The good thing about those pathetic art scammers has been that their story never changes. They're moving from place A to place B, they need some of your wonderful art to hang in their new home, and for some strange reason the stupid woman is always pregnant (God help the world if these people do actually breed).Well, the idiots are evolving now and are […]
Probably the best exhibition I have seen in Australia (coming from a fan of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne). Masterpieces from Paris has 9 Paul Gauguins, 7 Van Goghs and 8 Cezannes. So it's more than one or two good paintings thrown in with a bunch of weaker paintings like the usual "blockbuster" exhibition. The Van Goghs alone are worth ma […]
Since discovering the iPod I now rarely listen to whole albums while I paint as I just create play lists to suit my mood. But some albums just play well all the way through so I still use them in the studio.Here's Ten albums that have kept me company during the completion of a painting or two..Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and HateAnything by Leonard is […]
Here's some quotes by fellow Australian artist Leith O'Malley, from an interview here at Art and Art Ed."Remember there are not better artists, just better publicists!"Leith O'Malley"When I am creating art... I have a real sense of excitement and even enlightenment. Just me and the work. It’s still there when a painting is compl […]
We’ve been busy behind the scenes at Designussion getting ready for the launch of our new marketplace. I’m sure most of you regularly build websites, design themes or have a service to offer. You can list all of these in our marketplace for a small fee (to keep away scammers) with no commission to pay. [...] Related posts:10 Color Tools For Web Designers […]
As it’s a Sunday I thought I’d keep today’s post fun. I found most of these browsing around the net – comments welcome with anything I may have missed! You know you’re addicted to web design when… You check the source code of websites you like, and refuse to bookmark sites that use tabled layouts. You refer to [...] Related posts:30 Design Related Twitter […]
Building your reputation online as a designer Many of you use Twitter on a daily basis to communicate with friends and family and to keep up with the latest news. I’ve been using Twitter since the start of Designussion and it has been pivotal to its success and growth. I have a strong following on Twitter [...] Related posts:Designussion launches marketpla […]
Typography is always a fascinating aspect of design and some designers are better at it than others. Each and every designer has had to develop and learn their own techniques to be able to produce some of the great typography art work they do. Luckily enough, the design community is active and many designers are nice enough to provide [...] Related posts:1 […]
The web, computers and mobile phones would be nothing without the humble icon. We use icons to navigate our way around computers and the internet and, on the whole, would be absolutely lost without them. You’ll be amazed by how many icons are firmly lodged in your brain: when presented with a Search, Mail or [...] Related posts:13 Amazing Vector Cartoon Tu […]
Today at Designussion we are giving a little something back to the community. We have been fortunate enough to have been contacted by the guys over at ManageMe who have been kind enough to give away three paid subscriptions of Plutus 6(priced at $12) for free to the winners of the giveaway. Designussion also has 23 [...] Related posts:Wordpress Theme Give […]
With the vast majority of design blogs within the blogging community its hard to keep up with who is saying what. Using twitter along side your favorite RSS reader is a great way to find out about new articles that design blogs are writing up. As a designer, these are some of the design blogs [...] Related posts:Design Blogs You Should Follow As An Aspirin […]