March, 2015

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The Beginner’s Guide to Prepping and Sending to Print

Envato Tuts+

What You'll Be Creating. When I was starting out in graphic design, without a doubt the most terrifying and intimidating aspect of the job was preparing and sending my work to print. . Sure, your layouts might be tip-top and your typography skills may well be 'awesome', but all of these skills will mean next-to-nothing if the printed result comes back looking less than perfect.

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Stewart Scott-Curran Explains How Sprite Markets To Very Different Demographics

Creative Live

Stewart Scott-Curran wears more than one hat—he’s an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. Currently he’s he art director at CNN digital, and he hosts Creative Mornings in San Francisco, where creatives of all walks of life share their experiences with a group of like-minded individuals looking for inspiration and the motivation to take the next step in their careers.

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Tank Instructor 1984

Emmeline Illustration

I often float around on Reddit, and once in a while a post will pop up and spark a hit of inspiration. That's exactly what happened with this photo posted by u/danabre in Old School Cool. The photo shows his mother working as a tank instructor in 1984, and it's pretty awesome. There's just so much character in the photo, and it inspired me to create this quick sketch.

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Business Cards: The Dos and Don’ts of Effective Card Marketing

Black Bear Design

Black Bear Design - Atlanta Web Design, Web Development, SEO, Internet Marketing, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Social media. How to Make Your Business Card Work for You. Your company business card is a direct extension of your business. Designed correctly, it can also be a very effective tool for marketing your company and yourself to prospective clients.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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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Nicely Done: Purcell Heli-Skiing

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

With the imminent return of snowstorms to New York, we can't help but mention a wintry website that uses typography to great effect: Purcell Heli-Skiing , who have spent forty years choppering more than 50,000 adventurous skiers and snowboarders to the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia. The website, designed by Ontario-based They , plays with the scale of its typography in a thoughtful and deliberate way.

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Fire Brigade Emergency WIP

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

Work in progress but very near to being finished. As you look through these shots you can see the oak tree in the background becoming more defined and then it shrinks back into the mist. I felt it was coming forward too much and appeared to be on the back of the fire engine rather than well behind it. Sepia underpainting completed Washed in a background, smoke clouds, and started to block in the fire engine Defined the hare heads and ladder.

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Stop doing s**t you don’t like

Paul Jarvis

Many emails I receive start with, “I hate doing X, but…” and go on to explain that the sender wants to figure out how to force themselves to do something they don’t like in order to achieve something.

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Books For Free!

Emmeline Illustration

Free books?! Yup, that's right. I heard about this place a while ago and definitely had to have a snoop. Books For Free (as part of Healthy Planet) has actually been open for a while now in its Preston branch, and it's great to see it's still running. The initiative aims to rescue thousands of books from landfill by simply giving them away to willing readers at centres and festivals nationwide!

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Mini Fifi Lapin X Mamas & Papas

Fifi Lapin

Drum-roll, My fabulous collection in collaboration with Mamas & Papas for all the mini Fifi fans out there has officially launched! My goddaughter Mae Tuzi is doing a wonderful job modelling two of her favorite pieces; the Fifi Lapin neon speckle sweater and the Fifi Lapin silhouette leggings - just perfect for a full day of play.Or a full day of shopping with Auntie Fifi!

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Fonts in Fiction

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

Typefaces occasionally escape into the wild, sometimes to find themselves in unfamiliar literary climes. No designer has ever read Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco without being startled by the arrival of a certain Mr. Garamond early in the story; even the most pedantic typographer can’t help but love this delicious scene in American Psycho, in which jousting arbitrageurs boast about their business cards, all of it in nonsense designerese.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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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Destruction in Montania

Afikur Design

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The Museum Of Wigan Life: Kids' Art Trail Illustrations

Emmeline Illustration

Last week I received copies of this arts trail booklet I've been working on with The Museum Of Wigan Life. It's been one of those smooth little projects that flows nicely from sketch to final, and it's been a pleasure to work on. I absolutely love museums (learning's cool!). They're just so full of treasures, in both a literal sense as well as on a smaller personal scale - there's something about reading long lost love letters, or looking at dusty old photographs which can really spark the imagi

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Save The Date

Emmeline Illustration

My 'Save The Date' card was featured on the Ohh Deer twitter today. Photos are always better with a cactus! Lovers, brides-to-be, pre-grooms, about-to-be-inlaws, future-gazing singles: you can grab this card here! - [link].

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New! Copper Foil Cards & Gift Tags For Ohh Deer

Emmeline Illustration

So I've got some more good news to share wi th you on the Ohh Deer front: brand new copper foil greetings cards and gift tags are now go! The new range of copper foiled goodies features two of my greetings card designs (adapted from my Wild Ride screenprint) and three new gift tag illustrations. It's hard to say no to shiny, shiny things - and I think these illustrations work beautifully in the foil.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

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.

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Fifi Lapin & Mamas & Papas

Fifi Lapin

Me and Mae Hi all, I bring you some very exciting news today. After many letters and email from fans asking if I can make Fifi Lapin kids-wear I have finally found the perfect venture and I have been busy beavering (Or should I say rabbiting) away designing a beautiful kids collection for UK based brand Mamas & Papas. It's very nearly ready to show you and I just can't wait as all the perfect little garments make me simply squeal with joy!

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Get more nutrition in every bite

Afikur Design

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Solar eclipse: Eye health warning

Afikur Design

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Mosquito-borne diseases has threaten World

Afikur Design

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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.

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Coffee is health food: Myth or fact?

Afikur Design

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Drones being used to monitor WordCup

Afikur Design

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Wireless Headphones are now on Market

Afikur Design

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Fastest plane in the world

Afikur Design

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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.

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Teens use apps to keep secrets?

Afikur Design

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