http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:18:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en …you simply won’t get an inspiring logo design process or, in the end, an inspiring logo. Let me rewind. A couple of months ago, a husband and wife team came to us wanting to create a logo for their preschool. Their demographic was the modern parent—late 20s, early 30s, iPhone-toting, savvy. I ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/graphic-design/for-the-bargain-price-of-99%e2%80%a6/ As a designer, what do you do if what you’re creating for clients doesn’t excite you? I’m finding myself searching for clients who want to kick things up a notch, visually. This may sound harsh, but if you don’t want to do something exciting and attention-grabbing, then I don’t want ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/graphic-design/a-challenge-to-clients-let%e2%80%99s-go-somewhere-you%e2%80%99ve-never-gone-before/ How do you subtly change mood tone in your design without your viewer—or in our case our reader—knowing it? It can be a challenge. The treatment for “Mí Barrio” is much different than any other comic book we’ve worked on before. And creating a subconscious change in mood throughout the ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/comics/feelings-through-comic-art/ Author Robert Renteria has dark shifty eyes, black hair and dark features. He’s a little bit cool and quiet, and often wears a black suit. He grew up in poverty on the East side of LA and was involved in gangs, drugs, and violence throughout his adolescence. This may sound ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/comics/dark-shifty-eyes/ Finding the right creative individual to become the next cog in your talent machine is a really tough job. Sure it’s easy to flip through a designer’s portfolio or website to view their work. You may even love what you see from a particular artist or designer. But inevitably, you ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/comics/incredible-talent-communication-skillz-shane-clester/ I recently started reading the Logo, Font and Lettering Bible again. There are a lot of examples of logos, icons and typography in the book from the first half of the 20th century. That style particularly that of the 1950s drove me to a search for ads of that era. ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/inspiration/1950s-magazine-ads/ I received an email today from David Cohen that contained a link to one of the most incredible CG animated shorts that I have ever seen. Typically I don't go for CG due to it looking sort of stale or lacking in photorealistic qualities. But what I found in this ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/inspiration/a-full-cg-animated-piece-from-the-third-the-seventh/ I was recently contacted by Disney Family Fun magazine about using my snowflake illustrations in their December issue. What I didn't know was that they would use the illustrations as a design theme across 6 pages! When I received the sample copies in the mail last week, I was really ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/graphic-design/disney-family-fun-magazine/ Lately I've been attracted to abstract light brushes for Photoshop. When used in subtle ways they can add a lot of great effects to your designs. Typically these brushes are created by using a light source, typically a flash light, and a DSLR camera that will allow you to slow ... http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/freebies/strange-light-effects-a-high-res-photoshop-brush-set/ This week, I've decided to dedicate Inspiration Found to skateboard designs. There is a lot of great illustration and design work happening around this industry. I hope you find these samples as inspirational as I do. Enjoy! Related posts:Inspiration Found: Weekly Round Up #1 http://www.roundtablecompanies.com/design/inspiration/inspiration-found-2-skateboard-designs/