Shillington
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Graphic designer—what a title, right? For some of us, it’s a dream career , one that we were destined for. Though, like with a lot of destinies, it’s not something that is going to happen over night. It’s something you’re going to have to work for, but for how long? Well the time it takes to become a graphic designer depends on a number of factors.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Have you ever committed your time and energy to a project only to discover your responsibilities growing far beyond the initial requirements? “This isn’t what I signed up for,” you think to yourself. “If only I’d known what I was getting into.” You have experienced scope creep, and whether you run into it in your personal or professional life, we all fall victim to it at one time or another.
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Just Creative
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
When you’re a graphic artist, some of the hardest things to portray accurately on an image are hair or fur. No matter how many times you try it, it just doesn’t seem to look right. Well, to help artists, graphic designers all over the world have created their very own hair & fur brushes for the Procreate app on the Apple iPad and we’re here today to share the best ones out there with you.
Spoon Graphics
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Turn anything into gold with the help of my free Action for Adobe Photoshop! With the click of a button, this Action will play a series of adjustments that give an image a shiny appearance with yellowy hues that mimic solid gold. Upon playing the Action it will ask you to make a selection of your subject before continuing to processing the effect with various Photoshop tools and filters.
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
Designer Daily
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
As a designer, you should always be on the lookout for trends, resources, and… good deals on these resources. At Designer Daily, we try to keep you updated on the best discounted design resources on the market. In this post, we’ll briefly explore the amazing site that is Design Bundles and their SVG section in particular. At any given time, you will be able to find tons of design resources there sold with a heavy discount.
I Love Typography
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. Tens of millions of broadsides were printed from the very earliest days of printing. Many were cheap and ephemeral, eventually being recycled or ending up in the trash. Others, like rebus and puzzle broadsides were novel and engaging enough to live longer lives. This is my very brief look at some early examples of these curious so-called hieroglyphic broadsides.
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Booooooom
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Allister Lee. FLIP FLOP is a series of illustrated work depicting a selection of vintage dollar store sandals found throughout Chinatown San Francisco. I like finding graphic inspiration in unlikely places and I found these ubiquitous Chinatown staples to be a great mix of quirk and wonk as subject matter. Allister Lee’s Website. Allister Lee on Instagram.
Shillington
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Considering how much the world has changed since this time last year, making general predictions for what the next 12 months have in store is a tall order. But when it comes to design, we at Shillington feel we’re on steadier ground. With the profession having survived, even prospered through 2020, we’re fairly sure it can cope with anything that 2021 can throw at us.
Noupe
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Living in a digital world makes everything easier including finding graphic design inspiration. Holding a magazine and leafing through the pages may seem a little obsolete in 2020 but gaining inspiration from digital sources can not top the feeling of the traditional, physical experiences. The amount of online resources you can find is exciting. Also, we can’t argue that online resources have become our main source of inspiration and information in every aspect imaginable.
Just Creative
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
For so many artists, their blossoming passion for art may have begun with a simple piece of paper and a sharpened pencil. To recapture that initial magic many of you may have had in your youth, we looked into our toolbox and decided to share the best Pencil Brushes for Procreate that we’ve come across including free & premium brushes. Not only are we hoping to rekindle some of the creativity that you may have had as a child but we thought that if you got a new tool out of the process, then i
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Booooooom
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Allister Lee. FLIP FLOP is a series of illustrated work depicting a selection of vintage dollar store sandals found throughout Chinatown San Francisco. I like finding graphic inspiration in unlikely places and I found these ubiquitous Chinatown staples to be a great mix of quirk and wonk as subject matter. Allister Lee’s Website. Allister Lee on Instagram.
SpeckyBoy
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Sometimes, the need will arise to make your photographs look like they were produced for a big-budget film. And while you can manually create these looks within Photoshop, it would take you a good amount of time. Photoshop actions to the rescue! Today, we’ve compiled a fantastic list of cinema and movie effect Photoshop action sets that take your photos to the next level in terms of post-production quality.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Technology has disrupted so many things, but its positive influences are undeniable. We use our phones for everything; from communicating with our family and friends, to solving our problems through a variety of apps. So if you are creating something new, it’s time to make the world stand in awe of your work. How? With these phenomenal mobile device mockup templates for Photoshop.
Creative Review
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Anna Ginsburg is no stranger to tackling body taboos in her striking animations. Her first self-initiated film, Private Parts , took the form of an animated documentary in which talking genitals discussed masturbation, sexuality and vaginas. Breast Cancer Now enlisted the help of the filmmaker on new animation Love Hate Relationship, which explores the journey women go on with their breasts over the course of their lives and also encourages all women to regularly check their breasts for unusual
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Graphic Mama
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Logo design trends in 2021 simply refuse to be left behind by other areas of design. Your logo is a vital cog in your branding machine and the design states not only who you are but also how you do it. Whether you are looking at launching a new business, rebranding an old business, or simply bringing your old logo up-to-date these latest trends for 2021 will get you talking and inspire you to head confidently into the future.
ID Identity Design
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Specialising in adventure cruise travel around Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, True North delivers experiences designed to push its small coterie of guests out of their comfort zones. This is a company that takes you on a journey of discovery — and in taking you away to remote lands, brings you back to yourself. The brief was to create a brand that feels premium without losing the appetite for adventure.
Creative Review
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
While we’ve become all too familiar with the hallowed John Lewis Christmas ad’s mission to tug at our heartstrings, for all the obvious reasons no one has quite known what to expect from the retailer’s festive campaign this year. Following on from its first joint campaign with Waitrose last year, which told the story of an excitable dragon called Edgar , the retailers have teamed up again on Give a Little Love, a festive fundraising campaign inspired by the kindness of the Brit
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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.
Trendland
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Words TL Team. Inspired by Atelier Aveus ’s furniture collection emoting visual codes for waiting, photographed by the talented Michelle Watt , this fashion series follows a young woman displaced in a surreal waiting room in the midst of travel.
Its Nice That
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Immerse yourself in the mesmerising work of Korean illustrator Hyunjung Huh where broken memories meet digital glitches.
Creative Review
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Photographer David Godlis is perhaps best known for his grainy black and white images of New York nightclub CBGB, when it was home to punk scene legends including the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie and Talking Heads. Born in Manhattan in 1951, Godlis began taking photos in his sophomore year at Boston University. He has since become one of the most important imagemakers of his generation, working as the photographer for Film at Lincoln Center since the late 80s and the unofficial photographer of
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.
Noupe
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Regardless of whether the business is small or big, customer loyalty is extremely important. Do you know, it costs you ten times more to grab and attract new customers than to retain the existing ones. As stated by smallbizgenius, 65% of the company’s revenue comes from existing customers. If you are searching for appealable tips to create and retain customers, consider implementing a few of the strategies mentioned below.
Its Nice That
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The French illustrator shares insights into the “thrilling” project for Penguin and his inspirations, from Georges Beuville to Quentin Blake.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The ability to organize content is one of the most important functions of a content management system (CMS). It offers us a way to clearly define what belongs where. This impacts everyone from content creators accessing the back end to users navigating the public-facing website. And of course, search engines are also a big factor. WordPress has an array of options for organizing content – but they might be easy to miss when you first install the software.
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.
Spine Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Alison Forner is an Art Director at Avid Read Press and Simon & Schuster, whose work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in their 50 Books/50 Covers Show. Here she tells us about her process for designing The Appointment. In book publishing, there are certain genres or themes that repeat year after year. There’s the sweeping historical novel set in WWII, the contemporary coming-of-age story, the confessional memoir… all the usual suspects that make an appearance in
Creative Review
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Reimagining Christmas is a new initiative from Pinterest and The Dots, giving hard-hit freelancers and furloughed creatives a paid opportunity to put a fresh twist on one of the annual advertising milestones – the Christmas ad – and give us all some much-needed festive positivity in the age of COVID. Reinventing what festive campaigns can be like through the lens of top brands including MADE.com, Birds Eye, British Airways and Sony Music, the final five concepts have been revealed.
Its Nice That
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
As new reports find a despairing lack of diverse representation in children’s book characters and the people who create them, we talk to illustrators and publishers about why, and how things can change.
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