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Unbelievable Toy Designs of All Shapes and Sizes

Unbelievable Toy Designs of All Shapes and Sizes

By | May 4, 2012 at 7:35 pm | No comments

Here is a great new inspiration post for you creatives. This is a collection a great toy design of all sorts of different shapes, sizes, characters, and themes. I was cruising around looking at some design and saw these great toy designs. So I decided to compile a collection of...

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My Top 5 Favorite Albums I Listen To While Designing

My Top 5 Favorite Albums I Listen To While Designing

By | April 13, 2012 at 9:20 pm | No comments

If you are a designer like me, you can't go 5 minutes on a project without making a trip to your iTunes library. Some people need silence but I can't go very long, even when I'm not designing, without music playing. I have a collection of about 8 albums that I always seem to...

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Incredible Papercraft Origami Designs Using Currency

Incredible Papercraft Origami Designs Using Currency

By | February 24, 2012 at 6:01 pm | No comments

I came across these great origami designs by Won Park while i was browsing other crafts designs. If you are avid in the art community then you might have seen some of these paper crafts by Won Park. If you haven't checked his work out then you can check out some great designs...

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Bright Ideas

Bright Ideas

By | January 20, 2012 at 5:59 pm | No comments

Illustration and design, done well, can bring any project or message to life. It can make any meaning clearer and more easily understood by viewers. It can facilitate communication internationally. A picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes even more! Sdwhaven is here to...

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20 Great WordPress Portfolio Themes for Illustrators

20 Great WordPress Portfolio Themes for Illustrators

By | December 27, 2011 at 9:59 pm | One comment

In this post I'm going to showcase a collection of great portfolio WordPress themes that would be perfect for any illustrator or designer looking for a great way to showcase their illustration portfolio. If your using WordPress to showcase your portfolio then choosing the right...

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Poster Design: Things to Consider When Designing Posters

Poster Design: Things to Consider When Designing Posters

By | November 23, 2011 at 2:43 am | No comments

If you are familiar with SDWHaven at all then you probably know that I am a big fan of poster design. It is one of my favorite forms of illustration to look at and design. I feature a lot of different types of posters here on my website, with each type communicating a different...

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