As part of his Friday project to “create something witty or pretty for a Friday”, British artist and designer Stephen Wildish created minimalistic and nostalgic movie trivia quizzes.
2) To Celebrate The New Year, Saatchi & Saatchi Sends A Creative Brief To Clients
To celebrate the new year with its tongue in cheek, advertising agency IAL Saatchi & Saatchi, Pakistan, sent a creative brief to all its clients asking them to design a greeting card for the agency.
3) Iconic Photographs With Their Subjects Removed
Visual artist Pavel Maria Smejkal created a series of images that feature iconic photographs with their subjects digitally-removed from them.
4) App Identifies The Font Of Any Site For You
Fount is a bookmark-enabled app that helps you find the fonts of web pages easily. Fount will tell you the font size, weight, and style of the typeface you wish to find out.
5) Steve Jobs Action Figure Is Super Realistic
Toy company in icons has created a highly-detailed Steve Jobs action figure, dedicated to the “Genius, Great Inventor and Visionary”, as its description says.
6) Batman Characters In The Style of Dr Seuss
Australia-based illustrator and DeviantArt user DrFaustusAU created a series of Dr Seuss-inspired Batman character vignettes.
7) Photography Tip: Use A Marble To Find Good Available Light
Photo.net user Steve 21 has a trick 'in his hands' for finding good available light—using just a black marble.
8) Artist Creates Retro Superhero Pin-Ups
New York-based artist Maria Danalakis created retro pin-up posters, inspired by female DC comic characters.
9) A Quick Look at Logo Redesigns in 2011
In the spirit of the new year, What's Outt has put together a collection of notable logos that went under the knife in 2011. Some memorable redesigns include the logos of Starbucks, Google Chrome, and NBC Universal.
10) Personality Traits Freelancers Should Demonstrate
Without question, maintaining a freelance career requires a specific type of person and quality compared to traditional nine-to-five job at a steady location. For many, freelancing may not fit.
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