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I am a very big fan of the original Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel (screenshots above). And I was pleased to see this trailer for the second installment in the series. If you have played through the games, you already know the story, but it’s great to see them played out in such an interesting way. I love the mix of static and animated and the Ashley Wood illustrations never disappoint.
Cvy Design is a designer in Portland with a nice portfolio – I love her “Down with Carbon” campaign, complete with an inflatable postcard, as well as her innovative self-promotional flyer – it’s nice to see someone incorporate the pull tabs into the design, for once. You can see more of Cari’s work on her Flickr site, and read about her networking exploits on “A Shameless Blog”.
Today, 12/5, is Repeal Day and Dewar’s put up a very cool Stay Wet Website that plays on vintage election advertisements. Worth checking out.
Yang Liu is a Chinese-born, German-raised graphic designer. She translated the nuances of her cultural identities into a fantastic project called Ost trifft West (East Meets West), which is a humorous and iconographic look at the differences between German and Chinese cultures. (Above, clockwise from top left: differences in perceptions of time, the status of the boss in the work place, superstitious beliefs, and behavior at parties). I posted an interview with Yang over at Notcot.com and hope you will go and check it and the many photos of Yang’s work out!
Biaugust is a design office in Taipei, Taiwan. I love their 108 Time Box, which is a nine-year calendar that is meant to read as one continuous sheet. As each month is unrolled, you are left with a receipt of time. All 108 months are treated in a unique typographic format. And I just liked the graphics on the mugs.
Via pan-dan.
We posted about Duncan Wilson’s Pixel Notes before, and while checking out his website today, I came across the awesome Knives T-shirt. I love the continuation of the graphic on the back of the shirt, and the way he uses shadow to add to the image. Check out Duncan’s website for more great work.
My friend Alice sent me this link ages ago. Tatiana Arocha is a versatile artist with work ranging from print, motion graphics to illustration. My favorites are her illustrative work. I love the textured, Japanese-inspired graphics. You can find Tatiana in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she is involved in the arts community, Servicio Ejecutivo.
Sasha from Beautiful/Decay emailed us about their artist series apparel line, where they collaborate with established and emerging artists to create t-shirts. A few of the shirts I liked (left to right): “Girls Girls Girls” by Milano Chow (not actually from this line of shirts, but I liked it and there aren’t any girls’ tees in the artist series, yet), “Heavy Drummer” by Saiman Chow, and Jan Kallwejt’s “Lung Music”.
Bold and gorgeous graphics from London-based Grace & Go. I love the animal print towels (they have some great baby onesies with a similar graphic).
Melissa Moss sent us a link to her illustrative work a while back. Her work is very imaginative – I love the creepy trees silhouettes and all the little creatures.
