Archive for May, 2009

Boston Public Library (Great Resource)

I love the layers of colour in this poster for

If you’re looking for some inspiration, the Bostom Public Library has a fantastic Flickr account with lots of classic posters. They’re all licensed under Creative Commons and for available at a reasonable size (unlike many similar resources). I really love the style of these old travel posters. The colours they’ve used and the hand-painted texture [...]

MSN Live Messenger to Illustrator

MSN Live Messenger drawn-conversation in progress

If you’re anything like me, you can often communicate better visually with images, rather than text. When chatting on MSN with my trusty Wacom tablet, often half the conversation is in drawings, especially when the other person enjoys drawing as much as I do. The problem with these drawn-conversations is that it can be difficult [...]