Sometimes you just want to grab people’s attention right away, and this week’s featured contributors are both experts in that field. The photo pros from the24studio know how to catch your eye through provocative, perfectly composed imagery, while Tshirt Designs‘ fierce and striking illustrations go straight for your animal instincts.
Check out a sample of both artists’ work below, along with notes on why we chose them from Shutterstock Curator Liz Lapp, then click through to view their full portfolios and start Following them yourself.
If you’re engaged in any kind of creative pursuit, reflection is one of the greatest tools you can employ. And if you’re working in a visual medium, that holds true both literally and figuratively. Our latest Featured Lightbox focuses on the beauty of being reflective, whether it’s through creating actual mirror images or indulging in introspection — often enough, the two are perfect complements.
With this edition of Songs to Design By, we’re getting equally reflective, providing the soundtrack for all this shimmering imagery, as well as your insightful artistic process. Listen to the full mix below (note: you need Spotify installed for it to play properly), explore the “Reflection” Lightbox, and check out previous volumes of Songs to Design By for even more great music and images.
If you’re a Shutterstock customer, you’ve most likely noticed that we recently redesigned our image pages. Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a lot of positive feedback on the new look, and we’re really excited to have delivered on both value and appeal.
Getting to the final version of the new page was a multi-step process that involved input from our customers at every stage. Along the way, we tried a number of designs, ensuring that we would get it right without compromising on customer value. Doing this was dependent on three important things.
A host of new books have already come out this year to inspire you on your next project. (Like many others, we’ve enjoyed reading Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In as part of a book club this season.) But with summer rolling around at Shutterstock HQ, we thought it was time to highlight some new releases to serve as your educational and motivational companions in warmer weather. Here are 5 must-reads to make the most of your summertime serenity.
Proving that both good advice and good art never go out of style, Neil Gaiman’s commencement address to Philadelphia’s University of the Arts last year has been brought back to life for all to enjoy. It’s not just designers who will find wisdom in this speech, either; it was a hit on the Internet as well. Graphic artist Chip Kidd provides the art to give the address its due.
With his bold use of color and expert eye for architecture and geometric patterns in modern environments, Italian photographer Eddy Galeotti creates stunning imagery that simultaneously captures cultural aesthetics and the beauty of form. Enamored with his visions of both his homeland and foreign environments, we chose him as our latest Shutterstar featured contributor. Read on for some insight from Galeotti on how he captures his images, and how you can do the same.
Your portfolio is filled with amazing travel photography. How often do you travel?
I love to travel almost everywhere. Seeing new places never stops being a thrill. I started traveling when I was a child, with my parents, and never stopped. I have visited lots of countries, mainly in North America, Asia, and, of course, Europe, but not as many as I wish. Taking photographs is a great passion but doesn’t fully pay my bills, so every time my wife and I have a few days off from our daily jobs, we jump in a plane, train, or car.
Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr gives the company a fast-growing social network of more than 100 million people and an added aura of cool. Tumblr’s users are a fiercely loyal crew — the service’s simplicity and visual elegance has attracted a strong community of photographers, designers, and other creatives. So what’s going to change for them?
According to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, not much. In a conference call after the purchase, she said that Yahoo promises to “not screw it up.” She also paid homage to Tumblr’s unique brand of creativity, saying that the community “redefines creative expression.”
If you’re using Tumblr as a creative tool for your business, these are good things to hear. And if you’re not, this is the perfect time to get started. Right now, Tumblr’s usefulness to creatives is largely as a portfolio site or a place to show off new work. But it doesn’t yet offer many tools to help promote your business or find new clients — meaning there’s a big opportunity for Yahoo to build these tools out.
This week’s free images focus on reflective surfaces. From stylish shades to puddles of rain, many things can reflect what you see and become a mirror for your daily view.
Click on the images above and download them now, then reflect on some more of the mirrored images in our latest Featured Lightbox, “Reflection,” for additional inspiration.
These images are available for free download until Sunday, 5/26 at 11:59 pm.
We’re embracing the fantastical this week, with artists who take us to other realms — whether it’s through creative photo techniques or pure imagination. Cristian Amoretti‘s illustrations range from the adorable to the (awesomely) grotesque, while Tanong Prakuptanon finds an alternate Thailand that exists partly in dreams.
Check out a sample of both artists’ work below, along with notes on why we chose them from Shutterstock Curator Liz Lapp, then click through to view their full portfolios and start Following them yourself.
Tomorrow, in cities across America, people will leave their car keys on the table and their subway cards in their wallets, all in support of eco-friendly initiative Bike-to-Work Day. Always up for a ride (and helping the environment!), our footage team put together an inspiring collection of bike videos to help celebrate the occasion. Let’s ride!
Seven years after it went off the air, Arrested Development is finally returning this month with 15 all-new episodes, all debuting at once on May 26 on Netflix. We’ve been celebrating since news of the revival originally broke, but with the moment of arrival growing so close, we felt the need to do something special.
One of our favorite recurring bits on the show has always been Lindsay Bluth Fünke‘s capricious dedication to the series of causes she passionately supports for a few fleeting moments apiece. From Neuterfest to Drying the Wetlands, when Lindsay gets behind something, she really gets behind it — until something more appealing comes along.
With that in mind, we wondered what causes the other members of the extended Bluth family would rally behind, and decided to make them each a poster to help them make their voices heard. Read on to reminisce about an individual passion point for each of your favorite main characters, and brush up on your Bluth family history before the insanity starts all over again.
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