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Star Wars Fonts to Download

Design Roast

A long time ago — or maybe more recently — “Star Wars” fonts became sought after by web designers and fans everywhere. Whether you’ve been a fan since the first “Star Wars” movie was released in 1977 or you’ve come on board more recently with the prequel and sequel trilogies, there’s no denying it has [.]. The post Star Wars Fonts to Download appeared first on Design Roast.

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A Conversation with Peter Mendelsund on Writing

Spine Magazine

In recent years, Peter Mendelsund has been shifting his career from designing books to writing them. The former Associate Art Director of Alfred A. Knopf already has a couple of non-fiction titles to his name – What We See When We Read and Cover, with another, The Look of the Book, on the way – and has now stepped into fiction with Same Same , a twisting metafictional meditation on creativity.

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Futuro 2019 Recap: The Digital Arts Festival Which Stole the Show

Graphic Mama

Futuro is an annual festival of digital art which takes place in Varna, Bulgaria for several awesome days during the summer. Each year, Futuro gets more and more popular and is attended by more and more people who seek inspiration and knowledge from masters in the industry. This year, for the 5th one in a row, Futuro unraveled the intricacies of digital art in front of over 160 artists, art enthusiasts, and lovers.

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10 Things You Can Do to Launch Your Illustration Career

Illustration Age

Photo by Sharalee Prang. There are no guarantees and no single path to becoming a full-time freelance illustrator, but there are definite things you can do to bolster your chances. Here are 10 things that worked for me, which I believe apply to all of us. 1. Live in a big city, at least when starting out. Generally speaking, there are more and better opportunities in larger centres.

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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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Jackson's Bluff

Under Consideration / Menu

Bar in North Augusta, SC. Designed by Vigor. Nailing the rugged-outdoors-lumberjack vibe with great textures and bold typography, these menus will have you wishing for an axe to wield after the first drink. (Not advised.). Visit Jackson's Bluff. For bigger menu images see this post at Art of the Menu.

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Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg Discusses Her Novel, The Nine

Spine Magazine

Photo: Hunter Lev­i­tan. Inspired by the biblical story of Hannah, who finally has a son, Samuel, after years spent longing for a child, author Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg set out to write a story about the relationship between a mother and son. Set within the walls of fictional elite boarding school Dunning Academy, Blasberg’s The Nine (She Writes Press) reflects on the relationship of Hannah Webber and her only child, a son named Sam.

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Introducing the Canon 90D

Richard Bernabe

Introducing the Canon 90D, the newest Canon DSLR which will replace the 80D with an impressive 32.5 megapixels and 10 frames per second. The post Introducing the Canon 90D appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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NEW BOOK ABOUT AUSTIN BRIGGS, part 2

Illustration Art

Austin Briggs studied hard to become a full fledged painter. He mastered color theory and pigments and painting technique, and for years his full color paintings were in high demand from the top magazines and advertisers in America. But at heart, Briggs was a "drawing" guy and as he developed, his line work kept pushing its way through the paint to dominate his pictures.

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Jo Thomson, Bringing to Light the Cover for The Vanishing Hours

Spine Magazine

Jo Thomson is a London based Graphic Designer, currently working as Head of Design for Doubleday. Here she details her process for creating the cover for The Vanishing Hours. I came to work on this brief after a we’d had a few rounds of visuals from a freelancer that weren’t quite working for the cover meeting. They were great designs, in keeping with the cover style that had been established with his two earlier novels, but the meeting felt we needed to step away from this look for the third no

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Figma Tips To Kick-Start Your Design Workflow

Smashing Magazine Graphics

Figma Tips To Kick-Start Your Design Workflow. Figma Tips To Kick-Start Your Design Workflow. Philippe Hong. 2019-08-27T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-10-16T18:36:56+00:00. I have made the switch to Figma almost two years ago and I have no regrets so far. In one of my previous blog posts on the topic, I made an in-depth review of Figma , and I’m glad I could help other designers make the switch.

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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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MindShift PhotoCross 13 Backpack by Think Tank Photo

Richard Bernabe

The MindShift PhotoCross 13 backpack was designed for adventure photographers. It's tough enough to take on the elements yet comfortable for all day use. The post MindShift PhotoCross 13 Backpack by Think Tank Photo appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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A Picture Worth 90,000 Words: The Cover Photography of Jasmine Aurora Poole

Spine Magazine

Photo: Jasmine Aurora Poole. UK-based photographer Jasmine Aurora Poole creates images that captivate, haunt, and inspire. Poole’s love for stories and world-building plays out in the work she produces and contributes to stock websites such as Arcangel Images, which specifically caters to the book cover industry. Poole submits images that tell stories.