ParkInk, showcasing the shapes and colors by Aubo Lessi. This great graphic designer housing a wide variety of skills is a promising artist now and in the time to come. Check out his minimalistic and content-oriented portfolio where you are bound to find some inspiration.

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Being known for his strong futuristic conceptualization of products, transportation and city designs, Scott Robertson’s portfolio shows many works created far beyond our imagination.

On his website, there are design books and sketching DVDs available, which shows vivid demonstrations of how Scott Robertson himself, would clearly demonstrate sketching skills in the correct perspective and proportion from scratch. So do check out his designs to learn from this guru - his design skills and creative power.

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Touch-screens are cool, no doubt about it. They have been with us for quite some time now, and are definitely here to stay. Ever since they were first introduced they seemed very future-oriented, not ready for implementation in an environment near you. This is also what the Hollywood blockbusters showed us; all those wacky touch-screen based interfaces just looked way too spacey.

But over the years things have changed. Touch-screens are now more openly accessible for companies of all sizes, paving the way for interface-coherent innovations. This in combination with a killer software application, and you got the next big interface innovation on your hands.

Click the link below to read more on touch-screens, the technology, the people working with it and the latest and greatest which is out there now… (more…)

Hello fellow creatives! Today we present the Adobe Live 2007 report, featuring the brand new Creative Suite 3 bundle. We provide you with an overview of the creative event some of the highlights and examples as well as resources. For tips and guides regarding the new features check the Killer Features Guide.

This years Adobe Live event was based in the Amsterdam RAI, with 6 different Stages, including a Live Theater, Hands-on Workshop, Developers Theater, Product and Workflow Theater and the huge Main Stage. These different stages were filled continuously by over 20 different adobe evangelists as well as client cases. The day was kicked off by Jim Guerard with his Adobe Live Keynote, a good warm-up for a day filled with Creative Suite 3.

This years edition of Adobe Live also included two Apple Classrooms the ideal spot for learning new tricks and testing the Creative Suite 3 software.

We sucked up as much information, tips and tricks during this years edition and we’ve put all this workflow boosting material in a separate article, you can find here, CS3 Killer Features. It wasn’t only Adobe evangelists that presented on stage, there were also a couple of interesting client cases. Especially the Swedish company Fantasy Interactive (FI) was quite interesting. (more…)

This has got to be one of the most colorful artists we have seen in some time. Adhemas Batista, a Brazilian art director, graphic designer and illustrator, sells colors. And not just your standard set of colors, we’re talking rainbows here! Go check out this talented artist with a huge portfolio to proof his skills.

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Hello Creatives!

Today we feature are very resourceful website and community, especially for freelancers and creative artists that want to start freelance work. On the freelance blog you’ll find articles about freelance work, making money, marketing yourself and general freelance topics. They also have an online Hourly Rate Calculator which determines your hourly rate by filling out a simple set of questions. FreelanceSwitch also has a jobs section featuring Design & Illustration, Programming and Blogging job openings.

So go ahead and dig in this resourceful website.

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This weeks must see is the Graphic work by Rob Brearley, he has done some amazing work for brands such as, KSwiss and Sony Playstation. He excels in brand design as well as graphic illustrations. Go ahead an be inspired by Rob Brearley a.k.a. RGB Studio.

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First, we covered the set of input-products from one of Russia’s most exiting design companies, Art. Lebedev. Second, we did a massive article on the entire design process of their flagship keyboard: Optimus Maximus.

And now, the mother of all keyboards is finally ready for pre-order!

Art. Lebedev’s site now shows all the details: the dimensions, the technologies, the compatibilities, the system requirements, the software and even a running demo. And the price? Hang on to your keyboard, ladies and gentlemen, because this thing will set you back a whopping 1256,86 euro.

So go check out the latest addition to the keyboard family and if you happen to buy one, let us know what it’s like! The first 200 units are shipping in early December, with an additional batch of 200 ready in late December and another shipment of 400 in January. So order yours fast!

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This weeks must see is the graphic work of Alex Cherry a.k.a. Virtual Hitman Design. This US artist resides in Hollywood, California where he makes his graphic work using adobe illustrator and photoshop as well as his Sony DSC 800 camera.

Go ahead and click it!

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The possibilities of flash are close to endless, we’ve seen many good examples of what you can do with a bit of action script and a creative approach. The Polar Clock is a great example, built by flash artist Pixelbreaker. This clock shows you the day, month, date, hours, minutes and seconds in a colourful way.

Be sure to check this colourful time display out and if you like it download the Screen Saver:

OS X Screen Saver || Windows Screen Saver

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