogs at Tumblr. Instead of bookmarking these blogs, I am starting a whole new category called “Tumblr Trove”. Here goes….

This is an image from the “Bear” Blog. Check out more collected images for inspiration and such at the blog.

http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com

Images posted are from their respective blogs.
The image may be someone else’s altogether.
If this image is yours…
Please let me know so I can give credit and a link!

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Sekai Camera – Air Tagging at it’s best

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:16:56 +0000

Soon to be released in Japan for the iPhone, and then internationally. The Sekai Camera App is a marvel to behold. The developers have come up with an actual real world use for Augmented Reality (AR). The app allows the tagging of scenes, you know… strip joints, opium dens, absinthe bars, brothels, ok ok … just kidding… NOT! Well anyways, some cool stuff to say the least. Put text tags and picture tags on areas that you have been to. Then when someone else points their camera with the Sekai Camera app running at the same scene, they will see your tags floating in the image on the LCD screen. Much cooler then carving your name in a tree or tagging a wall with some graffiti (that is so yesterday). The main website is here: Sekai Camera (japanese) They say it will be released soon in Japan and everywhere else shortly after. The company also plans on releasing an Android version in the months to follow. Will it be free? I have no idear. I posted a bit ago about a similar Augmented Reality technology here at Paperflame. Check out the vid of the Sekai Camera in action. The only problem I predict is the abuse of advertisers and spammers cluttering up all of the pretty scenes. Can you see it now? Your pointing your camera at the Great Pyramid and see an advertisement for Coca-Cola telling you your thirsty because your standing in the middle of a desert? It could be a cool job though, “Air Tagging” popular places for companies. Sign me up. On another note, what’s up with the guys hair in the vid!?

Design Contest: T-Shirts and Slogans

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:24:27 +0000

Here is another design contest you can throw your killer skills and pixels at. Go to threadless.com for information.

Possible Winnings: Good Luck!

$2,000 in cash
$500 Threadless Gift Certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash)
$500 in cash each time your design is reprinted
Up to $22,500 more if you win a “Bestee” in the Threadless Awards
Alumni Club membership including a Medal of Honor and other goodies