Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

APRIL 17, 2016

For the last six days I have been working intensely on this large 90 x 50cm watercolour painting. It might not be a mural but it's large enough for me! Fuzzy photo time! Still using the drafting I was given when I was a school boy. You can see I returned to the usual sepia tonal under-painting to maintain a warm hue throughout the image. I decided if all the action is inside a tent lit by gas lamps, without natural light, then all the shadows are going to be warm.

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DesignM.ag

APRIL 14, 2016

The concept of Content Personalization is to show a customized message to the right person with the hypothesis that this will lead to higher revenue/engagement/[Insert KPI here]. The idea is solid and has been proven out at small scale but very few, if any, organizations are successfully executing. As marketers, we’ve bought the DMPs, […].

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Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

APRIL 6, 2016

For as many kinds of typefaces as there will ever be, there’ll be even more kinds of italics. Nothing in the design of a roman typeface dictates what its italic will look like, and since the role of an italic is to be not only sympathetic with its roman but visibly different from it, italics are often free to explore unexpected constructions, or divergent visual traditions.

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Tom Kenny

APRIL 5, 2016

I had an interesting discussion about tools with a designer friend of mine. This comment of his got me thinking: The design tool is the most important thing we have as designers. I completely disagree. Knowledge is the most important thing we have. A tool doesn’t make you a better designer. Knowledge and understanding of design does. No amount of features in a design tool will make your design work more effective.

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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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Illustration Art

APRIL 28, 2016

Regular readers know that I'm a big fan of Tom Fluharty 's sketches. In an era when quality drawing is under-appreciated, Fluharty's strong, bold, insightful drawings stand out. So I was particularly pleased when Fluharty announced the release of his splendid new collection of drawings, The Art of the Sketch. Looking through Fluharty's book, several lessons stand out.

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Fifi Lapin

APRIL 19, 2016

Spring has definitely sprung guys! bunny kisses Fifi Lapin xxx.

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DesignM.ag

APRIL 1, 2016

Good design of a Landing Page (LP) is not just about the emotions you experience when looking at it – it’s actually a much wider concept and the main goal of it is to solve business tasks. Unfortunately, many novice marketers and businessmen make a common mistake and set wrong priorities when designing an LP. […]. The post How to Design a Profitable Landing Page appeared first on DesignM.ag.

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Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

APRIL 27, 2016

I'm very pleased to announce I now have a selection of greetings cards available to purchase through www.lovefromtheartist.com 'Love From The Artist' say: " We are a small community interest organisation (just a handful of art lovers really) and with your help we're hoping to make a big difference to British artists, photographers, designers and illustrators - amateurs and professionals alike - so they can earn fairly from their creativity.

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Illustration Art

APRIL 12, 2016

158 years ago last week, the first patent was issued for the modern pencil. This week, HTC Vive released their latest virtual reality technology, which allows an artist to "paint in three dimensions with a bevy of whimsical substances. Flick a selection tool and you can add twinkling stars, smoke and swirls of blinking neon or frame your creation against a cosmic backdrop.

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