Link Round-Up: April 26, 2012

"Am I Living Up To My Creative Potential?"

This global study by Adobe shows 75% of people don’t think they are.

@irkafirka illustrates tweets. Illustrator Nick Hilditch (@Pockless) makes cute little cartoons out of selected twitter posts. Also available on twitter, of course.

Jordan Speer's 3D modeling work is colorful and strange. Examples: CHUNDERMUSCLE, Abduction of the Arcade Fiend, Sob Museum, Kontrascope, Deep Hell Discovery Probe, and The Bullshit Dragon of Fake-ass Mountain.

"The Secret Pet Society"  is an fantastical series of paintings with descriptions by artist Travis Louie which features Victorian-era styled people posing alongside their mythical creatures. Arrested Motion has an interview with the artist.

Start Ups: This is how Design works. A guide for non-designers by Wells Riley

Why can't Start Ups find designers?

Quick Pic: Pantone Eggs

DIY Pantone Easter Eggs by Jessica from How About Orange

"The graphic designer in me couldn't resist attempting faux Pantone Easter eggs. I dyed these boiled eggs, then typed up the labels and printed them on ink jet temporary tattoo paper. Remember to print the words backwards! (I used Silhouette brand tattoo paper I bought at my local PaperSource, but you can also get similar stuff from DecalPaper.com.) And yes, I'm such a nerd that I had to match the color numbers properly using my chip book."

Fresh Take: Future Flags of Earth

If we were suddenly visited by extra-terrestrials from another star system, and they invited us to enter into their galactic federation, how would we visually represent our solar system? What would be our solar system’s flag?” This design collection from thefrek offers up an identity for our little Solar System and imagines how such a flag might evolve along with future human space conquest.