Photo inspiration 4/7

This is my niece, Izabella. AWWWWE HER WITTLE EASTER DRESS

Can't Miss: AceJet- The only way is ethics

An AceJet review of a book can get me excited about anything.

This book is going to be made into a film. The work is the designs of Ken Garland, whose designs have obvious Swiss type influences mixed in. There's also a bit of late 70s early 80s vibe to the designs included in the book.

Chchchcheck it out! Pixel app

Recently, AceJet posted about this pixel app.

AceJet raved about it, but I don't personally care for it. To me making my pictures unrecognizable is several steps worse than Instagram.
The site says "With the help of pxl it is very easy to create a new avatar picture or a unique background for your iOS device!"
I don't really want my avatar to not look like a person. Perhaps for a background, but I'll stick with the one I've got.

This isn't really my style, what do you guys think?

Can't Miss: AceJet Transit Maps

I know everyone loves maps of mass transit systems, a well designed one almost always ends up as a poster.

I think this post by AceJet is neat because it shows every step along the way of the planning process. And since so many people love New York, I thought this would be a neat thing to share. Enjoy!

Photo Inspiration 4/2

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting beautiful and historical Charleston, SC. It wasn't quite the warm sunny beach scene I hoped it would be (like the picture I posted last week), but it was still a good time! Lots of beautiful things to see.

Charleston has the nickname of "The Holy City" because so many church towers dominate the skyline.

Beautiful architecture everywhere.

Niftayyyy Restaurant/Bar Findings

Last week while I was in Charleston, I felt like they had SO many awesome restaurants and bars. I know I was in a tourist area, but I think Chucktown is quite the fine dining city. The thing I thought I would share though, was the great design elements from these restaurants! You know when you go somewhere, and you can hardly look at the menu because it is so poorly designed? That was not the case in Chucktown! Also, most of the bars we went to had such fun/funky decor. Made for a great bar atmosphere!

This bar, Closing Time (what a GREAT name for a bar), had a lodge feel mixed with Route 66 diner. It was what my pals like to call a honky tonk bar, but we had a blast there.

Ok, this restaurant was terrible. We just wanted margs and chips and salsa, and they did NOT have unlimited chips and salsa. THEY ONLY SERVED TACOS, IT WAS AWFUL. But, it had cool decorations and nice company branding.

It was too dark to get a picture of the awesome interior at this bar called Speak Easy (which may have been an actual speak easy in the prohibition era? or maybe its just their "thing" but it fooled me.). So I am instead sharing my amazing drink from there, called Spring Fever. IT HAD ACTUAL ROSEMARY IN IT. shit was cray.

For our one "fancy" dinner of the week, we went to a seafood place called Hank's. It wasn't that fancy, but it was expensive. The back of the menu had a map of all the swankiest/most scandalous/famous bars/joints/clubs of Charleston.

My roommate loved the napkins so much she stole hers. Classy broad.

App recommendation/review: What the font?!

So a regular feature I'm going to start doing is app recommendations.


This week: What The Font?!

Splash page.
You start by taking/uploading a photo of a font that you have seen and love and want to know what the eff it is! This happens to me all of the time.

After uploading/taking a photo, you crop to highlight one word. It's best to take the photo straight on, without any tilt or angle to the photo. Also, no glare is preferable.

The app then guesses what characters it "sees." This is where the app is lacking in my opinion. It's not very good at recognizing characters, as you can see.

After correctly identifying characters and selecting identify, it gives font suggestions. It's not entirely accurate, but it gives some close ones that will do the job most of the time.

Overall, this app isn't the best designed or functioning app, but it does what I need it to do. It's a great idea. I'd love to know if there are any other apps with similar functions that are more effective? Let me know y'all.