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Beautiful Disney Portraits by Annie Leibovitz

unuzero — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:41:28 +0000

Annie Leibovitz is a celebrity photographer born in Waterbury, Connecticut. There isn’t just one photograph that made Annie such a popular photographer. She started her career working as a staff photographer for the Rolling Stones (magazine). She was soon on tour with The Rolling Stones as their band photographer. Before long she was photographing celebrities and band members all over the world, and has been ever since.

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Disassembled Retro Items Photography by Todd McLellan

unuzero — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:59:31 +0000

Todd McLellan is a Canadian photographer, originally from Saskatchewan (Canada). His interest in the creative field all started from a kindergarten finger painting class, with his father encouraging him into the field of photography at an early age. In one of Todd’s newest projects, he disassembles various items such as a Pentax Camera and a Suffolk Lawnmower (among plenty of other things), rearranges the pieces into a neat presentation and then photographs them.

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Incredible Paper Artwork by Julien Vallée

unuzero — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:59:39 +0000

Julien Vallée is a graphic designer and art director from Montréal, Canada. One of Julien’s favorite materials to use in his artwork and design is paper, hand-crafting it to create unique one of a kind pieces. He has worked for some important clients, including the likes of MTV, The New York Times Magazine and Computer Arts Magazine.

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How to Design a 1980s Movie Poster in Photoshop

unuzero — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:22:31 +0000

In this article, we’re going to start by looking at a few inspirational movie posters from the 1980s which we’ll use for inspiration. Then, we’re going to use Adobe Photoshop to create a 1980′s style movie poster for our fictitious film titled “The Designer’s Mansion.” This tutorial is aimed for designers with a fair understanding of Photoshop.

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Magnificent LEGO Movie Stills by Alex Eylar

unuzero — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:17:10 +0000

Alex Eylar is an advanced LEGO scene creator from California, USA. Alex is in his young twenties and has become very well known for his brilliant movie scenes that he creates out of LEGO pieces; his work has even been featured on the CNN and The Telegraph websites.

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Common Elements Used in Wooden UI Design

unuzero — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:59:48 +0000

We all know texture is used a lot in both modern and vintage design, although in many cases of design produced many years ago, noisy and grungy textures were unavoidable. When it comes to wooden texture in design, though, whether in a print product, a web or mobile user interface element, or general layout, it is always used to enhance visual appeal. In this article, we will look at five common elements in UI design that use wood textures to do just this.

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Then and Now Portrait Photography by Irina Werning

unuzero — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:15:34 +0000

Irina Werning is a photographer who loves to look at other peoples’ old photographs. Instead of just admiring the photos, she wonders how people would feel and look if they were to reenact the same photos today. This project, titled ‘Back To The Future‘ features a collection of her photographs of individuals and groups of people reenacting a photograph that was taken in the past (usually many years ago).

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Common Design Styles Used in Album Artwork

unuzero — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:34:18 +0000

In this post, we will look at over 70 examples of excellent album artwork. The styles could be categorized as: painted, abstract/experimental, photographic, retro/vintage, minimalist and illustrated. Scattered through this article, several mini-tutorials will teach you how to create certain effects.

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Showcase of Fresh Texture-Based Web Designs

Nirhana — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:00:53 +0000

Over the past few months, the use of extreme textured images in web design is starting to die down. It was used so excessively that is was almost everywhere we looked when browsing the web.

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Colorful, Psychedelic-Style Digital Artwork

Nirhana — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:33:52 +0000

Psychedelic art (as you may have guessed) is a type of artwork inspired by psychedelic experiences that are brought on as a side-effect by various drugs and substances known as hallucinations. The art movement began in the 1960′s (known as the “hippy years”)

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