Sam Spratt

One of my favorite graphic designers is Sam Spratt. This guy has a seriously unique and awesome style. I like his use of warm and cool colors to create a melting effect with his designs. I am a total photoshop novice so watching his videos where he creates theses works of art it is really inspiring/intimidating. His art is becoming more well known and he is being commissioned by more and more clients because of his unique style, such as FX and Game Informer.   I hope that one day I can create great works of art like Sam.  Hope you enjoy his work as much as I do. Sam's work

ANASOMNIA

http://www.anasomnia.com/

I don't have to post this, but you should all check it out anyway. It's a very cool website, flash based I believe but the way this girl dreams is awesome.

-Holly Mandarich

I stumbled upon Clever Franke designs while simply searching for new concept and design ideas.  I found Clever Franke to be very diverse in that they design interactive designs on top of designs for campaign posters, data, etc.  They are not your average design company designing shirts and things of the norm, however, I believe this sets them apart from other design companies.  Their use of color and packaging catches the audience's eye and draws them into reading further into the work.  I thoroughly enjoy their website as well.  It is very clean and easy to navigate.  It is definitely the type of website I would want for my design company due to the fact that it is modern and original.  Up above is a sample of the home page of Clever Franke's website.  As you can see, it is colorful yet sleek and gives off a professional vibe. If you care to check them out, visit http://www.cleverfranke.com/cf/en/werk/work.php.  I highly recommend looking into them for inspiration.

Ten Paces and Draw

I found this really cool website: http://www.tenpacesanddraw.com/

 

Each week, the people that run the website sets a challenge for designers and illustrators to sketch and swap with others to make cool designs. So the whole website has designs from different people and sketches also.

 

And you can see all the different challenges that they had. One of the challenges that I like is Character Redesign because they had a Star Wars challenge and all the designs for it are awesome. Also when you design something for a challenge they put your information in like your website so if people like your stuff they get to know more about you. So if you're bored, you can contribute to the website and do one of the challenges!

Art to Designer

My favorite artist, Alex Pardee, has a great line of work. He has gone from a grungy artist, showing up occasionally on a t-shirt, and has moved into movie poster art. These works are a great way to show how he adapts his art into something that is parallel with the movie. Alex Pardee started out like the rest of us will: giving portfolios to businesses big and small. After being rejection he used the internet to spread his work anonymously. This allowed him to be picked up by a company to design for them. Starting out as a simple artist and when he put his work to the internet, his art exploded into something new. He has worked on album covers, magazines, and many others.

Marian Bantjes

Marian Bantjes is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer, who I’ve been interested in since my first semester. She started small as a book typesetter in 1983 and didn’t become well known for being a graphic designer until around 1994-2003.

The reason why I’m so interested in her is because of her style. Marian has an intricate design and she comes up with designs to do on abnormal creative surfaces that you would barely consider to do, such as etching her design on a gigantic mirror for a poster. 

My style seems to be on the simple side, however I want to try and experiment in more complex and intricate designs, since I am drawn to them, especially when they are done right. Which, if it's done by Marian, it usually is. So if you're looking for inspiration, or are attempting to try new things with your designs then I believe Marian would be a great place to look. Also remember, if you're feeling defeated about your future career path as a new graphic designer compared to all the big shots out there, it took Marian 10 years to get recognized, so you still got time to do your thing. 

Zines: Do It Yourself Publications

DIY and punk ethos has meant everything to me since discovering the whole world in high school. It’s liberating not waiting for anyone’s approval and figuring out how to do crap on your own or with your friends. Call me romantic, but projects coming from a genuine, organic place is something the world needs more of. One of these sorts of projects that is mutually related to graphic design are zines.

A zine (short for magazine) is a non-commercial, often self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images. They can cover any number of topics, to name a few, art, politics, music, sex, and social justice.

What I think is special about a zine is the value that is in craft and freedom of speech. Sure anyone could get on the internet and blog about whatever they could have put into a zine, but there is value in holding and reading a hand-made publication that an individual or group of people have put time and effort into that isn’t dictated by economics or some executive above them.

I’ve been making silly science fiction zines with my friends off and on since being a senior in high school. I’m not sure why the connection of making a purely graphic design zine hasn’t crossed my mind till now.

Taking what I’ve learned about book-making this school year, I’m excited to put together a sweet looking and assembled graphic design zines about different topics that I love. 

The World of Mad Men in 2013: Advertisements Then and Now

So I came across an article on Designer Daily that I found particularly interesting titled "The World of Mad Men in 2013." This article contained a series of pictures from different advertising agencies today, which were compared to advertisements in the 60's. Funny enough, most of the ads mash-up quite well and are eerily similar. It seems that not only is fashion and music coming full circle to older decades, but graphic design is as well! Here are the advertisements from the article:

IPhone App Design

I got a e-mail from LikedIn with articles related to design, and one of them that I thought was interesting was the 21 Beautiful iPhone App Websites. I thought it had great app examples and why their designs are successful. Most of the designs shown are simple and clean, which is really attractive to me. They also do a great job in simplifying information into icons and something fast to read and understand.
I thought this would be somewhat useful for Kirkby's class, since we are thinking about mobile first. It is also neat to see how such simple designs can be so successful and how color choice is such an important part of the design in these apps.

Designer Daily

Every once in a while when one of these projects I'm working on gets me nowhere and I have no idea what design looks best or what colors or fonts I want to use, I just go to google and punch in "New Graphic Design". I will usually scroll around for a bit through different websites where new designs are up loaded almost daily, but the one I often visit always is Design Daily News (http://www.designer-daily.com/). This is my place (and who ever else's place) to find inspiration, resources, and thoughts on design. It is maintained by a Swiss graphic and web designer named Mirko Humbert.The art work you will find posted on this site are amazing! This is a big part in my design process when I feel stuck on a problem that I come across. I highly recommend this site to those of you with the same problem or just to those who want to see the work of great designers in world.

Here are some examples of what you'll find.

Check it out!

Design Contracts-Resource #2

While browsing the recent articles of Smashing Magazine, I stumbled across this gem: The Collective Legal Guide for Designers (Contract Samples).  This article contains a list of project examples you may come across in your free lance work & examples of contracts specific to that type of work (web re-design, symbol set, graphic design project, etc.)  I think this is a great way to browse the contract that pertains to your needs in order to get a more specific & effective contract that works for you. Check it out & see what works for you!  Again, these are examples.  There is always room for modification.  Hope this is helpful.

Impressive Typography

Although not quite the same as our upcoming Type2 Project 3 of creating digital typography, I thought this article could be useful for some inspiration.  This article came from Smashing Magazine displaying examples of intricate typography all with the topic of nature for the subject matter.  Although these examples appear strictly or at least the majority created digitally, each image is still very interesting with its interesting way of visual displaying not only words, but creating those words out of powerful images to create a message.  I hope this is helpful in sparking some ideas for our next typography project! Although pretty simple, this is a great example of what we are doing for this project.

20 Motivating Design Quotes

While using Stumbleupon, a giant mash-up of everything cool, I found this great article called "20 Motivating Design Quotes for Graphic Designers."Though a lot of them apply to artists in general, it really made me rethink how I design or how I came to want to design. A few definitely caught my attention and stirred up more thoughts than they probably should have.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is staying an artist when you grow up." Since I could hold a pen, I have been drawing in every single Disney book I had, on every wall in my house, and on all the tables up until mid-teens when I began to enter contests for drawing and painting. I know a lot of people that said they wanted to be an "artist" when they grow up when we were asked in elementary school, yet I am one of two in my graduating class of 120 kids to go on to pursue an art degree in college. I think a lot of people get the creativity pushed out of them because they "need" to pursue a more "realistic" career. For me, I'm glad I was able to stick with what I love and enjoy every minute of it (except for when I'm an hour before a deadline and only halfway done).

"Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn't theirs." Let's be real, whenever we present work, all of us see at least one design and think, "Why didn't I think of that?" It's part of making what seems to be obvious strengthened by good design and concepts.

"Those who do not want to imitate anything produce nothing." We all derive inspiration from somewhere and I know sometimes it feels like everything has already been done, but I love this quote because it shows how you need to find inspiration from something to create the wireframe for a design. It could be shapes, colors, textures, or anything that you see and moves you to create something even better by being influenced.

You should definitely check out the other quotes, they could make you rethink an idea so simple and inspire your designs!

Create A Great Logo

Here's a "Logo Workflow Guide" to design a great logo. This definitely will help me once a final design is chosen–sort of like a check list. Hope it helps you out too.

Here's a link to the PDF

http://mos.computerarts.co.uk/pdf/CAP148_chart.pdf

http://mackenziechild.org/

If you like Infographics and some advertising this site is for you! I stumbled upon this gem a long time ago and have been coming back here for some inspiration ever since, an online portfolio by Mackenzie Child this makes me want to be a designer that much more. Give it a look

Design Contracts

I don't know about any of you but we are probably at the part of our school career where we have learned quite a bit of information to begin making a lot of personal/side projects that could be used for clients. I know some of the VC-370 courses have client work which is pretty much monitored by the VC Faculty and contract agreements that they created but what about our own stuff?

Looking up several resources for graphic designer contracts (and film related ones for myself), it is tough to sort out the differences and what's needed or not included in protecting you and your work. I found two sites, and combined them for my own contracts for film and graphic design. One, I cannot find the link but its on my dropbox here. And the other contract was from AIGA.

These were great resources for understanding everything that can go into a contract for small jobs to big jobs with various resources for each project (condensed terms, full terms, invoice, brief, past due, collection,  etc.). I combined the two copies and created my own contracts for clients that I have had, and have only used condensed terms and invoices so far.

You don't necessarily have to follow what I have done for the past year or so, but it may help you get your feet off the ground to sort some things out before you graduate if you take the freelance route, or while you are looking for some jobs while you wait.

Artwork for the Homeless

I read a really interesting article about the nonprofit Weingart Center that helps provide for homeless people in Los Angeles. They partnered with the creative agency, David &Goliath, to increase awareness of the need for donations in order to provide people with counseling, jobs and housing. These David & Goliath artists sketched outlines of typical bedrooms and furniture around homeless people on the streets to show that with donations these possibilities of providing people with homes could become a reality. I love this campaign and how it shows exactly what their goals are. They also made it extremely easy for people walking by to donate. Small signs explain how to donate simply by sending a text. It is so easy to pass by people on the streets and think maybe next time I will remember to bring some money/food/etc. to give to that person, but this campaign brings the problem front and center and presents a simple solution for donating. Seeing this has really changed my perspective on what can be changed and what is possible.

            John Stevens, a current student in the Set & Exhibit Design Bachelor of Science program at The Art Institute of California – Hollywood, played a key role in the campaign. In an interview he said, “We had several people who were walking down the street that stopped to look at each of the scenes and catch a different perspective on homelessness. Some of the individuals walking down the street even sent texts to donate money. It's an incredible feeling to be able to witness your own art making an impact.”

Check out the link to see some of the artwork.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaV6dnmHrwY

INTERACTIVE DESIGN: A small start to your future.

INTERACTIVE FUTURE

Have you ever wanted to design your own website or create a portfolio that will cause you to stand out from other designers?

 Interactive design comes in many forms from Apps on your computer and smartphone to websites. One of the easiest way to start your journey into interactive design is through websites. 

I know that most of you probably don't enjoy programming and would rather have other people do it for you. 

While this is fully possible, it is always nice to know the basics. A really fun way to start, is a website known as codecademy.com. This website will guide to step by step through learning different web technologies. It will provide a way to track your progress, allow you to talk with others, and it is constantly improving and updating. The best part, is it is free and you can do it on your own pace and time. 

Since this technology is very widely known and supported, almost any question or problem you have is only a google search away from being answered. 

Remember, as with anything new, start off small so you are not overwhelmed and discouraged. For example, try creating a website about someone you love, a passion, or a cause you deeply believe in. You can include pictures, information, and eventually some form of interactivity through maybe a picture slideshow. Even if you feel you don't have time, spending 10 minutes a day can do wonders in the long run. Everyone has at least 10 minutes to spend on learning something that will only help them in the future.

Ultimately, I hope this post has encouraged you to start a new path towards a bright future that you can someday look back and be glad you achieved. Only you can achieve this goal, no one else can do it for you. I wish you the best of luck no matter what path you choose.

Graphic Design for a cause

It really makes me glad to see good design used as a means to promote something. Particularly, cancer research and funding. I've had some very personal dealings with cancer in the past five years and it is a terrible thing that obviously needs to be eradicated. While tumbling down tumblr I came across the humble blog of a man who designed his own posters to help people donate money towards his mother's treatment.

His taglines are somewhat satirical but they make a very valid point. There's far too many jokes made about the subject and it often gets trivialized or marketed by big corporations. Susan G. Komen is notorious for that unfortunately. They do fund the research but with far smaller of a percent of their capital than I'd like. Clever and simplistic design like this should be used more on these advertising fronts. The hackneyed ribbon is regrettably starting to lose its meaning through overuse and abuse. We have the technology and we have the artists who can make marvelous and memorable design to advertise and battle for noble causes but far too often those artists get bought up by companies like Pepsi or Nike or Apple or whomever. We need more brave designers to tackle these things because honestly, if pepsi had a crap logo, it would still sell. If cancer research had an awesome logo, we would kick its ass.

Intrinsic Nature Artistic collaboration to the MAX

 Intrinsic Nature (Experiment 13)

To be honest I haven't been following this group for very long, I just found the site last week while wasting time during a harrowing Stumbleupon free fall.

This group, which they claim is made up of over 60 people from 30 countries, is like the modern version of what in past years would've been some kind of artistic commune all living together in some filthy dilapidated building. But now the large scale communities feel more efficient like this is how artists should inspire and help each other. I mean they are constantly recruiting, their application is right on the first page. Probably what makes my day is the inclusion of artists of many mediums. This is something I find very awesome as I myself often look to photographers or sculptors for inspiration, even though I am still completely inept in both of those fields. They credit the artists as individuals but somehow release large groups of work simultaneously under the label of Experiment 13. The work is diverse, weird and very cool and most certainly worth a look.




go look.  IntrinsicNature  And their site is very nice too(they have music to accompany the art!). I very much recommend using the full experience mode.

Sidewalk Illusions

Sidewalk illusions have always been something I have found to be incredibly interesting. I love the idea of creating a 3D environment on a 2D medium. Thus extending the existing real 3D world into a surreal made up 3D world. It can make you look at things in an entirely different way. Another element to take a look at is the perspective/ angle that you are looking at the sidewalk drawing from. The drawings are designed to be perceived from the level of our eyes, vs if you were at level with the ground the illustrations would not create the same 3D effect. I feel as though incorporating these 3D illusions into package designs would catch peoples attention more effectively. Thus selling more product.

designers of tumblr

I've found tumblr to be a great source of inspiration and art-ogling material, but it's also a huge sample size- like one giant petri dish of humanity. For every amazing tumblr made by an inhumanly talented person, there are a thousand that make you cringe. I think this site helps bypass some of the endless digging one has to do on tumblr to find little glimmers of goodness: http://designersof.com . It feels so far like a nice mixture of illustration, typography, sculpture, objects, etc that all have a really strong sense of design without being totally sterile and focused on one style like a lot of other graphic design tumblrs I've looked at. Enjoy.

Magazine Design

Magazine Design

I found magazine design really interesting. It isn't like book design or poster design. It is a mixture of a lot of different design. I stumbled across Inspiration Hut and found some really cool magazine designs. I also found some really cool ones on Neat Designs probably my favorite examples. Another site called Designer Daily was a great place to browse through magazine designs.

The cover of Maverick is really cool. It doesn't follow the regular design that most magazines do. I like that some things are sideways and somethings are drawn on the cover. It has a very modern feel to it.

I really like the way they separate columns and lay out their pages. The clean and finished feeling that they have is inspiring.

Color theory in a nutshell

In our last project, or maybe it was a few projects ago, I was having some trouble with colors and putting the colors in the right context. I found this little website that delves into color theory and really hits on how colors and proper color schemes should be used.

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/an-introduction-to-color-theory-for-web-designers/

I would recommend that everyone take a look at it, as it is a very helpful resource and is a also a very hands-on website. What I mean by that is it has a whole bunch of examples and things to help you with color theory.

This site goes over many theories and topics concerning color, color schemes, color wheels, proper implementation of colors, and working with web based color patterns. I think that this article helped me out quite a bit for the projects I am doing now, and I am starting to develop a Designer's Eye, as some call it. Overall this article is just to inform you of this website and the possibilities of design unfolded and made simple from the nice explanations on this website.

Here is also a cool little color tool that the website provided for our use.

http://colorschemedesigner.com

David Hockney

     David Hockney is my favorite artist. http://www.hockneypictures.com.  His website is designed well also.  I like how you have to enter into it.  My favorite of his works is his photo collages.  I like how he takes squares of pictures and make it into a whole pictures.  I had never heard of him until I took Photoshop at Coconino College.  One of our assignments was to produce something like his photo collage.  Not an easy assignment!!  I also like his use of color and his designs are very simple in a way but very fun!  The pool seen are fun and I like how he takes some of the squares and drops them off the page.

Logos, Branding and new ideas

I am not much of a user of Pinterest at all, but, I am a big fan of StumbleUpon! I, at first, stumbled just for giggles, but now I have broadened my likes and by adding art and especially graphic design to my interests, I have stumbled upon an endless amount of informational and useful websites! Some are funny where as some, like THIS ONE, are super relevant to our current project! This website shows a bunch of options and different styles of logos for a lot of different companies. While scrolling through I even saw very few of the "trending" logos which I have been trying to avoid. There are a lot of other cool options to browse on this website also such as branding AND websites! I hope you find this as useful as I did for brainstorming and a fresh approach!
P.s.
If you don't stumble upon graphic design already, it is super helpful!

Coca-Cola Orange Juice Packaging

In light of our recent package design project I came across this and thought it was very interesting due to the fact that they made the individual packages interact with each other in that you need two cartons to have a full orange. I thought this was clever because not only does it draw the attention of the customers walking by but it makes the display feel more complete rather than just a bunch of individual cartons. Bravo Coca-Cola, bravo.

15 Illustrators

I thought that this article was interesting because it shows the several different ways that illustrators design. Some of the illustrators in this article give me a new perspective. I enjoy it because the illustration go from super realistic to very cartoony and fun. It shows a lot of inspiration. I do like that this article also provides an explanation for each illustrator as well.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/02/15/dazzling-digital-illustration-15-artists-to-watch/

High Resolution Recreations

This is some amazing photoshop work.  And the time lapse just makes it even more impressive.  Link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyrIU_90epw&feature=youtu.be  This fellow, who goes by Elemental79 on DeviantArt, has recreated several classic videogames in a realistic and extreme HD version.  Watching the process is just incredible.

You can see that he pulls bits and pieces from hundreds of different pictures to put together and blend in such a way that you would never believe could work so well.  Honestly makes me a bit jealous of his abilities to manipulate photos to this degree, but I'm sure he's been working at it for years.

I'm just hoping he keeps creating more of these.

The Designer's Toolbox: You Bring the Inspiration, They'll Worry About the Rest

Hey guys!

As designers, there are a lot of numbers and resources that we need to do our jobs well. Templates, dimensions, and conversion factors are all huge necessities that can be as hard to find and scattered as they are essential. They're not all that creative or overly-interesting, but without them our jobs would be a lot harder.

For designers who wish they had one bookmark to point them in the direction of these essentials, The Designer's Toolbox may be the answer! You can find envelope sizes, examples of different styles of binding, web standard dimensions, and more on this sweet website!

The DVD/CD Label Resource on Designer's Toolbox

It'd be a rough task to list out all of the things that make this website so handy, but make a point to follow the above link and check it out for yourself! It's made my bookmarks list, and I hope it'll make yours too!

Mobile OS Design

In 2007, Apple took the world by surprise with something totally revolutionary - a mobile phone controlled entirely by a touchscreen. This seems so mundane to us now - there are a plethora of smartphones now that run touchscreen interfaces, and the iPhone remains near the top.

Over time, the phone's hardware has changed a great deal, but that is not really so with the software. iOS gains new features with every new release, but the changes are minor and the aesthetics are almost the exact same.

In fact, design conventions in iOS have not changed at all. Six years later, iOS devices still feature glossy, dimensional graphics, rounded corners, drop shadows, and various imitation textures such as leather, fabric, and wallpaper. Many feel that iOS now feels stale. These design conventions match web design trends in 2007, but are now dated. Even worse, many app developers are keeping up with design trends, creating a break between iOS and the apps it runs.

This is perhaps one of the various reasons that Android has a small leverage over iOS in the mobile landscape. Although it is up to individual device manufacturers to customize Android as they see fit, many are adopting a more "flat" approach to design, which has gained traction since iOS was created. Much design in Android feels new and fresh, unlike iOS.

However, things are looking up for iOS 7. Apple's recent executive shakeup saw Scott Forstall, the Senior Vice President of iOS since the iPhone's original release, ousted. Jony Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, has since taken his spot. Perhaps future iterations of iOS will match iOS with the iPhone's hardware, evolving it into sleek, clean, and minimalistic. It is time for Apple to lose the glossy, realistic, 2007 design approach and to change and evolve.

Creative Bloq

A few weeks ago I discovered creativebloq.com and instantly bookmarked it. It's full of great articles on design tips, inspiration, and industry news. The website is well designed and easy to navigate, and all the posts are well-written, relevant, and interesting.

Besides the blog, the website also hosts a job finder section that allows anyone to post a job listing, apply for  a position, or sign up for email alerts to be notified of newly posted jobs.

So far I've definitely found the how-to articles the most helpful. Topics range from logo design tips and javascript tutorials to stress management and video effects. Whatever you're into, you'll find great advice here. I definitely recommend checking Creative Bloq out.

Interesting Web Design

I was searching for inspiration for designing website a with a more interesting layout. I stumbled upon this portfolio website and found myself spending some time reorganizing the icons into various layouts.

 The site also seems relevant to the idea of "branding" that we talked about in class. The haphazard approach he takes to organizing the images is consistant and highly representative of the style that he demonstrates in his other work like this. I was also really impressed with everything he had in his portfolio, very creative approaches.

Really small 3D printer

I found this while cruising around on the internet. A company called Nano scribe is now the leading provider for three dimensional nano or micro fabrication, with this technology they can create a mini space ship no longer than the width of a human hair. It's importance to design is debatable, however those who say no right of the bat have clearly never had the chance to mess around with a 3D printer. With a little knowledge about engineering and CAD you can create some awesome things with a 3D printer! The possibilities with fabrication technology this precise are endless.

"In fact, the technique was able to produce a spaceship (from the Wing Commander line of video games) from a CAD file that measures 125µm x 81µm x 26.8µm (on the order of the width of a human hair) in less than 50 seconds."

Audio Design

This week, I decided to talk about a neat tool I've been using to design audio clips for different projects. Unlike most professional audio editors, this tool, Bfxr, is a free alternative to creating fun 8-bit sounds. The current interface is debatably the ugliest panel I've ever seen, but it has a very functional layout:

(This is a screenshot of the browser-based tool)

Go ahead and give it a try here (Warning! it's stupidly loud): http://www.bfxr.net/

The best part about this tool is definitely the history box in the bottom left corner. If you click 'Randomize', an audio clip will be generated according to a preset. The history box will remember each randomized selection and you can come back and save any previous audio sample.

I made an Android game last semester and ended up using this tool for a few sounds such as JUMP or even EXPLOSION effects. It was a ton of fun being able to quickly create sounds for my game without needing too much experience. You can check out and download the game on the market if you're interested: Boxel

(This game used a few audio samples from Bfxr)

Design goes beyond the visual perspective all the time. If you haven't played around with music or audio, I highly recommend investigating it for fun.

Does

     I believe I have posted this artist before from the Ironlak blog. "Does" is a graffiti artist who inspires my work continually not only from a street art view but also and mainly for his clean work and ability to work, and also technique and incredible color scheming.
     This series of work that he has started not to long ago are four panels set up on walls each panel is assembled by two seperate pieces so there is eight total but four total surfaces. Does allows his pieces to go off the panels and much wider than it has to be as you can see from the picture. The painting is done in one day and when complete he just takes the panels off and takes them. After he takes those panels off he paints the rest of the wall to the original color as when he started, so as if to create a one day work and has no problem erasing it as if it were never there. I like to think of it as the wall being blessed with talent for a couple of hours and taking four pieces to collect being portable for anything special in the future. Not so many artists can do that.
     Does mastered his craft as a graffiti artist and is an iconic figure to many other graffiti artists and any kind of artist who is as disciplined as he is. I will always enjoy looking at his art and follow his blog.

Patakk: Gifs for the Artsy People

I could spend hours looking at gifs that relate to my life. Excitement, peril, happiness, etc.

Granted, my favorite gifs are disney-related... BUT sometimes you just want one that's pretty, and nice to look at. Lucky for us, someone else feels the same way. I give you Pattakk, the Tumblr account dedicated to soothing, artsy gifs.

I'm so attracted to them because they're simplistic design that is in motion. Static design is beautiful, but these  seem to come alive in a way that is impossible for other types of design.

So the next time you want to take a homework break, cleanse your mind with these little guys.

See now? Don't you just feel better about life?