Feeling a little creatively dull? We all get caught in creative ruts once in a while; sort of like how writers get writer’s block. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are 30 amazing digital Photoshop manipulations that will get your creative juices flowing! Some of the techniques used below are simple, while others get pretty complicated. Try some of these things out on a rainy day when you get a chance. There are many tutorials on this blog as well as elsewhere on the web that can get you started in the right direction, in case you find yourself in over your head. You can also click on each individual image to learn more about the artist, and to see more of their work. Be sure to let us know which images are your favorites in the comments section below!
Check out this photography themed Rube Goldberg machine done extremely well by 2dphotography.ca – it’s really creatively done. High-tech homemade geekery and innovation at its finest!
If you ever saw the movie The Goonies where Chunk has to do the truffle shuffle in order to gain entrance into Mikey’s house, or if you’ve seen the OK Go “This Too Shall Pass” music video, you’ve probably seen a Rube Goldberg style machine before. Even this Honda commercial used the Rube Goldberg method in one of their ad spots. They are those really cool obstacle course type booby trap machines that people make, with tons of moving parts like marbles, dominoes, fans, balloons; anything really that can move or create motion.
Here is the “making of” interview from the creator. Thankfully they were able to get sponsors for this project, because the amount of photography gear they were going to have to buy in order to execute this was going to get a bit pricey.
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The California Travel & Tourism Commission logo is a perfect example of how to effectively remove pieces of your logotype, and turn it into something amazing. I noticed it on one of their TV commercials a while ago, and just thought it was worth sharing here. The yellow line just reminds us of a sunny dusk horizon on the California hills. A great example of a simple, yet unique and highly effective logo design. It looks just as good over white as it does over darker colors. Good graphic design is many times a reductive art. Less is more; something even less of certain portions of a typeface. What do you guys think? Isn’t it a great, logo design?
Online crowdsourcing in its many forms has definitely taken the internet, and the world by storm in the last decade. Have you ever heard of Fiverr with two R’s? Well if you haven’t yet, it’s a website that asks “What are you willing to do for $5?” Fiverr.com turns anyone into an international business person, marketing their keenest skills and sharpest talents to the entire worldwide web. Making money on fiver, had now taken over the spot of the guy you always knew that would always make a killing selling junk on ebay. And I have got to say, I have been pretty impressed by the amount of talent and quality that you can get for just a 5 spot.
Here is the original photograph of the FiverrFIVE. Five friends that use Fiverr every day to do what they do and get paid for doing it. They all work on Fiverr day in and day out and do different sorts of gigs on there. They kind of represent their specific talents in the way they are acting in the picture. Caricatures are pretty difficult for most, but these nine different and highly talented fiverr artists have nailed their own personal interpretations of the above photograph. Click on each image to see it slightly larger in a new window.
I have always admired the artwork of famous artist Norman Rockwell, but for some reason, never realized that he also produced illustrations and stock art for use in advertisements and marketing materials. Here are some vintage Norman Rockwell advertisements that feature his unique, photo-realistic illustrative style. Rockwell’s masterpieces even made the cover of The Saturday Evening Post a number times. Way before there was Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or even mainstream digital photography, Norman Rockwell was a true creative.
