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I want to hold you book cover [Carlo Giovani]

Fern — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:21:44 +0000

This book cover is actually entirely digital, which bums me out a little because I would love to track down the nonexistent original and run my fingers over it. Texture and layers, how I love thee!

The colors are fantastic, the textures of the papers are fantastic, the edges and patterns created within each layer are fantastic, and yes, the typography… mmmm! faantastic!

Created by Carlo Giovani. See more at his site.

via I love typography

Day Without Shoes [John Mark Herskind]

Fern — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:04:04 +0000

This is mouthwateringly gorgeous.

I love how it melds an organic hand-drawn feel with a crisp digital finish, and how the muscles weave in multiple tones below the skin. (I could do without the 2 circles, but I didn’t even notice this quibble until I was already drawn in and drooling!)

Created by John Mark Herskind to raise awareness for TOMS’s A Day Without Shoes.

Learn more at Herskind’s Behance.

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Thought Bubble -> Cloud -> Puddle

Fern — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:54:01 +0000

This is thoroughly charming. My thought bubbles frequently do strange things, but never quite like this. But the next time they envelop my head, I’m making them melt into a puddle at my feet that I can jump and splash in!

[Shanghai, China, at a store outside Tian Zi Fang]

Mmmhhh! [Alessandro Gottardo]

Fern — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:31:24 +0000

(The title being the sound of appreciation I involuntarily made when I saw this image.) This is flippin’ fantastic.

I love images that make your mind flip. And this guy’s illustrations are full of mind flips. Not brain-hurting mind-numbing mental gymnastics… but a (probably deceptively) simple, rather whimsical wit-flip that I thoroughly enjoy.

He’s got a book out too… I know what I want for Christmas!

Alessandro Gottardo

via Alice at My Modern Metropolis.