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internet artists: adam phillips

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Before Metalocalypse came along to prove Adobe Flash could be used as a professional animation tool, Adam Phillips had already raised the bar with his hand-animated Flash short films featured on Newgrounds. Although his acclaim doesn’t reach far beyond that of the net, he’s nonetheless named in Wikipedia and has earned the respect of the internet ...

photoshop, please make the world a better place

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Error: Comic Sans selected. Photoshop will now terminate.

the new helvetica(s)

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As Helvetica has been on a slow decline in generally modern designs, I’m now seeing an almost proportional rise in the use of Reykjavik (rayk-jah-vik?). Barnes & Noble has become a chief abuser of this font, and I’ve seen it used in more one-shot designs than I can remember. Most may not be familiar with the ...

the coldest night

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So it's 5.30am. I had gone to bed barely 4 hours before, and already I had woken up more times than I could count. I wouldn’t call it a restless or tiresome sleep, but I certainly didn’t have the luxury of waking up only when I needed to. It is 30° (-1C) in Florida right now. ...