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Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

September 23rd, 2007

I am a company man.

I’ve always been one of those people who take great pride in the company or place where I work.  b5 happens to be a great company to work for, and a great way for any blogger to grow.  Anyway, Awhile back Shai Coggins asked around b5 if anyone had any ideas for shirts, etc…
I didn’t […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

September 21st, 2007

I know it’s too early for this…but…

I’ve determined that I need to learn a lot more about layers in digital painting if I am going to really do much with it as an art form relating to web comics.
Below was an idea I had for a (funky) Christmas card derived from me playing with layers in paint shop pro.

My apologies to […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

September 18th, 2007

ComicCon Interviews on MySpace

MySpace @ ComicCon 2007 2: Rosario Dawson, Ed Brubaker, & more! Add to My Profile | More Videos
So here’s what’s included in this episode.
Exc interview with Ms Rosario Dawson and a personal walkthrough of her comic series.
Exclusive catch-up with Ed Brubaker – Veteran of the industry […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

September 18th, 2007

Chihuly Seaforms

Dale Chihuly’s site has some really amazing glass sculptures, but recently, I have been quite intrigued by his Seaforms.
Take a look at some of these amazing works.

 

 
See more at www.chihuly.com

LiveJournal Tags: Chihuly , Glass , sculpture , art , artist

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September 16th, 2007

How to make great color schemes for your blog, website, or project.

Awhile back I got some good feedback on an post I did about creating a logo for your blog.
But I failed to mention color schemes in the process. 
I have found the following to be a pretty good standard for colors.  If the colors appear together in nature, then they will work visually for […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

September 7th, 2007

Coming into your own as an artist/designer.

I’ve been reading a new blog lately called www.coolest-furniture.com.
Today they featured the Marshmallow Sofa which I thought was pretty cool.
I am fairly intuitive when it comes to creating things and I enjoy the process of creating something that can be used.
But I am not sure if I have really “come into my own” so to […]

By William Lehman -- 1 comment

July 23rd, 2007

Is Good Design Art?

Over the last few months, I’ve been in discussion with Brian (AKA DT, or Design Translator), over at Design Sojourn particularly over the issue of the difference between art and design, and how they interplay and work with each other in good design and good art.
Not only is DT a great designer (and actually […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

June 22nd, 2007

Design VS Art

Art and Design
There is a debate that has raged on about this subject for quite awhile. I am currently following one over here.
We must redefine the way we understand both design and art in our current world. The reason is that we are inundated with man-made art and design on levels unparalleled […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

May 4th, 2007

The process of logo design.

Recently, I was given the opportunity of designing a logo for another b5media blog, Hockey Beat. I went through several revisions before I came to one that Mark and I both liked.
So listed below are a few of the revisions and the process I went through in designing this logo. Initially, I looked at Hockey […]

By William Lehman -- 14 comments

April 13th, 2007

Designing a Comic Character is Hard

Over the last few days, I have been working on a comic idea to add to Artist Hideout. In fact I already seem to have the first few strips written in my mind, but I am having trouble with the art form that comic strip characters limit a person to.
I tend to over-draw things and […]

By William Lehman -- 1 comment

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