SloDive - Design Resources & Inspiration

Daniel Dociu was raised in Cluj, the capital of Transylvania in Romania and his dark, industrious designs seem to fit right in with how I imagine Transylvania to be. He moved to Seattle in 91 which is not as cool sounding but still kinda dark & dreary with all the rain, right? Anyway, he’s worked with Squaresoft, Electronic Arts and currently resides at ArenaNet. We love his paintings and we think you will too.

These Apple Tablet mock-ups were created by designer Patrycjusz Brzezinski who resides in Poland. He named it the MacView and it appears it was created for a school project sometime last year. I’ve seen a lot of mock-ups over the past few weeks but none have caught my attention like these. They are breathtaking to look at and they really get the gears turning in my head. Only a few more days and we will know how the actual Apple Tablet looks and functions but one can only hope it’s as cool as the concept below.

Alex gives us some great paintings that really push the limits of digital design. Every time I see his work I know I need to work harder on my designs though. Give them a look, get inspired, then go create your own masterpiece.

Stock images can be great for creating quick scenes but sometimes it can be just as easy to create the object from scratch. I know it’s much more gratifying for me, so let’s find out exactly how to do this and with an object I’ve actually grabbed stock images for in the past. If I only knew! Ladies & gents…The Moon!

Thomas Tibitanzl is a self-taught Graphic Designer/Digital Artist and Web Designer, who currently lives in Germany. His philosophy is to create unique individual designs with innovative elements that tell a story with a message. All of us at SloDive love beautiful imagery but when you look at it as a whole and see a bigger message, well we get pretty excited.

Fortunately I don’t end up on 404 pages very often but when I do, it’s nice to see something that had some thought put into it. Actually I’m usually just happy that a site actually has a 404 page so when a designer goes above and beyond, I think we should recognize it. Below are some great examples of what I’m talking about and if you look closely, you may notice a little self loving too (cough).