Tag Archives: illustration

Get Yourself Cartoonized Contest

July 24, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 14 Comments

Get Yourself Cartoonized Contest

  I am very excited to announce our very first contest here on the LBOI Design Blog. See that picture of me immortalized forever in all my cartoon glory? Well, that is the handiwork of John Mascarenhas who is also featured in "Artist Spotlight" today. John is an amazing illustrator with a very unique style.

Artist Spotlight Featuring John Mascarenhas

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Artist Spotlight Featuring John Mascarenhas

John Mascarenhas has style. There is an innate dark, tongue-in-cheek humor element in most of his brilliant illustrations. He has been sketching since he was 7, but much to the chagrin of his grandmother who was an artist and rendered beautiful paintings effortlessly, John was into cartooning and the humorous side of the spectrum. He

Logo Designers Share Their First And Last Logos

July 6, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 11 Comments

Logo Designers Share Their First And Last Logos

  Twitter is a funny one, yes it is. It is highly malleable. It bends and twists to suit your needs. And though it might not feature on any of those lists that design bloggers love to concoct as a place to find inspiration, it definitely is one such place on the web. I find

A Chat With Lord Of The Logos Greg Grigoriou

July 1, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 10 Comments

A Chat With Lord Of The Logos Greg Grigoriou

My first interaction with Greg was on Brandstack [formerly Incspring]. Back then I only knew him as Veep, an excellent talented logo designer who had a friendly infectious charming manner and who knew what he was talking about. A little digging led me to his website "Oh, so this is Van Paul!" was my first

Free Sweet Goddess Wallpaper Pack

June 19, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 6 Comments

Free Sweet Goddess Wallpaper Pack

I recently completed my first full-blown illustration. It took me a good few days to get it right. It is the face of my food website and blog and is called The Sweet Goddess. When I started sketching this gorgeous creature, the hair was much bigger and accomodated an entire orchard of fruits. There were