Just Creative
AUGUST 9, 2021
This article has been contributed by Hanson Cheng. In graphic design, looks are everything. No truer is this mantra than when you want to impress potential clients with your portfolio. Unlike other freelancers who woo prospects with fancy words and lengthy pitches, in design, your visuals must do all the talking. That’s why you must assemble your graphic design portfolio with utmost care.
Its Nice That
AUGUST 10, 2021
Born in China and now based out of New York City, illustrator Wenwen Zhu has an impressive editorial portfolio filled with “wabi-sabi” inspiration.
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Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 20, 2021
Brand guidelines templates also known as a Brand Manual, Brand Standards & Brand Identity Guidelines. Brand design agencies and branding studios will use brand guidelines templates to present their clients how to implement their new brand. Each templates available in US Letter and International A4 sizes.
Designer Daily
AUGUST 11, 2021
Logo Archive is a series of small books that are regularly published to give designers an overview of what’s going on in the industry regarding logo design and iconography. The latest edition, appropriately titled “pLAy”, comes with an extra layer of interactivity, as it features perforated pages that you can rip up to find new ways to look at the logos.
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
Spoon Graphics
AUGUST 9, 2021
It turns out wolves are a popular subject for artists and illustrators, but that’s no surprise when you consider these magnificent creatures have been depicted in mythology and folklore throughout history. In today’s inspiration showcase I present a variety of ferocious art and design pieces that feature wolves, ranging from detailed paintings to stylistic illustrations.
I Love Typography
AUGUST 25, 2021
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. In this debut issue of our new monthly column, design legend Steven Heller takes a look at René Bieder’s Magnat font family. Heller is not only an award-winning designer, design educator, and author and editor of hundreds of books, but is also one of the world's foremost commentators and historians of graphic design.
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Just Creative
AUGUST 4, 2021
Despite what we may think, for someone who works in a creative space, no piece of tech will replace a quality notebook for quick notes or sketches of ideas and projects when you’re on the go. The problem is, like many other product landscapes, the options that are available when it comes to a good pen or good notebook are almost endless and can cause headaches and confusion trying to find the best one for your type of work.
Creative Market
AUGUST 26, 2021
Ever considered launching your own asset shop and crafting assets for sale? Today, we’re sharing a glimpse of what it’s like to lead this creative lifestyle. We interviewed Ana, the talented shop owner behind ana & yvy , January Bloom , and Stykke Studio to learn from her lessons, challenges, and successes. Ana currently resides in Cologne, Germany and, aside from design studies, she completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 29, 2021
Today we are featuring stunning digital illustrator and fine Art artist “ Ethem Onur Bilgiç ”, with his amazing illustration art collection. He was was born in 1986 in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied Graphic Design in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He produced cover and theme illustrations for magazines and book covers for publishing houses. He started to create poster designs for various festivals.
Spoon Graphics
AUGUST 4, 2021
Today’s tutorial is kind of a follow-on from my guide to creating custom camouflage patterns in Adobe Photoshop from back in 2019. In that previous tutorial I shared some useful techniques for creating a variety of camo pattern styles using nothing but Photoshop filters. All those camo patterns are comprised of random blobs and shapes, so this tutorial will focus on creating the more modern digital pattern styles that are made up of tiny pixel-like squares.
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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.
I Love Typography
AUGUST 7, 2021
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. We interviewed the brilliantly talented folk at Fontfabric. Their clients include high-profile brands like Nike, Lipton, Hyundai, CNET, and the US national football team. We talked about how they got started, what makes them tick, and about their new release, Audela. The post An Interview with Fontfabric appeared first on I Love Typography.
Design Wizard
AUGUST 19, 2021
Browse our advertising design tips and templates to find what works best for your ad campaign. Edit our templates in Design Wizard and quickly adjust them to fit with your unique business. Successful ad design is geared towards a carefully selected target audience and includes elements that are memorable and strengthen your brand identity. Set goals and flesh out your unique selling point focused on providing solutions to customer problems.
We And The Color
AUGUST 25, 2021
Created for Estadão, Gabriel Dominicali designed a colorful, feminine visual identity. Gabriel Dominicali is a graphic designer from Brazil. The skilled designer was commissioned by Estadão to create a fresh, new visual identity for Capitu. Capitu is Estadão’s newest editorial. It offers an attentive and feminine look at politics, career, and current events.
Creative Market
AUGUST 11, 2021
There is something intrinsically emotional about colors and color schemes , don’t you think? The way they speak to us is on a different level than shapes and forms, and it feels almost irrational, were it not for the vast knowledge and science we know today to stand behind it. So how do colors entice us, change our feelings, inspire us? By working together, really.
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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 Design Junction
AUGUST 27, 2021
Minimal corporate Business Card Templates suitable for your own brand identity or any kind of business like Corporate Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more. Simple and clean minimal business cards are best for minimalist presentation. The clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals.
Spoon Graphics
AUGUST 16, 2021
Access All Areas members have a useful collection of Lightroom Presets to download this week, courtesy of Hydrozi. These Black and White presets are designed to enhance the mood and elegance of your photographs by converting them into dramatic monochrome images. The collection contains an array of styles, including grainy effects, vignettes, HDR styles, low contrast, high contrast, film and magazine looks, giving you endless options to suit whatever the subject of your shot.
UX Collective
AUGUST 18, 2021
Applications we design are becoming increasingly data-driven. The need for quality data visualization is high as ever. Confusing and misleading graphics are all around us, but we can change this by following these simple rules. 1. Choose the right chart type Choosing the wrong chart type, or defaulting to the most common type of data visualization could confuse users or lead to data misinterpretation.
Design Wizard
AUGUST 18, 2021
YouTube channel names are an important part of building a foundation for future success on the platform. If you have a good channel name, it will be easier for viewers to find you through Google and YouTube. Additionally, they will remember who you are and recommend you to their friends. . However, as you sit down and start trying to come up with name ideas, you may find it is not as easy as you thought it might be.
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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.
Eye on Design
AUGUST 11, 2021
For Eiko Ishioka, one of Japan’s most groundbreaking designers, creativity was an amorphous, fluid medium that she dipped into, gently molding materials into whatever form she was currently creating—a poster, an advertisement, or a costume. Born in 1938, Ishioka grew up in uptown Tokyo, raised by her father, a self-taught commercial graphic designer, and her mother, a housewife.
Creative Market
AUGUST 6, 2021
For the last 9 years, our blog has hosted invaluable design content to support creatives’ journeys all around the globe. More than 11 million sessions later, we’re ready for the next version of this treasure trove of design education. With this redesign, we’re making it even easier to find topics you’re interested in. We’ve removed distractions and zoomed into each story, crafting pages that are a joy to read.
Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 26, 2021
Hand-picked collection of Best Handwriting Fonts, contemporary approach to design, handmade natural script and stylish handwritten font , perfect for signatures. Suitable for use in title design. Such as apparel, invitations, books tittle, stationery design, quotes, branding, logos, greeting card, t-shirt, packaging design, poster and more. The beautiful compilation of signature fonts that can give more artistic look to you design.
Spoon Graphics
AUGUST 12, 2021
Every product in this all-new design resources bundle is completely different from the next, making it an extremely versatile collection of tools that will prepare you for any future project. You’ll be equipped with some of the best artistic resources, giving you the ability to create everything from retro to futuristic effects with brushes, patterns, illustrations, fonts, and textures.
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.
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 17, 2021
Ever since the beginning of time (or the mid-1990s), much has been expected of web designers. In those early days, we were not only focused on learning HTML, but mastering graphic design as well. There weren’t a lot of official learning paths. Thus, our skills were often developed on the job. What’s changed? Well, we still need to know HTML and graphics.
Design Wizard
AUGUST 4, 2021
Learn from our Facebook marketing tips and take the plunge into effective social media marketing to grow your business. Browse our expert advice on organic efforts to increase engagement, Facebook ads to boost sales, insights to measure metrics, and tools to help you be more efficient. Even though other social media platforms have sprung up over the years, Facebook is still going strong and a profitable opportunity to integrate into your marketing strategy.
Eye on Design
AUGUST 12, 2021
The late Ken Garland ’s First Things First manifesto, written in 1963 on the spur of the moment during a public meeting, has become a tradition of enduring protest that its originator could never have predicted. Last year, the fourth version of the text arrived and it’s the most urgent and powerful iteration to date. In the nearly 60 years since Garland self-published his broadside, the stakes for society and design have spiralled skywards.
Creative Market
AUGUST 13, 2021
Instead of just ignoring them, as many readers perhaps do, we want to explore these characters to help you make sense of them. Understanding what you’re reading and its purpose in the written word will increase your enjoyment and comprehension of the text. This applies both to readability and legibility. Here’s a roundup of some font characters you’ve come across, which need to be clarified.
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?
Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 25, 2021
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrated Logo templates, creative unique vector logo design that stands out and instantly recognizable. The logo looks great on white and black backgrounds. It will look great on a business card, letterhead or envelope, as well as a web site or any other digital media. Logo templates are fully editable and scalable without losing resolution. 100% Vector logo templates available in AI, EPS and PSD format.
Smashing Magazine Graphics
AUGUST 12, 2021
Useful Figma Plugins And Tools. Useful Figma Plugins And Tools. Janet John. 2021-08-12T13:30:00+00:00. 2021-08-12T14:41:21+00:00. There are literally thousands of Figma plugins out there. Which ones do you use? How often do you use them? We’ve scouted for some of the useful ones , and we hope that the ones listed below will help you improve your workflow.
We And The Color
AUGUST 28, 2021
This poster was created for the purpose of change in thinking. Riya Shah is a graphic designer and visual artist from India. In 2019, she created this poster design for the purpose of change in thinking. Plastic is the most common element that is found in the ocean. It is harmful to the environment as it does not break down easily and it is often mistaken for food by marine animals.
Creative Review
AUGUST 5, 2021
1964 Tokyo Olympics official poster, courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow brings together an array of artefacts from the 1964 Games, as a way of exploring their creative and technological legacy, as well as the event’s impact on ideas around Olympics branding. Many of these have never been on show in the UK, and offer a chance for visitors to get up close to original posters and uniforms, as well as intricate models of Olympic venues.
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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