TRAFIQ - by Miklós Kiss
(via Behance Network)
http://iloveligatures.tumblr.com/ | an entire blog dedicated to ligatures. some are pretty sweet. whoo hoo!
can I wear this at my wedding
instead of a jhumar and tikka and all that ridiculousness
please
ok I’ll wear the tikka but I want this too
(Source: tandyastarr, via forever-insignificant)
Three book cover redesigns due for The Kite Runner. Three different concepts, three different executions. And none of them can have a kite.
This is my first one but I’m not feelin it yet. This is one of my all-time favorite books and it feels like I’m not doing justice to it.
meh.
Head Sex and the Emotional Affair (Therese J. Borchard) -
Believe it or not, extramarital “head sex” — the emotional bond formed with a secret lover of sorts — may be worse (at least for depression) than real sex outside a marriage, according to Peggy Vaughan, author of The Monogamy Myth and creator of DearPeggy.com.
“Most people recover from the fact that their partner had sex with someone else before they recover from the fact that they were deceived,” says Vaughan. “An affair, in the final analysis, is more about ‘breaking trust’ than about ‘having sex.’”
A few years ago Vaughan took an online poll, asking readers: “If your partner had an affair, what would be more difficult to overcome: the deception, or that he/she had sex with someone else?” Almost three quarters of the men and women polled said deception.
Vaughan believes that secrecy is primarily what distinguishes a close friendship from an emotional affair.
For example, you’ve crossed the line if you are:
“In most instances emotional affairs are just affairs that have not yet become sexual,” says Vaughan. “They either end or they escalate. So (as with any type of affair), it’s critical that all one-on-one contact with the third party be severed — before it escalates.”
Romantic friendships are especially dangerous for women because women typically invest much more of themselves into them than men. A woman may ache and suffer for years as she grapples with her relationship issues while her male counterpart considers the extra attention a mere bonus to his family life, says Vaughan. In other words, a female sees her soul mate; a man sees fun. And, according to Aaran Ben-Ze’ev, author of Love Online, it’s not uncommon for men to be conducting two or even four affairs at once.
Even innocent flirting with co-workers can hurt a marriage. “We only have so much emotional energy in life,” says M. Gary Neuman, a psychotherapist in Florida and author of Emotional Infidelity.
“By chatting and joking with your crush during the workday, that’s emotional energy you should be sharing with your partner, and it drains your marriage of the vitality it needs.”
Saturday night gothic type explorations. Why is my life so depressing.
need.
(Source: daastan)
Attempting to draw an 8-bit dog.
On a scale of one to what-drugs-are-you-on how bad does this look?
rawr.
(via dalalisdreaming)
Guys, should I order this? SHOULD I?
It’s *only* $185 if that helps you decide better.
Had a brutal workout today. I’m smiling but my legs are actually crying.
I can’t stand how my eyes are uneven.
60.
Rough comp to see the typeface I painstakingly photographed. I love that my type teacher was able to pick out about 6 things wrong with this, which is something I never would have figured out while freelancing.
His name is Bruce Young and he’s a really cool guy. He’s a little bit on the shy side and it’s adorable, really, especially because we’re the first bunch he’s ever taught. Also, he dresses very well, it’s understated so it never looks self-centered or overdressed and just an all around classy kindof guy.
follow-up to my last post but mostly just procrastinating right now.
Also, I misspelled introduction *facepalm*
59.
Custom typeface in the works for some book covers for engineering textbooks. Whoo hoo!
I’ll post it up. If it ends up being any good.
One of many pieces of scrap paper. I always start these too late. Sixty comps for a logo due Monday morning and I’ve got maybe 20 solid ones, 30 if I count variations.
This class is like the ultimate brain exercise.
What a fabulous way to end a Saturday night.
New toys! Wacom Bamboo Create Tablet
I’m in looove. Really. Somehow, things just go faster. And it’s multi-touch too! Also, you get much better accuracy with the pen tool. ALSO ITS SO MUCH FUN. Plus, it was a steal, found it for a hundred bucks. You can see the size of the tablet relative to my mac, it’s a really big surface :D
We had much fancier versions at my high school in Maryland, and it seriously reminded of all the horrific work I did then haha.