AOL Creates New Motion Canvas Spot with Behance Member Roman Ruetten

Behance hosts competitions for organizations and brands that wish to celebrate and engage creative talent. Creatives can submit past projects , avoiding any spec-based crowdsourcing, and an expert panel of judges select finalists from there. Competition winners receive a variety of prizes and job opportunities in addition to being recognized publicly. To check out upcoming competitions on Behance visit be.net/competitions.   

When AOL sought out their next motion graphics artist for an upcoming campaign, they conducted a search on Behance by hosting a competition. We’re thrilled to announce the winner, New York-based Art Director Roman Ruetten, and share the custom spot he created for AOL:

Learn more about AOL Artists and watch Ruetten’s spot here.

Behind the Project: Intricate Wood Carvings

Today we’ll go behind the scenes with creative team  “Bonsoir Paris,” who will walk us through a few of their uber popular projects to learn more about how these astounding creative projects were created. Next week, we’ll be back with a few more of their projects! 

Tell us a bit about your team and the work you’re doing.
Bonsoir Paris’ team is composed of 2 creatives: Rémy Clémente et Morgan Maccari. We’ve been working together for the past 8 years. We started 3 years ago with the idea of building up a cross-over and brand oriented studio, mixing various skills and knowledges. Today, each project requires to work in team with 5 to 6 persons with complementary expertise. So, we’re able to work on the artistic direction, the design, the graphic design and the web design for each project. We are ambitious creatives; when one skill is highlighted, the aim to fulfill the needs of the brands we are working with.

1) Duramen Series –  Handmade Wooden Sculptures


“We decided to make the whole sculpture by hand to be able to obtain the delicacy we were looking for.”
 


Duramen was our first self-produced exhibition project. The objective was to break with the typical creative agencies’ exhibitions, which are often too moderate. It’s disappointing that designers don’t often step out of the frame but rather stay in safe territories. We founded Bonsoir Paris to be able to free ourselves from this working conception. For us, each project should be a new experience, a new technique.

We didn’t want the exhibition to be a show-case of our skills. We wanted it to be a true creative experience highlighting an unusual way of thinking, free from any business strategy. This will for stepping out of the frame drove us towards the design of our Duramen series. We designed the sculptures while having in mind the works of Dali and Magritte during the surrealist period but also with the influence of Arte Povera, which represents for us the hottest point of the minimalist movement.

In order to obtain a very high quality result, we gathered a team of specialists from diverse domains: sculptors, cabinet-makers and designers. We decided to make the whole sculpture by hand to be able to obtain the delicacy we were looking for. We could never reach this level of details using machines. Because of this specificity we worked with 10 persons, 16 hours a day during 2 months and a half.

The pieces were then presented in a larger context; for the opening of a new concept place in Paris called “Le Purgatoire”, which mixes contemporary art and food design. We were also responsible for the artistic direction of this new place and for the creation of their website.

2) Anologic - Fashion Editorial For AMUSEMENT MAGAZINE N°12

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Most Appreciated Projects on Behance

Appreciations are a way to send genuine kudos to another creative professional on Behance. This is our community’s way of curating the network, so that the best projects gain the most exposure. Here’s a look at two of the most appreciated projects on Behance this week:


Teagan White’s illustrations bring the pages of Hal Johnson’s young adult novel, Immortal Lycanthropes, to life. See the full series of hand drawn creatures here.


Working with the Space for Personalized Learning, Gavin Hughes designed a classroom that can evolve and respond to a more personalized approach to learning. We sure wish our primary schools looked like this! See the full interior project here.

20 inspirational photographers to follow on Behance

Looking for more photography inspiration? The Creative Bloq recently put together a list of the top 20 photography portfolios on Behance. Here are a few highlights:

1. Suren Manvelyan


Born in 1976, professional photographer Suren Manvelyan got into the medium at the age of just 16. Since then he’s gone on to create numerous series and campaigns, such as the above ‘Your Beautiful Eyes’, which have featured in many publications including The Independent, Wired and The Telegraph.

2. Tom Hussey


This emotional ‘Reflection’ series was the work of commercial advertising photographer Tom Hussey and his extensive online portfolio is full of campaigns with similarly clever and thought provoking images.

3. Madame Peripetie


The portfolio of photographer and art director Madame Peripetie is one of the most weird and wonderful ones on Behance. Her work explores the boundaries between fashion, sculpture and the human body. That combined with inspirations including Surrealism, Dadaism, the New Wave era of the 80s and the British post-punk scene has resulted in a collection of beautiful and striking images.

Keep reading and see the full list of photographers here. 

Don’t Let Your Startup Make These Design Mistakes

Behance Co-Founder Matias Corea recently spoke at State of the Startup, a monthly New York-based event, focused on the latest startup trends. Asked to speak on the most common mistakes designers make, here are Matias’ top 5 tips:

1. While it’s great to have designers who understand code, they should ultimately focus on design and not both.

2. Interaction design can’t simply rely on the way things look, and has to explore, test and prototype the way the work as well. A sure-fire solution: wireframes!

3.  Typography (and readability) rules everything.

4. “It’s better to have a hole than an A**hole” – Neal Blumenthal. Make chemistry and culture a priority within your team.

5. Focus on the product, no the exit. Success come from quality work and quality work stems from passion – create something you truly care about.

Check out the full article here.

Back to School with Behance

Fall is in the air which reminds even those of us who have long since graduated, that school is about to start up again. For the past few months the Behance team has been busy partnering with top art and design schools across the country, creating custom galleries for Universities and Colleges. Now students, faculty and alumni can showcase their creative work within exclusive networks,  and recruiters/ creative enthusiasts can view work by school, degree program and more. 

Questions about our custom creative networks for schools and other creative organizations? Please get in touch at energy[at]behance.com, we’d be happy to discuss!

Most Appreciated Projects on Behance

Appreciations are a way to send genuine kudos to another creative professional on Behance. This is our community’s way of curating the network, so that the best projects gain the most exposure. Here’s a look at two of the most appreciated projects on Behance this week:


Trinidadian artist Gerrel Saunders‘ series of vibrant gold lips on a matte grey background has been getting a lot of attention. The simple presentation allows the complex gold textures to pop, resulting in one of our Most Appreciated Projects of the week. Check it out here.


How do you design a logo for a store that completely changes themes every six weeks? New York-based design firm Sagmeister & Walsh was up for the challenge with this popular project.

⌘ Introducing the Behance API

On behalf of the Behance Team, I’m proud to announce the opening of our public API and developer site: http://be.net/dev. We’ve been internally using a private API for well over a year now, creating our own portfolio website builder, ProSite. With this second version, we’re making it public: the developer community can showcase Behance’s sorted, curated and appreciated work in their own experiences.

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