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Monday, May 30, 2005

The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art

CCC mouse animationBack in the mid-1990’s my buddies at Computer Curriculum Corporation (an educational software company bought out by Pearson Education a few years back) and I used to draw images in this isometric style back in the early to mid 1990’s using programs like Studio 8 on the Mac. So as an old school “pixel pusher” it was great to see this article along with corresponding web sites like eBoy that celebrate and maintain this uniquely digital art form.

Read the tutorial here… (courtesy of Drawn)

Filed under Illustration, Interactive Design

Friday, May 27, 2005

Link: Essential Bookmarks for web-designers and webdevelopers

Tons of relevant links for anyone who designs and develops web sites. CSS links galore, links to royalty-free images, font and color information, scripting using AJAX and much more. Plan to stay awhile if you visit…

Find out more here… (courtesy of whatdoIknow.org )

Filed under Interactive Design

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

A New Magazine for Illustrators

Magazine coverIt’s been a crazy, busy month but I had to stop work long enough to write about this exciting new magazine for illustrators and fans of contemporary illustration.

I just received my copy of ILLUSTRATION’05 - The Journal of Contemporary Illustration. This magazine is loaded with articles and double page spreads of art from today’s top illustrators. This premiere issue has articles and images from Peter de Séve, Marc Gabbana, Joe DeVito and Joseph Csatari. Future issues will feature C.F. Payne, Henk Dawson and many others.

Like its predecessor, “Illustration” - which features work and articles of illustrators from our past - ILLUSTRATION’05 will hopefully appear in newsstands soon. It comes out quarterly and if it doesn’t appear in newsstands, a yearly subscription costs $36.00 (which I immediately purchased when I heard about the magazine).

Order your copy of ILLUSTRATION’05 here.

Filed under Illustration

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Graphics.com: FontLab Licenses Fontographer from Macromedia

I’d stopped using Fontographer many years ago though Macromedia kept it around longer than most other software companies. It’s good to know it has a new lease on life with it’s licensing by FontLabs, a well-respected font software company.

Find out more here… (courtesy of Graphics.com)

Filed under Apple News, Quick Links