Hyperrealism Vector Art
Posted by dan | Filed under Advertising, Career in Design, Illustrations, Inspirational
Vector smile by Dan Codner
Hyperrealism is an art movement, which requires the same level of technical ability as photorealistic illustration. While Hyperrealism delivers a similar level of skill to images, this style allows the artist to creatively interpret an image. In Hyperrealism artists utilize ethereal lighting effects, depth of field techniques, and camera style perspective to depict the images. They create images that are imaginatively realistic.
here are examples of some of the finest vectors out there…
www.crisvector.com one of my favourite artists
Developers as Successful Fighter Pilots
Posted by namit | Filed under Others, Trends
Jeff over at Coding Horror relays a metaphor from Roger Sessions at MSDN describing how the technically inferior F-86 consistently beat the MiG-15 in dogfights and how it relates to developers. The answer? Maneuvering the F-86 was easier on the pilot, resulting in less fatigue over repeated maneuvers. Thus, a developer or project that iterates faster will yield better results than one that focuses on quality.
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. ~John Henry Newman
Regardless of the accuracy of the metaphor, there’s one thing I’ve seen in almost every project over the course of the last 15 years: Read the rest of this entry »
Why do we put a lime or lemon in Corona?
Posted by Abdel | Filed under Trends
An ingenious marketing scheme? To keep the relentless Mexican flies out of your beer?
There’s a lot of rumours out there as to why people around the world put limes and lemons in their Coronas. We hope this article answers that question for you… the often quoted reasons range from the understandable to the ridiculous and include:
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Students urged to avoid design!
Posted by Abdel | Filed under Career in Design
Industry heavyweight Ian Cochrane is recommending design students to ‘get out’ of the sector, which ‘does not need you’, as the recession bites. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Human error’ hits Google search
Posted by Abdel | Filed under Online Strategy
Google’s search service has been hit by technical problems, with users unable to access search results. For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site “may harm your computer”.
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