http://jamiestark.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:56:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Letterheadfonts.com sells fonts, but what is really remarkable about the site is the amazing typographic designs in the portfolio section. Typographic skill is what separates real graphic designers and art directors from the pikers and this guy has skill in spades. The gallery section has a couple hundred samples of ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=69 The Times had great article on classic advertising (pure snake oil sales) for tobacco. Lot's of lessons for aspiring art directors, copy writers and ethicists. Check it out here. http://jamiestark.com/?p=67 Here is another oil painter that I admire tremendously. He has the traditional, technical skills of a realist combined with a modern, artistic vision. He combines these to create some incredibly striking art. Check it out here. http://jamiestark.com/?p=63 Just finished my companies new site. I wanted something clean and modern, while still being true to the style of graphic design that I am most comfortable with. If you have a minute check it out here. http://jamiestark.com/?p=61 This is a great place for the image obsessed to look at historical images. There is historical advertising, propaganda posters, war related art, WPA era photographers like Walker Evans, all kinds of cool stuff. It is a huge collection and a lot of it it available in high res. Take ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=58 I was hired to redesign the corporate logo for Zerega Pasta. I came up with the following options some of which are better than others. They have yet to choose one so I'll have to update it when and if they do make a decision. Until then the bills are ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=55 This guy is a painter's painter. Check out his amazing work here and best of all watch time lapse videos of his painting process. For anyone who paints or is interested in the process of making an oil painting this is just great. He also does a really cool project ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=54 Inkjet printers rock. We produce really nice signage, counter cards and invitations on a canon i9900. It prints 13 x 19 full bleed. The cost per unit is not really cheap because the disposables are expensive, but if you need to produce 4 signs, then 5 dollars worth of ink, ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=49 Folio is a magazine for magazine pros--art directors, designers, writers, and business types. It's a great publication. Recently I was asked to be a panelist for their cover critique section. Art directors of various publications submit their covers for critique and a panel of other magazine designers share their thoughts. ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=48 The president of the New York chapter of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers approached me about their lack of an identifying mark so I came up with the logos below. Public Opinion as a graphic concept is a little vague. The checkmark as a representation of the survey ... http://jamiestark.com/?p=44