Build your own Font

For all you creative types out there who are ready to create your own font there's a site for that! FontStruct is FREE online tool.

Here's a sample of what others have created.

Do share your the font you created!

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Marcel is Back!

If you want a giggle, Marcel is here to save the day. Again.

Creating a Stuffed Animal

Love this idea of creating a stuffed animal from your child's drawing!

Source: stephmodo

Draw a Stickman

Go ahead. Draw a stickman. Watch a story unfold. You won't regret it!

Nerdy Little Red Riding Hood

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

A clever telling of Little Red Riding Hood. No words from the actual tale, but you will learn about VW vans and the nutrition of Grandma.

Mini Sweets

Okay, if you know me at all, you know I like food, sweets to be exact, as well as anything mini. I came across this little esty site for mini jewelry and I love everything in it. How someone has the patience for this, I do not know, but it's just too sweet not to share :)

Enjoy!

Getting Qreative

Those infamous QR code squares can be rather unsightly, but creative agency SET is turning that around with their creation of designer QR codes. One of my favorites is the code they camouflaged in an ad for Coca-Cola, shown in Simply Zesty's post on Innovative Uses of QR Codes. The three corner squares alert the user to the existence of a QR code, while mimicking the inner blips outside of the standard square can create a more intriguing shape.

How would you hide a QR code?

Book Art

Incredible! Head over to this site to see more!

Moving Photos

You've got to check out the photography blog From Me To You. Her moving photos are reminiscent of Harry Potter portraits. 

Way cool.

If I Knew...I'd Bake a Cake

diy valentine's cakes from tiger in a jar on Vimeo.

The Move, Paper Animation

The Move, Paper Animation from Mandy Smith on Vimeo.

Charming. Stunning. Impressive.

Mona Lisa - Why is she so famous?

The Alphabet {In Typography}

The Alphabet from n9ve on Vimeo.

Touring Museums From Home

This just in from Google: the Art Project. It's a project that took many, many months and developed in partnerships with museums around the world. And it's really cool.

From the comfort of your browser, you can tour select rooms from a list of museums. Find a piece that you like? Click the plus button to get more information about it. Use the zoom tool to get up close and personal (even closer than the gallery guards would let you). It's amazing how they captured the strokes, canvas, even cracked paint in these detailed images! 

What do you think? Any artists or museums you've been wanting to visit? Are they featured on Art Project?

Spray Paint + talent = Incredible Art

Wow! What talent!

Not all Visual Art is on Canvas! Check this kid out!

Photoshop Tilt-Shift effect on Van Gogh

Isn't this Photoshop tilt-shift effect amazing!

Check out other Van Gogh's Serena Malyon Photoshopped!

Here is Serena Malyon's blog.
Here is ARTCYCLOPEDIA.COM where there is a collection of Serena Malyon's images.

Messages in Creative Typography

There are quite a few great examples of creative messages on this blog! Check it out!

Auto-Tune the News

While this is a creative way to get people to watch the news ... I'm mostly impressed with/scared by the capability of auto-tuning. Certainly the musical ability requirements for today's artists are changing.

Sorry. Sidenote.

The video is a humorous interpretation of a live news interview with a woman who witnessed an attempted convenience store robbery. As expected, robbers came in with guns, but the surprise ending is the store clerk pulled out his own gun and no robbery was committed!

The celebratory ending is my favorite. But be warned, the chorus will get stuck in your head.

30 years of B.A.D. Pictures

30 Years of BAD Pictures from Bruce Dale on Vimeo.

Chalk Board Art

This artist is amazing!! Dana Tanamachi creates typography and large scale designs on chalk boards for different events, mostly weddings.

"I love starting out on a clean wall, climbing up on a ladder, sketching with broad strokes, refining the letterforms, adding little details, etc. It’s a chance for me to take a break from the computer and create something purely by hand. I’m such a crafter at heart!"

Here's her process.

Desiron Chalk Art from Dana Tanamachi on Vimeo.

Rising Above

Inspiring. A double arm amputee plays guitar.

Sledding with your dog!

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Paper Art

These illustrations were begging to be shared.

Each elaborate scene is made from carefully sculpted paper cuts.

Intrigued?

View his creation process - the level of detail and intricacy is extraordinary.

Happy New Year!

The folks at Smashing Magazine have put together another great collection of desktop backgrounds for January 2011. I like the comical take on "out with the old, in with the new" in the above background. 

So take a gander at their selection and pick your favorite (you're sure to find some inspiration along the way...).