iPhone Photography: crayfish color palette
This colour palette based on a photo I snapped at our annual crayfish party this weekend. Late summer brings out fiery reds, hot oranges and darker blue skies. Colour is one of the things that inspire me deeply. Colour sensations can light me up, illuminate me with joy.
Six links for colour inspiration
Tags: color, color story, color swatch, colour, how-to, inspiration, palette, tutorials
Icon sketches for "dreaded report"
I’m really struggling with this icon for “Dreaded Report”. Maybe some of the boring, corporate cubicle office culture that I’m trying to infuse this icon with, is rubbing off on me?
So I made some variations, one with a ballpoint pen, one with a graph and one with a skull. And then I can’t make up my mind… Should I put them all in the collection, or leave some out? What do you think? [To be continued... ]
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Olle Nyman: "Utblick, övre gården" 1931, oil on panel
Here are some paintings by artist Olle Nyman from a trip to Duvnäs Gård, Olle Nyman’s house and studio. His house has now been converted into a museum and exhibits a unique artist’s home with beautiful interiors. There’s something so very inspiring about visiting an artist’s home and studio! The collection of books and art, the artist’s paints, the collection of shells, the sketches, broken pottery for his sculptures… work and life in process.
There’s also a wonderful café, bakery and restaurant, Koloni, that serves food made with organic, fair trade products. You find Koloni in a small whitewashed building that started off as Olle Nyman’s sister’s garage. Kajsa was one of the first women in Sweden who got a driving license and she was very interested in cars!
Olle Nyman: "Lunden 1" 1966-68, oil on canvas
Olle Nyman: Roussillon 11, 1948, oil on canvas
Olle Nyman: Köksbordet, 1980, acrylics on panel
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Icon design process. From sketch to basic shapes
When I’m happy with the sketches for the icons, I launch Adobe Illustrator and start blocking out the icons, drawing simple, clean vector shapes using my pen tablet. I’m designing the Collection of Process Icons in the same style that was established for the first three collections of desktop icons. In this unique design project, everything from the icon concept to the simple and elegant style is based on feedback from you. The look and feel for Process Icons uses the same set of perspectives with simple, uncluttered shapes that are easy to distinguish and find on your desktop. The style is based around a rich colour palette and elegant, natural textures.
Icon design process. Adding details, colour, shading and light
Once I’ve blocked in the basic shapes, I start adding details and colours, next shading and last highlights. In this example with the alarm clock you’ll notice the same palette of reds as in the icon with the Cookery Book, the same greys as in the Gear icon and the same soft cream as in the Shoebox icon. Using the same style consistently, ensures that all the icons fit together and that you can mix and match the different collections to suit your needs.
And in case you were wondering about the dotted lines across these images, yes they are the watermarks I designed for these icon previews to at least make it more difficult for people who want to steal images. [To be continued... ]
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Here’s the third part of the story about a new design project I’m working on. It’s about the creative process of a new collection of icons called “Process”.
Today and tomorrow. Icon sketches
These are my sketches for icons that represent things that need to be taken care of “Today” and “Tomorrow”, or “Later”. Many of you have asked for “Today” and “Tomorrow” icons, some of you cooperate on projects where time needs to be specified, others need to schedule work to be published or for deadlines.
While I was working on these icons, I thought “what about adding the dates of a month, wouldn’t that be handy if you really need to indicate time with icons?”
So I made a few sketches to see what it would look like, and I’m thinking of adding a full month of days to the set. What do you think? [To be continued... ]
Calendar with dates. icon sketch
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