Spoon Graphics

APRIL 13, 2020

It’s that time of year when Spoon Graphics gets a little older, with 2020 marking 13 years of tutorial creating, freebie sharing and article writing on what started as a blog that was attached to my portfolio website in 2007. Every April I take some time to reflect on the past 12 months and talk about how things have changed. Last year I talked about how much the landscape of the Internet has changed since I started Spoon Graphics and my worry for what the future might hold, so let’s take

Graphic 312

Graphic Templates Photoshop Vectors 312

Creative Market

APRIL 28, 2020

We couldn’t help but be curious about what designers are binge-watching these days, as they try to make the most of their time indoors and escape (at least temporarily) the reality of our pandemic lockdown. While we naturally recommend that designers still get up, stretch their legs, and don’t neglect mobility—even when stuck at home—these strange times are an excuse to binge-watch.

Arts and Crafts 187

Arts and Crafts Interior Design Animation Inspiration 187

Creative Review

APRIL 20, 2020

Raissa Pardini always knew what she wanted to be when she was little – but perhaps more importantly, she always knew what she didn’t want to be. “I wanted to produce art but I didn’t want to be an artist, and that’s when I realised that design could give me all the art I needed in my life without [becoming] an artist.” The Italian-born, Glasgow-based visual designer has a clear penchant for vibrant colours, bold type and challenging forms, which she channels i

Artist 145

Artist Art Digital Typography 145

Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 12, 2020

Clean and simple postcard templates for product retailers, photographers, fashion studio, creatives and any brand identity. Fresh high quality postcard template designed with unique features and layouts with strong typography. Easily editable for easy understanding. Just drop in your own images and texts, and it’s ready. You can use these Creative Postcard templates as a Business Flyer , Business Agency and Fashion leaflets.

Templates 139

Templates Fashion Photoshop Layout 139

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

Graphic Design

Noupe

APRIL 13, 2020

Ecommerce has come a long way and it is easy to find websites that make shopping a joy. But there’s a seedy underbelly to the Internet, too, full of bad eCommerce website design that may mask bad business practices, mediocre performance, or even outright theft. Today, we’re going to look at four websites that show you exactly what not to do, with some hints and tips for what to do instead.

Production 138

Production Layout Artist Inspiration 138

SpeckyBoy

APRIL 11, 2020

A professional resume design is crucial if you want to stand out from the competition and get noticed by potential employers. Luckily, you don’t have to design a resume from scratch each and every time you decide to apply for a position. Simply download and use any of the hundreds professionally designed resume templates available online. For starters, check out our collection of the best resume templates designed with InDesign.

Templates 136

Templates Adobe Color Schemes Infographics 136

Creative Market

APRIL 23, 2020

Murals have been a part of human history for tens of thousands of years, but Mexican muralism promoted this artform during the 20 th century like few cultures have. The appeal of muralism is that you can admire and study these designs on a grand scale since they’re displayed on huge surfaces. This makes murals ideal for epic scenes, themes, and even social and political messages, as is the case with Mexican muralism.

Theme 187

Theme Publication Graphic Design Education 187

Booooooom

APRIL 23, 2020

A selection of work by Los Angeles-based illustrator and designer Eric Ross Bernstein. Selected illustrations from my graphic novel, Parallels. In an illustrated travelogue chronicling a series of alternate realities, an introspective wanderer searches for personal and existential truths in the whimsical worlds of his parallel selves. There is a place where mountains blow in the wind, where memories are floating orbs bobbing above the head, where words expire when left unspoken.

Illustration 183

Illustration Illustrator Graphic 183

Under Consideration / Brand

APRIL 15, 2020

“Signature Purple”. Established in 1824, Cadbury is one of the most well-known chocolate brands in the world and the second largest confectionery brand in the world after the U.S.-based Mars. Cadbury started as a single grocer's store owned by John Cadbury in Birmingham where they sold tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate, introducing its signature dairy milk chocolate bar in 1905 -- the company (wholly owned by Mondelez International) is now headquartered in Uxbridge, west London, and operates i

Patterns 145

Patterns Packaging Design Presentation Vectors 145

Spine Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

We welcome you to another in our ongoing feature in which notable book cover designer Jordan Wannemacher periodically highlights a selection of recent university press cover designs. Please enjoy this celebration of amazing work. This list is in no particular order. Credits are listed below. If you are a book cover creative and want your work or the work of your department reviewed by Jordan be sure to get in touch with us!

Book Design 142

Book Design Art Typography Textures 142

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.

Publishing

Graphic Mama

APRIL 29, 2020

A varied, quality collection of design assets is an absolute must for Graphic designers or anybody trying a graphic design or web design project. A bad workman always blames his tools, and your tools need to be top of the game in this competitive market. Here we’ve searched and found a huge selection of top-quality sources of resources and assets, all categorized for your convenience, so whatever you need it’s right to hand, whatever the project.

Fonts 122

Fonts Vectors Patterns Animation 122

Spoon Graphics

APRIL 8, 2020

In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to turn anything into gold using this simple combination of Photoshop filters and tools. The effect smooths out the details of a regular image and adds an array of shiny reflections to mimic the appearance of a polished metal statue. A gradient overlay gives the effect the yellowy tones of gold, then a few finishing touches add some bright highlights.

Photoshop 331

Photoshop Adobe Graphic 331

Creative Market

APRIL 15, 2020

With the unexpected spread of COVID-19, 2020 has brought a sudden surge in remote work of all kinds. As you read this, creative professionals all around the world are figuring out ways to complete design projects at a distance. Perhaps you're one of them. That's why this week we want to share some of our own team's go-to strategies when it comes to remote design.

Marketing 187

Marketing Marketing Production Consulting 187

Booooooom

APRIL 28, 2020

Eleanor Taylor. My work centres around atmospheric landscapes that are both real and imagined. Constructed from old holiday snaps, frozen cinematic frames, observation and fragments of memory hazily pieced together. I am interested in the fuzzy area between what is real and what is not – between waking and sleeping. I live by the sea in the south of the UK and water seeps into my work….

Artist 183

Artist Illustration Illustrator Art 183

Advertisement

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

Graphic

Noupe

APRIL 13, 2020

Video content is all over the internet! According to Cisco, by the year 2021, the online video content will make up around 80% of the global online traffic. However, even that doesn’t seem to be enough to meet the worldwide demand for video content. In a study, HubSpot states that 43% of people want to see more video content in the future. However, as always, creating online content is never enough.

Publishing 136

Publishing Publishing Marketing Marketing 136

Under Consideration / Brand

APRIL 29, 2020

“It Takes Two to Tango this Good”. Established in 2014, Hotel Tango is an artisan distillery -- which isn't a fancy description for the sake of it but an actual legal classification in the state of Indiana that allows it to produce up to 10,000 gallons of spirits to serve in-house -- in Indianapolis, making bourbon, whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, cherry liqueur, orangecello, and limoncello.

Typography 134

Typography Color Textures Brand 134

ID Identity Design

APRIL 20, 2020

Tamarind of Mayfair was the first Indian restaurant in London to receive a Michelin star. They wanted to continue to explore new ground with a new menu, interiors, and brand that was light and feminine. We worked closely with interior designers Sagrada , who we have collaborated with on many projects. A “floral” visual language was created, loosely inspired by the holi festival and smoke from the tandoor.

Interior Design 128

Interior Design Photography Print Programming 128

SpeckyBoy

APRIL 12, 2020

An animated typeface is a great way to spice up your video titles without going through the trouble of creating a title animation from scratch. Luckily, there are a number of animated typefaces available online that you can use in your video projects. From hi-tech animated typefaces to playful and retro-style typefaces, there is an animated typeface for every type of video.

Animation 125

Animation Adobe Templates Fonts 125

Advertisement

In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

Theme

Graphic Mama

APRIL 29, 2020

We’ve got some great news for you. Did you know that you can use Adobe Character Animator’s key recording features without even purchasing the software? That’s right! In the following article, we will introduce you to the Performer Mode feature in Character Animator’s software, which is the free version of Adobe Character Animator.

Adobe 122

Adobe Animation Coding Presentation 122

Booooooom

APRIL 20, 2020

Photographer Parker Stewart’s series “Esmerelda” is a portrait of a fictional town.

Photography 202

Photography 202

Noupe

APRIL 17, 2020

Traditionally, web design is a male-dominated industry. But in recent years there’s been a spike in the number of women emerging in the sector. With more support and training opportunities available for women wanting to break into the industry than ever before, the field is beginning to level. However, the numbers still show that web design is more man’s world than woman’s.

Web Design 131

Web Design Web Design Portfolio Client 131

Its Nice That

APRIL 23, 2020

The emojis play on every design in-joke in the book, from faux Adobe logos to file naming and 3D wizardry, there are even portraits of famous designers to help us “express ourselves in isolation”.

Adobe 145

Adobe Graphic Design Graphic 145

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.

Web Design

Colossal

APRIL 13, 2020

All images © Jose Arias. Lima-based graphic designer and illustrator Jose Arias has created a wacky cast of typographic monsters ready to cuddle you in their serifs and ascenders—Monsters Inc. meets the alphabet. Often smirking or baring a couple of teeth, Arias’s letter-based characters sometimes come adorned with coiffed hair, a gold crown, and a pair of headphones.

Illustration 101

Illustration Illustrator Graphic Design Publishing 101

Under Consideration / Brand

APRIL 7, 2020

“Blind as a BAT”. (Est. 1902) " British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company headquartered in London, England. It is the second-largest cigarette maker in the world as of 2012. BAT has a market-leading position in over 50 countries and operations in around 180 countries. Its four largest-selling brands are its native brand Dunhill and US brands Lucky Strike, Kent and Pall Mall.

Marketing 143

Marketing Marketing Brand Branding 143

Design You Trust

APRIL 2, 2020

This animation shows how the exponential spread of the virus can be slowed by simple measures such as working at home and not attending barbecues. These amazing illustrations by cartoonist Toby Morris and microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles explaining the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak have gone viral after they were published by New Zealand webiste The Spinoff. h/t: Source.

Animation 100

Animation Publishing Publishing Illustration 100

Booooooom

APRIL 17, 2020

Austin Rossborough. Austin Rossborough’s Website. Austin Rossborough on Instagram.

Illustrator 190

Illustrator Illustration 190

Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?

Client

Noupe

APRIL 14, 2020

Whether you are a professional or someone who just draws as a hobby, you should always use the best drawing software that fits your needs. Procreate is one of the best drawing apps for iOS, but unfortunately, it’s not available neither on Android nor Windows. Even though there are too many alternatives to Procreate for Windows, we’ve tried to narrow it down to only the best ones for you.

Color 141

Color Textures Artist Digital 141

Design Week

APRIL 20, 2020

Alphabet has rebranded cryptocurrency platform Coindirect. The Manchester-based design studio has created the brand identity, strategy, digital interface and messaging for the digital currency service. Cryptocurrency is a digital asset, that works as a currency by using cryptography to ensure the security of financial transactions. It is distinct to traditional financial systems as it uses decentralised systems, as opposed to a central banking system.

Animation 97

Animation Graphic Brand Branding 97

Colossal

APRIL 5, 2020

All images © Hoàng Hoàng. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, graphic designer and illustrator Hoàng Hoàng merges science and art into a series of illustrations that mimic both insects in their natural habitats and those pinned in display cases for preservation. The Insect World Collection is comprised of varicolored stripes, semicircles, and other angular shapes that form multi-hued wings and rotund bodies.

Illustration 101

Illustration Illustrator Graphic Design Publishing 101

Creative Review

APRIL 15, 2020

Cadbury is one of those brands that has managed to remain instantly recognisable over the years – from its regal purple brand colour , which dates back to the company’s origins in the 1800s, to the longstanding Glass and a Half logo seen on the Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar. In its newly unveiled brand identity, the company attempts to tread the fine line between heritage and modernity, retaining its signature purple hue but introducing a redrawn wordmark, new iconography and a fr

Agency 138

Agency Brand Branding Advertising 138

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.

Graphic Design