In 1947 Life Magazine asked the most famous cartoonists of the day to draw their signature characters, side by side, twice: once with eyes wide open, once blindfolded. If only there were an ID equivalent! We'd love to see what Le Corbusier and Loewy
In a follow-up to the first spot that we posted a while ago, Jon Baker and team have released this second spot for extra featuring their cute vinyl toy creations: “This time a posse of food characters, styled like vinyl designer toys, are
I've just finished (well, not really) an interesting experience on the new Toyota Scion's website. Little Deviant is a kind creepy fairy tale, mixing cartoons characters and 3D in a urban environment and recreating a sort of adventure game in seven
Osaka, Japan based 3D-animator and designer of sorts Toshiyuki Kuwabara's portfolio is a wonderful site to add to the Styleboost directory. The layout and color
Relearn to drive is an amusing series of flashback videos launched by BMW to promote its Performance Driving School. Created by Juxt Interactive, based on a concept by GSD&M, the site features nine characters who provide you with advices on how to i
Blogs with a fluid layout almost always result in the post column growing wider to fill the screen. In a time when we are all trying to consume more information than ever before, this is a mistake. There is a reason why newspapers don’t spread...
Series of Adobe Illustrator tutorials covering the process of creating four simple monster cartoon characters.
Suitable for Illustrator beginners with basic tools and shapes being used.
This is a cool little piece of JavaScript code that allows for you to create an updating div that shows how many characters you have typed, similar to Digg's style.
If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles and avatars, why not create a cartoon characters of yourself?
With the whole Web 2.0 phase populating the web. It seems that another phase of the Web 2.0 family (Web Characters) are supporting websites, logos and brands. I have collected some cool vector characters that fit the web 2.0 look, vector based, grad
I just can’t get enough of these beauties! I have compiled another list of Web Characters, thanks to all your suggestions and comments, I felt that there were so many more online, and well there were.
This is the first Inspiredology series, in this 4 part series I am featuring Grunge Design. For the past year we have been stormed by big bold fonts, reflections, bright unique colours, vector based web characters, the list goes on and the Web 2.0 t
In Illustrator it's really easy to create fun characters with some simple shapes and the Pathfinder Panel. In the following tutorial I will explain how to create a Happy Octopus Character. You can use these techniques and elements to create whatever
Vector characters can establish a memorable image of your site in the reader’s mind. Here is an amazing collection of over 30 Vector illustrated websites.
Everybody loves typography in design. Playing around with characters in an awesome way really gets the attention of the viewer, especially when the typography is in motion.
This article from Marcofolio.net is showcasing the most beautiful 3d typo
No matter how many Omniture Support people tell you that there is no limit on the number of characters you can use as your serial number when implementing Event Serialization, they are wrong!
After scouring the internet I’ve compiled an inspirational roundup of my favourite cute character designs from a range of talented artists and illustrators
A new epic fantasy series of graphic novels with a full three chapter preview on the hollywood-esque website - great illustrations, cool characters, nice CSS.
Andrius Balciunas is a young talented 3D artist from Lithuania. In August he was chosen as an Artist of the Month on the celebrated 3D artists’ portal Raph.Com. His new 3D image called “Open Green” was included into upcoming book of the world’s most
This collection of 70 cute and cheeky vector animal characters provides a roundup of some fantastic fauna-based illustrations from across the web. We've got everything from bears to beavers to... well, weird—and strangely fat—Japanese-style bunnies.
design:related covers the illustration and character design conference in new york this weekend, starting with the opening party with the artists live drawings.
The inspirational collection here ranges from portraits made from just Typographic characters to abstract art design using 3D software and type elements.
Emil Paun is a designer and illustrator from Romania who’s quite talented at what he does. The proof is here and it is represented by some of his characters which impressed me and I believe will impress you too.