i was born in england in the late 70’s, i currently live and work in Brooklyn, NYC. ‘creatures’ started as a daily illustration exercise that i felt the need to undertake for reasons that are now entirely beyond me… i don’t go out much any more or see sunlight very often… i’m so very hungry and pale. send help. - Andrew Bell

Check Out : the Creatures in my Head - illustration and artwork by Andrew Bell

Also visit : Dead Zebra, Inc & DYZPLASTIC.NYC for more of Andrew’s work including photography, commerical illustration, animation and toy design.

Disney has announced that it will buy Pixar, the successful animation studio majority owned by Apple’s Steve Jobs, for $7.4 billion.

Responsible for hits including “A Bug’s Life,” “Toy Story,” and “Finding Nemo,” Pixar has distributed all of its feature films through Disney since its first movie in 1995. A falling-out between the two companies early last year had thrown the distribution of Pixar’s future films, after the summer 2006 release “Cars,” into some uncertainty.

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ARKITIP’S beginnings were humble. While the magazine began with a 50 copy, hand stapled run in 1999, those first copies look more sophisticated than most other “zines” you might have considered in the same category. The covers were silk-screened on corrugated cardboard and the docutek used to replicate the black & white art in the magazine rivaled the performance of most offset printers. It had a great homemade feel that was bona fide quality. Excellence in production is still of primary importance to ARKITIP today. Artists contributing to the magazine respect this, as they know their art will not be compromised in any way. Today, ARKITIP is a 1000 copy hand numbered 4/color art book. The fact that the magazine publishes site specific work at a lower price point than what hangs on gallery walls makes it available to art collectors of all economic levels. Each issue is like an original piece of art in and of itself. The magazine’s founding principles remain as they were 5 years ago:

Support the arts
Promote freedom of expression
Make art affordable and accessible

ARKITIP Magazine serves these principles every day by its very existence. What began as a creative project between friends has become a full fledged business and a worldwide source for groundbreaking art and design today.

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Gopher Broke, In the Rough, Rockfish, and Aunt Luisa are four independent short films produced by Blur Studio.

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View Gopher Broke Teaser Movie

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YouWorkForThem sells great design material online…
• Books, Magazines, Videos, CD-ROMs, T-Shirts, and more - featuring the best in contemporary design from around the world to inspire and entertain.
• “Must-have” classic educational design books to help improve your skills.
• Typefaces, Stock Design, and other tools to help enhance your work.

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The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.

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FutureBrand is part of Interpublic Group and is a full-service, global branding
firm with a network of 15 offices in 13 countries.

A brand strategy and design consultancy of the McCann-Erickson WorldGroup.

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Kristian Olson’s dual career as a graphic designer and illustrator gives him a unique approach to communication and creativity.

His work has recently been included in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual and the Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Annual.

Kristian Olson’s Portfolio

Animate your ideas. Adobe® After Effects® 7.0 software helps you create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with efficiency, precision, and infinite variety. Take advantage of unmatched integration with other Adobe software, flexible 2D and 3D compositing, and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to bring a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia® Flash® productions.

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Art beside the Mainstream
Get into the BlauGallery and explore another chapter of art beside the mainstream.

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Get high quality and unique products only available here. Do not expect posters or simple framed pictures but best craftmanship and improved exclusive printing technology not to be found elsewhere!

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NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 415,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

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Design based production company EyeballNYC announces the completion of its latest commercial for ad agency BBDO and client Cingular Wireless. Using split-screen symmetry, the 30-second spot, dubbed “Evolution,” traces the histories of both the telephone and camera. The spot culminates with their union in a sleek, compact package: Cingular’s offering, the S710 camera phone, manufactured by Sony-Ericsson.

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I’m a huge fan of good music while I work. Mix of the Week has some of the best mixes that can be downloaded to your music player of choice.

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Your one-stop web resource for soulful dance music and other beautiful sounds.

Amazing photographers based out of Miami:

F8 Photographers

F8 is a group of Miami based professional photographers whose talents, visions and boundless enthusiasm for the experience of expression through an eye of a lens continue to provoke the public’s interest.

This piece is from photographer Christopher Borgman of F8 Photographers:

Also check out:Christopher Borgman’s Official Site