Inkbot Design
JANUARY 16, 2024
20+ Rebranding Tips for Freelancers As a freelancer, your personal brand is everything. It sets you apart from the competition and helps attract new clients. But over time, your brand can start to feel stale. Or maybe your services have expanded into new offerings that don’t quite align with your current brand. If that’s the case, it might be time to rebrand.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 14, 2024
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Struggling with the return to work? You're not alone. Read these tips to help reignite your creativity for a dynamic and inspired year ahead. Does January 2024 feel like walking through treacle? Of course, you always expected the first day back after your break to be a bit of a struggle. But surely by now, you think, you should be firing on all cylinders.
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The Dieline
JANUARY 17, 2024
As we predicted in our 2024 Trend Report, the "What's Your Type?" trend is taking over, with brands like Go Human, Eau de Yellow Pages, and WHINE leading the way. Here are a few typefaces we think we'll see more of throughout the year.
Inkbot Design
JANUARY 15, 2024
How Much Do Graphic Designers Make? Graphic design is an exciting and creative field that combines art and technology to communicate ideas. Graphic designers use colour, images, fonts, and layouts to create designs for publications, websites, packaging, and more. But many wonder—how lucrative can a career in graphic design be? How much do those visually artistic people make?
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
Abduzeedo
JANUARY 17, 2024
Minimalist Web Design: A Look at B.T Vision's UI/UX abduzeedo 0117—24 Explore B.T Vision's approach to minimalist web design and UI/UX. Discover how this project enhances user experience with its focus on imagery and clever text orientation. In the ever-evolving world of web design and UI/UX, B.T Vision stands out with its minimalist approach that balances aesthetics and functionality.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 14, 2024
We love a good passion project here at Creative Boom, and here's our favourite of 2024 so far! Roam magazine is taking an inclusive and cross-disciplinary approach to showcasing the modern folk movement. As the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But history isn't just a list of names and dates, wars and leaders; it's much broader than that.
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Creative Bloq
JANUARY 14, 2024
It was the decade when fantasy art became part of pop culture. Illustrator and author Tony DiTerlizzi shares his favourite 1980s artists and their influence on him.
HONGKIAT
JANUARY 17, 2024
With over 50,000 free plugins, WordPress.org boasts a vast array of features and functions, many of which you might not have considered. Additionally, there’s a plethora of premium WordPress plugins available. To simplify your selection process, we’ve rigorously tested over 100 WordPress plugin candidates in several key marketing areas. From this, we’ve narrowed down our choices and compiled a curated list of the top WordPress plugins for marketers.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 17, 2024
The picture book 'Daniel de la Nuit' tells the story of a nice little squid who refuses to sleep and heads out to investigate the Night of the Periwinkles. As well as being beautifully illustrated, the story has been realised audibly with an accompanying soundtrack by composer Julien Sénélas. Originally a children's show that combined theatre and animation, 'Daniel dans la Nuit' is the creation of Timo Hateau in collaboration with Carmela Chergui and Vincent Lahens.
Graphic Design Junction
JANUARY 19, 2024
Exceptional instances of creative photo manipulation that you’ve yet to discover. While there is a plethora of imaginative photos and photo manipulation artwork showcased daily on platforms like Behance, Dribbble, DeviantArt, and various social networks, pinpointing the perfect photo can be a time-consuming task, requiring hours of searching. To alleviate this challenge, we’ve curated a collection of some of the most outstanding photo manipulation examples crafted by skilled designer
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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.
Creative Bloq
JANUARY 15, 2024
A Tim Burton fan with soap bubbles, an unused guitar and an affectionate cat in a Narnia-like room hidden behind a wardrobe, take a look around Laura H Rubin's studio.
HONGKIAT
JANUARY 16, 2024
Building a compelling online portfolio is a vital step for creatives, freelancers, and professionals looking to showcase their work. Understanding this, we’ve put together a selection of 20 WordPress themes , each carefully chosen to help you present your portfolio in the best light. Our list includes both free and premium WordPress themes , ensuring there’s a fit for every budget and style preference.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 16, 2024
The Andy Warhol exhibition 'Beyond the Brand ' at Halcyon Gallery Think you know Warhol? A new exhibition coming to London challenges you to think again. You can't possibly work in a creative field without hearing people reference the famous American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987). In fact, you've probably done so yourself a few times. But how much do you really know about him and his art?
Graphic Design Junction
JANUARY 14, 2024
In the fast communication world of digital technology, mobile apps have become an integral part of our daily lives. As the demand for innovative and user-friendly applications continues to rise, the importance of a well-designed mobile app landing page cannot be overstated. A landing page serves as the virtual storefront, the first impression that can either captivate or repel potential users.
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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.
Design Milk
JANUARY 19, 2024
Jiminie Ha , founder of the award-winning creative agency, With Projects, Inc. didn’t experience a direct trajectory career-wise, which is what makes her story all the more compelling. “Despite growing up in an environment like Paris, I think my mom’s Italian Vogues laying around the house made the biggest impression on me,” she said. “I grew up looking at these incredible images created by photographers like Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, and Helmut Newton, but then really
HONGKIAT
JANUARY 16, 2024
It all began with Christopher Huet , a skilled photo manipulator who embarked on a playful journey with human heads. He discovered that simply enlarging a head could spark laughter. And it’s not just him; this fun idea quickly caught on. The online community of Photoshop enthusiasts, amused by Huet’s work, embarked on their own adventures in big head manipulation.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 15, 2024
Creative director Joelle McKenna explains how she approached a bucket-list project for a local business: a window display for Brooklyn's Desert Island Comics. We all experience the creative struggle on a day-to-day basis. But how many of us have actually used that struggle in our art? If you're wondering what that might look like, here's a great example from Joelle McKenna.
Graphic Design Junction
JANUARY 17, 2024
In digital marketing establishing a strong and recognizable brand presence is vital for success. As businesses strive to connect with their target audience and distinguish themselves in the market, the role of brand guidelines templates becomes increasingly significant. These templates serve as foundational tools that guide the creation and maintenance of a consistent brand identity.
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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.
Design Milk
JANUARY 15, 2024
Raw, natural beauty brings the charm of flora and fauna into your space through the Habitat Collection designed by Name Place Animal Thing. Four new pieces make up the series including the Moose Cabinet | Sideboard , Caterpillar Bar Unit , Alpaca Bar Cabinet , and Mushroom Floor Lamps available in small and large sizes. Surefire conversation starters, these statement pieces are meant to be fun and functional, bringing a smile to the face of whomever sees them.
Inkbot Design
JANUARY 19, 2024
UI and UX Design: Creating Intuitive Digital Experiences User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design focus on crafting intuitive and pleasing digital experiences. UI/UX has become critical in product development and customer satisfaction as more businesses go digital. This comprehensive guide will explore what UI and UX design entail, why they matter, and how to execute them effectively.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 18, 2024
Brand studio Robot Food has collaborated with Germany's biggest sports nutrition company ESN to create a new look that refines what had gone before and creates a stronger evolution of its identity. Standing for Elite Sports Nutrition, ESN is Germany's biggest sports nutrition brand, with an industry-leading array of products for performance-driven people and elite athletes.
SpeckyBoy
JANUARY 19, 2024
The Complex CSS border-image Property The CSS border-image property can do some pretty cool stuff once you get your head around how it works. The Three Secrets to Font Pairing Pairing fonts is a tricky task that often pops up in discussions about typography challenges, it’s a tough skill to master! Those Coding Tasks ChatGPT Can’t Do ChatGPT is great at creating code, but it’s not a replacement for your job.
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.
Design Milk
JANUARY 19, 2024
Long Weekend’s name says it all – those carefree days spent on road trips enjoying life’s small pleasures, all captured on camera to remember fondly long after a return home. Founded by photographers Willem Verbeeck and Allison Simon in 2021, the brand’s evocations of wanderlust-turned-photographic-memory made them the perfect collaborators for the gear brand Moment.
Inkbot Design
JANUARY 17, 2024
10 Disruptive Companies Shaping the Future “Disruption” has become a popular buzzword in business and technology circles. But what exactly makes a company “disruptive”? Disruptive companies introduce innovations that creatively destroy and transform existing markets. They upend the status quo with game-changing products, services, or business models.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 18, 2024
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Now we've passed Blue Monday (what the heck is that anyway?), follow our tips to stick to your artistic resolutions beyond January and throughout the next 12 months. How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions? In recent years, PR companies have come up with two unofficial days on which people are most likely to ditch them: namely Quitter's Day on 12 January and Blue Monday, the third Monday in January, which one travel company dubbed as the most depressing
Joe McNally
JANUARY 16, 2024
A new year. Offering up a bit of self-critique, which we as photographers engage in sometimes too much, and sometimes too little. You know the feeling. You wake up, look at the mirror and put a big finger based “L” on your forehead as you stare bleakly at your ever whitening scruff, fumbling for your glasses while unfolding your frame like a rusty lawn chair.
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.
Design Milk
JANUARY 17, 2024
Mentally out of office, dreaming of sun-filled days and owning enough beachfront property to recreate this setup of the Contour Daybed. Haldane’s architectural statement piece features circular geometries and oversized details, inspired by organic shapes and, fantastically, body positivity. Designed by Haldane Martin , the Contour Daybed instantly upgrades the luxury level of any alfresco situation through its impressive color, form, and materials.
Inkbot Design
JANUARY 17, 2024
Top 10 Most Iconic and Recognisable Game Logos Game logos are more than just a brand – they become ingrained in our minds as gamers. The style, design, and emotion behind these logos allow us to connect deeply with the gaming experiences they represent. After countless hours immersed in these virtual worlds, we form nostalgic bonds to the logos.
Creative Boom
JANUARY 15, 2024
New York-based artist Maiyashu delves into the relationships between people and their hometowns in I Will Always Be Here , a stunning new picture book that balances fantasy, whimsy, and mature reflection. What do you picture when you think of home? A building, your bedroom, or even just a feeling? It's a theme that author and illustrator Xinyue Chen, AKA Maiyashu, explores to great effect in their latest picture book, I Will Always Be Here.
Booooooom
JANUARY 17, 2024
A still life series featuring eight distinct vegetables by Vancouver-based photographer Skye Tao.
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