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Need I say anymore than, please watch this video! PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

  Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (pronounced [ilɛʀ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡɑʀ dœˈɡɑ]), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. A superb draughtsman, he is especially identified with the subject ofContinue Reading

Html 5 is now the King of markup! I think that part of being a good web developer is obviously to stay up to date with new technology and keeping the standards of the web as high as possible. With the release of HTML 5 not so long ago, its time every html developer got to grips with this wondrous language! So here is aContinue Reading

Here is a video from the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, wonderful video showing a Letterpress workshop. Enjoy! LETTERPRESS workshop {KADK – 2011} from Rasmus Krukkenlund on Vimeo.

I just came across this most wonderful video posted by Eric Spiekerman, the renowned Typographer and Graphic Designer. The video is actually very inspiring, especially if your a Graphic Designer!! I wont say no more, just watch it!     Graphic design can change your life from Edenspiekermann on Vimeo.

Chalk Drawings Here we are with some more life drawing, I am especially enjoying drawing at the moment as it is really teaching me how to look at objects and people. Life drawing is an essential practice for any designer, artist etc as the skill of looking is very important. Once you start to draw your object you learn it is important to understand theContinue Reading

Sculpture – Project 1 Today was my first day working with Clay to make a sculpture from life. I had a great time working with the clay, at first it feels a little strange on your hands, but it’s really easy to work into the shapes that you need. I used the handles of plastic spoons as structural supports, especially in the arms the legsContinue Reading

Hi everyone and Welcome to my lovely new site! Its been a very long time coming, but I have finally gotten around to publishing my new site, Designbyalex.co.uk. I designed the site myself from the ground up, I decided I wanted a friendly palette of colours, nothing to gloomy but I have really gotten into the use of textures in my work. The texture IContinue Reading