Each month, our curators select one ProSite to feature as “ProSite of the Month”. Our December selection goes to London-based Andy Hau, who runs a studio specializing in architecture, product design, and graphic design. Inspired by everything from the Eames Brothers to the largest of buildings to the smallest of logos, they describe their design solutions as “slightly left-of-center.” If their work is anything like their website design - we’re hooked.
If you followed #portfolioreviews on twitter and instagram, you’ve seen photos, posters, and more from the incredible hosts of Portfolio Review Week #6. But what’s it like to be at the events themselves? Here’s a deeper dive into a few events via videos captured by the hosts!
Buenos Aires Portfolio Reviews
The “opening titles” from Pescara Portfolio Reviews
Appreciations are a way to send genuine kudos to another creative professional on Behance. This is our community’s way of curating the network, so that the best projects gain the most exposure. Here’s a look at two of the most appreciated projects on Behance this month:
Talk about raising the bar for movie posters! Gianluca Maruotti of Rome, Italy, hand-made these stunningly detailed clay characters for an Italian film this month. One commenter said “it’s a shame I can’t appreciate again” - we have to agree!
Simon Prades evocative, dramatic illustrations were recently featured in publications like The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Medium.com We love this Phillip Seymour Hoffman tribute published in the New Republic. Click for many more!
In this series, we’ll look deeper into some of the projects on Behance.net that are especially admired in our community. Carlos Arrojo created illustrations for the book “Geografía mágica” by Ana Cristina Herreros. He is well known for his use of watercolor and design, and considers himself a versatile illustrator and a responsible person who knows how to adapt to each project. We were lucky enough to hear more about his process and inspiration for the illustrations.
What was your inspiration for this project? How do you decide which color palettes to use?
When I start a project, I usually review documentation looking for ideas. In this case it wasn’t so necessary because I relied on personal drawings done previously. Siruela contacted me after seeing some watercolors where I played with the ambiguity between figure and landscape, recreating spaces and volumes by weaving lines. The book is called “Geografía mágica” and contains a number of legends about Spanish geography, with anthropomorphic mountains, enchanted lakes, giants, demons, heroes…
The content is very inspiring so it facilitates me to do the job. About color, I’ve worked with a lot of freedom, leaving me. My intention was that colors of each illustration transmitted the magic and fantasy of the histories, that’s the reason of that coloring.
Are you ready to “make a dent in the universe”? As a creative, you no longer have to take a backseat. In fact, stepping up and embracing entrepreneurship is the fastest route to impact. But where do you start? And what sets the businesses that succeed apart?
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Our friends at Adonit, makers of Jot fine-point iPad styluses (including our very own Adobe Ink & Slide stylus and digital ruler) are letting the Behance Community get in early on their latest product. They recently announced the development of their first software for creative professionals. The beta version is just about to drop, and they’re opening it up to Behance users!
As a Beta tester, you’ll receive: First Access to the software product, invites to share, opportunity to have your work featured in the software at launch, and of course, a way to share feedback that will help make this software truly useful for creatives.
Interested in getting early-access to the beta? Here’s how:
1) Visit adonit.net/beta between November 14 and November 17
2) When prompted, enter the password: firstdibs
3) After signing up, keep an eye out for an email from Adonit with next steps on getting set up
Please note that the beta requires that you have an iPad 3 or newer running iOS 8.1 or later.
*Sign-ups after November 17 are both permitted and encouraged! Just keep in mind that after November 17, our premiere access window closes and there are limited beta seats available.
Our sixth Portfolio Review Week ended yesterday, finishing off nearly 300 incredible creative events across 77 countries! Over the last week we’ve seen thousands of photos, tweets, and videos with more rolling in everyday. We’ve seen events with live calligraphy, custom posters, creative voting, and so much more. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated last week. Here are some highlights:
In this series, we look deeper into some of the projects on Behance.net that are especially admired in our community. Brandon Ray is a self-taught animator specializing in stylized paper-based animation. Since he launched Paper Brain Productions, the company has won five awards at various international film festivals. In 2013, he was asked to create the music video for Bill Carter‘s song, “Anything Made of Paper.” Read ahead for more information on his process and how he came up with his ideas!
What was your inspiration for this project? What does the story/song mean to you?
The inspiration for the project comes from the songwriters themselves, Bill Carter and Ruth Ellesworth. The song was a gift they made for their friend Damien Echols, composed at a time in his life where he was waiting on death row, accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Damien had sent Bill and Ruth three paper roses as a gift when his wife Lorri Davis was visiting them. When Bill asked what he could give Damien as a gift in return while he was on death row, the answer was, “Anything made of paper.” So that’s what inspired Bill and Ruth to write the song. The hope we must cling to in the face of injustice. Read more →
Portfolio Review Week continues! Follow #behancereviews for photos, tweets, and videos from around the world as creative meetups continue all weekend!
It’s day four of Portfolio Review week #6 and we have seen some incredible pictures posted from these global events. Here are a few of our favorites:
