Beno Saradzic’s glittering time lapse video of Abu Dhabi also gives us a history lesson; it takes us from the contributions Sheikh Zayed made in the past to the majestic metropolis it is now.

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A short story about two unlikely friends saying goodbye. A young man named Charles just lost his home. He spends one last day with his best friend, a sea turtle, before moving on.

Mateusz Sypien also known as Digimental is from Poland and has some incredible digital illustrations skills. The mix of dark futuristic imagery with neon lights is incredible. Check it out!

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An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia’s ABC.

The creative James Zhao carried out this time-lapse in order to propose the 3rd edition of the Vivid Festival of Sydney. Around these plays of lights, video allows it to show the variety of the visual effects which the festival proposes.

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In order to promote the smartphone Samsung Galaxy software firm, the Original soundtrack and Heaven had the idea to think this video around the action of handling a tactile apparatus. The JayFunk dancer carries out a dance supported visually by effects in post-production.

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Discovered this video realized well reflecting with Manhattan success, the whole thanks to a work of Josh Owens alias Mindrelic. This film time-lapse is entitled “Manhattan in Motion”.

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Typography is often thought of in its practical form, as text on a web page or printed material.

A designer may look at typography in the way that it will impact their design, considering aspects such as spacing, leading, weight and size.

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In November 2010 Xenon Studios, newly formed by Michael Powell after the closure of Ark VFX  were contacted by Director Adam Wells to help pitch for the Title Sequence of Sky Sports’ Super League coverage.  The project was a perfect opportunity for the ex-Ark team to collaborate and in this in-depth breakdown we’ll take an overall look at some of the work that was involved.

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A first look at the new “Windows 8″ user interface. Read more at http://bit.ly/iCTxY6. Developers: Learn how to take advantage of the future of Windows at the Build Conference: http://www.buildwindows.com/

The Arctic Light is a natural phenomenon that happens two to four weeks before the Midnight Sun season.

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The BBC came to us with a brief full of interesting facts and circles, for a series of brand vignettes for BBC Knowledge. We were asked to design and animate two spots that take us on a journey and explore how circles keep cropping up in the history of the earth.

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Parallax is a difference in the in the apparent position of an object viewed along different lines of sight. The term derives from the Greek word parallaxis, meaning alteration. In web design, the parallax effect is a relatively new trend. The effect itself has been around for a while, but lately is becoming more used and talked about.

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A portfolio can make or break you. It’s important to show your best work, your variety and stand out. In this showcase we’ve put together a collection of 55 portfolios we’ve found online that we think stand out as clever, creative and inspiring. We hope these can inspire you when you’re making your own portfolio, when creating web designs and in other projects. We find these pleasant to look at and invite the visitors to want to learn more about the people behind them.

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This reel consists of his works from school, freelance projects and personal projects.

This is a montage of some key scenes from the show, some live captured moments and some behind-the-scene-shots.

Youxiandaxia is a very talented artist from China. He creates really beautiful and fascinating paintings and I’m glad to present you some of his great works. It is very impressive to see how he uses colors and textures to produce the softness in the pictures. If you’re fan of asian graphic style you will love them!

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Iida the Infobar A01 preserves the design DNA of the original Infobar dumbphones, but is a full-functioning smartphone with a custom, tile-based UI that is similar—if less stylized—to that of Windows Phone 7. And you can configure it any way you like with various apps and widgets. Not bad. Not bad at all.

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Imagine taking your 0.5 mechanical pencil and drawing on a large, blank piece of white paper for 10 hours a day, seven days a week, for 10 full months. Think you’d give up after a few hours or maybe even a few days? Well, it’s safe to say that most people would. Then again, most people aren’t like Joe Fenton…

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Last week we showcased here 25 Fresh Examples of Minimalist Web Designs, where most of the examples were based on light colors and a few colorful elements. This week on the other hand, we decided to gather a list of dark web designs to show that dark colors, if well mixed and matched, can result in inspiring and beautiful websites.

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