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The Seven Deadly Sins

I recently found this while going throug deviantArt. Absolutely loved the idea and concept behind the work, not to mention the artist’s ability and skill.

Lust:

Lust

Sloth:

Sloth

Wrath:

Wrath

Vanity:

Vanity

Avarice:

Avarice

Envy:

Envy

And Finally, Gluttony:

Gluttony

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of the most objectionable vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man’s tendency to sin.

My favourite was Lust.. wonder why!

Stencil Art

This post is definitely one of the best I’ve come across in the longest time. This is seriously some of the best work you’ll see all month, maybe all year. (Of course it hasn’t been done by one artist alone.. but you get my point.)

Stencil Art-
From wikipedia:

Stencils have also become popular for graffiti, since stencil art using spray-paint can be produced quickly and easily. These qualities are important for graffiti artists where graffiti is illegal or quasi-legal, depending on the city and stenciling surface. The extensive lettering possible with stencils makes it especially attractive to political artists. For example, the anarcho-punk band Crass used stencils of anti-war, anarchist, feminist and anti-consumerist messages in a long-term graffiti campaign around the London Underground system and on advertising billboards.[3] Also well known for their use of stencil art are Blek le Rat from France, British artist Banksy, New York artist John Fekner and Shepard Fairey‘s OBEY.

stencil-art

Just a few examples of Stencil art…

Political Fun with the Photoshop Liquify tool

Source : Guy’s defintely got a good sense of humour!

An example:

dick-cheney

Beer Goggles / Creative ads & subtle messages?

Beer Goggles:D

This is a must see. It’s brilliant advertising and quite a strong warning message in itself.

It’s not a particularly new concept, but it’s definitely something that’s thought provoking. Especially if you think about what they’re really trying to say.

Here are some of the smirnoff ads that were pretty awesome.

Free theme from Theme Sphere

Theme Sphere has offered to give away 3 free copies of their premium theme to DesignM.ag readers.

All you have to do to chance a win is to comment on this DesignM.ag post.

While you’re at it, sign up for the feed too. I love that place.

After looking at the theme (Spotlight) they seem to be offering looks pretty cool and is probably worth the $30 that you would spend on the theme if you were to buy it.
It isn’t the fanciest looking theme out there, but I’m sure you can tweak it to suit your needs.

Cheers!

chickenscratch & Techtites

For those interested in reading about what a new design studio (or 3 guys who think they’re a design studio) are upto, please check out the chickenscratch blog.

chickenscratch is a design group that started out in 2008. In some time, you’ll be able to read all about it here. This is the Pecking Order, a companion blog to the group.

So that’s what the site is about..

For you techie junkies, I’ve started writing on Techtites, a technology blog. And my latest post is about GIMP.

In case you’re interested in reading my first post on that site, it’s a TubePress review and you can see my love for it in the artcile.

Cheers!