Well I cleaned up the blogroll to the right the other day —->

You might notice I added a few more links under friends, let me introduce you to them.

Behance: A online community of amateur to professional artists ranging in everything from vector illustration to video editing to photography to videogame design. One of the best in the industry right now, just think Deviantart but not loaded with pictures of girls cutting their wrists and 12 year old anime fangirl art.

BloodSweatVector: Showcasing some of the best vector artists from around the world. Founded by your’s truly, BSV has only been around for 3 months but is already building a large following within the digital art community. A great spot for inspiration.

Ffffound: Another great site for inspiration, in this case it’s artwork from all areas, some good, some not so good. You can spend hours browsing ffffound which makes it a very dangerous site to frequent during work days.

It’sNiceThat: A great little site bringing attention to designs all over the world. You can either submit artists/sites or the admins behind the site submit artists to be showcased. A great little source of up-an-coming talent.

Kidrobot: They don’t need much of an intro. They’ve been around for awhile now and are the leaders in the vinyl toy industry.

Kuler: This is a great tool by Adobe. It’s primarily for matching colours and setting up personalized swatches. Users can submit their own swatch set or even browse other user submitted swatches. Great site if you are stuck on what colours to use or which to use together. I’ve used this one many time.

Lodown: Magazine for trendy hipsters. We’ll be working with them closely in this next year. Keep your eyes peeled.

Rumplo: Terrible name, but they are a great place to advertise your last winning tee design. Also a great source to browse for other tees and tee designers in the industry.

RyzWear: Like laFraise but for sneakers!

ThunderChunky: Another great news site. These guys have been around since 2003 and have interviews and projects under their belt with the likes of TADO and Jon Burgerman. They post articles on inspiration, interviews, and even free goodies. Another future collaborater.

Unkl: Another vinyl toy label. Unkl is ran by Portland based Derek Welch and Jason Bacon. Love the style and approach to the vinyl toy industry, make sure to checkout the Sugs

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Take the time to check them out, you won’t be dissapointed.

As I add more people to the blogroll I’ll attempt to introduce them to you guys.

Have a good weekend!!

Also as a reminder, don’t forget about the ongoing iPhone Contest