Published at: 03:10 pm - Monday October 26 2009
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 [...]
Published at: 07:10 pm - Monday October 19 2009
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 [...]
Published at: 07:10 pm - Thursday October 15 2009
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 [...]
Published at: 02:10 am - Tuesday October 13 2009
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. [...]
Published at: 12:10 am - Friday October 09 2009
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 [...]