Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
Where to turn when designing from nothing? How about “cool”?
I almost quit the idea of starting my own clothing line altogether when I first started out because I literally didn’t know what to design. What could I put on my t-shirts? No one likes a shirt with just a logo on it–unless you’re Nike. I didn’t like semi-offensive parody shirts. I couldn’t use band names. I couldn’t afford any sort of licensing to use comic book superheroes. Essentially I was left with NOTHING.
1984 T-Shirt inspired by Big Brother
The newest member of the Assault team, John Staniforth took on the challenge to bring this entire deisgn to life, and this is the final product which I’m proud to say is some of our best work yet.
Tutorials, Resources, Music, & Downloads – Best of AssaultBLOG
Rather than do what most design blogs do in creating a list of resources, I’ve created a list of our best posts that some of our newer visitors may have missed. Here you’ll find our best SEO tips, Photoshop Tutorials, MySpace Themes, Wordpress Themes, and even some lists of tips for bands and startup t-shirt companies.
Back in Black T-Shirt Show
Josh Smith, the designer behind one of my most favorite websites, Hydro74 had his first event called, “Back in Black” and shot some footage at the show. If you haven’t seen it yet check it out below, but definitely check out his design portfolio.
Alternative ways to find motivation and inspiration
It’s hard to come home at the end of a normal 8 hour work day only to have to sit back down at your computer and start plugging away at more design work, or more development work like I do every day. Here’s a list of non-conventional ways I go about finding motivation and/or the inspiration to do more work.
Making of the Obama Logo Video
A pretty cool summary as to how Mode Chicago came up with the concept for the Obama 08 Campaign
Paramore – Hayley Williams sings Misery Business on Acoustic [Video]
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Hayley Williams from Paramore belts out Misery Business on the acoustic guitar.
