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The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Pop Art

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Pop Art

Today’s post is about one of the most “popular” art movements of the Modern Era: Pop Art. This movement arose from a rebellion against Abstract Expressionists, that was considered by the Pop Art artists as pretentious and over-intense.

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The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Baroque Style

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Baroque Style

In the previous post I started writing about some of the most important styles of art history, and I began with the Gothic Style from the Medieval Period.
Today I am moving on to another important style, this time from the Western Art: Baroque Style.

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The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Gothic Style

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Gothic Style

This is the first article of a series, presenting some of the most important styles from each period, styles that still offer high inspiration for designers even today. I will focus in today’s post on the Gothic Style from the Medieval Period.

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Artist of the week – Grant Hood

Grant Hood is an artist who likes to paint any motorcycle tanks, fenders and fairings, leather garments, crash helmets and anything else that has wheels and engine. If you have a dull bike and lust for a hot-rod or at least some bad-ass looking wheels, then I recommend you call him ASAP or just make [...]

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Drawing vector portraits Part 1: The facial structure

In this tutorial I will explain the basics for portrait drawing. These guidelines are a must to know and will help you a lot in your future portrait drawings.

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Freebies: 20 Awesome FREE vector backgrounds

I’m sure you’re always in need of a cool vector background for your illustrations and sometimes it can become a little tricky to find the right one.

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Graffiti tribute – 21 Outstanding wall paintings

We, artists, always find unusual ways to express ourselves through stunning graphics, turning mostly everything we see into canvases that reflect our imagination. Here are a few “canvases” that show what’s inside a street artist’s mind.

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Fairey’s “A mutt like me”

Shepard Fairey is the author of the famous HOPE poster, as you might know already.  His latest work is entitled “A mutt like me” and its kind of like the Obama poster, just it has a dog instead. Now, what is he trying to say with this? Is he mocking the rebellion? A mutt like [...]

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Top 10 websites to submit your design portfolio

It is very important to promote yourself and your work and you need to know where to do that. The list bellow is very useful as it shows you where to submit your designs so people can notice your art work. By submitting to these websites you will gain exposure and if people like your [...]

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