Category: Behance Network

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:


Brooklyn-based illustrator Victo Ngai likes to sneak funny little moments and unusual details into his editorial designs. His recent project, a series of Wonderful Creatures, is whimsical, colorful and true to Ngai’s unique style.


Anders Drage just completed two years of graphic design school and the above project was his final exam. Drage merged his two loves; design and milk for this branding project intended for a global scale. From the simple packaging to the thoughtful type design, it’s no wonder that this is one of our Most Appreciated projects, and we hope Drage got an awesome grade to match!

New Feature: Projects I Appreciated

Browse your latest appreciated projects, or anyone else’s, in Projects I Appreciated.

To find this feature, visit a profile and scroll down to “Projects I Appreciated” on the left sidebar.

 

To find yours, just go to be.net/yourusername/appreciations, for example:

http://www.behance.net/oscarramosorozco/appreciations

http://www.behance.net/_anni_/appreciations

http://www.behance.net/bigspaceship/appreciations

Use it to track down a recent favorite project, check out the tastes of a fellow Behance member, or determine if someone has follow-worthy appreciations!

Questions? Contact our support team 

Behance Curates: What Makes a Project Feature-Worthy?

This post is part of a series written in collaboration with the Behance Curation Team, the experts on staff who select projects to be featured in Behance’s main Gallery and 12+ Curated “Served” Sites. Click here to see the first post in the series. 

In the coming weeks, we’ll explore different aspects of the project creation process, and outline how to create the best project possible. Here are a few concrete things that our curators look in a featureable project:

1) Project Length
Generally, projects should have 6-20 images-without repetition. It’s rare to see a Featured Project with just 1 or 2 images in it. If your project is showcasing a single piece of work – say, a mural – it’s important to show detailed view of this piece to create more content for the project.

2) Large Images
Make sure your project is on the larger size, ideally around 600 pixels. Our curators look out for good quality and resolution, and a consistent image width throughout the project.

3) Pure Images – No Watermarks!
We find that watermarks and other ownership marks distract from the media in a project, so we would warn against including these in your project.

4) A complete, polished project
Many people publish partially completed projects, and then finish them later on. Because our curators can’t look at a project each time that it is edited, we suggest only publishing projects when they’re ready to be considered for the Featured Gallery. (Many people use Behance to publish work-in-progress, and then get feedback. This is fine! But for the greatest chance of getting featured, we suggest creating a totally new project once you’ve taken your edited based on your feedback).


An example of a given day’s “Featured Gallery.”

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:



Reynolds & Reyner  was asked to develop a new visual identity for a small Finnish company whose primary goal was to stand out against the competition. The design studio took this task to heart and went all out with playful package designs for the paint cans, editorial-style instructions and promo pieces that are mini works of art. Besides, who says paint cans can’t be beautiful? Check out the full project and a sneak peak into the studio’s process here.


Created for Serbian fashion magazine, FAAR, this collaborative project brings spring to life. Behance member Becha collaborated with fashion designer Ana Ljubinkovic to create a color pallet and fantastical set. He then manipulated each image digitally to collate a collage-like spread. Each image is as rich and layered as the next, check out the full series here.

Behind the Project: Flying Junk

In this series, we’ll look deeper into some of the projects on Behance.net that were especially admired in our community. This time, we spoke to Swedish Illustrator Mattias Adolfson, who’s been on Behance for 4 years, and has over 60 projects – not one of them has less than 1,000 appreciations (one has as many as 40,000)! It’s impossible not to be enamored by the fantastical, unique world found in his sketchbooks – indeed, it’s captured the imagination of Behancers, who send every new project viral. We spoke to Adolfson about his latest project, Flying Junk,  his inspirations, and his tendency to sketch while traveling. 

What was your inspiration for this project?

This project is taken straight from my sketchbooks. I love drawing in sketchbooks – I never know exactly what will end up in them, but I do have some themes that return time after time. Most of my publications started off just being sketched in my books. When I was sketching the images you see in this project, I was doing some traveling – you can see the influence of this in the amount of airplanes or flying things depicted in the pages. I also drew some of these on trains and buses. The only thing I can do when traveling on such shaky transportation is cables. But sometimes I can’t sit around and wait for inspiration – I’ll just start drawing and see what it will end up as.

Can you describe your process in creating this project?
I have a simple process – if I have some time, I sit down and start drawing! My sketchbooks are small, so I take them along with me everywhere and draw if I have a free minute.
When I’m doing personal images, I never do any prep or thumbnail sketches, but I’ll just jump in, starting with some lines and seeing where I end up. I do have themes that return, especially robots, tree, and architecture. These themes comes from my education history: in schools, I first started studying to become an engineer, then switched to architecture and finally ended up with a master’s in Fine Arts.

Did you go through many versions and iterations before coming up with these final pieces?

No theses pieces are the first cut and have no iterations.

Do you feel that this project is “done,” or is there anything you’d like to improve on or change in the future?
Generally, when I’m done, I’m done. I might return to some themes, making bigger versions of certain images. Some of my customers sometimes want something in the line of something they have seen on my site, so that would be a reason for me to return to a piece.

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Your Designs…In 3D

If you’re like us at Behance, you geek out over the amazing things that technology makes possible – like 3D printing. These astounding printers use flat plastic to print, and lay down successive layers until you end up with a finished 3D product. If you have a design that you want to transform into an object, you can take advantage of this technology from the comfort of your desk – just upload your designs to Shapeways & they’ll take it from there, sending you (or anyone else who wants to buy one) a 3D version of your design in the mail.  On Behance, you can link any image with your online Shapeways store. Here’s how some Behancers are using it:


Oslo Ceramic Coaster by Studio Hansen (Oslo, Norway)


Starfish and Coral Pendants by Michaella Janse van Vuuren (Pretoria, South Africa)


Arab Spring iPhone Case by David Bizer (Berlin, Germany) Read more →

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:


After years of living and working as an architect, Tadao Cern decided to switch things up. He got his start as a wedding photographer and today he’s able to travel the world thanks to his craft. The photo above is one of hundreds from his recent, on-going series, cleverly titled “Blow Job” that features a variety of portraits where the subjects are shot in front of a high-powered blow dryer. Thanks to the high quality, enticing title and humorous theme, this is one of our Most Appreciated projects of the week.



Comprised of wood, metal, spices and kraft paper, these bullet-shaped spice holders are the ultimate gift for the rugged chef in your life. Complete with hand engraving down the side of each canister, these highly-designed objects, created by Russian-based design studio Province, are a unique, yet functional approach to kitchenware. See more photos here.

Introducing our newest custom network: SCAD Portfolios

We’re thrilled to announce our newest custom network; an exclusive online gallery for the Savannah College of Art and Design community. SCAD students, alumni and faculty are invited to join SCAD Portfolios to gain broader exposure for their work, connect with the SCAD community and be discovered more easily by potential clients, recruiters, and creative enthusiasts. Click here to check out some of the top creative work from SCAD.

Broadcast your Behance gallery favorites on Facebook

If you’ve been on Facebook recently, you may have noticed a new way to share projects you’ve recently appreciated.

Now, when you link up your Behance and Facebook accounts, projects you’ve appreciated will appear in your Facebook activity. Here’s how to set it up:

1) Click “Me” in the upper right corner to bring up more options, then select Invite & Promote.

2) Click “Promote Settings” then scroll to the Facebook options and click to sign into Facebook to link up your account

If you’re already linked with Facebook, just disconnect, then reconnect to get the latest functionality.

Questions? Contact our support team.