Guillaume Reymond is a Swiss artist (working at NotSoNoisy) responsible for a series of animation movies that bring back the retro look of vintage video games.
Some of you have probably seen Space Invaders, so if you were fun of it you can find the latest short movie at the Game Over Project.

Link to Pole Position: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywqu_8RIDvU

The software package has just launched, with several editions available, and thanks to some early leaks we had a sneak peak on pricing and packaging details:

Source: MacRumors

Source: Apple Insider

The editions scheme seems a bit confusing, as if Adobe is borrowing ideas from Vista. But be warned: if you want to be a designer these days, it will cost you at least of $999 USD.

Update: this morning (GMT 0) , there was a product special on Adobe homepage, and there will be a webcast of the launch event.

My favorite features (as a flash developer):

• Flash integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects
• Flash IDE now supports Actionscript 3, with improved debugger
• 3D compositing in Photoshop
• Improved vanishiog points in Photoshop, exportable to After Efffects

The big winner in CS3 seems to be Flash, although Photoshop has some impressive features on specialized areas.

I’ve read the book, but to find most of the content on Slideshare is really a sign of the times.

The Brand Gap is a essential reading for brand managers, designers and marketing professionals, where Martin Neumeier presents his unified theory of branding in a very compelling (and visual) way, bridging strategy and design perspectives.

If you don’t have the chance to buy the book, check the presentation.

Happy birthday, mr Miedinger and Helvetica.

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This year we celebrate the most universal typeface ever, created by Max Miedinger in 1957. Initially developed in an attempt to replace Akzidenz Grotesk, it became the typeface of choice for many companies, and is widely used by any graphic designer (altough some of them don’t seem to be very fun of it).

From packaging to the new iPhone, it was renamed Helvetica in 1961, and since then it has been copied extensively, most notably by Arial, a cheap ripoff on Windows.

I became aware of this event, through Helvetica, The film, a documentary screening next March (and a SXSW selection).

This movie will surely be one of inspirations for many designers, and a reference to the role of typography in our daily lives.

As i’m picking up my old drawing passion, i’ve found some brilliant people out there, sharing their love for illustration and drawing. The amount of dedication and work you see on some sites is amazing, and i’m not mentioning the major community sites like CGsociety or deviantart, but some smaller stars like Dani.

An illustrator working in the children’s market, besides her portfolio site, she has a blog with several inspiring videos on the art of drawing and illustration, available on YouTube, where we get to see a in-depth look into the magical world of an skilled artist.

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YouTube link for RSS readers

If you’re into illustration, after watching some of Dani’s knowledge, you might want to check these ones also:

• Illustration Class
• The works of Bobby Chiu or his YouTube channel.
• Riven Phoenix videos (learning how to draw the human figure)
• Itchy animation tutorials
• More tutorials by GFxartist
• Digital drawing at The Photoshop Experiment
• a Comics Workshop
• and if you think you’ve got the touch you can become an illustrator

Enough of information. Start drawing !

Wait, just one more: The Little Chimp Society.

Alberto Cerriteño has some great illustrations. And designs. And a short movie. And lots of talent.

Enough before i’ll die of envy.

For all the comic lovers and bloggers out there, a bit of fun:

© http://geeksinlove.free.fr/

In one more episode of shameless promotion i’m featuring the work of Carlos Quitério, a portuguese artist that just launched Fitacola.com (translated as tape glue), a site/blog with collages from him and his wife Graça.

His personal website is Kodap.com with great drawings, illustrations and other mixed media.

Being itself a former student from ESTGAD University, at Caldas da Rainha, he does regular collaborations with other portuguese artists (such as Adriana de Barros or MusaCollective), altough his work has a worlwide reach.

Link to Forget the film, watch the titles

As my friend Claudio just said,

“sometimes a title sequence is able to capture the essence of whole film, and is in itself a short movie”.

This great resource features the work of great animators and motion designers. Maybe if the big studios weren’t so righteous about their copyrights we could watch the works of historics such as Kyle Cooper or Saul Bass.

Source: Motiongrapher