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The Amazing Works of Sam Flores

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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