Here's a look at two of the most appreciated people & teams on Behance this week...

Rizon Parein is a print designer and digital artist whose work ranges from neon signs to editorial spreads for Vogue Japan. Parein started his creative career in the early nineties as a graffiti writer with a love for 3d letter styles, a clear influence for his more recent 3 dimensional designs.

Matthew Rowett (BrightEyeDeer) is a graphic and editorial designer, known on the network for his intricate infographics. Rowett brings important messages about alcoholism and cancer research to life with his visual depictions of information that would otherwise be difficult to digest.

Here's a look at two of the most appreciated projects on Behance this week...

20 Things 2011
The Syzygy Group managed to weave 20 notable events from the internet, that happened in 2011, into a single illustration. This project is at once complex, humorous and an addictive guessing game... it's no wonder it's on this week's list of most appreciated projects. How many things from the internet can you spot? See the answers here.

14 Years/ 41 Logos
True to it's title, in this project Mark Bloom (Mash Creative) shares 41 logos that were created over the span of the last 14 years. As an intro to the works, Mark shares some of the design rules he's collected over the years when it comes to designing a logo, like keeping it simple, timeless and scalable - we couldn't agree more!

Today, we're thrilled to announce the latest site powered by Behance, "Advertising in the Digital Age". The Gallery features work selected by world renowned advertising agency, R/GA.

Celebrating amazing works in digital advertising, this gallery will showcase R/GA creative executives' top creative picks in categories like website design, video, online advertising, outdoor and retail advertising & mobile applications.

R/GA, a 5-time winner of "Digital/Interactive Agency of the Year", certainly is an expert on creative work in the digital age (they created the Nike+ platform!), so we can't wait to see new selections everyday of stellar creative work in the advertising world.

This gallery site is connected to The Behance Network, so by uploading your work to Behance, you'll be considered for featuring in the "Advertising in the Digital Age" gallery as well.

Visit TheDigitalAge.com for "Advertising in the Digital Age" Gallery

Renowned French type designer Jean François Porchez is President of the honorary Association Typographique Internationale (the leading organization for type design). On 2/21/12 he will lecture on the pragmatic aspects of type design as well as the intellectual, cultural and historic contexts of letters at AIGA Los Angeles. Best-known for designing the typefaces for the French newspaper Le Monde, Porchez has also designed logos and custom typefaces for the Paris Metro, the Moulin Rouge, France Télécom, Louis Vuitton, Peugeot, Renault, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Beyoncé Knowles's House of Deréon, theBaltimore Sun, and Real Simple magazine, among others.

Learn more about Jean François Porchez and Typofonderie here.

To learn more about the event please visit the AIGA website.

Advanced tickets are now available online.

As part of our mission to empower creatives, the Behance JobList helps match the best creatives with the best opportunities. So, we were very excited to hear about photographer and filmmaker Chris Battaglia who found a unique job opportunity on Behance that was a perfect fit.

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I signed up for Twitter in July 2011, but chose not to engage the tweet portal until late August. I thought it a useful tool for spreading the word on a social justice documentary that I shot with my best friend.

This is me and Ben:

At this same time I tried to bolster our film, I also found myself in the throes of job hunting. Following a whopping 10 people, I thought I’d “up the ante” and seek out productive connections. One of them happened to be Behance—and subsequently, BehanceJobs.

I came upon this site months before this moment, perusing other artists’ work, but never invested more than a couple minutes of my time on the site. It’s basically a social networking site for creative people who want to highlight their portfolios and find work. Sounded right up my alley.

Not two weeks after following BehanceJobs did I scroll through my homepage feed to find this:

When I clicked on the link (no longer available, go figure: the job’s taken!), I was directed to a job description sent directly from the Heavens.

"Pencils of Promise is looking for a badass digital storyteller who wants to spend time in NYC and in Laos, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Ideally a visionary filmmaker and recent college graduate…"

Say no more! I have been taking my little Canon zr800 (a birthday gift from my father in freshman year of college) everywhere, documenting and filming everything I could. Telling stories was a hobby into which I poured my heart. This was perfect. I immediately applied to the posting.

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After a whirlwind interview and a last-minute flight to Guatemala, Chris had secured his "post-college dream job." He's now telling stories through photography and filmmaking for Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit organization that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world.

Read Chris's story, and more about his experiences with Pencils of Promise, on his blog.

Here's a look at two of the most appreciated people & teams on Behance this week...

Romain Laurent is one of the most appreciated people on Behance this week, and after a quick browse through his digital photography projects, it's easy to see why. Blending reality and fantasy, curiosity and commentary, Laurent tells a story with each of his images.

Alberto Vasquez, a Hungarian designer, focuses on technology, culture, community and society in his work. His design subjects range from automotive to products and he is continuously inspired by the gentle Hungarian landscape he is surrounded by.

Here's a look at two of the most appreciated projects on Behance this week...

Moscow Metro

Imagine making your daily commute with a subway system this beautiful? Neither can we. Russian photographer Alena Nikiforova plays off of the glamorous architecture and historical buildings that encase the Moscow Metro for a recent high fashion photoshoot.

Typographic Revolt

Hypefortype hired typography and graphic designer Ryan Atkinson and copywriter Stephan de Lange to create a 16 page Tribute to their Exclusive Faces range of fonts. It's no wonder this is one of the Most Appreciated projects on Behance as it marries witty copy with smart type design, showcasing the finished product with ample photographs and closeups. If interested, you can even buy a copy of Typographic Revolt here.

Each month, our curators select one exceptional ProSite to feature as "ProSite of The Month."  This month, the title goes to Ian Crombie, a Branding Designer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Though ProSite can be used to create a full-fledged, multi-paged websites, Crombie's site is a great example of how the platform to make a simple, beautiful portfolio site. He lets his work speak for itself, and dosen't overwhelm the viewer with additional info (but includes contact info, of course).  His design pushes the boundaries of what can be done with ProSite by developing the modular template, but it doesn't try to innovate in the wrong direction by making an overly complicated design. It plays with the layout, covers, and colors, and takes advantage of the type customization available via TypkKit.

Minimal // Chicago, IL, USA // Industrial Design
Rock Agency // Hilversum, Netherlands // Advertising
Brad Geiger //Cincinatti, OH, USA // Graphic Design
Hleb Marholin // Los Angeles, CA, USA // Web Design

This post is part of a series where Behance developers talk about the various tools they use to get things done and make ideas happen.

1. Who are you and what do you do at Behance?

Greetings all! I'm Alex Lee and I joined the team at Behance to do crazy JavaScript for our various web apps. Before I joined, only Dave Stein was doing the heavy JavaScripting. That at least partially contributes to his creeping madness. Since day 1 of working here, I have been charting the great tumultuous seas of JavaScript, building the new Action Method Online, which I can assure everybody is at least 17 times better than the current one.

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Who would be better in Drive: Ryan Gosling or James Dean?

Substituting one decade's heart-throb for another's, we admit that even we can't really decide, but in these "Movies from an Alternate Universe," by Peter Stults, you can imagine what it would be like if the superstars of "old Hollywood" headlined in recent films.

This project went viral on Behance last week, gaining hundreds of Twitter mentions, picked up by blogs, getting almost 500,000 views and a staggering 10,000 appreciations on his Behance project.

Paste Magazine: Movies from an Alternate Universe
Gotcha Movies: William Shatner in Avatar? Reimagined Classic Movie Posters
The Mary Sue: Cinema Alternatif - Movies From A Parallel Earth

Pulp Fiction and Rushmore after the cut!

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