Art vs. Design

http://www.deviantart.com/art/It-s-Graphic-Design-Fuck-Art-56294764

This to me has a certain Dada feel about it.  There's a lot about this that I appreciate because the person who wrote this makes a very good point written in the smaller print and I do really like the way this design is laid out.  But I also like art in almost all its various forms (few exceptions may apply) and this seems like a deliberate B***h slap right in the face of art in general.  The function of the design seems to voice the designer viewpoint on the art vs. design argument.  Me personally I appreciate both design and art.  They both have their place and to shun one and only acknowledge the other in my opinion limits ones creative horizon.

Typography design

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Design-83023203
I'm not sure if I entirely agree with this quote, but as far as typography goes as well as the layout of design I certainly enjoyed what I see here.  The function of the quote is likely to promote a certain viewpoint the artist has about design.  The design itself compliments this well because it makes the reader follow the sentence almost chaotically around the design until reaching the end.  The reading process isn't logical but that's what the designer is likely trying to get across because the sentence layout is designed to look like it doesn't know where it's going and that reflects the very nature of the quote really well. 

Vikings logo

I have liked this show for a while but I've never really appreciated the design they used for the show.  Art nouveau was just covered in my design history class a few weeks ago and I can see a bit of that in the font design for the big V.  Art nouveau was partly influenced by celtic designs and floral designs both of which are present in the design.  This is very representational of not only viking design but art nouveau as well.  The function of this design is likely to promote and advertise the show to obtain more potential viewers.

CubeBrush

This website posts some awesome tutorials for anyone whose interested in making great digital illustrations I highly recommend looking them up even just to eye google what they have on the website.

http://cubebrush.com/

Battle Angel: Alita 2

Battle Angel Alita

I really enjoyed the manga comic series Battle Angel Alita, the art was really great so I decided to do a few reproductions of some of the drawings throughout the series, this was one of the first.

Cubebrush Speed painting

For a while I've really liked the videos posted through Cubebrush, I think they show some of the most interesting photoshop paintings, anyone whose interested in illustrating in photoshop should take a moment to watch one of their timelapse speed painting videos, just like this one here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCwjBMr5iA&feature=youtu.be