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Genius doodles…
This guy looks like p**h!
Bored on the train… check out these doodles from @OctoberJones
How to Create a Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator CS6
I don’t have the latest Adobe Suite offering yet (can’t keep up with Adobe – or afford to!) but when I do, this might be a useful tutorial… Particularly if you fancy making wallpaper 
Patterns in Adobe Illus CS6
Leica B&W Digital Camera… I want one of these!
Leica Announces World’s First Digital Camera Dedicated To Black-And-White
If money were no object I want one of these… Leica M Monochrom
Leica M Monochrom
I absolutely <3 Leica cameras. Beautifully designed to capture amazing imagery. At US$7,950, I don’t think I will be owning one any time soon. You can see the craftsmanship that goes into the making of their cameras here with the Limited Edition, M9-P Hermès
Leica Hermes
Leica also now hold the record for the most expensive camera ever sold with the 1923 Leica O-Series reaching a bargain price of $2.16 million EUR (US$2.79 million)!
Ever wonder how famous companies got their names?
[Courtesy of Bored Panda.com]
Interesting article on the origins of some iconic company names. Everyone has to start somewhere I suppose and some of them are remarkably simple…
I wonder what the common company names of the future will be?
Adobe
Lego
Vodafone
Before & After D-Day: Rare colour photos (c/o LIFE Magazine)
Rare insight into WW2 photography before, during and after D-Day in 1944. Seeing these iconic images in colour somehow makes them seem all the more real compared to the usual black and white stills we are so used to seeing…. Absolutely fascinating. With the way we have so many means to take photos in the modern age, these photos have an ‘Instagram’ feel about them which we are now so used to seeing everywhere. Perhaps thats what makes these colour images from 68 years ago seem so fresh.
These photos were taken by LIFE Photographer Frank Scherschel who was a serving soldier at the time. Described as so:
In color photos taken before and after the invasion, LIFE’s Frank Scherschel captured countless other, lesser-known scenes from the run-up to the onslaught and the heady weeks after: American troops training in small English towns; the French countryside, implausibly lush after the spectral landscape of the beachheads; the reception GIs enjoyed en route to the capital; the jubilant liberation of Paris itself. As presented here, in masterfully restored color, Scherschel’s pictures feel at-once profoundly familiar and somehow utterly, vividly new.
- Rare colour WW2 photos – LIFE Magazine
GI’s and French people after liberation
Convert CMYK swatches to Pantone Ref Colour in Illustrator
Another useful tool found today…
Little tutorial on how to convert CMYK colour values to Pantone colour numbers without the use of a Pantone reference book.
Courtesy of http://font.is
http://font.is/2009/07/convert-cmyk-swatches-to-pantone-numbers-in-illustrator/
Typography articles…
Interesting article from Solopress about the the most popular fonts used in printing.
Fantastic typography blogs for Inspiration:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/12/fantastic-typography-blogs-for-your-inspiration/
Adobe Creative Cloud – Could this change the way we design?
Had an email this morning announcing the arrival of Adobe Creative Cloud. Basically every design programme I use but ‘in the cloud’ for $29 a month. For Freelancers like myself it may prove a good solution rather than forking out squillions of £££’s every time Adobe updates their software (which is seemingly every week. Time will tell…
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html
What is Creative Cloud?
Adobe® Creative Cloud™ is the digital hub that lets you download and install every Adobe Creative Suite® 6 application; access online services for file sharing, collaboration, and publishing; and benefit from new apps and features as soon as they’re released — giving you the freedom to create anything you can imagine.
6 Essentials to Setting Up Your Illustrator Documents
Really useful tutorial for using Illustrator. Some obvious bits but useful reference.
Courtesy of GoMediaZine
6 Essentials to Setting Up Your Illustrator Documents.
6 Essentials to Setting Up Your Illustrator Documents
