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Keep It Simple Stupid: Typography Posters Roundup

Jared — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:49:48 +0000

Design and Typography go hand in hand, designers the world over use typography in logo’s, advertisements, packaging and posters. It can make any piece of work stand out from the crowd.

This round-up shows off the best in typography posters and wallpapers, taken from various artists and those which I have bookmarked in my research online. Feel free to leave a comment on the post or the posters themselves.

Which poster is your favourite?

Did you disagree with any of my selections?

Drop us a comment below.

Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

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Home Run With These Amazing Baseball Designed Wallpapers

Jared — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:39:36 +0000

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the MLB these wallpapers would look great on any desktop.

Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

24 Amazing Ice Hockey Inspired Wallpaper Designs

Jared — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:57:18 +0000

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the NHL these wallpapers would look great on any desktop.

You may be interested in the following Interviews and related articles as well:

30 Inspiring American Football Wallpaper Designs

Slam Dunk: 12 Of the Best Basketball Wallpapers

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Slam Dunk: 12 Of the Best Basketball Wallpapers

Jared — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:37:41 +0000

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the NBA these wallpapers and artworks would look great on any desktop.

Whether your still loving the old school nature of Jordon, or want to support today’s superstars each piece of artwork truly is inspirational and are of the highest quality from artists across the web. Are you a Lakers and Kobe Bryant Lover? Alternately would you prefer to show your support for the Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Don’t forget the beast in the paint that is Dwight Howard or the skills and flair of Chris Anderson aka ‘The Birdman’ over at the Denver Nuggets.

You may be interested in the following Interviews and related articles as well:

30 Inspiring American Football Wallpaper Designs

Illustrative and Abstract Wallpaper: Girls Girls Girls

15 Great Marvel Comic Character Wallpapers

50 Amazing Typography Wallpapers

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

ArnoKath: Design Something Flickr Group Showcase

Jared — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:43:59 +0000

Recently I launched the design something Flickr group as a way for people to add their work which can later be collated at intervals to showcased on the blog, this is the first collection of works which has been submitted into the group.

I also like to use these Flickr showcases as a shameless plug for some other places on the web where you can find me. Be sure to check out DesignSomething author on Twitter.

Check out ArnoKath on Flickr

Check his website out here

Check out the Design Something Flickr Group

His work showcases such simplicity and brilliantly minimal, typography is quite obviously a great passion of his and shines through in each of his posters. Be sure to spread the love to his flickr and website.

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles. Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

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Designers In Profile: Jared Nickerson

Jared — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:50:32 +0000

At just 27 Jared Nickerson is a Freelance illustrator, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia but now settled in Seattle, Washington. Been in the industry for the past six years he now runs his own design studio known as j3 concepts. Not only does he run his own studio, but he does work for European clothing label lafraise. You may also know his works from the vector community Bloodsweatvector. He describes himself to be a specialist in editorial, character, product, video game and textile design, with specialist skills in art direction and management.

Find j3 Concepts over on Twitter

Find j3 Concepts on DeviantART

Find j3 Concept on Behance

These next pictures and illustrations are from “Daddy was a Jewel Thief” which was part of the BloodSweatVector Exhibition which is found at the West Berlin Gallery. The vibrancy and colours found in this work alongside the cuteness and sweet nature of the characters, show a real personality and fun.

These next images i came across through a wallpaper giveaway, all of which sit in my wallpaper folder and often brighten up my desktop.

Download all 20 wallpapers exclusively at BloodSweatVector

The next design is known as ‘Intergalactic Neff!,’ this t-shirt design was designed by jared for Neff! headwear.

These next pieces of illustrations are competition entries for the ‘crawl’ t-shirt for the band kings of leon, which can be found over at design by humans.

Another t-shirt design which is up for purchase on design by humans is this piece, ‘Every suitcase is a bomb.’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

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30 Inspiring American Football Wallpaper Designs

Jared — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:31:20 +0000

The Best Inspiring American Football Wallpaper Designs

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the NFL these wallpapers would look great on any desktop.

Joey Galloway by Garrfoster

Clifton Smith by Legit GFX

Indianapolis Colts by N4s GFX

New England Patriots by Nick Nash

Jerious Norwood by GK GFX

Terrel Owens by Nelly 1310

Andre Johnson by LORK88

Maurice Jones-Drew by Goose009

Keith Bulluck by Getyaappcrnredy24

Eagles Starburst by MOnkey buziu

Sean Taylor Remember by Abernardojr

Charles Woodson + Al Harris by Getyappcrnredy24

Adrian Peterson by Legit GFX

Demarcus Ware created by Getyappcrnredy24

Steve Smith by HGgfx

The Carolina Panthers by Metalhdmh

Dominique Zeigler by GridionGreat9

Shaun Phillips by Jayodaproblem

Shawne_Merriman by HGgfx

Brian Urlacher by AnytiM3

Champ Bailey by Crush Designs

Darren Mcfadden by DJHITEK

Fast Willie Parker by ONEgfx

Larry Fitzgerald by Apizzle

Pittsburgh Steelers by PatsPwn

Chad Johnson by Mk201

Dwayne Bowe by Homie19

Jesse Chatman by Atlas07

Eli Manning by Kdawg24

Colston by WHMatt16

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Article written by Jared Thompson. Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles. Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Check out his Design Portfolio here!

Be sure to subscribe to the RSS Feed for the best in design blog posts every week of the year!

Illustrative and Abstract Wallpaper: Girls Girls Girls

Jared — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:22:39 +0000

This round-up shows off the best in female wallpapers, taken from various sites across the board and those which i have bookmarked in my research online, predominately i use DeviantART for wallpapers. These girls use some great digital artwork, photoshop brushes, shapes and other neat tricks. Feel free to leave a comment on the post or the posters themselves.

‘Sexy’

‘Burst’

‘One.More’

‘Diahann Y’

‘Diahann’

‘Diahann 3′

‘Olivia Wilde’

‘Asian Delight’

‘Sexy babe’

‘Misa Campo Orange’

‘Girl in White’

‘Carmen’

‘W7′

‘Abstract Babe’

‘Stacy Keibler Heat’

‘Lauren Budd’

‘Schoolgirl CiCi’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Check out his Design Portfolio here!

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Top Wallpapers for November Calenders

Jared — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:20 +0000

Top wallpapers from around the web to brighten up your desktop during the dark times of November.

Thomas Edison Quote

Planet Collision

Parting Ways

Bless You Zebra

For the Wolves

November Wallpaper

The Road Reaches Every Place

Landscape

Skull

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Check out his Design Portfolio here!

Be sure to subscribe to the RSS Feed for the best in design blog posts every week of the year!

15 Great Marvel Comic Character Wallpapers

Jared — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:38 +0000

Marvel Comics (Marvel Entertainment, Inc.) is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. This is a roundup of some of my favourite marvel character inspired wallpapers.

‘Venom V2.’

‘Spiderman 3.’

‘Iron Man.’

‘Ironman Wallpaper.’

‘Ironman.’

‘Wolverine Ready to Attack.’

‘Galactus.’

‘Captain America.’

‘Marvel Heroes’

‘Silver Surfer.’

‘Fantastic Splatt.’

‘Deadpool.’

‘Deadpool Wallpaper.’

‘Marvel Universe.’

‘Marvel Logos.’

Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

A Designers Guide to the Ghouls and Ghosts of Halloween

Jared — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:14:06 +0000

Halloween is just a day away and i’m sure many of us have parties to go to and fancy dress costumes to make and prepare all for a few hours of drinks, fun and games. What does Halloween mean for us as designers? Well it allows us to be creative around a well established theme opening up all sorts of ways. Whether its with creative costumes, wallpapers, themes, artwork or Halloween themed packaging and products.

Looking to be inspired to make your Halloween Costume this weekend? Then look no further in checking out 12 of the best found on Toxel.com

Found over on Design Week, design group pinched post have created there own pumpkin font which has been based upon the matrix system. The typeface has been made by puncturing into the pumpkins.

My top 10 Ghostly Wallpapers to darken your Desktop

Whether you want a terrifying pumpkin, something abstract or a bloody hand they are all here.

Two Brilliant Free WordPress Halloween Themes

Give your WordPress blog/website a few cobwebs this Halloween.

Halloween

Halloween in Blue

You’ll love these pieces of Halloween Digital Art:

Be sure to visit DeviantART for more great digital art, customisation, photography and much more, my DeviantART profile can be found here + dj23′s here.

The best in Halloween Party Flyers:

Get your party promotion all spooky and scary with inspiration from these great flyer designs.

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter! Check out his Design Portfolio here!

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Some great Halloween themed links from great design blogs:

Design Something Flickr Group Launched!

Jared — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:47:35 +0000

I have now setup a Flickr design something blog showcase group! I want you all to join and start to add your current, best, favorite works and then I will routine collate groups or my favorites and showcase them to the world via the design something blog!