Christian Ross

Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer

It’s been slightly video-centric around here this week, but you’ll be ok. This is the trailer for the newest Wes Anderson animated film, Fantastic Mr. Fox. I love Wes Anderson movies. And Wes Anderson soundtracks. And Wes Anderson casts.

via Kory

Unexpected

[Completely design unrelated]

I go to weddings because you’re supposed when you’re invited and because my wife likes them. My aim is to find out early (either pre-wedding or from the itinerary) how long the service will actually be lasting. It isn’t that I dislike them, but like most men, they aren’t my ideal Saturday afternoon/evening outing.

But I could get into weddings if more of them started like this:

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Designing a logo

I don’t hide the fact that Adobe Illustrator and I aren’t necessarily friends. I’ve never been one to have the ability to draw much. And for being a related field, I feel like I should be better at logo design, but it just isn’t my forte.

Which is probably why videos like the following capture my attention so much. It’s 6 minutes long so you might just want to jump through some of it as it goes. It really gets interesting to watch once the logo creation gets started. And jump through to Mattson’s site to see the other renditions and final results.