Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

And so, whether you're relaxing on a beach, sitting in the garden, or killing time on planes, trains and automobiles, there's nothing better than burying yourself in a good book. And this unique, wide-ranging book celebrates the latter in all their glory. This book aims to right the balance and tells a compelling tale.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 15, 2024

New York-based artist Maiyashu delves into the relationships between people and their hometowns in I Will Always Be Here , a stunning new picture book that balances fantasy, whimsy, and mature reflection. For Maiyashu, this picture book is particularly relatable. What do you picture when you think of home?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

These great books will soon have your motivation returning and your mind racing! To help you out, we've spotted several fantastic books that can help supercharge your creative business in 2023. In this book, Johann Hari outlines 12 factors harming our focus; once you understand them, she promises, you can take back your mind.

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Just Creative

MARCH 30, 2021

If you’re creating comic books or cartoons, a natural choice with their bold designs are comic and cartoon fonts, which are also a great choice for just about any design project. For some time, Comic Sans was one of the few fonts you could choose for a project that needed a comic book look. Jeepers Creepers Font Combo – $16.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

New York-based illustrator Wenjia Tang has transported her captivating style to the land of fiction in her latest book, Mountain Temple. Wenjia Tang's beautiful illustrations are a familiar sight in nonfiction books, ad campaigns, and editorials. This fiction book was different; it featured main characters," she tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an era when attention spans are dwindling and visual overload has become the norm, Counter-Print's new book celebrates the transformative power of expressive typography. For Jon Dowling, one of the book's creators, it was born out of the overwhelming response to a previous project celebrating large-scale typographic works. "A

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Counter-Print's Jon Dowling explains the thinking behind a brilliant new book on culinary logos and some of the themes that emerge from it. Which makes a new book from Counter-Print a tempting buy for anyone working in logo design today. "The And now the book is complete, Jon has identified a few themes running through it.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

She is launching her first book on Crowdfunder, with part of the print run going to children’s charities. So, she moved back to the East Midlands to fulfil a long-held desire to create and publish an illustrated picture book. The Very Long String is the book’s title, and it actually began as a self-directed student project.

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Creative Boom

JULY 13, 2023

Counter-Print's new book, Optic What is it about optical illusions that captivates graphic designers so much? These optical effects are often found in beloved book designs, packaging, and branding the world over. In Counter-Print's latest book , the publisher delves headfirst into this mesmerising realm of art and design.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 22, 2024

Brooklyn-based illustrator Swayam Parekh explores the struggles of life in a fantastical way in Greenhouse, a 44-page comic-cum-picture book that transforms traumas into magical quests. These themes are explored in Swayam Parekh's latest project, Greenhouse, which realises these hurdles as dragons, demons and ghosts.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Renowned author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers explores all these themes and more in his latest picture book, Begin Again. These are big themes, but they are all tackled with Oliver's acclaimed warmth and empathy. After I began, I was like, 'I don't think this is a book for children.' And where do we go from here?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 14, 2023

This is the focus of the other books they have published. In their latest book, Soviet Playgrounds, Playful Landscapes of the Former USSR, the pair documented their findings after traversing through eight countries that once formed part of the USSR. Book available for purchase here.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2023

And to whet your appetite, organiser Dave Sedgwick has given us a sneak peek at the conference's accompanying book. If you can't wait or make it in person, fear not, as Dave's kindly shared a preview of the celebratory BCNMCR book he's been working on. Interestingly, the book was not always on the cards.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Graham Nolan by Billie Charity We explore coach Helen Jane Campbell's excellent new book and what it can teach independent creatives. Well that's exactly the need that creative coach Helen Jane Campbell addresses in her new book, Founders, Freelancers & Rebels. So, what sparked the book?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 28, 2022

A new limited-edition art book and website, We Were Only Inches Away , takes this theme and runs with it, in an inventive and thoughtful way. In book form, image spreads are physically interrupted and connected via the binding process. So we decided to make something about it, and it became this book and website.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Usually, when you see darker-themed art, it's also coloured in a way that it feels dark and almost unnerving with heavy blacks, reds and the like. I wanted my work to have the same darker themes but a more approachable, brighter and inviting palette," says Tom. My ideal illustration project would be a story or book cover," says Tom. "I

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This eye for beauty reduced to its simplest form can be found in the design of the book itself. By working closely with Malika, Counter-Print has created a book that reflects her unique approach to illustration. It helped further refine the work into what it would finally become.

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Just Creative

MAY 23, 2023

In this article, we’ve compiled a selection of the best books for graphic designers in 2023. Whether you’re starting or have been in the industry for years, there are a variety of books you can reference. Many of these don’t make it to other best graphic design book compilations, but we deem they’re still worthy of your attention.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This year's Amsterdam Museum Night, to give it its English name, is themed around the idea of DIT, DAT, DARR, which translates as This, That, There. Famously fans of all things analogue, From Form decided to use a spiral-bound flip book as the basis of their design campaign. Accompanying the flip book are DIT, DAT, and DAR stickers.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Co-created with author Kyo Maclear, her book There's a Ghost in the Garden oozes with atmosphere and a sense of adventure, tinged with a worry or two. It was created using gouache and led There's a Ghost in the Garden to be chosen as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2024 by the New York Times and New York Public Library.

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 7, 2021

In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’m going to take you through the process of creating a retro text effect, inspired by the title art for the Superman comic books. Old comic book titles feature some really simple but effective text styles, often incorporating faux-3D effects, bright colours, and thick black outlines.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Phillips, who won in the Illustration for Children category, explores themes of Jewish identity, generational divides, and gentrification in his work. This year saw a record-breaking 2,000 submissions, each exploring a diverse array of themes and ideas through the medium of illustration.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Photographer Alex Povey's first photo book introduces you to the world of alternative travel in an enlightening and eye-opening way. And Joyride is a photo book that vividly chronicles his adventures. These subjects would become recurring themes in his life. © Alex Povey. Squatter origins. © Alex Povey. © Alex Povey.

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Designer Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

A book cover serves as more than just a display in this fast-paced world of literature; it is the face of your work and the visual representation that draws readers into the world you have painstakingly created. The idea of creating their own book covers can be exciting and difficult for authors in the UK.

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Designer Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

The process of creating an e-book cover is more complex than just design; it involves consideration for several platforms such as Google Play Books, Apple Books, and Amazon Kindle. Every platform has its own requirements, design guidelines, and criteria for e-book covers. Why opt for Book Cover Design Services?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

The pair also worked closely together on the book's design accompanying the show, also called Adore. The book echoes the typographic approach of the other exhibition graphics. We wanted to create something that felt precious and intimate," says Hingston of the small, handheld-format book.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 19, 2022

Renowned for her feminist-themed illustrations, Aura's work takes traditionally 'girly' visual elements and turns them into empowering statements. Her picture book biography of pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem has received critical acclaim, and a series of subsequent books have been praised for being ardent celebrations of femininity.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Wenjing went on to complete an MA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is now racking up an impressive client list while also embarking on self-initiated work, exhibitions and collaborative projects that explore themes unlikely to crop up in commercial projects.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 18, 2023

Freelance designer, artist and curator Tom Buchanan explores the objects that define artists in his new photography book-cum-research project, Out of The Box. Tom Buchanan certainly seems to think so, as his latest book, Out of The Box, delves into the tactile artefacts amassed by creatives all over the world. Like what you see?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 17, 2023

Illustrator Aysha Tengiz has made her picture book debut with Baboo the Unusual Bee. Representing her debut as a picture book illustrator, Baboo the Unusual Bee is an exquisite showcase of Aysha's talents, which we already saw in her previous project about a lonely elephant called Fil. Ever felt like you don't belong?

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 2, 2024

Are you searching for the best WordPress themes for 2024 to give your website a fresh look? Whether you’re a blogger, entrepreneur, or e-commerce store owner, investing in the WordPress themes are essential for success. These themes are optimized for performance and user experience, helping you achieve your goals.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The artists on their books have been honoured with over 840 awards for excellence, aided several advertising clients in setting sales records, and helped publishers sell millions of books. The agency was founded by Mohamed Danawi in 2012. Helena Perez Garcia, represented by Illozoo 4. Juliette Borda, represented by RR&Co 9.

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Designer Daily

JUNE 11, 2021

Fun, friendly fonts perfect for crafts, product packaging, branding, logos, advertising, book titles, save the date cards, and so much more. Perfect the ultimate floral-themed project with this breathtaking collection of 590+ high-quality design elements. 7 instead of $367 – Get it now ! Blackpaper, The First Negative Space Font.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Designer and writer Craig Oldham is taking a deeply satisfying dive into Stanley Kubrick's psychological horror, The Shining, in a new book that not only pays homage to its cultural legacy but one that is also disguised as the "writing project" Jack Nicholson's lead character is seen typing throughout the film. But it's not out yet.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 29, 2023

She's worked with clients throughout the US, creating children's book illustrations, editorial designs, promotional illustrations, puzzles, seed packets, and more. This project is an ongoing effort to reimagine folktale and fairytale book covers in Shelley's hand-cut paper collage style.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Asser Levy Bathhouse, from the series ‘Bathhouse’, New York, 1975 © Deborah Turbeville Author and curator Nathalie Herschdorfer discusses her new book on Deborah Turbeville and why this trailblazing fashion photographer should no longer remain in the shadows.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 16, 2023

This work, imbued with emotional sensitivity, can be found in art galleries, books and commercial products. Beyond this process and general themes, she's unsure she has a specific style. So I started to read a lot of spiritual books; one of them was talking about walking meditation.

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