Sam Flores, a self-taught illustrator based out of San Francisco has surely secured his place in art history. His signature style reflects his background in graffiti and is reminiscent of the 19th century art nouveau icon Alphonse Mucha. Flores characters, most often female, boast elaborate floral headwear, closed eyes and large hands elegantly folded. Combined with alluring landscapes and adorned animal masks, his paintings evoke a feeling of both sadness and beauty. See more work at www.samflores.com
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The Amazing Works of Sam Flores
5 Super Creative Interface Designs
Rather than creating a post with 40+ interfaces designs, I have chosen five that I feel have influenced me. Some of these are quite old… at least in terms of web design, but that just means they were ahead of their time. Others are not so old. All are worth a click through and since there are only five, hopefully you can manage. Let me know what you think.
The Amazing Works of Zach Johnsen
Zach Johnsen is an illustrator and designer based out of Portland, Oregon. I’ve always found his work to be inspiring. His style, “easy on the fingers, heavy on the eyes” really comes to life when viewing his illustrations. I first learned of Zach a few years ago when I purchased a Louis Logic CD. He was credited for the art direction and illustration. Now a new version of his site Zenvironments.com is about to drop and with it, an all-new Zachjohnsen.com so what better time to show him some love.
The New Virtual Monk
Here it is. A lot of love and hard work went into this, the third redesign of virtualmonk.com. Knowledge and inspiration are the underlying themes of this blog. Real philosophies from real people, sharing their passion and other beautiful things. Art, design, architecture, poetry and whatever else happens to grow here. Please get in touch. I want to hear your thoughts and idea’s. Otherwise grab my rss feed or check back often.
How To Display Content On Top of Embedded Flash
Have you ever wanted to display content on top of a flash? Here’s how. Click here to see an example and don’t forget to download the source files.
By default, browsers place embedded plug-in content, such as a Flash, on the top most layer. Using the WMODE parameter allows the layering of Flash content with DHTML layers. A WMODE value of ‘opaque’ or ‘transparent’ will prevent Flash from being displayed in the topmost layer and allows us to adjust the layering of the movie within other layers of the HTML document.
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Lucy The Fish – A Short Poem
A short poem with accompanied animation.
Oh. I’m sorry ladies, this was supposed to be a love song…
Styling Navigation Using Lists – The Basics
Today we’re taking a look at How to Style Lists for use in horizontal navigation. The final product should look something like this demo.
Now navigation is what..? Well most often in web design, navigation is a series or a “List of links” and there for should be treated as such. Styling your navigation in list items gives you a lot more control and really allows you to do some pretty cool things.
