August 8, 2017
Apply to the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event [Video]
The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event returns for its tenth year to showcase the future of emerging and innovative technology. Now accepting applications – startups have the opportunity to connect and compete in front of a live audience, industry experts, venture capitalists, and high-profile media at SXSW 2018 from March 11-12.
Since its inaugural year, the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event has raised a total of $4.63 billion in funding. Of the 403 companies that have participated, 70% have received funding and 16% were acquired. Some of the prestigious alums include Klout, Hipmunk, Wildfire, Siri, Foodspotting, and Tango. Explore the Accelerator Archive to learn more about previous winners, finalists, judges, and more.
Accelerate your startup company to the next level and apply for the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event before the November 10, 2017 deadline. 50 companies from 10 different categories will be selected as finalists and invited to present in March as we highlight the technology market’s most impressive, new innovations.
For more information, read the FAQ and entry process guidelines. Stay tuned to SXSW News and follow us on Twitter for more tips, 10th anniversary highlights, and announcements throughout the season.
2017 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event – Teaser Photo by Alexa Gonzalez Wagner
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August 8, 2017
Web Design & UI/UX: Explore the Moon
Web Design & UI/UX: Explore the Moon
Starting the week with a Web Design & UI/UX project that is more of a concept by Moscow-based 108 Studio. Let me rephrase this by saying that the concept is pretty detailed and going in-depth about our beloved Moon. With the monotone background and contrast, I just love the micro-interactions for the image carousel and button clicks. It truly enhances the whole desktop experience.
108 Studio is a web design & development studio based in Moscow, Russian Federation. We are looking forward to see more from them, give them a follow on Behance.
‘Explore the Moon’ from ‘Moon Science Museum’ is a project that collects information about our planet Earth’s bewitching and lonely natural satellite — the Moon. This glowing ball in the night skyline stores a lot of mysteries and riddles, that are yet to be revealed.
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More Links
- Follow 108 Studio on Behance
AoiroStudio
Aug 08, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX
August 8, 2017
Landscape Design by Jadrien Cousens
Landscape Design by Jadrien Cousens
Most major movies out there are filled with special effects in all kinds of forms. It might be a fully computer generated character, it my big a massive spaceship above New York, but one of the most iconic methods is matte painting and landscape design.
It’s been used since the early days of cinema, and until this day it will be on screen and you don’t even know it. Jadrien Cousens is a very talented landscape artist with amazing pieces in this field. Here are some of his work. For more of it and to check some of the films he has worked on, please check his DeviantART and personal site. I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. 😉
PauloGabriel
Aug 08, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
August 7, 2017
Minimalist Design for Nike Desktop and Mobile Concept
Minimalist Design for Nike Desktop and Mobile Concept
I am a fan of minimalist design and the work that Anton Skvortsov shared on his Behance profile for a concept idea for what the Nike store could look like on desktop and mobile is an amazing example of minimal and elegant. It’s hard to evaluate minimalist design when it comes to user testing. Some users might always prefer density rather than focus on less. It’s okay, but some companies can definitely afford that and Nike is a great example of one that I think it could work. Below you can see some images and a bit of the process.
There’s a lot to love about this project, especially the web version. The grid the nice navigation, I also have to point that the designer didn’t take in consideration different display sizes and resolutions. In my opinion the text size is extremely small as well, almost to the point that I don’t know if it could be readable, especially on mobile. That said, I think there’s a lot of good ideas here and they definitely inspired be for some changes on the Abduzeedo redesign I am working on.
In visual arts, music, and other mediums, minimalism is a style that uses pared-down design elements. Minimalism began in post–World War II Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Wikipedia
Minimalist design
Anton is a UI/UX and web designer from Russia He has other really cool projects like this on his portfolio and I highly recommend that you check it out. For more information make sure to visit:
abduzeedo
Aug 07, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX
August 7, 2017
Game Design & Illustration: iOS Games with Creative Mints
Game Design & Illustration: iOS Games with Creative Mints
Currently offline over some side-projects that involves iOS, game design and as being part of the process. I am surfing what’s out there for inspiration and it’s always a pleasure to come across the work of Creative Mints. Their level of combination of illustration and UI just goes higher than what you are usually seeing. It’s quite inspiring and we can’t take away the joy of embracing the Behind-the-Scenes with sketches and sharing their process.
Creative Minths is a boutique where they focus their work in branding, UI and illustration. Based in Prague, Czech Republic; you should definitely follow them on Behance.
Game design is not just about multiple layers of complex graphics or bright characters – sometimes it’s the concept itself that defines the style and breaks conventions.
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More Links
- Check out Creative Mints’s site: creativemints.com
- Follow Creative Mints on Behance
AoiroStudio
Aug 07, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
August 6, 2017
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Home steam cleaning, futuristic pianos, e-skin
Check out our roundup of the best new Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can’t buy this stuff yet, but there’s no denying that it’s fun to gawk!
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Source: Digital Trends VR
August 6, 2017
Here Are All the Reasons Why You Should Stop Making Films
Most of the time, there are more reasons to quit than to shoot.
How many times have you told yourself that you don’t have what it takes to make films? Films take time, money, talent, and creativity and more often than not you feel like you just don’t have any of those things. Maybe your parents have told you that it’s a waste of time. Maybe you’ve already tried to break into the industry and failed. Maybe you haven’t made anything in years because your inner child has been replaced by your inner critic who is constantly telling you that if you try you are going to fail.
If this is you, you should watch this video by Simon Cade of DSLRguide immediately.
When I was in first grade, my teacher asked the class to draw a picture of our favorite animal. Once everyone was done, we sat in a circle so we could show everyone what we drew. When my teacher held up my picture—it was of a cheetah—a boy laughed and pointed at it, and that was the first time in my life that I ever realized that something I made could be seen as “good” or “bad.”
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 5, 2017
13 Must-Have Accessories for Making Films on Your Smartphone
These tools will certainly come in handy if you want to make movies on Apple and Android smartphones.
Smartphones on their own make for some pretty rough filmmaking. Their lenses, microphones, and settings all have limitations that can make capturing the shots you want difficult at best and impossible at worst. But, if you’re a smartphone filmmaker whose ideas and visions surpass these technological constraints, there are lots of relatively cheap accessories out there that can help turn your device into a pretty beefy cinematic tool. The team over at Film Riot lists 13 pieces of gear, including lenses, stabilizers, and microphones, that you should definitely take a look at.
Here are the accessories (and app) mentioned in the video. (Links are available in the video’s description.)
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 5, 2017
Watch: How to Create Handheld Camera Shake in After Effects
This simple technique can help you give your static footage a nice handheld feel.
Shooting handheld is really straightforward; it’s literally “put camera in hand and shoot.” But handheld shots are not only created while filming, they can also be created in post-production with your favorite NLE or VFX program. In this After Effects tutorial, Nathaniel Dodson of tutvid shows you how to utilize the wiggle expression to transform your static footage into dynamic and realistic-looking handheld camera work. Check it out below.
So when would you ever need to use this technique—I mean, if you want the handheld look why not just plan ahead and shoot handheld, right? Right. You should probably try to plan ahead and figure out what look you want to give your footage, but let’s be real—that doesn’t always happen. Sometimes your unplanned, casual shoot turns into something much more important or maybe you thought you wanted a static shot and decided later that handheld would look better.
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 4, 2017
How a ‘Musical Doc’ Became One of Sundance’s Biggest Acquisitions
Amanda Lipitz, director ‘Step,’ shot 400+ hours of footage. Here’s how she did it.
There’s no razzle-dazzle, no fireworks, no mega screens. It’s only high school girls in jeans and T-shirts, stomping and clapping. And yet, the performance on stage is one of the most captivating that you’re likely to see. The work of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women’s step dance team is so powerful, in fact, that a documentary film about it had members of the cultural elite at Sundance 2017 on their feet, landing a multi-million dollar deal for distribution and remake rights from Fox Searchlight.
Source: NoFilmSchool