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Now this is a very interesting interactive business card for perhaps an record company or anything relating to music- though if you added some way to make sound to this it would make it even more fun- this is one that i would keep around if i came across it keeping it memorable to who they are trying to connect with.

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Now how interesting is this a business card and a message to creativity this good work with many different fields from someone who is any kind of artist/creator to a music director even a band member trying to collect a following. I love the use of yellow its very bright vibrant color choice with the added double use of making this business card interactive.

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This has the cute and amusing factor going for it though i would maybe change the color choice for the sun glasses even making them cat eye in red. mustaches have become a fun selling point recently you can find them in so many different items that this would be a very popular business card. I would love to make something like this interactive card and would end up playing with it myself.

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Now this would have a very good selling point with everyone wanting to go green to have a card that you can recycle by growing something out of it. This could work for a hair dresser all the way to using it for a garden business. Its a cute multi purpose card that would be both fun and useful making an impression on anyone that gained one.

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This is just a group of business cards that i found though simple in design i was drawn to the geometric shapes and bold color choices the the orange and green especially.

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When i was looking at business cards this is one of them that jumped at of the search page for me. The use of orange is a very nice choice. I just love the boat that is in the cut away it would make for a nice business card for the kraken company though they might want to change the color pallet to black and white.

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haha i had to add these for the amusement factor that someone out there has a sense of humor though useless for a business they are quite fun and definitely note worthy. Im not sure though if the muted tones work well the top corner one though for the umbrella corporation is probably to me the one that works the best out of all of them. I like the blue that was used making the red and white of the logo stand out the most.

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This is such an inventive use of a lego to create an interactive business card. This would be an interesting idea to use not for just those who work for the lego corporation but for someone that wishes for a memorable business hook. If i had an unlimited budget for such a thing i would have them create something custom for tomari graphics.

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when i posted this last night i did not get the idea till just now so this quite the amusing use of typography. The colors work well and the illustrations of the wood though very cartoonish work well with this type of presentation. I can see this on a tee shirt somewhere which has probably been done.

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This is a fun way to use typography using the lines of a record to create this very nicely flowing text.

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I love how the letters so very telling and creepy fits with Sweeney Todd theme Put that together with the graphical image of the razor it works so nice. The background left simple pulls it all together well.

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Wow even though its a bit hard to read in some places i love how they took a recipe for chocolate chip cookies and made a piece of art. The choice of colors works together so nicely the orange flowing into a middle ground then golden rod to that bright yellow placed on such a warm brown color, makes for a nice presentation piece.

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I added this because it takes something that i love and makes it something that i'm interested in relating to typography. The swan has such an inserting and wonderful shape to create this letter s i could see an whole alphabet made in this same way taking the natural shape of something and tweaking it just slightly to make a letter.

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I love how this use of typography geometric shapes creating this optical illusion. Down to the use of images in the word for homes of the future this was a very creative approach. 

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 I'm all about bright colors as well as images that look like there from the 80's this is quite the use of typography mixed in with this graphic element. The way super fly is written out with such an interesting flow of color fits together nicely.

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I love this first layout in the way that they kept the background in a bold black to complement the bold colors in the images. The sunflower in the middle is a nice focal point with the images circling around (in a circle form) a nice representation of the center of said sunflower.

I love this layout that was for this again the use of the paint bucket photograph that pours into the body of the information a creative approach would be interesting to use for a painting companies main page.

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I just love this image the use of orange and black is so vibrant and effective and quite interesting. I love how the the women's body flows into the wispy black that is also matched towards the bottom in the soft grey opacity to create a sense of flow.

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I just love the use of mixed techniques to create this face i wonder if they painted the model white before or painted her face after in photoshop. This would really be an interesting image to use for a make up company. Perhaps making the image more powdery and less like acrylic paint. Though its still a beautiful concept.

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http://vimeo.com/3600380
Wow after watching this video i was really inspired by the creative process and the use of typography to create an interesting piece of video art. It might be an interesting side project to create something using just words and letters (for the images) to create a inspiring art video well im off for winter break so practice practice practice.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAVt-TDXq4g
This is another example of an interesting video with the use of typography though there is an image used the (the girl walking though the vid) here is the post under the vid copy and pasted to explain the meaning behind why it was createdUndergrad project using motion graphics portraying the unconscious mind drifting into a dream state and finally coming to awareness within it. 

Done entirely with After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and logic pro. Blue screen footage shot specifically for project, thanks to actor Amy Meyers for her help acting. All other elements self generated. Actual size is 1080x720 at 29.97. This is from my scholarship show for the University of Northern Iowa.

Special Thanks to Andre Lipsey for the audio remix.
www.myspace.com/andrelipsey

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I just loved this picture when i was looking for good examples of graphic design for the blog. This is such a nice mix of photography and most likely photoshop to create a bold image for a company called apple marketing http://www.applemarketing.net/ (they are a graphic design company) They seem to have a very creative mix on there page using the apple. There is no illustrated images for there apple there is just manipulated photographs something i can get behind.

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Images like this is why i want to learn how to use photoshop and illustrator i love creating art especially using pastels one of my favorite mediums to work with. So these bold examples of what you can do using technology keeps me here learning the ropes. 

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When looking for art deco and retro future i found this image that i thought it would be an interesting point of inspiration. The lines and colors are quite complementary to the time period and it has a fun robot.

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Here is another image i found for retro future while looking for ideas pertaining to my menu i love the colors and even though we are only using black and white i may use this image for future projects. I find it interesting that when this image was created that this is where people thought we would be in the "future".

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This is such a pretty ford building image i love the architecture with the bold lines leading the eye. I'm thinking of incorporating the use in theory at least somewhere in my art deco menu.

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When looking for images that related to art deco i found this one it both fits into the black and white theme of my menu it seems like something that would either be found in an restaurant based around that theme to a menu cover. Though it will not be used in mine i love the arch that frames the dancers and is another thought for my cover to fall along with the sushi.

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When i was looking up menus as an example of possibly setting up my own i came across this one the color scheme is complementary to the food that they are serving. The menu choices in white show good hierarchy with what i believe is what is included in black underneath. There image usage is also quite clean and works well.

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This is a great example of art deco that i found i love the line that slips down with the negative space left from where her coat would have been. Very vintage and could be used in a good menu design.

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I added this image just because i thought it was so adorable that i believe has in some way either completely created with a computer program or if not has been manipulated. I would love to learn how to create an image that is life like in illustrator. This is something i'm going to do research on during my winter break.

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I love how there is mixed use of typography that has created such a pretty image the use of a Gothic font as well as script and what looks to be a western font ect. This makes for an interesting composition as well as the color that fades from one to the next is quite pretty.

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I really am still fascinated by the use of words and letters to create such a striking image. The black background makes the face stand up that much more with the words in white. Its interesting to see how vivid a picture with such detail can be created.

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This is such an interesting image that i found while searching for graphics that i decided to add it on my blog i love the black background making the the melting lips stand out. The different expressions on each prorating a different emotion creates such strange but beautiful presentation.

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This is such a beautiful add for a phone company i love how the hair from the girl transitions to the same color butterfly's that follow to the splash of red that frames there product so nicely. It has such a nice organic flow even down the typography along the side though is small to read now follows nicely down the the side of the image.

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This is such a fun juxtaposition of a pear and a light bulb how they have mashed the two together is so fun. This could be used in many different creative ways and different ads just so fun.

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This just reminds me of something andy warhol would have created if he was still alive i can only imagine if he got a hold of photoshop. Just the colors the vibrancy and the pop art way this flows. The use of such a bold image made happy its such an oxymoron its fun but scary at the same time i just love it.

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This is the creative way to use different illustration programs i just love the art side of graphic design. Its so much fun to imagine how i can manipulate images that i can photograph to even creating from scratch. So i find this picture that kind of inspiration to keep around an look at and aspire to.

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This is just a fun little image that i added since i just love cute and keep them around for future inspirations the color choice for this piece works quite nicely the blues and greens with the hint of orange. It seems like a cute little Tokyo monster.

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every time i see an interesting design i want to pick it apart and try and figure out how its created it just inspires me more to keep creating and trying to learn new techniques. I love the abstract feel of this design and its clean lines even though its collaged together feel as well.

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This is just such a fun and creative image that could be used for a jean company to some kind of clothing detergent. Its interesting that this was probably done by setting up the jeans in such a way to create this impression of an expression. Its quite cute.

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I added this for the feel of an retro menu design i love the blue background and just the images themselves everything is written out in hand its just such a classic example and is good for vintage inspiration. 

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I had to add these images for there adorable factor i almost would love to add something like this in my menu if i haven't been so set in creating an art deco feel. I do love characters and will probably will in my future designs. 

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when looking up flyers i came upon this image. I like how the flow follows into different graphical elements as well as a photograph. It might be interesting to take my tree on my folder and have that same kind of effect into an idea slightly like this one. A nice pale green shade with the tree of life growing into images of osaka.

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 The arches in this image of the retro future are so interesting im actually trying to figure out a way to use them in my menu.

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I'm directly using the circular shape of these art deco flowers in my menu design, i love how though abstract they leave such a beautiful style behind. When you take away the stems they do stand alone. They fit so nicely with the feel of an Asian menu as well as a background piece behind the the sushi that i have created.

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This menu has such a nice organization with the boldness of black centering the soft pastels on either side. The gold lines breaking away to add that extra bold color really makes for a nice presentation. The food images are nicely laid out to allow the eye to follow down the menu without being over crowded. All and all this is a nice example.

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The first piece of sushi i used as inspiration to create the right lines and design the second i directly traced over in illustrator so that i could gain the right shape. Though its hard to do these sushi in just black and white (i would love to use some fun vibrant colors) I think that they are turning out well in the black and white color pallet. 

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while researching retro future for my menu i was quite taken by this design its so interesting to think that people believed that we would have buildings in-cased in a rolling dome. Though i do love the shape and i'm finding its easy to use for inspiration in its strange design.

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Here is an example of a menu that i found while searching for images they do use other colors for the text an of course more images but i thought that it was at least an example that can be used.

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I was thinking for the Japanese menu to use a very mod sushi for my image in base colors