Grungy Art & Design has always been something of an “easy ride” for a Designer to pull off.  Find some old and run down buildings or architecture? Check! Scour deviantart.com for some grungy Photoshop brushes? Check! Mush it all around in Photoshop, et voilà!

This gets you only so far, the magic happens when you combine a grungy processing technique with strong vintage design.  The Art Deco era and WW2 Art and design posters are a great and interesting area to read up on.

I’ll be sharing some of my techinques and findings soon. Including the all important RESEARCH. with pointers and some Inspiration for you to check out.

Systems Fail. Errors Happen, Computers don’t know whats going on. We see interesting and unusual visuals artefacts and glitches, We capture them!
At other times we provoke them!

This book presents a really colorful and vibrant variety of unusual visual glitch artwork from some
very talented people.

Thanks Iman!

The Guys and Girls over at LSC we’re big on the whole retro styling of their new branding so they wanted that whole vibe carried through their product range. The red background of the Pump Package is just there to simulate the colour of the product, the design is transparent. The Soap Bar designs are coloured paper.

By Splitting up a photograph into distinct visual planes at varying depths through the shot in Photoshop then painting in by hand the missing details, you can then recompile this scene in After Effects to create some stunning slow motion 3D-Like moments.

Our Photographer Business Cards have arrived and we’re really pleased with them. The picture above shows only a small amount of the whole awesomeness we had printed. Thanks Moo!

We’ve heard just about every story when it comes to web design:

“Oh I don’t want a website to sell our goods, I’m really technophobic!”

“I had my Nephew make us a site in a weekend and he plays on the computer all the time so he knows what he’s doing.”

Why should I get it redesigned? It’s not like anyone uses it to buy from me anyway.”

“Hey, do you think we can have those dancing babies off to the left with some background music on there. that’d be really cool”

The reality of it is – Dancing Baby animated pictures do not sell your product or service, regardless of how many you would like on there unless of course you’re selling Dancing Animated Babies.

There are lots of people claiming to be able to create you a website. From your Nephew to Jim down the pub, everyone is seemingly an expert. With technology on the internet growing far faster than it ever has, web design and development is a complex and risky investment decision for you to make.

We at Soulway Studios have a close working practice with a Web Development Company called Leafish and our designers have worked on many projects together for many many years. Our degree educated designers have been working with the internet for the last decade and are from the generation which grew up along side the growth of the internet. This gives us a great understanding and command of design for the web.

If you’re puzzled about websites and what a website can do for you or your business. Please get in contact and we’ll be more than happy to help you. We’ll gladly take a look at just why you have an interest in a website, what you need, and can build a package to suit you, with step by step explanations to help you understand what you actually get when you ask for a website.

Along with this website you’re reading at the moment, here are a few more examples of web projects we’ve worked upon.

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• Wedding Photography
• Model Portfolios
• Stag & Hen Parties
• Corporate & Function Parties
• Portraiture
• Events
• Birthdays
• Pets & Animals
• Architectural Photography
• Antinetal Mums to Be
• Street Event Photograpy

Our Photography pricing is extremely competitive and our service is first class.

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