Grafiks.Org http://grafiks.org ramblings of a web designer Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Riceboy Sleeps, Art and Music http://grafiks.org/2008/10/30/riceboy-sleeps-art-and-music/ http://grafiks.org/2008/10/30/riceboy-sleeps-art-and-music/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:09:48 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=126 I love this stuff.

Riceboy Sleeps Art: Sleeping Bag

Riceboy Sleeps: Sleeping Bag

“All the Big Trees”

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/10/30/riceboy-sleeps-art-and-music/feed/ Life Without Eyes http://grafiks.org/2008/10/30/life-without-eyes/ http://grafiks.org/2008/10/30/life-without-eyes/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:15:09 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=124 As a visual designer, I’ve always been in love with ‘art’ and design, playing with visual imagery in realistic and surrealistic forms. Sometimes a photo or a random sunset will catch my eye and totally blow me away. I’m assuming this goes for all people who can see… Sometimes sight is something I take for granted, though. Sometimes I wonder how blind people in the world can ’see’ and appreciate art and the beauty of the world around us without their eyes to see it. Below is a cool video that may answer that question. Enjoy!

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]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/08/18/digitalism-video-promo-for-idealism/feed/ Girls Rock! DC http://grafiks.org/2008/08/09/girls-rock-dc/ http://grafiks.org/2008/08/09/girls-rock-dc/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:39:31 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=105 This year I’ve been having fun doing some graphic design and poster work for Girls Rock! DC. I love being able to get into the grungy, gritty design, without having to make things look corporate. It also feels good to be doing something for a cause you find worthwhile. If you haven’t heard of GR!DC, it’s basically a youth rock camp for girls and aspiring young musicians. Camp is going on next week, and afterward they will be having a showcase performance at the 9:30 Club. Should be a great show, all are welcome:

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/08/09/girls-rock-dc/feed/ Data Visualization is for lovers http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/ http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:16:19 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=84 If you’ve ever heard of or seen present-day approaches to data visualization, they can be really fascinating to look at. Awhile back Smashing Magazine posted an article ‘Data Visualization: Modern Approaches’. It has some great links and resources. VisualComplexity.com also has a huge database of projects.

In short, data visualization is the process or art of presenting data - whether through conventional forms like tables, charts, graphs, or in more advanced ways using the latest technologies.

Examples:

Visual Display of Human Emotions Project:

Source: WeFeelFine.org - an exploration of human emotion on a global scale.

source: wefeelfine.org

Visualization of the Bible Project:

Visualization of the Bible, Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz/index.html

source: www.chrisharrison.net

“Functional visualizations are more than innovative statistical analyses and computational algorithms. They must make sense to the user and require a visual language system that uses colour, shape, line, hierarchy and composition to communicate clearly and appropriately, much like the alphabetic and character-based languages used worldwide between humans.”

Matt Woolman
Digital Information Graphics

Infosthetics, Visual Poetry Project:

Resources:

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/08/06/data-visualization-is-for-lovers/feed/ Sleevage, a decent website for album art http://grafiks.org/2008/08/05/sleevage-a-decent-website-for-album-art/ http://grafiks.org/2008/08/05/sleevage-a-decent-website-for-album-art/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:59:08 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/?p=65

www.sleevage.com - “a blog all about music cover art. From the LP’s of the 60’s to the digital artworks of now.”

Album: Unklejam
Artist: Unklejam
Cover Artist: Andrew Murabito, Rachel Thomas, Dan Tobin Smith
Record Label: Virgin Records
Year: 2007

More where that came from, here…

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Check out the rest of the video series on hillmancurtis.com or AIGA’s inspiration archives.

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/06/17/artist-video-david-carson/feed/ ‘Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster’ http://grafiks.org/2008/01/24/sweet-the-graphic-beauty-of-the-contemporary-rock-poster/ http://grafiks.org/2008/01/24/sweet-the-graphic-beauty-of-the-contemporary-rock-poster/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:19:29 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/2008/01/24/sweet-the-graphic-beauty-of-the-contemporary-rock-poster/ On February 6 the University of Maryland’s Art Gallery will be opening its latest exhibit, ‘Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster’. An excerpt about the exhibit:

“…features twenty-nine of the leading artists/groups of silk-screened contemporary rock posters, on view Wednesday, February 6 through Saturday, March 29, 2008. Artist Jesse LeDoux creates a site-specific installation in the back gallery that displays the versatility of the screen printing technique, and artist Tim Gough creates unique signage for the exhibition utilizing silk-screening and other media applied directly to the walls.”

More info can be found here on the gallery’s website. Should be a great show!

]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/01/24/sweet-the-graphic-beauty-of-the-contemporary-rock-poster/feed/ Desktop Backgrounds 1.25.08 http://grafiks.org/2008/01/05/desktop-backgrounds-12508/ http://grafiks.org/2008/01/05/desktop-backgrounds-12508/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:28:49 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/2008/01/05/desktop-backgrounds-12508/ Below are some more desktop backgrounds. As always, feel free to download and use them. I created these particular backgrounds using some images I’ve taken in the past around the Pittsburgh, PA area (my hometown) such as bridges, random telephone wires, electrical boxes, etc.

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]]> http://grafiks.org/2008/01/05/desktop-backgrounds-12508/feed/ Follow On http://grafiks.org/2008/01/04/follow-on/ http://grafiks.org/2008/01/04/follow-on/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:36:49 +0000 Emily http://grafiks.org/2008/01/04/follow-on/ Another small work in progress (currently very rough on the edges):

ChuckPotthast.com Website

ChuckPotthast.com

My dad is a musician (folk, blues, rock, whatever) and in the next few months I will be looking for ways to promote music online through various avenues. I’ve already gone the Myspace route with other bands but am looking forward to seeing what else is out there. Last FM and CD Baby seem promising.

In the process of building the temporary site I discovered a cool favicon website where you can either create your own icon or download free icons that others have published under the CC (Creative Commons) license, like this nifty little guitar favicon, for example.

Oh and I almost forgot, Happy 2008 to all.

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