Monthly Archives: November 2008

Of Goodwill and Good Books

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Posted by Elizabeth on November 28, 2008 – 9:50 pm
Filed under About Me, General

One of my hobbies lately has been to go to Goodwill and look for good books.
Primarily, Graphic Design related books.  So far my sister has discovered “The Art of Typography” by Martin Solomon, and I purchased the “Chicago Manual of Style”.  Both for the outrageously cheap price of $1 each!

Today, my lovely mom and I stopped by Goodwill on the way home.  And what to my wondering eyes did appear, a fantastic new book to begin the new year!  It was “Free Prize Inside: The Next Big Marketing Idea” by Seth Godin, and I am so thrilled at my new find.  I have read the first page, but can’t wait to get through the rest of it.

It will be joining my growing design library:

Have you found any spectacular bargains lately?

Creativity Digest #2

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Posted by Elizabeth on November 26, 2008 – 4:56 pm
Filed under Creativity Digest

Greetings fellow designers!

After spending hours pouring over 180+blogs, I have chosen what I consider the best of the bunch.  Spend some of your holiday break browsing some of these sites - I guarantee you’ll be inspired!
 
Also, please let me know if there’s any specific types of sites you’d like to see more of.  More freebies or tutorials?  Let me know.
 
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving!
 
Inspiration
Logo Design Process for FITUCCI
NEW site! Logo of the Day
10 Logo Designers. 20 Logos.
Ivana Martinovic
Web Design: Yellow sites
Vintage Color & Design: Handkerchiefs
Jaime Jasso Digital Work
50 Beautiful Winter Wonderland Photos
Nottingham Trent University’s Art & Design Book
Emma Smart
Inspiration: Packaging Design
Interviews with David Carson (Scroll down & check  out the videos!)
54 Mind-Blowing Digital Paintings

Holiday Craft
Eco-Happy Pom Pom Gift Topper 
 
Other
Underwater Sculptures
Paper Cut Sculpture
Printing – How it Used to Be

Freebies
29 Great Free Textures
High-Res Watercolour Photoshop Brushes
15 Beautiful High-Quality Free Fonts

Articles
Don’t Follow Trends: Set Them!
Steps to Choosing a Successful Color Scheme
A Swirl of Orange (New Sunkist Logo)

Tutorials
40+ Tutorials for Working with Wacom Tablets

Mind maps

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Posted by Elizabeth on November 25, 2008 – 4:29 am
Filed under Exercises, School

In my Sculpture I class, we have been using mind maps to generate ideas for our found object sculpture. I have found them extremely inspiring and freeing! So much fun to do.

We simply chose a word, wrote down the next few words that that came to mind when thinking about it, and so on and so forth.

Give it a try!

(See more photos under the cut)

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