HOW I LOVE DOODLERS!

A fantastic collection of amazing doodlers I stumbled upon on flickr. Loads of different styles and much food for thought! Flickr rocks what a fantastic resource, thanks guys.

http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/doodle,illustration

Call yourself a designer?

Cool little web game to sharpen your font mastering skills.

http://www.deep.co.uk/games/font_game/

TADO TADO TADO I LOVE YOU!

Oh my words, Tado Tado Tado.

Continuing with the Sheffield theme I have chosen Tado for todays post. I checked their website out today for the first time in a few months and WOW they’ve been busy!!!!! I dont know how they do it, they are only a two man team, yet they seem to be able to find and produce amazing work for top class clients.

Last year I had the opportunity of seeing them speak at an Adobe conference in Islington London. I couldnt get over how down to earth and humble they were.

THANKYOU TADO WE LOVE YOU!

tado.co.uk

DedAss

DED Associates or DED ASS as they now go by, was founded by Jon and Nik Daughtry in 1991 in Sheffield England. Ded Ass are famous for super clean, contemporary design and illustration.

When I was first starting out it was companies like DED ASS which really inspired me. I love their vector illustration style and layout, one day I will be that good!

Its funny because when I graduated from uni years ago I hand delivered a bound book containing one of my uni projects. Inside the book I wrote a letter asking them to give me a chance in their studio! Unfortunately they didn’t get back to me, gutted! But oh well! They are still my heroes!

Check out their site:

dedass.com

Ps their site is a little tricky, stick with it, theres some great stuff on there!

Guilherme Marconi

Guilherme Marconi is an illustrator based in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. If you like beautiful vector patterns this guys is the main man to check out. His work has caught my eye for a couple of years now, I especially love the work he produced for Absolut Vodka and Voda Phone.

Check out: www.brain.marconi.nu/index2.html , and www.marconi.nu/old/

SO SORRY FROM GIANTBOY!

Hi there guys! Again I am so so so sorry for not updating this blog. Im back though now and things will pick up! Many apologies to everyone for my slackness.

Geneviève Gauckler

Geneviève Gauckler is a Paris based illustrating legend! I have loved her work for many years now. In many ways it was Geneviève’s cute little characters which gave me the inspiration to pick up a pen and get ilustrating characters myself. She has a simple and exciting style which commonly mixes vector illustration and photography. I LURVE IT! The best way to check her work out is by visiting: www.g2works.com

SORRY GUYS!

Hi there guys, a massive sorry for not updating my blog for weeks! Been soooooooo busy with work lately! Im back in the room though, so everything should be back up and running soon!

Love Giantboy! :)

Karen Kurycki

Karen Kurycki, an Illustrator from Jacksonville, Florida. I love the way she uses water colours in a really graphic, iconic destressed vector way! Hope that makes sense! Im tired, some great stuff: http://www.behance.net/cmykaren/frame

Tamerkosel

Some cool boards from Tamerkoseli. Some interesting illustration and product design too, here you go: http://www.tamerkoseli.com/cboards.html