RAXO ~ DESIGN THAT MOVES

Design is our craft, exploring is our passion. Executing creative solutions since 2015. Let’s make #DesignThatMoves. ✍🏾

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Traverse prismatic skyscrapers, vibrant undergrounds, and stroll through a picturesque countryside as you discover how light can transform not only the terrain, but us too. Immerse yourself in this mesmerizing study of light and daily beauty in #ScenesFromAnUrbanSunset.💌🌇

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Some designers dive into certain design categories because they have a natural talent or love for it, but this wasn’t the case forJapanese designer Zin Nagao, who says type design was something he was “not good at it” initially.

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Classic poster designs are like wine and when they’re really good, they get better and better as they age. And like the iconic pieces of pop culture that they are, some of them continue to inspire contemporary artists into using them as direct references: https://t.co/UZOZYDa4OO

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Virtual reality or VR are the words on everybody’s lips - at least for now. Like every new technological trend that comes around, most of us are interested, curious and intrigued but only time can tell if trends remain as trends and eventually go away... https://t.co/qg3J1sn3wk

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Not every artist has the ability to stand out in a crowd filled with talented creators, but the body of work of Matt Reynolds certainly catches your eye once you cross paths with it.

Learn more about his art at our blog: https://t.co/kpTCowzt3I

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Carolyn Hawkins is a Melbourne-based artist, working across the fields of graphic design, illustration, animation, printmaking, and painting, as well as various music and writing projects. Carolyn’s body of work is as wide as eye-catching:
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For WhyNotDesign, branding it’s their bread and butter, and not only that, it’s their specialty. WhyNotDesign is a design organization that focuses on packaging and branding design, it was founded in Shenzhen in 2022:

https://t.co/jTscmi2kq4

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Every city has its own aesthetic and its own language, and we mean a graphic language, spoken through design. We took a walk around Amsterdam, Netherlands and depicted a portrait of the city through a typographic POV:
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We review Carolyn Hawkin's body of work, we also go on a trippy artsy ride with illustrator Matt Reynolds, we move beyond our borders with the one-of-a-kind branding from WhyNotDesign, and we share with you a brand new graphic pictorial, from Amsterdam: https://t.co/oUzEr419Ff

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Animation looks nothing like it used to 10, 20, 30 years ago. Modern animation has certainly been impacted by the digital revolution, as it melds 2D and 3D techniques, making new computer technology the new pencil and the monitors, the new canvases: https://t.co/p929nDX3lm

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Yes, the revival of the 2YK aesthetic it’s pretty obvious by now and it’s been happening for a couple of years now, which takes us to a new trend in the making: animecore.

Keep reading at #LoremIpsum: https://t.co/7ytvKvMUNu

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From the Batman TV show in the 60s, to the Spider-Man movies in the 00s, to the MCU takeover in recent years, to Lady Gaga filming a musical based on the Joker in the streets of NYC, one thing is crystal clear: comic book adaptations are here to stay: https://t.co/vTSA7QjqFm

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A good title sequence sets the mood for the movie or tv show you’re about to see. They can work as a storytelling tool, as they can be filled with easter eggs... And some of them showcase the work of talented designers and illustrators:
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We have some exciting things to share with you in #LoremIpsum! We dive deep into our brand new animated short as we give a breakdown of our process and all the hard work that went into creating it, amongst other cool stuff we tackle:
https://t.co/oUzEr419Ff

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'Scenes from an Urban Sunset' is first and foremost a study in light, so it was important for us to make sure every frame of the short was painted and designed correctly. We wanted to evoke emotion through animation and get the urban vibe across, using a natural color palette. 🌆

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#ScenesFromAnUrbanSunset combines 2D and 3D animation. Focusing on the city itself and its lighting, we worked with original 2D handcrafted digital backgrounds as we integrated 3D assets throughout the composition. Don't miss the breakdown in #Behance:
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Our storyboard was the first step we took while making 'Scenes from an Urban Sunset'. From there, it all started to find its flow as we crafted all the settings and backgrounds, its colors and how light would interact with them through the course of the short. 🌇

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"A subway train arrives at the station. A shiny poster on said train hints at an upcoming event happening in May 2023". 🚇 The urban landscape has so many scenes to show us, soon you’ll get to experience some of them from our perspective. Yes, this post is a teaser. ⏳🌇