Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

Discover the creative stars challenging conventions and shaping the future across the U.S. and Europe through their remarkable work. In an ever-evolving creative landscape, a new generation of visionaries is emerging, disrupting the industry and leaving an indelible mark on the world around us. From pioneering entrepreneurs to innovative brand leaders and multidisciplinary creative forces, these are the movers and shakers propelling their respective fields forward.

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 22, 2024

Access All Areas members have a great collection of photo effects to download this week, courtesy of Sickboat. These Film LUTs can be applied to photos or video to create a vintage film effect effect with various warm, cool and B+W colours. There are 20 LUT presets included to provide a variety of vintage film effects to choose from. Being LUT files means they are compatible with all kinds of software, the effects can be easily applied to photos and images in Photoshop using the Color Lookup adj

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BP&O

APRIL 25, 2024

Barnardo’s is the UK’s largest children’s charity, and it undoubtedly does much good in the world. However, its history up to this point is also littered with uncomfortable controversies. Certainly, the most outlandish transgressions are concentrated in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Founder Thomas John Barnardo was taken to court 88 times for kidnapping children (or ‘philanthropic abductions’, as old The post Barnardo’s by The Clearing appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging a

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 23, 2024

And two other cool Adobe Max Sneaks.

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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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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2024

In Slow Travel Britain, writer and creative director Liz Schaffer pens an image-filled love letter to this beautiful country and reveals the value of taking time to experience your surroundings. In an age of instant communication and on-demand entertainment, it can often feel like the world is moving too fast. No sooner has an article like this appeared on your feed than it's whisked away for the latest piece of content.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 25, 2024

In today’s digital age, the art of illustration has transcended traditional mediums, finding a new canvas in the digital realm. Among the plethora of tools available, Procreate stands out as a powerful ally for artists, offering a versatile platform to unleash their creativity. However, mastering this tool requires more than just familiarity with its interface; it demands skill, technique, and guidance.

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Booooooom

APRIL 24, 2024

Jer Dee Jer Dee’s Website Jer Dee on Instagram

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

New York City-based illustrator Esther Tang communicates her emotions and connects to the world through her delightfully nuanced and universally resonant work. We caught up with her to learn more. Connection and communication are at the heart of Esther Tang's illustrations. Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2022, her distinctive illustration style has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators, Creative Quarterly, and the World Illustration Awards.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 26, 2024

In the realm of contemporary digital illustrations art, one name shines brightly: Samji Illustrator. With a unique style characterized by vibrant colors, intricate details, and whimsical narratives, Samji has carved a niche for themselves in the world of illustration. Through their captivating artwork, Samji seamlessly combines traditional techniques with digital illustrations medium, creating visually stunning pieces that captivate audiences worldwide.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 23, 2024

Generative Fill and Generative Expand are coming to vector.

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Advertiser: Issuu

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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Design Milk

APRIL 26, 2024

It may come as a surprise, but the human experiences of taste, hearing, smell, touch, and sight, share the computing capacity of technologies like the pocket calculator, hard disk, USB Key, and computer network, respectively. Google Hardware Design Studio , in collaboration with arts and research lab Chromasonic , explores the bandwidth of those sensory perceptions with their Milan Design Week 2024 exhibition Making Sense of Color.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

New York-based illustrator Wenjia Tang has transported her captivating style to the land of fiction in her latest book, Mountain Temple. Set in the remote mountains of China, it tells the fantastical tale of a boy who gets transformed into a baby wolf. Wenjia Tang's beautiful illustrations are a familiar sight in nonfiction books, ad campaigns, and editorials.

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Booooooom

APRIL 25, 2024

For our second annual Booooooom Photo Awards, supported by Format , we selected 5 winners, one for each of the following categories: Portrait, Street, Shadows, Colour, Nature. Now it is our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Portrait category, Wilhelm Philipp. Wilhelm Philipp is a self-taught photographer from Australia. He uses his camera to highlight everyday subjects and specifically explore the Australian suburban identity that he feels is too often overlooked or forgotten about.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 24, 2024

In today’s saturated marketplace, a strong brand identity is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Every detail, from logo design to social media voice, contributes to the story you tell about your brand. But how do you ensure consistency across all these touchpoints? Enter brand guidelines – the secret weapon for achieving brand coherence and unlocking its full potential.

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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.

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HONGKIAT

APRIL 23, 2024

Pairing fonts is an essential process of any web design. If you want to create a good website design, you need to be able to make decisions such as choosing the right font , color scheme , even the right WordPress theme. For those seeking fonts, web typography tools are their go-to source. But for regular laypersons like us, maybe there is another easier way to attempt this seemingly impossible task.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 26, 2024

For pitches, campaigns and websites, mockups form the basis of many client projects in the creative industry. But are they sometimes a little too polished? Dutch designer and art director Wytze Hoogslag seems to think so. And he's back with more realistic templates for you to play with. Launched as a side project in the summer of 2022, Fockups was a glorious bit of fun that became very popular with designers and illustrators worldwide.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 21, 2024

Few brands could pull off this campaign.

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Booooooom

APRIL 23, 2024

Our interview with 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards Winner for the Colour category, Jannell Adufo.

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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.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 20, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, establishing a strong brand identity is paramount to success. At the heart of this identity lies the logo – a visual representation that encapsulates the essence of a company’s values, ethos, and offerings. However, many budding entrepreneurs and small businesses often find themselves navigating the challenge of creating a powerful logo on a budget.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

Pick n mix sweets inspired Candy Con, a new range of colourful, customisable controllers from GameStop and WMH&I that look good enough to eat. The world's largest gaming retailer, GameStop, has collaborated with global branding agency WMH&I to create Candy Con, a ground-breaking controller that players can customise to their heart's content with a colourful array of faceplates, thumbsticks, and directional pads.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 26, 2024

The iPad Pro could get its biggest design change yet.

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Design Milk

APRIL 25, 2024

In the bustling city of Bangalore, India, The Villa Tabebuia stands as a serene, Zen-inspired sanctuary with a contemporary Japanese-style designed by TaP Design Inc. The vision behind Villa Tabebuia was to create a space that exudes tranquility and elegance while maintaining a deep connection with its natural surroundings. Teakwood elements and organic accents adorn the home, seamlessly integrating it with the lush greenery that surrounds the property.

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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.

Graphic Design

Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 21, 2024

Elevate your designs with these high-quality free mockup templates. For any designer, visualizing a project in its final form is crucial. Mockups bridge the gap between concept and reality, allowing you to showcase your designs on a realistic template. They’re invaluable tools for presentations, client feedback sessions, and refining your own ideas.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

The Herculean struggle of buying a home has been visualised with suitably stunning imagery in Mother's latest campaign for StreetEasy, which depicts each stage of the process as epic Renaissance-style paintings. Titled Let The Journey Begin, the classical art-inspired campaign targets potential property buyers in New York. Packed with intense emotions and humorous Easter eggs that nod to life in the city, these visuals have recently been taken to the next level with four gigantic mural paintings

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 25, 2024

Lettering artist shares how to navigate getting paid.

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Design Milk

APRIL 26, 2024

It’s been nearly eight years since award-winning interior designer Brigette Romanek first realized her calling. Her love for helping friends style their homes lit a fire, and in 2018, she decided to get serious, founding Romanek Design Studio in Los Angeles. It’s a gift to do what you love, and if your work can bring joy to people in their daily lives in the process, it is triply rewarding.

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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.

Web Design

HONGKIAT

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s time for another edition of our collection of fresh tools and resources for our fellow designers and developers. This time around, we’ve got a little bit of everything, from demos showcasing the latest CSS features to some nifty JavaScript libraries you won’t want to miss. So, let’s jump right in and explore what’s new! caniemail Akin to CanIUse.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2024

Artist Imogen Hawgood immortalises the nostalgic glow of British festival lighting in her new series of comforting paintings. The best part? You don't even need to get muddy to enjoy them. What is it that makes the lighting at festivals, funfairs and carnivals so special? Is it because they evoke fun memories of braving the rides, or do they tap into broader experiences of growing up?

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 24, 2024

Do I spy an Apple Pencil?

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 20, 2024

30+ Website SEO Tips to Boost Your Rankings Let’s face it: Nowadays, search engine optimisation (SEO) cannot be ignored. Any business hoping to thrive must have a solid online presence. But SEO is like trying to tame a wild animal; it’s confusing sometimes, constantly changing, and complex. For this reason, I’ve created this all-inclusive guide that contains over 30 actionable tips to whip your site into shape for SEO.

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