This book is said to be a godsend for creatives who are unproductive or fail to see their ideas through. Creatives are free flowing thinkers who don’t adhere to a set workflow — a note here, a scribble there, ideas jotted across 10 unfinished moleskine notebooks. A book like this had to be made and I’m glad Scott Belsky stepped up and tried to deliver. Ji Lee, Creative Director at Google Labs has been quoted as saying this book is, “ A Swiss army knife of ideas,” so I had to pick it up. But did this book deliver or is it just another piece of overpromised hype?

Scott Belsky is a smart guy — MBA from Harvard Business School, worked with the best at Goldman Sach’s and is now CEO of Behance Network. Belsky’s been working with creative types for a while and noticed a trend. He came to realize that most of us are guilty of too many ideas and not enough action. I’ll have to plead the fifth on this one. Scott, being the businessman he is, saw a need and filled it. And from that came Behance Network, 99% and The Action Method all channeled into a creative eco-system. This book seems to be a nice tie-in to those three platforms, a sort of self-promotion, which is fine — they are all mostly good quality items. So on to the review.
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Christopher add’s his unique style to old comic favorites.

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These are some classic cover’s I did in 2008 during my years directing at FHM. I figured I’d put them up for some form of historical purpose. They weren’t so bad for their time, it was all in good fun.

Client: FHM US, 2008

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New York based Axis Denim is a global design & development company, as well as a manufacturer with fabric mills, laundry & sewing facilities.

Design Brief:
Design a Logotype and Icon; that conveys manufactured goods, with a comprehensive understanding of their clients; that adjust to the specific individual needs. Axis Denim is the only ‘true’ global denim manufacturing company in the world, with resources in China, Japan, Italy, Turkey & in the US; Los Angeles, CT, & New York.

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I finished reading Gary’s book Crush it! recently which was pretty interesting and gave some fairly good advice. Whether the book is good overall or not, I can’t really say yet; since the book urges you to wait a year to see result’s; letting Gary sell ton’s of books, only later to find out the book belonged in the fiction section and not the Business and Culture. With the exception to his book, Gary still knows what he’s talking about even if it didn’t translate well to paper; video is where he shines and his passion is contagious. This video is a must watch for anyone interested in doing what they love to do, getting paid for it and making a brand of themselves.

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