Calgary based Graphic design, Illustration, comic, cartoon and caricature

the truth in logos

Don’t you wish logos really represented what the company does? Victor Hertz does, in fact he went so far as to recreate some famous brands, just making them more honest.

what is funny?

I’ve read a bunch of books on the topic and find it still hit-and-miss. Jimmy Carr, Mary Ann Rishel and Robert Mankhoff have all written excellent books on how to make and write humour. At the University of Colorado Boulder, Professor of  Marketing and Psychology Peter McGraw ask’s, who doesn’t like to be tickled?

the forgotten animated gif

I remember when video came to the web, animated gifs kind of fell out of fashion. The photographer Jamie Beck has resurrected them with some beautiful solutions. Pay close attention to the guy on the bench.

gone fishin’

This image was done for Outdoor Canada, thanks to Art Director Sandra Cheung. The article is about the effects of industry on fish habitats. I never realized they were so susceptible to fluctuations in temperature.

everything logo

Do you need inspiration designing logos? Or are you just interested in seeing what people are doing with logos nowadays. Here’s a valuable resource that shows logos from all over the world with interesting articles with the backstory on a lot of logos.