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Jared — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:26:53 +0000

Find Us On Facebook

The Facebook Page for Design Something has been running now for a few months now and has now grown to over a 150 members! I want to thank everyone who has become a fan of the page, I encourage you to pass on the page to all of your friends so we can soon hit 200 members! The facebook is the place to go for all the updates regarding Design Something, and is an open forum for any thoughts and feelings you have regarding the blog. Here at Design Something we would love to hear your thoughts!

I hope you’ll consider checking out the page if you haven’t already, and joining the numbers of people who have already joined!

Shameless Self Promotion!

As long as I’m on the self promotion bandwagon, here are some other ways you can stay connected…

My Twitter

RSS Feed

Flickr Group

Other News

Keep your eyes peeled over at Design Juices for the official launch!

Lip Sync #2

Jared — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:01:41 +0000

This is my second collection of great photography taken of lips, either in the category of macro photography or otherwise these photographs so such great precision and subtle detail I have found to be truly inspiring.

I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and lip licking as I found them.

Each picture links to its original location online and is owned by that individual.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

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.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

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!

Interview & Artist Feature Of Kadeem Montgomery

Jared — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:50:39 +0000

Kadeem Montgomery was born and raised in Greater Portmore, Jamaica.

He describes his interests of design and art from:

“Always loved anything to do with art and I was always seen drawing cartoons at a young age.”

Check him on Flickr Here

Check him on DeviantART Here

Check him on Behance Here

Find his Personal site on Tumblr Here

1. You have a varied educational background, what was your first taste of art & design when growing up in education, what (and where) first lead you to study art & design?

Living in Jamaica I began drawing at a young age coming home from school drawing anime such as Dragonball-z I loved that show. I did a art in high school but it did not work out because of the teacher and the school I guess I wasn’t inspired by my surrounding. It wasn’t until I left school in 2007 that i found out about Photoshop and began to experiment with it trying out new stuff and teaching myself various techniques. During that time I also did cape art and design in which I got a grade one (1) for some creative work in also 3d design and sculpting.

2. You have many accounts on various design and social networking sites, which do you find most useful and why?

Well right now I would say Behance because a lot of creative directors and freelance designers are there, that give great feedback and sometimes tell others about your work

3. Which communities (such as twitter) have you turned to when you need advice or feedback on designs, do you turn to particular people for this feedback? Are there any people you have built up a relationship which you would recommend?

Well I recently been chatting with Kevin Williams on DA where he is known as Methodologi.
He lives here in Jamaica and has given me some good advice, his work is amazing and some time in the future I hope to be as professional as he is in his work.

4. What has been the worse experience since being a working designer?

I’d have to say working on my Myspace learning to read css and flash. Another experience is dealing with cheap clients I know everyone has one of them.

5. If you had a closed client book and an indefinite amount of time for vacation or free time, what would you spend this time doing? Is there anything you have a great ambition to do in the future?

Well i would definitely go play football that’s all I did before I started to do graphic design probably tryout for Manchester United. But in the future I hope to have my own studio and be that go to guy that everyone wants to do there graphic and promotional work

Which is your favourite piece of Kareem’s work? Do you like his style? What other artists inspire you?

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Inside the Mind of An Expert: Karen Mcdade – Freelance Online and Print Media Designer

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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!

Eye Opening Photography #2

Jared — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:47:31 +0000

This is my second collection of great photography taken of eyes, either in the category of macro photography or otherwise these photographs so such great precision and subtle detail I have found to be truly inspiring.

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

Eye Opening Photography #1

Lip Sync: Great Photographed Lips

Portrait Photography That Takes Your Breath Away

30 Works of Pure Inspiration: DeviantART Showcase #1

I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and eye opening as I found them.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

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.

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

Please Leave Your Comments 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.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Lip Sync: Great Photographed Lips

Jared — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:14 +0000

For me photography is a growing love, I am taking more time out to sample great photographers through sites such as Flickr and DeviantART. If you can recommend any other please pass them on.

I am finding new styles and categories of quality in photography each time I take a moment out to explore different photography collections. This collection of photographs is specifically of lips, I wanted to concentrate on another part of the human anatomy in much the same way that I had done previously with my post on Eye Opening Photography.

These photos show precise quality and give us a different perspective on what quality we can create with a photo when you take time to setup a shot and know what you are doing with some of the high specification digital cameras. Here in this showcase of photographs all the pictures are of lips and have been taken by many different photographers. (Each picture links to its original location found online.)

Please Leave Your Comments Below.

You may be interested in the following photography inspiration related articles as well.

Portrait Photography That Takes Your Breath Away

Eye Opening Photography

30 Works of Pure Inspiration: DeviantART Showcase #1

My Photography Favourites: Ric Coles

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!

Portrait Photography That Takes Your Breath Away

Jared — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:13:10 +0000

There is no limitation in what can inspire you. Photography is something which can offer great sources of inspiration on many different levels and in many ways and formats, here I am taking portrait and personal photography as my inspiration.

Photography can be approached in various ways and means and some can require expensive equipment, time to setup each shot and others are more low budget and can still offer up great results. Here in this showcase of photographs all the pictures are that of a portrait style taken from many different photographers. (Each picture links to its original location found online.)

Please Leave Your Comments Below.

You may be interested in the following photography inspiration related articles as well.

Eye Opening Photography

30 Works of Pure Inspiration: DeviantART Showcase #1

My Photography Favourites: Ric Coles

Self Portraits:

Emotive Portraits:

Spontaneous Portraits:

Expressive Portraits:

Fashion Portraits:

Miscellaneous Portraits:

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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.

Don’t Forget To Leave Your comments below!

Join the Design Something Flick Group

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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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.’

Don’t Forget To Leave Your comments below!

Article written by Jared Thompson

Check out his Design Portfolio here!

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My Photography Favourites: Ric Coles

Jared — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:43:44 +0000

Richard Coles in a Multi-disciplined photographer, programmer and guitarist. Here I am going to look at a few of his great photography skills which are showcased on his Flickr profile. He won’t admit by any means that his work is going to be up in the Tate or M.o.m.a anytime soon. But he has a raw feel to his photos and opens up to show vulnerabilities of his character, with personal photos.

Find Richard on Flickr here

Find Richard on Twitter here

‘Black and White Creep’: Taken on a foggy winter’s evening in October, this photo is the result of a night just going out an exploring the environment around you. Seeing a different side to environments you inhabit everyday but produce a new side of life in the darkness of night.

‘Fog’: Again taken on the same night as the previous photo this was taken in Leverhulme park in Breightmet (Bolton.) The photo’s depiction of the lonely man (Richard himself) shows a vulnerability. The lights above and around him really shine through well around the dark silhouetted figure.

‘Ranch’: The photo itself was taken on a late summer holiday trip away in Tenby Wales, in a small camping site. The photo was then processed in Photoshop and is credited to have used textures by Pink Sherbert photography. The textures used overlaid on top of this original photograph really give it a real old school edge and grain to a great scene out in the dales of Tenby, Wales.

‘Motorway’: Taken with a Nikon D50, this photo was created with an 8 second exposure (with tripod) on a motorway bridge. I love long exposure shots and especially with heavy volumes of traffic, you really get a sense of the hectic rush and speed in all our lives.

‘My Broken Heart’:Originally envisenged as more of a conceptual photography idea, this photo really shows you richards feelings at this time in his life as he got over a difficult time. Bringing out true emotions in this picture really brings you closer to his character.

‘Dawn’ : Taken in the early morning when the birds are singing and the sun is about to rise, the photo captivates the dead of the early morning just before the morning rush of the next day.

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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!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/riccoles/3323286401/

Awesomely Designed Band T-shirts

Jared — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:06:27 +0000

I’d be willing to bet you remember the first band t-shirt you ever owned. You might even remember whether it was rock-on love at first sight at the Khol’s you’ve just been dragged around 3 times by your mother, that you just HAD TO HAVE, or if it was a gift from the uncle that your family doesn’t really talk to too much anymore, probably for the same reasons that he just gave you an ABBA t-shirt for your 13th birthday. I remember mine, I was actually 15 and was rockin’ out to a local band at a small venue in NY. The folded, utilitarian dark blue and chartreuse T, brandishing the clever band name across the chest spoke to me of it’s originality and truth. “Circadian Rhythm” it said in handwritten typographic glory. I wore that shirt till it relinquished it’s seams and stitches and fell to the ground in a tattered clump the last time I went to put it on.

Here is a selection beautiful shirts I’ve found over the past few days that demonstrate the artistry and passion that are behind the music I love. Thanks Jared, for letting me contribute!

Incubus: Love Hurts

Cage the Elephant:Natural

Owl City:Winterbirds

Anberlin: Motif

Atreyu: Dust Cloud

Run DMC: Classic

The Used: Goodbye to You(Ramble)

Linkin Park: Midnight Photo

Atreyu:Ribzzz

A Day To Remember: Pac Man

Armor For Sleep: Camera Shy

Brand New: Typography

Bayside: Shudder Bird

Thursday: Exploding Man

Bring Me The Horizon: Dinosaur

Avenged Sevenfold: Land of Cain

Enter Shikari: Juggernaught

The Gallows: Grey Britain

Article written by Jared Thompson + Chris Trude

Jared Thompson is 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!

Chris Trude is a graphic and web designer/developer from New York/VA, working as an in-houser by day, and a freelance designer/blogger by night. He’s into design/photography/typography/minimalism/awesomism. Follow Chris(@trudesign) on twitter!