Print & Web Design for Artists of all sorts.
19 December 2010
Seeing and hearing the thoughts of others can bring your work to a higher level faster than anything else. As you allow yourself to listen and to engage the thoughts of another, you open yourself to your greatest potential.
1 December 2010
Frank Young, a teacher at the School of Visual Arts, challenges all of his students to join what he calls the 100 Club. "All one has to do" is make 100 posters in a week, each derived from a single theme, for a solitary project. Inspired by his challenge, I've done 100 logo thumbnails and taken notes during the process.
15 November 2010
Ronnie had lots of ideas. Since the day he first uttered a word, it seemed his mind was onto something - something more, something new, the next big thing. But a brilliant idea is nothing without the swift movement of action.
8 November 2010
Creativity is the artist's mistress: a thing to be loved, yearned for, and constantly stir inner debate as to whether or not she will show her beautiful face once more.
15 October 2010
There are always two ways of looking at things. The fullness of our experience exists in our perspective. As we alter the way we look at the world and the way we look at the discouragements (bumps in the roads, roadblocks, mistakes, and failings) they become family and a catalyst towards our success and our greatest ideas.
1 October 2010
You've heard of Glaser, Sagmeister, and Carson, but have you heard of Phelps? Michael Phelps is arguably the best swimmer on Earth. He's probably the nearest a human has come to experiencing life as a fish. How is it possible that he can destroy the competition so completely, so definitely, that his success almost becomes guaranteed?
15 September 2010
We as artists and designers are bestowed with the responsibility to direct our audience to what is most important. We can make their viewing experience more enjoyable by guiding them through the image using a hierarchy of visual cues. The Singing Yellow Elephant knows the way.
1 September 2010
Children are synonymous with creativity. For those of us that create for a living it becomes a lifelong challenge to retain the spark of curiosity that children overflow with. Visual artists can reignite it by exploring artistic expression through music and other forms of art.
15 August 2010
Simple design often results in beautiful design. An effective blending of character and elegance delivered with simplicity is an art most designers strive to master, but sterility is an unfortunate side effect of shooting for such an aesthetic.
15 August 2010
I fancy effortlessness. For quite some time now I’ve explored the many tributaries of effortless experience. Is it laziness? Is it greatness? Perhaps it's a little bit of both.
Alegramus is more than just a wizard of fantasticness. He also named a journal after himself. Here, Wigolia’s own (Scott and Joe) share their thoughts on, yup you guessed it, art and design.
It covers everything from the way of effortlessness, to why we love typography, to the beauty of meaningful HTML.
