A post I made on Google+ recently which I would like to tell readers here too.

This is something I need to get out of my mind. It’s all the damn whining about change that happens in for example software. When something new rolls out, a lot of people seem to take that chance to whine about everything they can imagine…it seems a forum is the perfect place to do it in an unhealthy way.

SCREAMING is a common thing, just like blaming everybody instead their selves. Come on people, are you really that stupid? Can’t it come to your minds that maybe you should spend some time learning and exploring new stuff, just like at school and at work? That would get you more satisfied too!

It will probably get you noticed on the fact that sometimes it pays off and things are working better. If after exploring things aren’t to your liking…okay! Then complain, but not immediately without even trying to use something.

And why not just ask or explain nicely? You think by responding and posting anonymously you’re getting a free pass to do it? Not really, you just won’t get any normal help or responses which will make you even more pissed.

Sometimes you come across something neat and inspiring. This is one of those things. It’s a character set called “Dark side of the kitty“. It’s a combination of Hello Kitty and Star Wars. That’s a strange combination isn’t it? It sure is. I would never have expected this one, but it seems to work out pretty good.

I’m not a Hello Kitty fan, but when looking at these illustrations I really can relate to it. Same goes for the Star Wars additions in the illustrations. That’s what makes these cool and interesting to me! Different things combined together to create a whole different world of it’s own.

The last thing I’ve made last year was a digital new years card we’ve send to all available companies. I’ve used 5 different images and brushes on this one as well as some bought stock material. I’m pretty pleased with the end result here. Check out a low resolution version by clicking the image.

Hope you had a great Christmas, I certainly have. A lot of nice dinners and lunches with people you love and laugh with. It’s exactly the same year after year, but I keep liking it! This year has seen its ups and downs, but it has been a great year anyway!

Image credit: BA1969 (http://www.rgbstock.com/user/ba1969)

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Below you’ll find this weeks design & photography inspiration. Every week I’ll post an article which covers the inspiration I’ve found on different websites. By doing this, I want to influence my creative side and develop it even further. Hopefully it will inspire you too!

This is the last set of inspirational posts…it’s a lot of work to put these together and I think that’s the problem: Putting them together. From now on I’ll create separate posts when I find something inspirational to give the designer more exposure and show off some more of his work!

1. Creative brochures designs for inspiration

Another “old school” design expression. By that I mean print. But with all digital awesomeness going around these days, this set of designs show that it isn’t going away. Print is still cool. It can and should be original too.
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