Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

Monjajaja's editorial work. The Chinese illustrator uses a mix of traditional media to express herself and communicate her clients' messages, celebrating the slips and spills along the way. While AI has its uses (cough), nothing compares to looking at a work that fully expresses the hand of the artist and what they were feeling as they composed it. To engage with real, living, breathing people, many clients prefer to work with a real, living, breathing illustrator, and that's where artists like

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

These Olympic sports look very different.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

Spacemade is a co-working brand with a difference. Crafted by Wildish & Co., its new visual identity system is based on the concept of 'meaningful connections'. Founded in 2020, Spacemade is a co-working space provider with a difference. Rather than just plopping yourself down wherever there's a space, you get your own permanent desk in what's intended to be a beautifully designed, shared workspace.

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 4, 2024

Dreams are often fleeting and mysterious experiences. For some, they are merely nighttime adventures that fade in the morning, but for Elianne van Turennout, they are an endless source of inspiration. Elianne van Turennout is a 31-year-old photographer and photo manipulation artist from Groningen, Netherlands. As a single mother with ADHD, she finds her creative outlet in transforming her strange dreams into surreal images.

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

It was the governing body for a range of aquatic sports but only had one of them in its title. The Bath-based branding agency explains how they helped transform British Swimming into Aquatics GB ahead of the Paris Olympics. Until recently, the governing body for aquatic sports in Britain, which includes swimming, diving, para-swimming, artistic swimming and water polo, was known as British Swimming.

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We And The Color

AUGUST 4, 2024

Master Advanced Illustration Techniques with Rafahu’s Online Course Ideal for artists, graphic designers, or illustrators, this online course offers an exceptional opportunity to explore advanced techniques in Adobe Illustrator. Taught by Rafahu, an accomplished art director, illustrator, and animator who has collaborated with industry giants like Nike, Penguin Random House, and José Cuervo, this course dives deep into the creative process behind stunning vector illustrations.

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 4, 2024

If today’s brands had honest logos from medieval times, they would resemble those created by artist and designer Ilya Denisov in his series “Medieval Branding.” Known as Ilya Stallone, Denisov has been reimagining famous logos for some time, inspired by the intriguing aspects of the Middle Ages. He not only redraws these logos but also infuses them with ironic or interesting twists that are sure to delight you!

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Creative Nerds

AUGUST 4, 2024

Poster design is an integral and fundamental part of any creative campaign, serving as an important visual medium to convey the essence of the campaign to its intended audience. In this comprehensive round-up, we delve into a curated selection of tutorials that help develop and hone the essential skills required for crafting striking, eye-catching, and […] The post 10 Photoshop poster design tutorials first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 4, 2024

If you’re eager to explore the unseen world of some of the smallest beings on our planet, you’re in the right place. Our recent post features stunning macro shots by photographers worldwide, including mesmerizing insect photos by Iranian photographer Zohre Janati, showcasing vibrant colors, intricate textures, and surprising behaviors.

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

We caught up with the team at marketing agency Syn.

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Advertiser: Issuu

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Designspiration

AUGUST 4, 2024

Saved by Bruno Siqueira (@brunosiq).

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The Branding Journal

AUGUST 4, 2024

What is the main challenge faced by brands? One might think that securing investment, creating quality products, standing out, and making sales are the key obstacles brand owners encounter.

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Designspiration

AUGUST 4, 2024

Saved by handsomerob (@handsomerob).

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

The art director discusses how he brings video game worlds to life and creates his own graphic novel series.

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Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

As the world awaits the new Beetlejuice movie, Tatty Devine's jewellery collection takes inspiration from the original to bring the afterlife to life. When it comes to designer jewellery, we're big fans of Tatty Devine. Founded in east London in 1999 by Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden after graduating from Chelsea School of Art, all of their jewellery is designed and handmade in-house by a female-led team.

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

Nexer Digital’s head of design discusses the value of human-centred design.

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UX Collective

AUGUST 4, 2024

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest learning assets.

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

AI art doesn't make good training data.

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Communication Arts

AUGUST 4, 2024

Radiating with playfulness, the work of this New York–based photographer reveals her avidity for crafting every part of the image.

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2024

Making use of the new 3D engine in After Effects.

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