“Making Of” Metal Gear Solid 4 - SoftImage

If you are interested in how one of the biggest games of the year was created, you wouldn’t want to pass on the opportunity to check out this awesome article. The guys from SoftImage have interviewed the staff behind Metal Gear Solid 4 and wrote a quite extensive review.

Classic 2d Aladdin game could live on PS3

Honestly we can't wait to get our hands on LittleBigPlannet, the upcoming PS3 exclusive title developed by Media Molecule. As you know LittleBigPlannet puts you in control of what you create, so we thought that one of the great ideas for a level would be recreating a level or two from Disneys Aladdin game for Genesis. We unleashed our creative talents and in a matetr of minutes slapped together a quick composite of what it might be like. I know what your thinking... we think its awesome too.

Yahoo.com Homepage Redesign

Apparently today Yahoo decided to move their logo to the middle of the page. This seems like a very interesting move on their part, and feels kind of out of place. It also also worth noting that they have embedded all the javascript and css inside the page code. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that now their page loads at amazing speeds. Can someone comment on this? We are just speculating here.

Xerox Unveils Biggest Change to Its Brand in Company History

Developed by Interbrand, the new Xerox identity is the biggest change to it's brand in company history. Here is a brief explanation from the official press release.

New Drupal book: Drupal 5 Themes

Packt Publishing recently announces a new book, Drupal 5 Themes by Ric Shreves. A description from the publisher:

This book is the ideal introduction to theming with Drupal 5. If you want to create a striking new look for your Drupal website, this book is for you. Starting from the basics of theme setup and configuration, you will learn about the Drupal theming architecture and the PHPTemplate engine, and then move on to modifying existing themes and building new themes from scratch. Included is a complete guide to the various style sheets and themeable functions in Drupal 5, making this book a valuable resource even to experienced theme developers.

Adobe AIR Logo Revealed

Adobe Air new logo, showed for the first time recently, at the Adobe User group meeting in Paris. Up until now Adobe AIR had a pretty inconsistent branding. It has had a number of logos and graphics associated with it, including the rocket-ship, and the current AIR branding.

Naked Light - Image editing, re-invented.

Naked light's non-destructive nature opens up whole new concepts of photo editing.

Talkabout Design: New Version is on the way

We are hard at work on the new version of Talkaboutdesign and here is a sneak peak at the new navigation. New version should launch before the end of the month, so don't forget to check back soon.

Artist of the Day: Chiara Bautista

Chiara Bautista is a very talented illustrator from Arizona. Not much is known about her since she doesn't have her own site but thats not to say that her work doesn't deserve your attention. Head over to her Myspace page.

Artist of the day: Sven Prim

Amazing work from a great photo/retouch artist Sven Prim. If you are looking for inspiration make sure to check out his work. Visit http://www.svenprim.com/ for all his work.