Inspiration

Pantone, the uber authority on all things color, has announced its Color of the Year for 2010: Turquoise 15-5519.

More and more people are becoming a "hobbypreneurs" - taking their hobby (product and idea based) and making it into their career. This can be done with crafts, blogging, cooking and just about any other hobby people pursue. An advantage for hobbypreneurs is making money doing something you love, and not working at some corporate job you hate just to bring home a paycheck.

Ah TV. The glass teat. It gives so much, yet asks for so little in return. Every so often, a TV show comes along that has absolutely stellar opening credits. Something that encapsulates what an entire TV series is about in under two minutes. Below is a list of really great TV openings. My personal favorite is Six Feet under, which has a great story of how they were created. Who would have though the boob tube could be so inspiring?

We here at Two Trees Media Media absolutely love photography. One of the coolest things happening with photography today is so called "light graffiti" You might have seen it in the (somewhat) recent Sprint commercials:

Kinetic Type is the art of creating videos out of text set to the audio track of a favorite movie scene, song, or voice-over. The typefaces themselves, as well as the position of the words and other graphic design elements, add significant emotion to the spoken content. This style of animation is the latest trend in the advertising world lately.

Letterpress printing has experienced a resurgence in popularity over the last few years, as artisans have turned to it as an expressive way to make small runs of printed materials. Letterpress printing is fairly flexible, and allows for a wide range of designs and colors which makes for some truly beautiful printed art.

Etsy is the best place to find all sorts of handmade items, describing itself as "an online craft fair" and provides small artisans a way to sell their goods to a wide online market. In 2008, Etsy sold $87.5 million worth of goods, and 2009 is set to exceed that. People all over the US are making an effort to support small local artisans, and Etsy is a great way to do that.

You're all on Twitter, right? You know, the latest social networking site everybody, including TV stars, my favorite reality TV show host, porn stars, and Oprah are using? Well, if you're not, you are definitely missing out.

As we previously reported, iPhones are soon to be the most used camera on Flickr. And it's no wonder - they are small, portable, and millions of people around the world have their iPhones on them almost all the time, ready to snap a picture at a moment's notice.

It's Friday, another week has gone by and people everywhere are waiting for 5:00 to roll around. To help speed up the arrival of the weekend, every Friday we'll be posting some of the neatest things from around the web as a way to inspire you in your creative pursuits. We here at Two Trees Media believe inspiration is everywhere, and we love to share it with others. This week's feature is Letterpress Printing.