Guy Parsons Graphic design, illustration and cartoons

The folks over at Kuriositas have a collection of vintage bodybuilder ads from what looks like the  fifties to the seventies.

Anneke Short wants to challenge preconceived notions of what a designer does. Her minimalist posters say it all. If you’re a designer, you’ll get a chuckle out of these—non designer—not so much.

Instantshift has some great examples of tilt shift photography. Known for it’s reduced depth of field, it can make normal scenes seem as if they’re miniature.  I don’t have the lenses on my camera to make this type of image. A workaround I’ve found that works good is in Photoshop, duplicate your image onto a new layer, then blur that layer so it looks out of focus. Then mask out the focal point of that layer with a layer mask and the in focus layer below will show through.

The designs for produce crates and packaging have intrigued me since I was a child. Simple bucolic images of an idyllic life on every crate.  The Boston Public Library has put up this great resource of a bunch of these images. My favourite parts are the varied typography treatmtnents.

Richard Benson, the former dean of the Yale University School of Art explains printed pictures. He explains the process behind everything from copper engraving to digital images. There are eight hours of video on the site. It’s a great resource to understand all the process’ used to make a printed image.

Photographer Tomasz Gudozowaty recently released a collection of photos depicting Shaolin monks meditating and practicing martial arts. via Visual News

The fashion house Ghrardini has reproduced a handbag from sketches and notes by Leonardo DaVinci. It’s an amazing piece of design. I guess artists of all generations are looking for ways to expand their offerings.

This is what the folks over at Gizmodo present as a photo of what a nuclear blast looks like milliseconds after going off.

I want to live in this village. This is like graffiti on steroids.