The Joy Of Destruction Video
Directed by Xaver Xylophon “Joy Of Destruction” is stop motion short film That is both funny and disturbing.. Loving the style and the music.
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Tetris Link: real life Tetris game!
Looptaggr Drive by Graffiti
Pretty cool project by Looptaggrs Ariel Schlesinger & Aram Bartholl. Drive by stencils now as easy as spitting your gum out your car window
Grab your can and hit up a wall today ;-)
Humpday Design No No: The Dropshadow, and why it looks like crap.
People, this is the year 2010 (almost 2011) why are you still using the default setting for your dropshadows.. better question why are using dropshadows? Just because you use a dropshadow does not mean it’s a better design, or it make your image/picture “POP” more. Design is just as much about taking away as it is adding.
By using the default settings for a dropshadow you are doing 2 things:
- Dating your design back to 1997
- Making yourself look like you have no clue what you are doing.
Myths about the dropshadow:
It’s going to give my image more depth: Have you ever seen an image floating on top of a table with a 120º dark shadow floating to the right of it.. even when you have 6 light sources?
It makes my text Crisp: Or it causes distraction. If you know what you are doing you should be able to place your text in a location on an image to keep it crisp.
In Other words.. Dropshadows are a great way of saying “I have Photoshop, and no clue about what I’m doing”
Please do not take offense to this post if you are one of these people, although I stated my views I still believe dropshadows do have a place in design when used correctly.
