Merry Christmas

It has been another great year for Kevin Scott Photography! Some new clients and fun with my existing one's as well. Thank you to all of you who have been a part of it.

Chicago Commercial and Advertising photographer Kevin Scott Photography

Graphic Design Sins

First of all, what is wrong with that banner?!

Have you ever wondered how to piss off your designer friends (or anyone who actually understands design) and make their eyes bleed? Well this photo sums it up pretty much.

This poster made by Shahir Zag that features Helvetica Bold, messed up leading, kerning and text alignment is surely an excruciating sight. It could have been worse if the designer chose to use fonts like Papyrus, Curlz MT, especially Comic Sans. Also, the poster made you pause several times that might have given you a concussion.

A video made by BuzzFeedVideo called “How to piss off a Designer in 40 Seconds” recently went viral. The video makes designers cringe in pain or even smash their computer screens as it lists down the common graphic design sins that humanity still witness these days.

Through banners, we outlined some of these common graphic design sins in this feature. You! Be warned! The following images may cause severe headache.

Graphic Design Sin #1: Overusing drop shadow effect

There are other ways to make your design elements look 3D, right?

Graphic Design Sin #2: Using these fonts

Papyrus!

Curlz MT!

The undisputed Comic Sans!

Graphic Design Sin #3: Stretching text

Stretching text elements either horizontally or vertically is a BIG no. Remember to enlarge text only through the four corners and please hold your SHIFT.

Graphic Design Sin #4: Bad color scheme or combinations

Next time, check out a colour wheel just to make sure you’re using the right combos.

Graphic Design Sin #5: This gradient effect

Some gradient effects work, but why would you even use this one?

Graphic Design Sin #6: Overusing the bevel tool

Skeuomorphs are not supposed to look like this.

Graphic Design Sin #7: Improper kerning

This kerning is so bad that you would want to call it keming.

Oh the humanity indeed!

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Author:  Gian Bautista Gian (@gpbbautista) is a 20 year-old multimedia designer from Manila, Philippines. He specializes in graphic design, illustration, photography and interactive authoring. See his works on Behance or Tumblr.

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On-Set

Here are some of the screen grab images from a movie that I've had the opportunity to work on with a friend of mine. We originally started this last year and have more recently been putting together the concept trailer. I did a little camera works and lots of lighting.
These are only very roughly color graded.

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Guinness World Records 2015

Here is a GREAT Christmas gift for anyone. The 2015 Guinness World Record Book was released in September and I again was happy to do almost a dozen shoots with the team last year to be published this year for the 2015 book.

About Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records is the official reference, and ultimate authority, for world records.
Distributed in more than 100 countries and translated into 20 languages, the Guinness World Records annual is one of the best-selling books of all time!
We aim to inspire ordinary people to do extra-ordinary things. Our mission is to entertain and inform, and to celebrate the world’s best.

Guinness World Records 2015 Book

From the very first edition back in 1955, Guinness World Records has committed to bringing readers a snapshot of our universe as seen through the lens of the superlative.
This new edition explores the evolution of record-breaking since our launch, as well as keeping readers bang up to date on all the latest and greatest superlative achievements.
Inside you’ll find thousands of new and updated records, hundreds of never seen before photographs, highlights from our archive of classic records, plus details of how you can become a record-breaker…

All New Chapters and Topics

The 2015 book is updated with a variety of all new topics from alien hunting and searching for extra-terrestrial intelligence to a Game of Thrones inspired spread on castles, fortresses and strongholds!
Whether you’re into 3D printing and artificial intelligence or unusual urban transport, fakes, frauds or social media, the 2015 book is crammed with new information and exclusive insights.

All New 3D

The new See It 3D Augmented Reality App brings the book to life with even more exciting, interactive digital content. FREE for every reader, the app unlocks exclusive 3D elements that burst out onto the page, right in front of your eyes!

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Image Gallery

Largest motorised shopping trolley, Fred Reifsteck.

Inside 2015

It’s been an incredible year for record-breaking, and Guinness World Records has been there for every major superlative event. This new and fully updated edition showcases the very best of these world-beating achievements as well as some new features:

Galleries

Look out for our new, special picture features in the 2015 edition. This includes earth from space, animals in action, extreme bodies, big orchestra, odd talents, videogamers and wacky wheels.

Flashbacks

Each chapter opens with an anniversary-themed exploration of record-breaking, covering the last 60 years on a range of hot topics. Discover ‘flashbacks’ from exploring space, new species, monitoring Planet Earth, highest earners, at the cinema and Ashrita Furman, aka Mr World Records.

Control Strip

Check out the ‘control strip’ on each of the standard record spreads to discover a series of bite-sized records, trivia and stats. The perfect way to get the facts you need on the topic of your choice, fast!

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