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Irina ?elaru closes the gap between her personality and drawings by embracing simplicity

Creative Boom

Irina, who holds an MA degree in Illustration and Book Arts from the Anglia Ruskin University of Cambridge, has honed her unmistakable style through an extensive learning process. Studying graphic arts introduced her to almost every visual art-related discipline, including graphic design, printmaking, photography, and fine art. "I

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'I like to focus on the quiet things': Anna Roberts on her dreamy, pastel-tinted depictions of everyday objects

Creative Boom

"I use soft pastel on cotton paper, emphasising the simple scenes and objects with strong graphic compositions and delicate handling of light and reflections.". Anna initially started her career in graphic arts and design, taking on the occasional illustration job on the side "when something interesting came along".

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Craig Berry on working for Nomad & how changing cities has helped push his creative skills & confidence

Creative Boom

A graduate in Graphic Arts & Design from Leeds Beckett University, Craig Berry calls himself a graphic designer and writer, as his work reflects a career spent traversing the two disciplines. It's a creative hotspot, too, with many decent advertising agencies, such as Wieden+Kennedy and 72andSunny.

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Year In Review #BestOf2022

Graphic Design Junction

We are really thankful to all our great readers, followers, subscribers, authors and especially great sponsors / advertisers who trust GDJ. We are featuring highly professional and creative vector illustrations artist and graphic designer “Ricardo Polo“. Amazing Digital Vector Illustrations by Ricardo Polo.

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70s Graphic Design Trends With Today’s Tastes

Creative Market

Evolutions in graphic design in any era are always rooted in both commercial and social advertising. ’70s Graphic Design Style Summarized. . ’70s Graphic Design Style Summarized. Business advertisements typically used photography and illustrative typefaces to highlight real people promoting their products.

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Clarence Pearson Hornung

Logo Design Love

Each volume was hand-signed and numbered by Hornung, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts named it one of their 50 Books of the Year in 1932. More details on Designers & Books , by Randall Ross of Modernism 101. 53 trademarks were displayed within the homage. Here’s a selection.

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9 Reasons To Choose Graphic Design As A Career

Just Creative

Before we go into detail about why graphic design is an incredible choice of career, we’ll take a closer look at what it entails. What Is Graphic Design? According to the American Institute of Graphic Arts , the role of design is to “ improve the visual appearance and function of messages and information ”.