50 Brilliantly Creative Ad Works by Markku Lahdesmaki

Markku Lahdesmaki is a digital photographer, advertiser and photomanipulator from Finland who specializes in creating brilliant digital artworks that capture your attention and make you want to discover more.  He works not only with photography, but also with music, and his wife is the director of an art agency that took interest in his work.

In this post we’ll look at 50 brilliantly creative advertising works, photographs and photomanipulations from Markku.  These works are selected from his personal gallery located here: http://www.markkuphoto.com/

Enjoy the artworks!

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Inspirational and Brilliant Adidas Advertising Designs

Adidas is one of the world’s most recognized shoe brands, along with Nike, and in order to compete, their advertising works must be captivating and interesting.  Chris Cork and Dimitri Kalagas of Krop Creative Database did an Adidas project where they modeled a variety of shoes as advertisements for Adidas.  Along with breathtaking results, photographs from their studio reveal their brilliant and unique minds.

This post showcases 9 separate Adidas ads, along some photographs from the Krop Creative studio.  Hopefully you find them inspirational and interesting.

Check out the Krop site here: http://www.krop.com/chriscork/

Enjoy!

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21 Unbelievable Photographs of Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from our Sun in the Solar System.  Out of the various planets and moons in our Solar System, Mars perhaps bears the most similarity to Earth, featuring an atmosphere, polar ice caps, and remnants of tectonic activity on the planet’s surface.  Mars has fascinated both astronomers and the general public for years, and has been the subject of countless movies and fiction works.  Currently, several nations in the world are planning to send missions to Mars for exploration, and NASA’s Spirit Rover recently ended a 6 year exploration of the surface after becoming trapped in sand.

This post will feature 21 unbelievable photographs of Mars, captured by telescope and by space probe.  You’ll get to see up close what another planet in our Solar System looks like.  Hope you find it interesting!

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21 Dazzling Graphic Designs by Javier Alvarado Quesada

thumbJavier Alvarado Quesada, also known as poisonvectors, is a digital illustrator and photomanipulator from San Jose, Costa Rica.  His work has been featured in PhotoshopCreative, FWA and a variety of other groups.   He most often combines photographs with dynamic illustrated elements and dazzling lighting effects to create a stunning result.

In this post, we’ll feature 21 dazzling designs from Javier, which showcase his portfolio.  You can check out his full gallery at his website here: http://www.poisonvectors.com/

Hopefully you like his work, it’s really creative and will inspire you in your own design endeavours.

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25 Creative and Clever Advertisements by Neil Bailey

thumbNeil Bailey is a photographer and creative advertiser from Sydney, Australia.  His photographs have been used in some of the most popular advertisements across the globe.  He has won two UK Association of Photographers awards, and has also been featured in a variety of publications and exhibitions.  His recent projects include Ocean Rock Pools, Suburban Sci-fi, and the San Genero Festiveal.

In this post, we’ll look at 25 creative, clever and interesting advertisements from Neil.  You might recognize some of them, but there will certainly be some new ones.  You’ll definitely want to take a second look at them.

If you like Neil’s work, check out his gallery: http://www.neilbailey.com/

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Best of the Web #45

KayakingGood afternoon (or other variant based on where you are), and welcome to another edition of best of the web.  This past week had a lot of photography roundups, everything from out-of-bounds style to tilt-shift photography.  Also, there were two interesting tutorials on comic and cartoon style illustrations.  My personal favorite post was a review of Photoshop brushes by SmashingMagazine, but of course, all the posts from past week that are included here are pretty good and definitely worth seeing.

Anyways, hope you all like, and as always, if you have any comments or suggestions for me, or want to contribute, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Have a great day!

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Best of the Web #44

thumbHey again everyone, hope everything is well.  I’ve been pretty busy lately, so I apologize for the sporadic updates.  Another week has gone by in the blogosphere, so there were a lot of new posts to choose from for this week’s Best of the Web edition.

Case studies are becoming more and more popular as a method of learning, where designers can show off their thought process without giving away all their secrets, so we have included some here today.  As always, there’s some photography inspiration, and some web design inspiration.  And of course, some awesome roundups of tutorials to keep you motivated and learning.  Be sure to check out all the posts I’ve included below, they’re all pretty awesome.

Hope you have a great start to your week, and stay inspired.  See you tomorrow!

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