Daily Inspiration Through Art

May 31 Gallery

If you don’t know by now I freaking love art and all the craziness that it is! If you get a chance check out the art blog by alecshao, all the images found here are from the blog and are pretty interesting. Enjoy!

-Colt

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Star Wars Identities

Check out these awesome Star Wars Identities, if you look close enough you will see that each of the images is composed of a number of objects from the movies.

-Colt

(Source: behance.net)

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Disgruntled Pilgrims

These gosh-darn pilgrims are upset that people are eating Stove Top stuffing on days other than thanksgiving, what is this world coming to! A quick spot to add some humor to your day. Enjoy.

-Colt

(Source: adweek.com)

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Google’s April Fools Day

Google Maps in 8 bit for NES was launched April 1st with a hit with nearly 4 million Youtube views in a matter of days!

Check it out and enjoy!

-Colt

(Source: google-latlong.blogspot.fr)

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DDB’s New York Lottery Campaign

Personally I’ve always been torn about the lottery. From my point of view, it’s aimed at and lures the less fortunate to spend money they don’t have, in hopes of gaining millions. It’s the dream of most to have all the riches in the world, but how realistic is it to be on the winning end … On to the design aspect.

As far as the overall message behind the campaign, it’s safe to say that DDB nailed this one. The campaign is fun and to the point, yet slightly exaggerated. I think anyone would love to have a personal traffic tunnel to avoid the endless mess the daily commute presents.

Check out the work on Commarts website.

-Colt

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March Creative Jams

Ever curious what us cool kid creatives are jammin’ out to on a daily basis? Well here’s your chance to find out … at least what I jam out to when I’m in the zone. Just a fore-warning you won’t find any Mumford and sons or anything remotely similar to glee, I’m personally not a fan of the whole sing-a-long thing. Oh. and you also need Spotify too, check it out!

-Colt

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Design and trading cards

I was totally a card collecting mad man when I was a kid. The most intriguing thing for me about the cards, other than the players, was the design. I was amazed how so many things could be done with such a small space. Looking back it’s no surprise, I was destined to be a designer.

I bring this up with the arrival of RG3 in the NFL. I will again have a chance to collect and perhaps become inspired all over again. Above is a sneak peak at an upcoming RG3 rookie card and I am stupid-excited to try and collect a few!

Stay Inspired

-Colt (Did I mention I went to Baylor?)

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A Heart for Liqaa

This year I felt inspired by a group called Preemptive Love Coalition. Their mission is to provide life-saving heart surgeries to Iraqi children and hands-on training to Iraqi doctors and nurses. Learn more about their story here.

As a designer, I volunteered my services to help with a logo and header for one of their fundraising websites. If you have the means, any donation would help a ton. Happy Valentines Day!!!

Stay Inspired.

-Colt

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Hallmark Campaign: Tell me

Great example of a simple and excellent copy behind a great concept. Sometimes all we need is for someone tell us words of encouragement or to remind us that we are loved. Enjoy.

-Colt

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Trip to Dallas to see Shepard Fairey

So I posted a few pics a couple days ago over Shepard’s new murals in Dallas area and wanted to share about my trip to see one of the Obey murals outside of the Dallas Contemporary. The Dallas Contemporary is responsible for bringing the Mural project to Dallas and Thursday night they hosted a “chit chat” where Shepard got to discuss his work, his history, and what his passions are.

One of the greatest things I took away from it was his message to “the artist”. His message was to go out and make things happen for yourself, you cannot sit back and wait for opportunities to open, you go out and create the opportunity. This guy definitely made the most of every opportunity that came his way and has continued to create great work. I never really had a “hero” or anything along those lines, but if I had to pick someone he would definitely be up there. He is a designer and artist, I hope I can accomplish a fraction of what this guy has with his talents.

-Colt