Just Creative
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
This article has been contributed by Diana Adjadj. Have you checked the latest figures on the freelance workforce? It’s getting very crowded out there. According to the latest figures by Statista , there are almost 60 million independent workers in the U.S. alone. This is impressive considering that the gig economy was virtually non-existent just a decade ago.
Envato Tuts+
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Whether you love to use fun and interesting fonts in your work or simply in everyday use, this must-have list of everything from serifs to scripts and more should be right up your alley. Thanks to the ever-growing foundry of Envato Market and Envato Elements , you'll find fantastic fonts below to suit all of your design needs! Want to know what a good font is?
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Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Fonts download 100% free available for graphic designers. These best fonts are perfect for any project. There is a collection of script fonts , handwritten fonts , brush fonts and bold fonts which can make your heading and headlines great look. The following clean fonts are ideal to make an creative design and perfect for any artwork. Take a look at beautiful commercial fonts for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers all over the world. .
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
I have made inspiration showcases for all kinds of design subjects, but one theme I least expected to provide such a variety of artistic styles was the sport of Boxing! This hard-hitting roundup features packaging designs with mustache-wielding vintage fighters, fan art for legendary boxing athletes, abstract character illustrations, and reimagined film posters for your favourite Rocky movies for some knock-out design inspiration to give you a creative hit.
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
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 15, 2020
This article has been contributed by Adam Petty. It’s 2020. The online world is bigger than ever. With so much information out there it can be hard for your customers to find you, let alone spend their precious time engaging with your content. The top result on Google has a 33% chance of getting clicked. The second? A mere 15% and it only gets worse as your page ranking falls.
Creative Market
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
When we talk about illustrating characters in Procreate, many people think: "Where do I start?". This question can be frustrating. Fortunately, there's a variety of tools and steps that can help you get the process moving. Thanks to Procreate brushes, grids, and stamps, the drawing process will not only be easier, but also fun. With the help of the Procreate app and a few custom brushes, you can learn how to create beautiful, creative cartoon portraits in a short time.
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Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Access All Areas members have a useful effect to download this week, courtesy of Creative Supplies Co. This Photoshop template instantly adds distorted VHS effects to your images, to give them the appearance of an analog video tape from the 80s & early 90s. This comprehensive Smart PSD is packed full of 4 main VHS effects, plus 10 VHS overlays so you can completely customise the amount of noise, grain, and distortion that is applied to your photos or artwork.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Way back in 2018, which these days can be considered ancient history, we shared with you what we considered to be the best Graphics Tablets for Graphic Design. While our picks certainly great, technology is a lot like cars where the newest tech becomes dated quickly. We decided to do an update and show you our new list of the Best Graphic Design Tablets in 2020 so if you were still on the fence back in 2018, our new list will help give you the information you need to upgrade.
Shillington
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
No creative can exist in a vacuum. We all need to keep in touch with the latest trends, and check out the work our fellow professionals are producing. It’s not about copying others, of course, but it is about understanding common points of reference and the broader culture we all swim in, not to mention getting a blast of inspiration and new ideas along the way.
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Annual reports and brochures clean and creative templates by combining attractive design and business professionalism. Modern brochure layout and rich design allow you to fit in a large amount of content without sacrificing quality or readability. These brochures and annual reports are suitable for any project purpose, very easy to use, edit and customize to your needs.
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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 Market
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
At the turn of the 20 th century, the United States was still a new country just coming into its own with its identity. American Realism , sometimes called New Realism, is a design trend that captured this growing awareness of America’s role in the world. Taking some of its cues from French Realism, the American version of the trend first started in literary circles before expanding into visual art by the 20 th century.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 15, 2020
This article has been contributed by Seth Winterer. In the evolving world of digital marketing, video advertising is the trend for 2020. Marketers are including video in their content marketing strategies at an increasing rate. I’m hear to tell you whether businesses should shift budgets to YouTube pre-roll advertising. But what exactly are YouTube pre-roll ads?
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
How do you fancy getting your hands on a hand-picked selection of professional fonts to take your branding, print and digital projects to the next level? Design Cuts have put together another deal packed full of top quality fonts and squashed the price down by 99%, so much so that there’s hardly anything left on the price tag! This is a great opportunity to acquire $2058 worth of beautiful, sophisticated fonts for just $29.
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Mobile applications with a compelling design strike a chord with users almost instantaneously. Achieving such a design, however, is anything but easy. Knowing this fact very well, we’ve collated this blog outlining several important mobile app design tips to help you break through the noise with your next app. Design is one of the most vital factors that either makes a mobile app or breaks it.
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SpeckyBoy
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Video is a great way to build trust with potential clients, showcase your products in use, and add a touch of personality to your brand. But if you want to achieve results with video marketing, you need to make sure your videos stand out from the competition. You can take your videos to the next level by adding transitions or using titles and lower thirds.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Looking for a set of best-selling fonts for your logo & branding projects? I’ve teamed up with DesignCuts and hand selected these 5 pro fonts , so you can use them in your next project. These 5 choices were picked because they are all unique in their own way, making for an extremely versatile pack, so you can use them for any sort of branding project that comes your way.
Under Consideration / Brand
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
“A Breath of Fresh Chair”. Established in 2018, Guta is a chain of coffee shops in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that combines the tradition of Vietnamese street coffee culture with the variety of contemporary coffee shop offerings (e.g., drinks with whipped cream on top). Guta has grown quickly and efficiently in the last year, now counting with almost 60 stores that range from roaming carts, to small booths, to full-blown stores, most of them providing a Vietnam staple: a tiny plastic chair to pl
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
There was a time not too long ago when designing a logo for a new company was an expensive and time-consuming process that offered no guarantee of satisfaction. Today, though – thanks to the wide range of logo design tools and platforms available online – designing a great-looking, professional logo is now easier and more affordable than ever before.
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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.
SpeckyBoy
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
When it comes to print design, there is no better tool than Adobe InDesign. Once you master the basics, however, you need to upgrade your skills and learn new tricks that will quickly turn you into an InDesign pro. In this post, we’ve rounded up the best tutorials on InDesign that will help you get more out of this powerful program. The Adobe InDesign Toolbox.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Font bundles are my favourite, and this one is no exception. This brand new bundle from DesignCuts brings you a wide range of professional quality fonts, from sans-serif to classic serif, brush, calligraphy, display and many more. My personal favorites are: Biennale – A strong sans-serif, perfect for headlines or branding. Modern Symphony – a modern calligraphy font duo (damn sexy!).
Shillington
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Most people are fairly confident in their definition of graphic design, but they end up pigeonholing graphic designers into a very narrow scope simply because they have a limited idea of what designers actually do. Do they create logos for businesses? Do they edit images in Photoshop? Do they design graphics for digital advertising? Yes, but these are only elements of a larger picture.
Noupe
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
If you are interested in photography, and you think you are good at it, you can earn a passive income by selling stock photos. How to sell stock photos is the first question that comes to mind, but don’t worry, we got you covered. First impressions have always been important, and usually, the first impression you get for your product and work is through a visual.
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 USA
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The point of a website is to make it easy and rewarding for people to engage with your brand, not to wow them with innovation for innovation’s sake.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Disabled form controls and how to tackle them – Tips for increasing the usability and accessibility of disabled form controls. Top Custom Gutenberg Blocks You Can Add to WordPress – Create more compelling content with these block collections. Understanding CSS Grid: Grid Template Areas – Explore the grid-template-area property and learn how it can help you position elements.
The Die Line
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
While some engineers and scientists have worked tirelessly to duplicate the sensory experience of meat without having to slaughter and parse up an animal, McDonald’s went a different route in recreating the Quarter Pounder experience at home with a set of candles.
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.
Creative Market
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
As you read this, there are hundreds of shop owners designing amazing tools around the world. In this new Behind the Shop series, we want to let you in on their process, ideas, and creative point of view. This time around, we sat down with Andrew Fairclough, the talented shop owner behind True Grit Texture Supply. Rusty Nib Inkers for Photoshop. by True Grit Texture Supply in Add-Ons.
Trendland
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The story of Balboste started with the friendship between Charlotte Sitbon and Sayaka Kaneko. Charlotte is an ex graphic designer, inspired by jewelry. She has a strong eye to create a unique aesthetic and puts attention to refinement and details. Sayaka is bringing the authenticity and simplicity of Japanese culture while exploring new ways to enhance the taste of traditional dishes.
Brown Paper Bag
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Animator Andrea Love and illustrator Phoebe Wahl are working on an animated short film called “Tulip,” which is a “fresh and woolly take” on the Hans Christian Anderson tale Thumbelina. The eight-minute piece introduces us to Tulip, a child born from a flower, who explores a big (and often overwhelming) garden while “searching for her sense of belonging.”.
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