I was recruited this week to pull together a last minute gig poster for a show next week. Luckily I keep 90% of my doodles, so I was able to jump head first into this project with a solid foundation and an idea of where I wanted to go with it. Granted I still spent a few hours on getting the illustration just the way I wanted, but the tight time constraint kept me from over thinking the concept.

So, if you’re looking to be entertained next Wednesday night, head over to Box Awesome where Extra Life will be taking the stage along with UUVVWWZ and Polipnick Liberation Orchestra.

I was recruited this week to pull together a last minute gig poster for a show next week. Luckily I keep 90% of my doodles, so I was able to jump head first into this project with a solid foundation and an idea of where I wanted to go with it. Granted I still spent a few hours on getting the illustration just the way I wanted, but the tight time constraint kept me from over thinking the concept.

So, if you’re looking to be entertained next Wednesday night, head over to Box Awesome where Extra Life will be taking the stage along with UUVVWWZ and Polipnick Liberation Orchestra.

Internet Explorer 6, one of the most hated browsers on the planet, has been mucking up the interubes and forcing programmers to bloat their code with unnecessary hacks for too long. Finally someone has declared open war, and is vowing to put an end to it’s reign of evil. Norwegian website Finn Labs is leading the charge and is asking others to join them in encouraging users to upgrade to IE7 or even better a compliance-friendly browser like Firefox. Will you join the ranks of code-soldiers who will stand up to this most evil web browser?
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This little sketchbook is from the folks at Hunting Lodge. The pages are pre-printed with a skin of Firefox 3 (Mac), it even includes additional pages for designing banner ads. I don’t know what the real cost/benefit ratio is here, but it does look damn cool.

247 Media Studios is an awesome design studio based in Germany, now with locations in Dubia and Tokyo. They’ve worked with plenty of big names in the gaming and music industry, and are probably known best for creating top-notch Flash based websites.

I’ve been a minor member of their forum for some time and have always found it useful for Photoshop tips and tricks. Sometime last year the content got a little stagnant with only a few people posting/commenting—I’m just as guilty on this point—so I stopped visiting. Out of curiosity, I hopped over to 247 Media’s forum today, just to check out what’s been going on, and I got a bit of a shock.

They’ve completely redesigned their site and forum. Gone is the dark grungy Flash site, and black forum. In it’s place is a crisp black and white site with a hint of teal. Instead of Flash (which took forever to load) the new 247 Media is a blogstyle html portfolio with news briefs and job openings on the side. Best of all is the inclusion of the RSS Feed to keep up to date on their goings on.

I stumbled across LOGOGALA, a logo gallery site, while whittling down 300+ items in GoogleReader. What’s kind of cool is that they’ve done away with the rating system, which if you’ve been to any gallery site lately you’ll know rating are bunk. I haven’t had a chance to delve into it too deeply, but it will sure come in handy the next time I have to do the dirty deed.

If you’re a designer who gets stuck in a rut when you work on logos give Logogala some love.

Check out the Typocalypse Flickr set to find out.

Personally, I’d like to think that my favorite font, Porcelain, says, “Hi, I’m a swell chap who likes to have a good time.” Although, in reality it probably say, “Naff off, I am a broody S.O.B. with a neurotic streak.” On second thought, it just might be a little too early for this kind of introspection?

P.S. Here is yet another reason why theists freak me out.

I’ve been sorting through stock for way too long…
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