The 2013 Grammy WInners: By the Covers

We hope everyone enjoyed the Grammys last night with LL Cool J absolutely doing an amazing job hosting. We at J2 Productionz Graphic and Website Design are a visual company and thought a blog post that showed the promotional poster designs for the musicians and albums that won would be a cool twist to the usual list blog postings you see everywhere else. If you need a custom album cover created for your film project we at J2 Productionz would love to help you. Visit our gallery section for examples of our work. We hope you enjoy this list of the Grammy winners and their great promotional graphic designs.Let us know what your favorites are at the comment section below or on our Facebook page

Record of the year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the year
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift

Song of the year
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Roar" -- Katy Perry
"Same Love" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best new artist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

Best pop solo performance
Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER
Sara Bareilles -- "Brave"
Bruno Mars -- "When I Was Your Man"
Katy Perry -- "Roar"
Justin Timberlake -- "Mirrors"

Best pop duo/group performance
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER
P!nk featuring Nate Ruess -- "Just Give Me a Reason"
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko -- "Stay"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie"

Best pop instrumental album
Herb Alpert -- "Steppin' Out" -- WINNER
Boney James -- "The Beat"
Earl Klugh -- "Handpicked"
Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot -- "Summer Horns"
Jeff Lorber Fusion -- "Hacienda"

Best pop vocal album
Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNERLana Del Rey -- "Paradise"
Lorde -- "Pure Heroine"
Robin Thicke -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake -- "The 20/20 Experience -- The Complete Experience"

Best dance recording
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER
"Need U (100%)" -- Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" -- Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"The is What it Feels Like" -- Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie

Best dance/electronica album
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER
"Settle" -- Disclosure
"18 Months" -- Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"A Color Map of the Sun" -- Pretty Lights

Best traditional pop vocal album
"To Be Loved" -- Michael Bublé -- WINNER"Viva Duets" -- Tony Bennett and various artists
"The Standards" -- Gloria Estefan
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" -- Cee Lo Green
"Now" -- Dionne Warwick

Best rock performance
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER
Alabama Shakes -- "Always Alright"
David Bowie -- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Led Zeppelin -- "Kashmir"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "My God is the Sun"
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin' "

Best metal performances
Black Sabbath -- "God is Dead?" -- WINNER
Anthrax -- "T.N.T."
Dream Theater -- "The Enemy Inside"
Killswitch Engage -- "In Due Time"
Volbeat featuring King Diamond -- "Room 24"

Best rock song
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr.
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath
"Panic Station" -- Muse

Best rock album
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER
Black Sabbath -- "13"
David Bowie -- "The Next Day"
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork"
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill"













Best alternative music album
Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER
Neko Case -- "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You"
The National -- "Trouble Will Find Me"
Nine Inch Nails -- "Hesitation Marks"
Tame Impala -- "Lonerism"














Best R&B performance
Snarky Puppy with Lala Hathaway -- "Something" -- WINNER
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Anthony Hamilton -- "Best of Me"
Hiatus Kaiytoe featuring Q-Tip -- "Nakamarra"
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar -- "How Many Drinks?"

Best traditional R&B performance

Gary Clark Jr. -- "Please Come Home" -- WINNER
Fantasia -- "Get It Right"
Maysa -- "Quiet Fire"
Gregory Porter -- "Hey Laura"
Ryan Shaw -- "Yesterday"

Best R&B song
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNERBest of Me" -- Anthony Hamilton
"Love and War" -- Tamar Braxton
"Only One" -- PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder
"Without Me" -- Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott

Best urban contemporary album
Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Fantasia -- "Side Effects of You"
Salaam Remi -- "One: In the Chamber"
Mack Wilds -- "New York: A Love Story"

Best R&B album
Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER
Faith Evans -- "R&B Divas"
John Legend -- "Love in the Future"
Chrisette Michele -- "Better"
TGT -- "Three Kings"

Best rap performance
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER
Drake -- "Started From the Bottom"
Eminem -- "Berserk"
Jay Z -- "Tom Ford"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Best rap/sung collaboration
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER
J. Cole featuring Miguel -- "Power Trip"
Jay Z featuring Beyoncé -- "Part II (On the Run)"
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige -- "Now or Never"
Wiz Khalifa featuring the Weeknd -- "Remember You"

Best rap song
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER"F***in' Problems" -- A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
"Holy Grail" -- Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"New Slaves" -- Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom" -- Drake

Best rap album
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER
Drake -- "Nothing Was the Same"
Jay Z -- "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"
Kanye West -- "Yeezus"

Best country solo performance
Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER
Lee Brice -- "I Drive Your Truck"
Hunter Hayes -- "I Want Crazy"
Miranda Lambert -- "Mama's Broken Heart"
Blake Shelton -- "Mine Would Be You"

Best country duo/group performance
The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER
Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill -- "Don't Rush"
Little Big Town -- "Your Side of the Bed"
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban -- "Highway Don't Care"
Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton -- "You Can't Make Old Friends"

Best country song
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER
"Begin Again" -- Taylor Swift
"I Drive Your Truck" -- Lee Brice
"Mama's Broken Heart" -- Miranda Lambert
"Mine Would Be You" -- Blake Shelton

Best country album
Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER
Jason Aldean -- "Night Train"
Tim McGraw -- "Two Lanes of Freedom"
Blake Shelton -- "Based on a True Story"
Taylor Swift -- "Red"

Best Latin pop album
Draco Rosa -- "Vida" -- WINNERFrankie J -- "Faith, Hope y Amor"
Ricardo Montaner -- "Viajero Frecuente"
Aleks Syntek -- "Syntek"
Tommy Torres -- "12 Historias"

Best score soundtrack for visual media
"Skyfall" -- WINNER
"Argo"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best song written for visual media
Adele -- "Skyfall" -- "Skyfall" -- WINNER
Coldplay -- "Atlas" -- "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
Jessie J -- "Silver Lining" -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw -- "We Both Know" -- "Safe Haven"
Lana Del Rey -- "Young and Beautiful" -- "The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition)
Regina Spektor -- "You've Got Time" -- "Orange is the New Black"

Best music video
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNERCaptial Cities -- "Safe and Sound"
Jay Z -- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton -- "Can't Hold Us"
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"

Best music film
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER
Coldplay -- "Live 2012"
Green Day -- "¡Cuatro!"
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite -- "I'm in I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!"
Mumford & Sons -- "The Road to Red Rocks"

Horrible Movie Poster Designs - The Worst Wednesdays

THE WORST WEDNESDAYS

J2 Productionz Graphic, Website Design and SEO Services loves to show our blog readers incredible design creations, helpful tutorials and inspirational postings that please the eyes. However, sometimes to know what is good you have to know what is...BAD!

This is why for this week's edition of The Worst Wednesday we examine some of the most God awful movie poster designs that you have ever seen. DISCLAIMER: These designs are flat out hideous! Feel free to tell us your worst of the bunch and add more suggestions on our Facebook page here.

1. Ghoulies - I guess this designer had diarrhea before creating this one.

2. Grave of the Vampire -  We didn't know the Gerber baby had side gigs as a horror movie actor!

3. Super Babies:Baby Geniuses 2 - A second movie of this was produced! Nuff Said

4. The Gingerdead Man 2 - The Passion of the Crust - A Freshly Baked Horror of a poster! 

5. Top Dog - Chuck Norris must not have had any input into this poster design...we all can hope.

10 Great Photoshop Tutorial Sites You Must Bookmark - Tutorial Tuesday

When it comes to Photoshop and graphic design there are always going to be new things to learn. The software is always updating, new plug-ins are created, brush packs available and new exciting filters are created to enhance photos and create effects that were not possible before. The best way to keep up with these amazing updates is to consistently visit great Photoshop tutorial sites. There are a lot of mediocre Photoshop tutorial websites on the web but J2 Productionz is saving you the time and energy by posting a Top 10 must Photoshop Tutorial Site Bookmark list. Add these to your social bookmarking sites and you will be sure to improve your Photoshop skills immensely, be more creative with your pieces and strengthen your core skills as well. If you have any additional websites you would like to recommend please feel free to do so in the comments section below or share them on the J2 Productionz Facebook or Twitter pages. We hope you enjoy this tutorial website list and happy learning and join our mailing list above for more tutorials every Tuesday!

Here are 10 great Photoshop tutorial websites:

1. PSD tuts - Easily the best Photoshop tutorial website on the web.
Psdtuts+ is a leading blog and community for Photoshop tutorials.
Learn photo manipulation, retouching, icon design, text effects, and
much more.

2. PS Hero – A great Photoshop Tutorials on Graphic Design and
digital photo effects as well as offering a selection of free Photoshop
Custom Shapes, Photo Edges and other Photoshop Resources.

3. Smashing Magazine – This is a website that has great Photoshop
tutorials along with web design tips, typography tricks, coding
resources, mobile design and much more.

4. Photoshop Tutorials - Photoshop tutorials for beginners to
experts. Learn tips and tricks on how to use Photoshop for
photo editing, manipulations, designs, and more.

5. Tutorial 9 - Tutorial9 provides tutorials encompassing
graphic design, website development, and photography.
All lessons offered are entirely free, and community
participation is encouraged. It is a great site for a
daily dose of Photoshop knowledge

6. Photoshop Essentials - Where anyone can learn
Photoshop. Exclusive, easy to follow Photoshop
tutorials! Step by step instructions, perfect for beginners!
This site will improve your core Photoshop skills.

7. Deviantart - DeviantArt is a forum for graphic
designers and photographers.It is one the largest design
communities online. It is an excellent resource for fresh
tutorials from diverse artists around the world. It will also
inspire your designs with great works posted from users
within the community.

8. Photoshop Café - PhotoshopCAFE is one of the
largest collection of free quality original photoshop
tutorials on the web. They offer great guides for email
subscribers and tutorials that will benefit Photoshop
users at all skill levels.

9. Photoshop Star – Photoshop Star features step
by step free Photoshop tutorials for any skill level.
Adobe Photoshop Tutorials, Tips and Articles.

10. Pxleyes.com - This site features tons of contests
and thousands of great tutorials to learn from. 

50 Ways to Spark Your Creativity - Beat the Mondays

It is very easy nowadays to get caught up in a daily routine no matter what
profession or lifestyle have. Sometimes these routines deprive us of our
youthful creativity. Today J2 Productionz Graphic and Website Design has
a list of 50 Ways to spark that lost creativity and allow you to create ideas
and thoughts that will enhance your life and stimulate your mind. Please feel
free to add more ideas to this list in the comments section of this article.
We will gladly add to this list as time goes by with your suggestions. Be
creative everyone! 

1. Write a Bucket List
2. Listen to a New Musical Artist
3. Pick Up a Pencil and Draw Anything That Comes to your Head
4. Go To a New Place You Have Never Been Before
5. Write Down / Record any Ideas That Arise
6. Read A New Blog
7. Join a Forum Group
8. Take a Class Or Online Webinar
9. Read a New Book
10. Go Outside and be Active
11. Watch a Foreign Language Movie
12. Cook a New Recipe
13. Do a Google Search For Interesting Topics
14. Go to the Mall and Just Browse
15. Find Images / Symbols in the Clouds
16. Write Song Lyrics
17. Go to a Musuem
18. Join a Club
19. Keep a Personal Journal
20. Do Community Service
21. Follow and Browse New Pinterest Boards
22. Look at Classic Works of Art
23. Don't Use the Internet For a Day
24. Network With New People In Person or Online
25. Shut Off Your Cell Phone For A Couple of Hours
26. Make a Collage
27. Do a Painting
28. Work on a Puzzle
29. Take a Hot Undisturbed Shower
30. Reconnect With Old Friends
31. Take a New Way to a Common Destination
32. Take Pictures Of Interesting Objects
33. Go Through Old Photo Albums
34. Find Anyway To Laugh During a Day
35. Visit a Local Library and Browse New Sections
36. Read An Artist Interview
37. Plant a New Plant and Nurture It To Grow
38. Have a Picnic Outside
39. Watch A Body of Water
40. See Different People's Pictures on Instagram / Flickr
41. Look at Other People's Work In Your Field
42. Attend a Conference
43. Organize Your Work Place and Add Fun Items To It
44. View Random Videos on YouTube / Vimeo
45. Create Your Own Edited Videos
46. Go to a Golf Course /  Driving Range
47. Participate In A Recreational Sport
48. Finish Any Task
49. Create Pointless Rule and Follow It For a Day
50. Fill Out a Couple of Mad Libs 

Golden Globes 2013: Judging a Movie by the Covers

We hope everyone enjoyed the Golden Globes last night with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler absolutely doing an amazing job hosting. We at J2 Productionz Graphic and Website Design are a visual company and thought a blog post that showed the promotional poster designs for the movies and TV shows that won would be a cool twist to the usual list blog postings you see everywhere else. To see the cover arts click the link besides the red winners titled "Cover Art" to see all the award winning designs. If you need a custom promotional poster created for your film project we at J2 Productionz would love to help you. Visit our gallery section for examples of our work. We hope you enjoy this list of the Golden Globe winners and their great promotional graphic designs.Let us know what your favorites are at the comment section below or on our Facebook page
 
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA - 
“12 Years a Slave” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“Captain Phillips”
“Gravity”
“Philomena”
“Rush”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Idris Elba, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips”
Robert Redford, “All Is Lost”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Sandra Bullock, “Gravity”
Judi Dench, “Philomena”
Emma Thompson, “Saving Mr. Banks”
Kate Winslet, “Labor Day”
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“American Hustle” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“Her”
“Inside Llewyn Davis”
“Nebraska”
“The Wolf Of Wall Street”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Christian Bale, “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”
Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Her”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Cover Art
Other Nominees
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Girls”
“Modern Family”
“Parks & Recreation”
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”
David O. Russell, “American Hustle”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Poehler, “Parks & Recreation” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Lena Dunham, “Girls”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Frozen” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“The Croods”
“Despicable Me 2″
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Douglas, “Behind the Candelabra”  Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Matt Damon, “Behind the Candelabra”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Dancing on the Edge”
Idris Elba, “Luther”
Al Pacino, “Phil Spector”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Great Beauty” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“Blue is the Warmest Color”
“The Hunt”
“The Past”
“The Wind Rises”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Andy Samberg, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”  Cover Art 
Other Nominees:
Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Michael J. Fox, “The Michael J. Fox Show”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
 
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Spike Jonze, “Her” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Bob Nelson, “Nebraska”
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan, “Philomena”
John Ridley, “12 Years A Slave”
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell, “American Hustle”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” Cover Art 
Other Nominees:
Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”
Daniel Brühl, “Rush”
Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Robin Wright, “House Of Cards” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Taylor Schilling, “Orange Is The New Black”
Kerry Washington, “Scandal”
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, “American Hustle” Cover Art 
Other Nominees:
Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Enough Said”
Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Josh Charles, “The Good Wife”
Rob Lowe, “Behind the Candelabra”
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”
Corey Stoll, “House of Cards”
 
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Ordinary Love,” “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“Atlas,” “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
 
“Let It Go,” “Frozen”
“Please Mr Kennedy,” “Inside Llewyn Davis”
“Sweeter Than Fiction,” “One Chance”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert, “All Is Lost” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Alex Heffes, “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom”
Steven Price, “Gravity”
John Williams, “The Book Thief”
Hans Zimmer, “12 Years A Slave”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
“Breaking Bad” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
“Downton Abbey”
“The Good Wife”
“House Of Cards”
“Masters Of Sex”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Cover Art 
Other Nominees:
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Michael Sheen, “Masters of Sex”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
James Spader, “The Blacklist”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Elisabeth Moss, “Top of the Lake” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Helena Bonham Carter, “Burton and Taylor”
Rebecca Ferguson, “White Queen”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Coven”
Helen Mirren, “Phil Spector”
 
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“Behind The Candelabra” Cover Art
Other Nomienes:
“American Horror Story: Coven”
“Dancing on the Edge”
“Top of the Lake”
“White Queen”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jacqueline Bisset, “Dancing on the Edge” Cover Art
Other Nominees:
Janet McTeer, “White Queen”
Hayden Panettiere , “Nashville”
Monica Potter, “Parenthood”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle" Cover Art 
Other Nominees:
Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”
June Squibb, “Nebraska” 

Quotes That Will Inspire You Creatively

J2 Productionz Graphic, Website Design and SEO Services, http://www.j2productionz.com, prides itself on trying to bring innovation and uniqueness into every project it creates for our clients. These quotes below will help you find creativity in any projects or situations you will need it for. The quotes below come from a variety of people including former presidents, Abraham Lincoln, artists, Pablo Picasso, architects, Frank Lloyd Wright and scientists, Albert Einstein, to name a few. Let us know your thoughts on these quotes and share them below on your favorite social network. We hope you enjoy them and use them to open up a window of your mind that you never even knew existed.

1. “Personality is everything in art and poetry.”  Goethe

2. “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” John W. Gardner

3. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln

4. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas

5. “A piece of art is never a finished work. It answers a question which has been asked, and asks a new question.” Robert Engman

6. “As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight.” James McNeil Whistler

7. “To define is to limit.” Oscar Wilde

8. “We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance” ~Unknown

9. “Be silent, or say something better than silence.” Pythagoras

10. "The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” Pablo Picasso

11. “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Albert Einstein

12. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams

13. "Everything you can imagine is real." Pablo Picasso

14. “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” Emile Zola

15. “Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”  

Chuck Klosterman

16. “The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.” Leonardo Da Vinci

17. “Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.” Laurie Halse Anderson

18. "Imagination Rules the World." - Napoleon Bonaparte

19. “The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication.” Cyril Connolly

20. “An idea is salvation by imagination.” Frank Lloyd Wright