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Weekly Badge Review

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:36:00 +0200

The weekly badge review's theme of the week: Typography

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	The El Series By El Boton price: $ 2.00 individual / $ 15.00 per set available at El Boton
	K By Lovepins, Italy price: 25mm � 1.00 / 59mm � 3.00 available at Lovepins
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Designers: Miroslav Kostic

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:42:00 +0200

This week we bring you Miroslav Kostic. An artist and a "UFO freak" from Novi Sad, Serbia. Miroslav is out Silver Prize winner from our Mech Tech Competition with his White Robot.

We asked Miroslav few questions...read on. Enjoy..

What inspires you Miroslav?
I�m an internet addict so because off that I�m often inspired by the things I read or see on the web. When I was younger I watched too much cartoons, now I�m watching just a few but I�m still inspired by them and a memory of old ones that I kept in my brain still does a thing. I was never inspired by historically famous artist, I really appreciate them but not in the way to be truly touched by their art. I�m more like renaissance artist, trying to be better then others before me by using their knowledge and bringing it to a next level.

Who are you favorite artists and why?
My favorite artist is Gennady Tartakovsky, a guy who created cartoons like Dexter�s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Clone Wars. I�m truly inspired by his art and ideas, he is the only artist I will like to meet. His style and stylizations are by my opinion best thing in animation that happend today. I�m really sorry because he has only few projects going on, he should be more appreciated and pushed forward.

How do you produce your artworks and what mediums do you use?
I produce most of my artwork for clients now, but I always have time to do something for myself. Currently I�m trying to bring to an end a long time struggle with my 27 minutes long animated movie. One night I came up with an idea for an animated film, that was four years ago and today I�m harassing guys that are doing music and sound effect to finish their job so we can make a premiere of the film. I did the rest of it from storyboard to editing and marketing, but I�m a real anti talent for music that part I left to them. My motto is: If you want something to be done, do it yourself.

What are the websites you visit regularly and where do you get your
inspiration?
Deviantart.com is my regular place, I also upload every single thing worth uploading to Coroflot.com. Deviantart is my prime inspiration place, this is a place where supertalented people upload their art, if you want to know what is going on in art today, this is the place. It is also full of wanabe artist and that is great because all of them are watching TV and searching trough web and living their lives in different places of the world and after all of that they sit and do a drawing or take a photo or make a collage or write a poem and they all upload it to a same place which became something like a vortex of ideas. I think that is amazing. I�m not working for Deviantart.com!

What do you do when you are not designing?
When I�m not designing I work on my UFO website. UFO�s are always been my passion. I�m not a UFO freak, I like to think of myself as of UFO investigator (that is pathetic!). No it is not, there is a phenomenon that exists and it is not fully investigated. I started a website that is a collection of UFO sightings over Serbia, so the people who had a real experience can share it with others. Beside of being Fox Mulder I like to go to the concerts, drink with friends, roller-skating and making barbeque.

Do you think Allmightys has helped you become a better designer and how?
Yes, I think it did. I gained more self confidence after wining a contest at Allmightys. I figured out that there are people all over the world that appreciate my art, and if you look on Google Earth, well that place is pretty big. So it is cool to be introduced to audience that big.

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You can find Miroslav on these sites:
www.coroflot.com/mickeykostic/
mickeyns.deviantart.com/
mickeykostic.carbonmade.com/

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Sweatshop T-Shirt Exhibition in Breda

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:06:00 +0200

I'd like to take the chance to publish a few photos that were sent to me by Rob of staynice, one of the guys organizing this year's 'Sweatshop' T-Shirt graphic design exhibition. The actual exhibition, which ran in correspondence with the Breda Graphic Design Festival, closed at the end of June. According to Rob, the show was a big success and companies from all over the globe had their stuff on display. Needless to say, Allmightys was there too with a few shirts on display ;)

I think the guys did a brilliant job with the organization, design and display of the whole thing. I was really impressed and hope this won't be the only time we can show your work on our shirts in Holland or elsewhere!!

Members: Thomas Dang

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:06:00 +0200

Here is some very nice work by our member Thomas Dang. Great designs for google and addidas as well as a collection of some really interesting identity work and illustrations.

More: mydangwork.com

Allmightys Mini-Contest: Win Two Free Tees

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0200

Win Two Free T-Shirts of Your Choice!

To celebrate the launch of our new competition, we are launching a mini contest for our members and visitors to win two free t-shirts from our store. Our new competition is themed �Future-Past-Perfect� and we would like to hear from you what do you think about the future in the past. Whatever it is we want to know!

How to Enter

Simply write about "the future as imagined in the past" in the form of a comment to this post. Please write at least one sentence, thats all you have to do! The contest begins now and one winner will be chosen by Allmightys Team and announced Monday, July 28th of 2008.

Contest Prizes

Two free t-shirts of your choice from our store!

Schedule

Contest Begins: Monday, July 14th of 2008

Contest Ends: Monday, July 28th of 2008

Additional Comments and Rules

Please provide a valid email so you can be contacted if you win

We reserve the right to not approve any comments we deem inappropriate

Minimum Age Limit: 16+

Winner can pick any tee from the store

Only one comment per user allowed.

Package and postage included and international shipping available.

Weekly Badge Review

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:09:00 +0200

The weekly badge review's theme of the week: The Sea

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	TYPE 07 - : Drawning Cartoon By Mark Lalibert�, Canada price: $ 3.50 available at POPNOIR
	Sail Away By thimble, Toronto, Canada available in the "Button of the Month Club". "Each month, I�ll make a new, limited edition set of three buttons. These will be available by subscription, either for three or six months, and each month you�ll be mailed a new set. Subscriptions are $10 for three months, $18 for six months, shipping included..." available at thimble
	Sailors! Button Pack By Linty Fresh price: $ 3.00 available at Linty Fresh
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Lamy Noto by Naoto Fukasawa

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:03:00 +0200

I am one of those people who find it extremely hard to actually own a pen. I have tried too many times but always ended up loosing them. For some reason I have this great gift in loosing pens within a day. This has proved somewhat frustrating especially as some of these pens were quite wonderful. In the last years, I accepted this fact and resorted to cheap and cheerful '100 in a pack' pens. I would get the box, use it, not caring whether I left it on a train or chucked in the bin by accident.
Recently, I invested in a pack of Faber Castells that range from thin to thick. With an old Muji pencil case from about 15 years ago, I am committed to make these last. Looking at it at it now, there is one missing, but I am sure I left it in the office ..(hehe).

Now, back to the issue of Lammy...they have launched this new set of "noto" from the Japanese star designer Naoto Fukasawa. They are absolutely wonderful ..simple, yet gorgeous. They also come in few colours ...I think I'll be picking up one of each.

Enjoy.. lamy.com

Friday Animation: Bitfilm '08

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:02:00 +0200

In May, the Bitfilm Festival '08 took place in Germany. For today's Animation Friday, we want to bring you this very cool film about a man traveling to see his wife. Not such an extraordinary occurrence as such, but the realization of this film with just the everyday stick-man symbolism that we all know so well makes it a wonderful little piece to watch.

Catch it here...

Members: Lena Yampolsky

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:33:00 +0200

Say hello to Lena, an artist from Rustavi in Georgia. Influenced by nomadic tradition and he family heritage from Romania to Central Asia and Ukraine to South Caucasus and Middle East. From wonderful illustrations to creative textiles and jewellery. She currently lives and works in Israel.

Head over to babayagada.com to see more work.

New Competition: Future-Past-Perfect

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0200

"Pattern Battle" is in the bag and the new t-shirt design competition is now on!!

The theme is: Future-Past-Perfect

Description:
"...refers to a time that is in the future, relative to another point in the past, but is in the past relative to a point in its future."

We would like you to think of the future as imagined in the past and how and what we expected to be has become somewhat different. Think future in relation to the past, think memories, challenges, imagination, expectation, disappointment and the future that lies ahead of us. What have we learnt and what should we expect?

Dates:
Competition announced: Monday 7th July 2008
Submission Deadline: Monday 25th August 2008, 23.00 GMT
Voting Ends: Friday 29th August 2008, 23.00 GMT

Competition banner artwork by Yonil

1 EUR from each T-Shirt sold from this competition will be donated to Greenpeace.

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by: Catalysing an energy revolution, Defending our oceans, Protecting the world�s ancient forests, Working for disarmament and peace, Creating a toxic free future and Campaining for sustainable agriculture.

So, all you talented designers out there, have a go and give us your best! :)

more info here...