An amazing Illustrator from Germany – He is fast becoming a high end designer .

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Some very professional designs that I think you should all enjoy -

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Illustrations of detective stories

Marinina was born in Lviv, Ukraine to a family of lawyers. She studied the personality of criminals with anomalies of mentality and criminals who have committed repeated violent crimes. She resigned from the militsiya system to become a full-time writer. Before her resignation, she had the rank of the lieutenant colonel of militsiya.

Marinina has written over 30 novels, published in over 17 million copies and translated into over 20 languages. Most of her novels have a common central character Anastasia Kamenskaya. Marinina has received several awards. In 1995 Marinina received the prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the best book about the work of the Russian militsiya, for the books Death for the Sake of Death and Away Game. She was recognized as “The Writer of Year” by the 1998 Moscow International Book Fair, based on the sales of the books in 1997.

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These designs are from the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 so they are totally fresh and mostly unseen .

Glenn Jones is a freelance graphic designer and Illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand having worked in the design industry for 15 years focusing on packaging, corporate identity and illustration Glenn moved onto T shirt designs

Not only are these designs very well drawn they are very clever and humorous, which is what makes these designs so unique and appealing. His amazingly well draw and funny Illustrator designs are very popular and have received massive attention.

After a few years success designing tees at Threadless.com and a whopping 19 T shirt designs printed ,Glenn decided to join some US based friends to create his own range of T-shirts, Laptop Skins, Calendars and Free iphone Wallpapers at GLENNZ TEES. He also have a range of Greeting Cards and Limited Edition Art Prints which are available from his site

It takes alot of time to put these collections together please retweet and promote on your fav networks . Thanks : )

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Digital marketing can mean many things to many people but the primary focus is on marketing digital images. The internet’s power is concentrated in images. Images make the web shocking, awe inspiring and memorable. Images move us in a way that nothing else could. Technically digital marketing is anything in electronic media. Roughly 80% of our media is wired in some way today, only newspapers and print media isn’t electronic and traditional print media is going away fast! So digital marketing commonly refers to internet marketing.

So is digital marketing anything on the internet? Yes it is, but there are many forms of marketing on the internet that go unnoticed. A great example is audio. There are many audios used to market on the web but few move us the way an image can. Human beings are deeply connected to hearing as scientists say that hearing the first sense that we gain during the birth process and last to leave at death.  But images move us in a way that hearing can’t. Perhaps it is because sight captures our imagination in a unique way. We see images during the day, and we see images when we dream at night. Dreams touch the deepest regions of our internal psyche.

So how is digital marketing changing our perspective on the world? Digital marketing is making our world smaller. It is bringing our perception of life into a new era. In the past people lived in their small communities a whole lifetime and died probably within 200 miles of their birth home. Today people are more mobile than ever, and they are more open-minded than ever. Digital marketing is a new way of pinging customers with new products via e-mail, desktop and pop-up. Each one of these areas of contact allow marketers to share new products and ideas with customers. But digital marketing has to do one thing that all marketing does. It must repeat itself. Marketing is not effective if it is not repeated.

Our final forum on digital marketing is comprised of the future of the medium. As social media has emerged, the nature and reach of digital marketing has expanded to what appears to be infinite.  Facebook now has more than 100 million users. That is essentially hard to imagine. Digital marketing is something that you need to take an accounting of and focus to make it work. Like all forms of marketing it requires repetition and repetition on Facebook is very expensive. Social media has changed the game for digital marketing and it will never be the same.

thanks to Pete Philly ,Wausau Paper Digital Space ,Dijean Neo for the images

You’ve realized that you can generate an income through online clients however even with your brilliant graphics skills making this income steady is a challenge; and your aim is to have a steady income. You have discovered that you can go out there with your brilliant mind and create wonderful graphic designs and people will pay for it.

Generate Steady Work

Even though  Graphic design is relatively easy to do with all of the documentation, tutorials and software available in the market;  Being able to use the software and have the mind and creativity to be good is just one side of the coin. Now you have to market yourself and generate steady work.

Having steady work takes time and dedication.  Here are some tips to getting you going on the financial end.  The first tip is how to get more clients.  Joining a variety of websites is a smart maneuver in getting your name and talent out there.  Avoid freelance sites such as Guru.com or Elance.com these charge you money and also take a cut to any fees you charge, they also under value yourself as an individual and the industry as a whole.

Network

The best way to get work through networking is to contact the people you already know (who aren’t already clients) or people in your field. Having a blog helps a lot in this respect although isn’t essential.  Over time you will establish yourself as a bigger, better player in this competitive field.

The most important thing that you can do as a graphic designer is keep a portfolio.  You can do this on your own website, on your blog, or best of all have links to live real life examples.    Remember, showcase your best work and have a blurb on there for each piece. Essentially it is a balance between selling yourself and letting the work sell itself, however networking should start with you offering the other party something and developing trust.

Keep in mind how you would treat an email of this nature yourself and start from there. This can explain your technique, what the piece means, and allows you to ask for work.

Have an Attractive Portfolio

Other than networking once you have the portfolio make sure you market yourself.  Look for the opportunity in every place you go.  Post new works on Facebook, and every other social network you have time to,( if agreed upon by your client). This may sound self evident however a lot of people overlook theses steps.

You can also use your clients as a network to gain popularity and publicity, ask them to do this in any way that’s appropriate.  Social media is a great way to expand your presence in the field, not only for social networking, but for bolstering your online status.  The graphic designing aspect of the job is no small task, but networking yourself is a bigger task.  Having the proper portfolio and online presence is massive helping factor in generating more work.

Be Organized

“One of these days I’m gonna get organezized” De NIro Taxi Driver

Once you have the new work, you will be spending more time doing on the job.  In order to make sure you do not fall behind on projects it is essential to have good organization.  More clients may mean more capital, but if you cannot deliver your designs on time, you will gain a negative reputation.

Reputation is the cornerstone of generating new clients and a steady stream of work. Aside from having an impeccable portfolio and an impressive list of clients the way you leave people feeling is and what people will think of you is what will help you win the best clients.

Eventually people will seek you out and you’ll be turning work down. Being punctual, being able to answer any questions, and having yourself and work organized are some of the essential qualities you’ll need to have to have returning steady clients.   Some tools to help with organization could be a database for online work.  Having the due date, the priority and a small description of the job is extremely helpful for organization.

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it” Benjamin Franklin

Be Dedicated

Admiral David Farragut

He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” By U.S. Navy tradition

The last tip is dedication.  If you get the jobs, get the new clients, you have to deliver.  Dedicating a set amount of time every day will make sure you never fall behind on projects.  Make sure to keep accurate records of work and communicate with your clients. It would really be helpful if you’ll choose to have an email hosting for better service. This will show you are still working, and show you are professional.  Take these tips, get out there, and make more money.

Fin Andrey Gordeev on the web .

http://gordei.com/

This wider dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight.

The two main sources of HDR imagery are computer renderings and merging of multiple photographs, which in turn are known as low dynamic range (LDR) (also called standard dynamic range (SDR) photographs.

Tone mapping techniques, which reduce overall contrast to facilitate display of HDR images on devices with lower dynamic range, can be applied to produce images with preserved or exaggerated local contrast for artistic effect.

Burning Man

Digital Divinations

ATV/QUAD photos

The Perfect Fit

The CITY

CREATURES

From Book: The Complete Guide to HDR Photography

Owners Ferrell McCollough

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Did you know we have a Flickr group for this blog ? The group has grown from last time to 146 members and 914 items. I think I’ll post this group every time there is a significant growth.

We are receiving more and more submissions from you as we get bigger and bigger.Remember you can join this group for free and then have your artwork showed in the blog footer. The submissions are still at a high level of creativity and quality.

Top Five Contributors :

Miguel J. Ramos (105)    Őri Balázs (65)    Studies in Solitude (51)    W70 (44)    rupertalbe – ufficialmente scenografo (42)

Here I have chosen my favourite designs from the group which I think represent a full range of digital art and design.

Thank you for visiting the Digital Art Empire Blog!

Here I have compiled a group of 37 digital photo manipulations that you probably won’t have seen before to stimulate your mind and emotions to a high degree and get you designing some awesome images.

I hope you are as refreshed and inspired as I am having browsed these amazing images.