Sunday, July 28, 2013

The blog has moved



Hello,
     For those following, I have moved the blog format.. You can still look through this blog and get all the goodies here or you can get them all at the new location. I hope you continue to follow.

New blog location- http://joebarondesignblog.com/

Monday, March 25, 2013

Water Changes Ad

  

Charity Water's  is clever and delivers the message clearly. We may take advantage of water, but I'm sure most of us forget about the unsanitary water that other people are forced to use, because there's no clean water available to them. Water helps our lives whether it's the necessary drinking, growing gardens to provide food or having fun painting, it's an essential part of our lives. This ad is another simple and well done design.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Eagle Painting by Hua Tunan


I wanted to share this, because I thought it was a very well done and awesome looking painting created by Hua Tunan.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

March Madness sale on Branded Baron


Branded Baron March Madness sale is going on. Buy some awesome tees and sweatshirts for a nice discounted price. There are posters, stickers, and buttons for sale if you want some more items.

You can purchase any item at http://www.brandedbaron.com

Monday, March 11, 2013

Omunky Farm Series KICKSTARTER Campaign





I met Rick of Omunky this past year after "digitally" knowing him through the internet. He has an animal theme t-shirt line, but it's not your normal animal shirts since they all have a fun and quirky twist. Rick is always out at various craft and street fairs selling his tees and spreading his humorous line to the world. He has decided to up the ante with his new "farm series" by creating a Kickstarter campaign. Your rewards range from buttons, to digital wallpapers, to one of the tees, all of them, and some screen printed posters. Think of them as really good prizes you can get. Help him make these new designs over here.





Thursday, March 7, 2013

30 Photoshop secrets to improve your skills


Creative Bloq created a list of 30 photoshop secrets to help improve photoshop. Hey, it never hurts to read and see if there's anything that'll help finish your tasks quicker. Check it out over at Creative Bloq here.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Combine real and digital brushes in this digital arts tutorial


Digital Arts, released a new tutorial on combining real and digital brushes to help improve an illustration. You can view it here. I personally like combining my techniques and it is a good read to see what Adi Gilbert's methods were.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Shark Mascot logo


Here's a shark mascot that I was working on in Illustrator from sketch of mine. One of my goals is to start working on more mascot designs, so here's one step in that direction.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

DOOM scene recreated in photoshop



I don't know how many of you played DOOM back in the day, but I was a fan of the computer game. The fact that a scene was recreated in photoshop is nuts. It is very well done and so awesome. What is just as great is you can watch the progress video of this image being made. Props to you Elemental79.






Monday, February 18, 2013

Iron Man/Superman Mashup



This is a creative and well done illustration combining the Man of Steel and Iron Man. There's more mashups by Kode Logic here.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013

New Orleans Pelicans Logo


The NBA New Orleans Hornets will now be the New Orleans Pelicans when they play their 2013-2014 basketball season. The pelican is Louisiana's state bird, which makes sense why they changed their name. It also has the Fleur de Lys which is another symbol that represents New Orleans. I personally like their new logo and their secondary logos. I feel the colors work well and that overall logo has a classy look and modern style that compliment each other. The pelican itself is okay even though I feel the head and bill isn't that recognizable compared to the wings. I think the angry aggressive look is fitting and shows a fierce bird that many people who are not from Louisiana will consider to be a non threatening mascot when they think of the word "pelican".

What are your thoughts on the logo? Is it simple enough? Does it work well with what the team wants to be portrayed as? 


Monday, January 14, 2013

BaseNow "Five-minute posters"


BaseNow developed posters that were done in 5 minutes or less. They are simple with either humorous or inspiring phrases. They are certainly worth taking a look at. View here