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• Daily Inspiration #757
• The Perfect Office #77
• Lego Creations Inspired by Movies
• Over Unity Case Study
• Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop

Daily Inspiration #757 Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:41 PM PST This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com al b sure Anderson Tomazi Arthur Presser Best Bookmarks B.Romain Coolvibe dnbrobin Eric Vasquez eugene kim Fabiano Fabio Feature Me Flyerfolio Gisele HdK Meng To nenuno Newyorkiz Philipp Aukenthaler Philipp Hilpert shelbywhite Via Twitter Send your suggestions via Twitter to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo using #abdz in the end of the tweet. @andreasleonidou @fechnerk @nd80 @tiagokdna @tiagobenevides About the author Someone with a bachelor degree in Foreign Trade that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. A person 'digging' a new way as a 'geek apprentice', blogger 'wanna be' and a communication lover! Current location: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil Twitter user: gismullr Sponsored Links:

The Perfect Office #77 Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? <!--break--> Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture, sound system, gaming stuff (for lunch time!). A designer is totally allowed to dream with the perfect office, and that's what we're gonna do here! Also, tell us your suggestions, or even better, you may tell us via twitter (mine and fabio's), using #abdz_ofc so we can check it. Alright? I hope you guys enjoy this brief selection. Cheers! ;) Urban Garden Suspended from walls or ceilings, the plant bag with its long belts with hook – ans loop fastener accentuate your interior. (at 7 Gadgets) Office Chair Office chair is a fully flat. You can nap comfortably at your home office! (at 7 Gadgets) Klipsch Image ONE Earphones Professional grade memory foam ear-cups provide premium comfort and noise isolation; Full music and/or voice control on select Apple products and Echo-cancelling 360 degree mic; Custom 40mm drive units deliver wide frequency range with dynamic detail and strikingly realistic sound. (at 7 Gadgets) Iphone 4 VHS skin This VHS skin has been designed to fit iPhone 4. (at 7 Gadgets) Little Big Disk Thunderbolt External HDD LaCie has announced the first external Thunderbolt compatible hard drive, the LaCie Little Big Disk. The LaCie Little Big Disk offers data transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps, and it is compatible with the new range of Apple MacBook Pro's. (at Geeky Gadgets) Macbook Pro (early 2011) Apple's pulling the curtain off its new MacBook Pro family, and compared to the last refresh cycle, there are a serious amount of updates. Just as we had heard, all three will be getting new Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD 6000M graphics, FaceTime HD cameras, and some super fast Thunderbolt I/O transfer speeds. There are two new 13-inchers, two 15.4-inch versions, and one lone 17-inch model. (at Engadget) About the author Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 26 year old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter. Sponsored Links:

Lego Creations Inspired by Movies Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:36 AM PST As I was watching the 83rd Oscar Academy Awards, I've found this great collection of LEGO creations by Alex Eylar. Here's a couple funny and memorable creations from movies of our time. You can found more of Alex Eylar aka Profound Whatever's work on his Flickr. Inception American Beauty Pulp Fiction Die Hard Back To The Future Raging Bull Indiana Jones Star Wars The Exorcist The Godfather 2001: A Space Odyssey The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About the author My name's François Hoang and my alias's Aoiro Studio. I am a self-taught freelance graphic designer from Montreal, Canada. I've been designing for the last 4 years and really have a huge passion for creative work that makes a difference in our world. If you wanna requests some posts; I can be found on Twitter or feel free to contact me. Sponsored Links:

Over Unity Case Study Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST In this case study you can see step-by-step how Chris Haines created the cover design for Cover Unity - Collide the Space EP. The artwork is a mix of 3D elements with photoshop touch ups, you can see it on videos and the steps in image. Check it out! <!--break--> For more from Chris Haines, visit NEON DREAMS It was a long process to finish this artwork, however it was well worth the effort. Hopefully the imagery matches the epic 8 minute plus songs on the record. Video Study Step By Step About the author Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 25 year old web designer from Brazil currently living in Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds. Finding and sharing inspiration has become part of my life. If you have any suggestions or requests just get @ me - pvpcanabarro@gmail.com For some cool stuff make sure to Follow me on twitter! Sponsored Links:

Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:12 PM PST It's been more than two weeks since I've finally moved permanently to California, USA. Before the big move I was playing with Illustrator and Photoshop to create a vintage look badge. After a few hours trying different typefaces I got a nice result and published it on my Dribbble profile. I have received quite a few emails since I published that asking me how I did the effect, so in this tutorial I will show you how to create a vintage look badge using Illustrator and Photoshop Step 1 Open Illustrator and create a new document. Then with the Start Tool create a star in red. Step 2 Go to Effect>Stylize>Round Corner. Use 1.885 mm for the Radius. Step 3 Duplicate the star with round corners and then rotate it like the image below. Also change the color to Cyan. Step 4 Select the cyan start with round corners and then go to Window>Transparency. Use Multiply for the Mode. The areas that the cyan are on top of the red will turn to grey. Step 5 For the typography I used Carnivalee Freakshow for the words California, 2011 and here I come. For the word San Francisco I used Birch Std. Also I created some lines in grey with the Rectangle Tool (M). Step 6 Now with the Ellipse Tool (L) create an ellipse like the image below, then with the Type on Path Tool add the words World Wild Web West. Step 7 Also you can edit the text on path by double clicking on the icon of the tool to go to the Type on Path Options. I used Rainbow for the Effect, Baseline for the Align to Path and 36pt for the Spacing. Step 8 Do the same thing but now for the text that goes on top, which is ABDUZEEDO. Step 9 Copy all the objects in Illustrator and then go to Photoshop and create a new document. I'm using 2560x1440 pixels for the size, the paste the Illustrator vectors. Step 10 For the texture of the design I used an image from Shutterstock, you can find it at http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-62706346/stock-photo-paper-texture.html. So imported it and place it beneath the vector. Also change the Blend Mode of the vector layer to Multiply. Step 11 With the Magic Wand Tool (W) select an area of the texture like the image below. You will get some areas selected. Then select the vector layer and go to Layer>Mask>Hide Selection. That way you will create a really nice old style/vintage look to your design. Conclusion To create some nice vintage effects using Photoshop is pretty easy, it's all about playing with layer masks and textures. However the most important thing on this design is the Illustrator part in which I played with typogrpahy and other elements to create a nice composition. So the tip is, look for inspiration and try to learn as much as you can about design principles, the effects afterwards are the easiest part. Download the Illustrator and Photoshop file Click here to download the files used on this tutorial. About the author Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. You can get in follow us via Twitter at @abduzeedo Sponsored Links:

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