First Vexel-Manipulation Collaboration

Hello guys, I would like to share to you our first Vexel - Photo Manipulation Collaboration. Benson Liester and Me (Joshua) decided to make our very first and unique art collaboration. Since I specialized on manipulation and Benson has a good hand making some vexel artwork, we actually made a pretty good outcome.

To those who don't know, Vexel is a pixel version of vector based graphics. Meaning, an artist does a vector like artwork using pixel softwares like Photoshop.  Vexeling takes time like vectoring but you see a very good outcome. It needs a lot of time and practice to have a good master piece. Vexeling is a very popular technique to people who loves working on Photoshop rather than Illustrator.

Anyways, here's the real thing, I am posting here our first Vexel-Manip Collaboration to show you the outcome and also, to help us win a contest on facebook. I know you guys will help us with this. If you love our art, please like the artwork. Thank you so much!

Please like this page first:
http://www.facebook.com/antonitudisco

then THE MOST IMPORTANT, like this:
Our Art Collab

Thank you so much guys!

14 Awesome and Funny Advertisements from the Web

Hello guys!!How are you all!I'm very glad to be back on this blog to add some new and interesting stuff but first, I would like to tell you guys that I offer freelance design services. Anyone who wants to have a cool and interesting edited image or artwork or website, just email me. Also, I now accept Facebook Fan Page designs. If anyone is interested, I would be glad to work with you guys...

Okay back to this designs. This images are collected from the web and they look not only stunning and funny, but also effective types of advertisement. Always remember that advertisements are exaggerated but very effective. This companies really invest more on top designers to get quality work matched with creativity.


Again, I don't which here are Photoshopped but overall, these are great pictures. Take a look at it and enjoy.

5 Inspiring Visual Effects (VFX) Videos and Documentary from the web

A good visual effects combined with a great written story is all what it takes to have a stunning film in the 20th century. VFX are used most on science fictions, war films, action, horror, 3d animation, and adventure films. Well, maybe lets say almost every film uses VFX nowadays. What we do not know is that, every VFX inside a film takes a hard work and months to make. It takes a very hard process. From making the storyboards to rendering, they make everything to make it look perfect.

I have collected some cool video talks from different large VFX companies around the web and I must say, this must be watched by you guys to learn more about how they make an awesome visual effects on films.

1)Greg Butler, VFX Supervisor

Greg Butler is a VFX supervisor of Moving Picture Company in London. Greg tells us his primary focus as a VFX supervisor is the client's relationship with the film makers in projects. He holds a team of artists, technicians and production staff. He works with producer and a small production team that can grow to at least 400 to 500 for big projects. He tells us that the challenge of a VFX supervisor is to keep the crew flexible enough and experienced enough that can make any changes with falling backward. One part of their goal is never deliver any late or lower quality expected from them. Greg discusses further more on the video including: the shots, Visual Effects, Skills and Expertise, and more.

To those who don't know, Greg was once part of Weta Digital's Creature Department and been part of supervising sequences on all of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  He has a good background in film, television and theater design. His approach in visual effects includes emphasis on blending traditional rules of older crafts with emerging digital technologies.

15 Awesome and Funny Advertisements from the Web

Here are today's collection of funny advertisements around the web. It may be edited or not but still they are very cool and crowd drawer. Photoshop experts and observers out there, what can you say about this styles? I will post different kinds of pictures here to inspire you on your journey to reach higher level of creativity. I hope you like it!


1) Take your vitamins ad
 
 This ad is very cool and also catchy. Kids playing cricket and the crashing plane added strength to the advertisement. In the poster, it portrays how strong the kids were as they were able to hit the plane. LOL! overall, very good ad!

2) Nokia Hand Boxing Ring ad



Nokia portayed entertainment on their phones by using the those rubberbands stretching by those hands. You see how hands and entertainment matched up? It's nice as hands are used for phones and ruberbands with red and blue color signifies sports and entertainment. This is nice and at the same time a good ad for a phone company like nokia.


3) Old timer all you can eat rest stop ad

Catchy ad for travellers! This ad will make you more hungry. Straight to the point ad. The text above says it all combined with the image of a woman with open mouth exactly on placed on a tunnel. Very creative. 

10 Funny Photo Collection Around the Web : 06-09-11

 Hello guys, here are some collection of funny photos I got around the web while searching. Most of this are not Photoshopped but some are edited, so enjoy and have fun looking at them.

1. Huge Soccer Ball

Huge soccer ball fell on a car. This maybe is a huge nike shop icon at the top of the building that fell. People should be thankful that no one was hurt during the scene. 

















2. Basket Human

This maybe is a show and not an accident because the woman is smiling. Not so Photoshopped ei!














3. Huge Converse

A big converse shoes displayed outside. This is maybe an advertisement stuff displayed beside the road for people to see. Converse, way to go! This is a cool idea!















4. Face Book

A real portrayal of facebook. haha! Good example of clean edited Photoshop technique or photo-manipulation. The editor must be a good graphic designer. I know you guys have seen this somewhere but anyways, enjoy it!














5. CocoRat

Rat inside a coconut!HAHA! have you ever wondered if you are the one opening it and when you're about to drink it, it has a big rat inside? haha..

If rats live inside a coconut, i would not drink coconut drinks at any time!haha.













6. Giant
This is made by one of famous realistic sculptor in the world. This is no giant. It's just a realistic figure put up inside a museum. Wonder if you found one of these outside the museum at night? If that was me, I will freak out!
















7. Slave

Another cool and simple Photoshopped image. Gulliver's travel in a woman's figure..haha. Over all, this is cute and awesome work for a graphic and photo-manipulator!



















8. Pierce

Now this one is real and funny! Who would want to have same piercing as this guy has?This is freakishly amazing. Well not for me!What was this guy thinking? Think of this,you have this pierce and you are eating something while talking to someone else. What would that person say?I think its gross!














9. Slide

Vegetable schredder on a slide?haha!that's not so cool. Kudos to those engineers who made this. It looks so real. Well on the picture it looks not good for the child sliding. But my guess is, it wont hurt him as it was just a design.


















10. Motorcycle

A cute tiny motorcycle..Is this working?lol.. It looks awesome.