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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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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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DeviantART is full of great artists, photographers, designers, illustrators and other amazing creative people. Here I am going to showcases 30 of my most favourite recent artworks, photos,fonts,typography,illustrations and designs from one the webs best creative communities.

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Photography:

‘Miss Mutation’ Ophelias Overdose

‘Chess Wonder’ by Hoschie

‘Minnie said Cheese’ by Crazy Kcee

‘I Want Magic’ by The 1st Grape

Typography:

‘Sixteen’ by BeriMae

‘Life Passes Most People by’ by Dreamt too late

‘As you can see’ by BeriMae

‘Bulletproof Heart’ by Scorpion Kiss

‘Sick’ by Hulis

’1st Rule of Fight Club’ by JanSzpakowski

‘Creativity: Typography’ by MadDesign

‘It might be you’ by BeriMae

Digital Art:

‘Apocolyptica’ by Karen Mcdade

‘Dubai Butterfly’ by Light from emirates

‘LMS Alice’ by adonihs

‘Mark it Zero’ by Skyringbreath

‘Commission: Yuritsuki’ by Scrotumnose

‘Mark unknown’ by Maca28

‘Mind Works’ By Rose on Grey

Traditional Art:

‘Kitsune’ by Treeworshipper

by Setik 01

Wallpaper:

‘December 09 wallpaper’ Fudgegraphics

‘Greeen’ by DeviantVicky

‘Cubed’ by DeviantVicky

‘Nalden Wallpaper no2′ by Endemo

‘Old Crows’ by MailboxArsonal

Fonts:

‘Happy Phantom Font family’ by Nymphont

‘Circled Font‘ by Lovelielife

‘Thatbad typeface’ by farissen

‘Facepunch’ by Shonenpunk

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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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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

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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!

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!

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.

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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

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!

Christmas is just around the corner and the start of 2010 also, before all the rush and panic of Christmas we have a few days to reflect on what we are all truly thankful for. You may have long lists for what you what Santa to bring you this Christmas, but just take a moment to think what you are truly thankful for this year. This got me think what as a design community would we be thankful for? I was really happy with the great responses i received and thank everyone for taking a moment of there time to respond and make this post possible.

This Thanksgiving I Am Thankful For…

Leslie Kingery

(@kalstudio)

Is Thankful for squarespace, itunes, always illustrator with wacom pad & online- pandora, grooveshark.

Eric Noguchi

(@pixel_jockey)

I Couldn’t do without InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Acrobat. Totally essential to what I do, oh, & dual monitors.

Nikki Smith-Morgan

(@nsmithmorgan)

Thankful for an online design culture where everyone freely shares ideas. Not a problem you can encounter that someone has already solved.

Nikki Brown

(@nikibrown)

I’m thankful for my netbook – it enables me to work on the go (and it runs photoshop and illustrator pretty well!)

Amanda Manz

(@GritFX)

What am I thankful for… can I say “my brain” – best piece of software I have (or would you call it hardware!?) Also thankful for Skype, it makes it easier to work from a remote location + has helped break down old expectations when it comes to networking.

BK Macdaddy Designs

(@bkmacdaddy)

Hmmm… well the obvious answer is Adobe CS4. But I am most thankful (in advance) for the new computer I am planning for Christmas. I could also say Twitter because it has been integral in blowing up my freelance design business.

Danelle Bailey

(@danellesheree)

It’s a bit cliche, but my iPhone (named Lucida!) It helps bring everything with me – work, finances and family – and makes my life easier.

Francois Pham

(@francoispham)

I don’t know. My artist pen and my brushes maybe, i’m French and don’t want to tell you anything.

Lauren Thompson

(@nymphont)

I’m thankful for FontCreator, an affordable but very capable program that allowed me to make the fonts that I make.

Scarletbits

(@Scarletbits)

I am thankful for the new awesome working station: iMac 27″ and the 64bit snow leopard!

Christopher Flores

(@crflores84)

I am thankful for SketchUp, it gives you the complexity of AutoCAD with the easy to use interface of Google.

Mathew Ballard

(@mathewballard)

Hardware wise, my Macbook Pro and iPhone for sure. They do pretty much everything for me. Software wise the Adobe CS3 suite.

Laurent Bourrelly

(@Laurent8)

I guess MAMP made a breeze to develop local under OS X. WordPress is better and better. CODA is cool, but Dreamweaver is flawless.

Brian Hoff

(@behoff)

I am definitely thankful for Dropbox. It’s intuitive and convenient! Love it

Elizabeth Daniell

(@EDGraphicDesign)

I am very thankful for my MAC and the Adobe Creative Suite 3. InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop & Dreamweaver are 4 of my best friends.

Jared Thompson (Me)

(@Jthompsondesign)

I’m thankful for Adobe CS4 and My Aluminium Macbook, without these tools i would not have passed my second year. I’m thankful for Indesign making my research look presentable and neatly spaced.

Anca Foster

(@anca_foster)

I’m thankful for Adobe Illustrator.

Michelle

(@BellasMental)

Thankful for picasa 3, photoshop, any USB connectable device & incredimail.

Misty Belardo

(@Mistygirlph)

My macbook pro.. has made my designing a lot efficient and my new moleskin I do a lot of sketching, gets me inspired.

Jeff Claeson

(@dreamtime)

Thankful for great clients, the design community, twitter, ExpressionEngine and the patience of my family since i work so much

Karen McDade

(@KarenMcDade)

My Cinitq 21″ UX (And of course photoshop)

Mary ann

(@somethiing)

I am thankful for my colored pencils, photoshop & illustrator, my wacom tablet. And to get through creative block, my xbox360 & pandora!

Christy Latz

(@OuttheOtherSide)

I am very thankful for my 9 month old Macbook Pro/child, for Adobe After Effects and (as always) Adobe Illustrator.

Gerrel Saunders

(@gaksdesigns)

I’m thankful for Photoshop CS4 and most definitely Twitter,it’s done wonders for me!

Abby Bonwell

(@AbbyBonwell)

That’s a toss up between my love for my genuine fractals package but also am loving my TextSoap app too… both great investments!

Design Pro

(@Design_Pro)

I’m thankful for Macs. They allow me to work on projects without worrying about the computer crashing or freezing and losing all of my work.

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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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Twitter has spawned up as an amazing tool in promotion of articles, social lives, news and many other things. But from looking at people’s profiles especially designers and large brands we can see some amazing twitter background designs also. Here are just a few of the best that I have seen in recent weeks and months.

@kateconsumption:

Designed by herself, I just love all the detail in the drawings!

@emilychang

Love the little character on this digital photo background.

@TadCarpenter

Some great illustrations here.

@arronlock

Simple, great typography and personally designed.

@bongobrian

Designed by the man himself, great colour scheme here.

@dasgrafik

This man has some strong photoshop skills, even if he did say so himself.

@novelhunter

Love the colour scheme and simplicity not too overcrowded. (made by @nymphont)

@fuelyourapps

Simple, clean and concise; you don’t need much more than that.

@twofivethreetwo

The avatar was drawn by @happymonkeyshoe, but the background as a whole I’m loving.

@Designfeedr

Some great illustration the eye for detail on this background is awesome.

@DesignerDepot

Brilliant colour scheme all works so well together.

@FredzGraphiks

Simple yet so effective, the colors of the background and text in the main page intertwine into one great page.

@jeff_finley

Good use of darkness in this background and allows the picture and text to stand out more.

@gracesmith

Love the photography in the hand being part of the design with the text taking over the left side.

@nymphont

Lovely texture down the right hand side with a simple picture and sticky note text.

@OuttheOtherSide

Love the angel from one of Christy’s illustrative works, concise and great use of colour to make parts stand out better.

@zixpk

Creative typography background behind the image and text with lovely use of opacity.

@prettycooltimes

Love the logo the most in this piece.

@dani

This maybe my favorite design of the lot with just everything positive and bright. Really appeals to my abstract design which is seen a lot now a days with hardcore/emo/alternative bands across the board.

@AisleOne

Minimal + Typography at its best.

@instantshift

Matches up with the instant shift website brilliantly, whilst having its own personality.

@JasonBradbury

The Gadget Show’s finest presenter shows of a great background design here.

@naldzgraphics

Again fits in so well with the same website of the creator, be sure to check that out also!

@fudgegraphics

Brilliant, i loved the revamp when the website was done up and this echo’s the same design quality.

@yankodesign

A different approach to twitter background design, who wouldn’t love the bird icon.

@boogiesbc

Love the paint dripping affect, which dominates the top part of this design.

@chrisspooner

Awesome, be sure to check out his design blog for some amazing work everytime.

Don’t Forget to check these people out and twitter and myself @jthompsondesign.

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