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sketch to Ps

Nicolas Alexander — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:48:14 +0000

need to do 3-4 mockups…1 done.

New open GL sliding canvas in Photoshop CS4 is so fuckin’ annoying.

Sketchin’

Nicolas Alexander — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:15:12 +0000

Spent all night sketchin for a future project…Starting to get used to working with a tablet…finally

Back in Black t-shirt exhibit

Nicolas Alexander — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:08:25 +0000

Back in Black is a t-shirt exhibit put together by Hydro 74 and Pale Horse Design to promote….oh well they explain it better than I would:

“The purpose of this show is to highlight the artwork of the uncelebrated designers whose art you’ve probably been collecting in your closet for years, as well as to establish the t-shirt as a new medium for fine art.”

check out the shirts and the artists here:

and by the way, the event is sponsored by “design by humans” which you should really check out and if you are a designer, should sign up, post t-shirt designs and get the chance to earn some greens.

No Flashy effects here. Lines are the real deal.

Nicolas Alexander — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:26:29 +0000

I thought i’d check in today because I am going to be pretty busy in the next couple of days plus I haven’t posted any work in a while. So…It appears that I am spending most of my time these days doing typographic artwork, corporate logos and broadcast show Identity rather than motion graphics… which should lead to a major Behance profile update soon..I promise.

I’m also working on a series of Type artwork for the folks over at Defeat the Monkey and this one is a work in progress I hope to finish before the weekend. I rarely do all vector artwork but since this is going to be printed on t-shirt I thought it would be better to keep it all lines and flat colors. They provided me a list of words I need to illustrate and hopefully it will make a really cool Typographic collection.

For this one I was looking for a fat but tall typeface to keep the composition as narrow as possible since I had lots of letters . IMPACT was too short and HAETTENSCHWEILER was a little too squar-y in some places so I started playing around with FIGHT THIS, the “fight club” typeface and after a lot of tweaking…to the point that it doesnt look like the FIGHT THIS at all anymore , I was finally happy with the proportions. It’s almost done but I want to give the letters a slight stone/eroded feel. I didn’t do any coloring yet but quite frankly I think I like this almost “comic book” black & white look. I dont want to ruin the tension and movement happening. what do you think?

So lots of work coming up, this should allow me to do updates here and there: A portfolio/behance update with all those defeat the monkey artworks. 2 identity exploration and final logos for new shows on Much & MuchMoreMusic. Title sequence for short film Ste-Marguerite. Inside regard 2009 is also coming up, this should be fun.

Tunes: I am somebody

Nicolas Alexander — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:51:07 +0000

Thought this was from Chromeo but just realized it’s actually from DJ Mehdi FEATURING Dave1 from chromeo. Same difference… Sucks that the itunes store is fucked up and “I am somebody” is actually mistaken with SebatiAn’s “Head Off”.Weird.

So yeah, I’ve been listening to this today and made that thing from another artwork i had already:

Ed Bangers Vol 2. yeAh!

Nicolas Alexander — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:26:30 +0000

Cool D.A.N.C.E. inspired mograph from Ed bangers. Also reminds me of BNS’ zune stack. The execution on both is nothing new or spectacular, although the BNS one is a lot more polished and looks like it costed a lot (doesn’t necessarily make it better ), what I really like about both is the quality of the actual album artwork. BNS’ artworks are all made up by BNS designers, ED bangers are actual album artwork from their EB french artists, which are usually pretty cool.

[edit: I knew that SO ME created a couple of those albums but apparently he did them all..cool look here (scroll down)

btw Ed banger records is a french record label and this is a promo for a mix that came out in 2007.

Respect!: Craig Ward

Nicolas Alexander — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:08:31 +0000

Latest addition to my “Respect!” section is “Pictures are Words”. personal website of Craig Ward. I have seen his stuff featured several times on behance but just discovered his design website. He his a Typographer/Designer working for Chi & Partners in London but also do commission work on the side. Check out his impressive collection of typographic work when you have a minute.

Some Type Of Wonderful

Nicolas Alexander — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:52:25 +0000

LifeLounge & Luke Lucas Recently launched their “Some Type Of Wonderful” store recently. If you like typography, check out both SToW and Luke’s blog.

Design mindfuck

Nicolas Alexander — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:09:27 +0000

I want :)

via Fubiz

Tunes: Psychobilly for Halloween!

Nicolas Alexander — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:09:32 +0000

Trouble - Gutter Demons

Cool track, perfect for your halloween soundtrack from the Gutter Demons!, A psychobilly band from Montreal. I chose this track because it’s short and the ending is awesome but make sure to listen to “Playgroung Horror peepshow” from the same album “Enter the Demons”. Their live shows are really unforgettable with amazing outfits, rockabilly dancers and most importantly awesome haircuts. So if your looking for trouble for halloween….

click on “tunes” in the flash header and listen to the gutter demons
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