With the iPad launched and doing very well, I decided to look for a bit of inspiration for a wallpaper pack I am making (including iPad wallpapers, obviously!) for DesignGiveaways, and I thought I’d share with you a small selection of the many hundreds I looked at. These are all illustrated, square and at approximately 1024×1024 pixels ready to use as your iPad background, whether you’re a landscape or portrait user – or maybe you’re greedy and use both! 
Characters have strong attraction in packaging design. Do not underestimate a cute puppy dog character on a piece of packaging because it probably does have an effective power to attract the customers. The existence of nice character design also makes packaging feel more alive and much more fun. It can also turn plain and boring packaging in to new collectible items for the customers. This post showcases twenty+ wonderful examples of how character design is used in modern packaging.
In the final post from the 4 Elements Inspiration series by Jasmin, we have 18 great looking earth inspired illustrations and manipulations.
To view more work by a particular artist or designer, just click on their design and it’ll take you to their Flickr, Behance or DeviantART portfolio!
1. Canyon Floor Colorado River Sunset by James [...]
This is the third post in the Four Elements Inspiration Series by Jasmin Halkić. We’ve already seen 20 excellent examples of both water and fire inspired illustrations, now it’s time for 20 air inspired illustrations… hold on tight because they’ll blow you away!
The illustrations were rounded up from DeviantART, Behance & Flickr: Click on the [...]
Fire, Earth, Air and Water – the four elements that are all around us. This is the second post in the Four Elements series by Jasmin Halkić – we’ve already seen 20 great water inspired illustrations. In total there are 20 sizzling illustrations – be careful, they’re hot!
The illustrations were rounded up from DeviantART, Behance [...]
