State of Design Festival (Melbourne) - Victoria's Design Festival
16 - 18 July 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Australian Graphic Design Association & Design Festival (Melbourne)
AGDA - includes jobs, classifieds and other forms of support for graphic designers in Australia.
New websites for concept, digital and design
Concept Art: Download videos and take tutorials in concept art!
www.conceptart.orgCG Talk: Society of Digital Artists
Deviant Art: Lowbrow arts community - worldwide
Paper Bag competition (Shepard Faery) 'Bag Design by Studio Number'
The TED696 Project is a collaboration between artists and Tooheys Extra Dry to launch the new 696mL longneck. Studio Number One/Shepard Fairey, Luca and DMOTE have each been commissioned to design a limited edition brown paper bag.
GET INVOVED
Check out the work showcased online. For the first time you also have the opportunity to use longneck bags as a design canvas Your work will be judged by leading international designers, and could go on to be prized, published, exhibited and reproduced. Visit the website for more details and get busy.
Entries close the 1st of June 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Here we go - starting with illustrators!!!
CLICK on any of the images to enlarge or click on the name of the artist for more information.
Left: http://fatpunkstudio.com/
Below: Keith Thompson
Below: Example of medical illustration
Below: Richard Dadd
Below: Alphonse Mucha
Monday, May 12, 2008
Useful websites for students - from class
Harvard Referencing - should you lose your Harvard Referencing handouts, go to the library website for more information:
Wooster Collective – street and lowbrow art http://www.woostercollective.com/index.php
Hi Fructose – amazing paintings, lowbrow art and illustration-style art updated regularly to coincide with their magazine http://hifructose.livejournal.com/
Monster Brains – a weird blog full of monsters ancient and new, medieval to modern in prints and scribes. Good inspiration for illustrators and a personal favourite! http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/
The Comics Journal – NOTE: please use discretion with this website – some of the images may be barred from student use, according to their blog, so please be wary using this site. http://www.tcj.com/
Art Dorks – many of the Pop Surrealist artists that were on here have now migrated onto MySpace, however Brendan Danielsson’s site is well worth a look for the graphic-style artist http://artdorks.com/index.php
Frieze – with a podcast and archives of previous publications from their magazine http://www.frieze.com/magazine/
Definitions of professional and hobbyist artists:
Australian Copyright Council:
Rocky Road Rena - Rena will be coming into class to speak to you soon! Do some research and look her up:
Arts Hub - for arts jobs and other opportunities
National Association for the Visual Arts - a.k.a NAVA (Australia)
Illustrators Australia - register online
Aquent - jobs for illustrators in the advertising industry
Here are the websites that were handed out earlier in the semester:
Wooster Collective – street and lowbrow art http://www.woostercollective.com/index.php
Hi Fructose – amazing paintings, lowbrow art and illustration-style art updated regularly to coincide with their magazine http://hifructose.livejournal.com/
Monster Brains – a weird blog full of monsters ancient and new, medieval to modern in prints and scribes. Good inspiration for illustrators and a personal favourite! http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/
The Comics Journal – NOTE: please use discretion with this website – some of the images may be barred from student use, according to their blog, so please be wary using this site. http://www.tcj.com/
Art Dorks – many of the Pop Surrealist artists that were on here have now migrated onto MySpace, however Brendan Danielsson’s site is well worth a look for the graphic-style artist http://artdorks.com/index.php
Frieze – with a podcast and archives of previous publications from their magazine http://www.frieze.com/magazine/
Arts Law Australia – the most up to date information for artists, including copyright, classification and censorship, trademarks, contracts, etc. Free advice for artists in a pickle. http://www.artslaw.com.au/
Artchive – biographical information on hundreds of artists and eras ranging from the Renaissance to modern eras with theory and criticisms on individual works. http://www.artchive.com/
Timeline of Art History – The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art – one of the best art history websites ever published on the internet – from BC to AD http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Arts Journal – Daily Art News http://www.artsjournal.com/
Drawn – Drawn! “is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw. Visit us daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.” http://drawn.ca/
Flight Comics http://www.flightcomics.com/
Start Drawing – Asian drawing collective – billions of artists! http://www.startdrawing.org/
We make money not art – HEAPS on the contemporary global art scene, including
sound art and more: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
Artchive – biographical information on hundreds of artists and eras ranging from the Renaissance to modern eras with theory and criticisms on individual works. http://www.artchive.com/
Timeline of Art History – The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art – one of the best art history websites ever published on the internet – from BC to AD http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Arts Journal – Daily Art News http://www.artsjournal.com/
Drawn – Drawn! “is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw. Visit us daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.” http://drawn.ca/
Flight Comics http://www.flightcomics.com/
Start Drawing – Asian drawing collective – billions of artists! http://www.startdrawing.org/
We make money not art – HEAPS on the contemporary global art scene, including
sound art and more: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
Monday, May 5, 2008
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