Check this site out. It was pointed out to me by one of my 201 students.

After working as EMU Student Center Operations student graphic designer for what will be almost three years in April, it is about time for me to say “Good bye.” This means the department is in need of a replacement to start working the beginning of the 2010 Spring semester. The details are below:

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A few links extending the conversation of dimesnsional typography for the folks in Image Making II:

• Dimensional Typography: The Unbearable Flatness of Being. An article by Leslie Atzmon on the subject.
• A Flickr pool from an exhibition curated by myself and Jimmy Luu.
• The Playground. A collection of experimental typefaces presented by Rick Valicenti. Worth a look at is Rick Valicenti’s Incest and Letters to Ed (featured in the exhibition mentioned above). Also worth a look is Blue by Michele Bowers.
• Some type by Karina Peterson. More here.
• Action Types by Marcus Shaefer
• Image above by Alida Sayer

That is all for now. More to come later.

Holy cow…thank you for professor Maniotes for showing me this.
Craft craft craft craft CRAFT!

Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.

In addition to the turkey (or tofurkey), mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, rolls, green beans, sweet potato casseroles, cranberries, and pumpkin pie here are several coma-inducing links for you to feast on.

Want to learn Cinema 4D, like I do, here are 99 tutorials.

Information is beautiful.

Nice abstract animation: PRESS +.

The work of Dutch designer Paul Schuitema.

Great cut paper art by Ana Bidart.

Stop-motion video of making a 35 hand-sewn letterpressed books.

The Indie Rock Coloring Book.

A great collection of ham radio cards.

Fun whimsical and well done design work by Jess Atikinson.

Lucha Libre posters.

The Society of Design.

Interesting typographic sculptural work by artist Jack Pierson.

Ilovehotdogs is a blog that curates film stills from classic cult films.

Olympic Spirit is a great animation for the olympics.

WIP (work in progress) is a blog that showcases the development of comics from sketch to final.

Images of the exhibition Lubalin Now.

Vintage travel posters.

Cut out maps.

The typography of Mihail Mihaylov.

Lighting books.

Beautiful sponsor reel.

One of my favorite comic artists, Tom Gauld, has a new website. Oh and from his flickr page is this great cartoon about designer/artist Eric Gill. And in case you don’t know why this is funny, read about Eric Gill on wikipedia.

Old-timey Dutch book covers.

Nice stop-motion piece by Hunter Gatherer for Fuel.

For you to go stompin’ in… Obama Airforce One’s.

Amazing student film from Gobelins.

Marvel zombies: a series of reanimated 80s cartoons.

Fax Machine of Death.

Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks.

40 Typographic Videos.

As One.

ADC Young Guns 7 winners.

Cellar Roots is an award-winning magazine of student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art in all mediums. They are looking for graphic designers to help with this school year’s book! It will be an awesome portfolio opportunity and a nice way to make some extra bit of cash. Contact Cellar Roots’ Editor-in-Chief Bill Barr for more information at cellarroots.editor@gmail.com.

You can also check out the Cellar Roots website at http://www.emich.edu/cellarroots/.

What’s not to love about old horror movies? Even better, what’s not to love about old horror movie posters?? Download these color palettes and make your own horror movie poster:

a guy i work with passed this on to me and now i to you: