Just Creative

MARCH 22, 2020

This article has been contributed by Evan Fraser. This is a stressful and uncertain time for all of us. The last few weeks have brought on unprecedented circumstances around the world with the spread of COVID-19 causing nations around the world to close borders, shut down businesses and quarantine millions of people. These new restrictions leave many of us around the world out of work and struggling to make ends meet.

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Richard Bernabe

MARCH 27, 2020

8 proven tips for better coastal and seaside photography from acclaimed travel, wildlife, and nature photographer, Richard Bernabe. The post Going Coastal: Awesome Seascape Photography Tips appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

At Shillington, we love to celebrate great design from around the world. We’ve covered many different countries so far and are now exploring the creative scene in Belgium. The country name comes from the Roman province, Gallia Belgica, an area populated by the Belgae. Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent are filled with contemporary galleries, innovative design and a great culinary scene.

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 23, 2020

Procreate Live has kicked off today with 50 of the best Procreate products on offer with a huge 50% discount. This is your chance to own the best Procreate brushes, drawing kits, background textures and much more. Throughout this week there will also be several FREE Live Sessions with some of the biggest names in the Procreate industry, so you can learn how to use your new tools for lettering, illustrating, and animating in Procreate. 50 Procreate Products. 50% off!

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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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Just Creative

MARCH 21, 2020

This article has been contributed by Divyang Metaliya. Leadership turns into a technical job once you learn it’s dynamics – unless you are dealing with creatives. Creative professionals just don’t fit into your typical norms. In formal environments, it takes a specific set of skills for managers to successfully synchronize with true creatives.

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Noupe

MARCH 23, 2020

We can all use a good laugh these days, that’s why we prepared you a list of what not to do while designing a logo while working from home. Hopefully, these logos will put a smile on your faces. Bad logos might be quite bad for your brand. Your logo is what the people remember you with after all. There are many different ways you can go with your logo. you have probably identified a business by looking at its logo before, even if their name isn’t on the logo.

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Spoon Graphics

MARCH 25, 2020

In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial we’re going to have some fun creating a trendy glitch effect, that we’ll apply to a photo some accompanying text. The effect combines digital distortions such as screen tearing, RGB splitting and scanlines to simulate the visual errors associated with digital video footage. Much like how analogue effects help to give your artwork a retro look, this glitch effect helps to achieve a modern or futuristic high-tech vibe.

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Just Creative

MARCH 22, 2020

This article has been contributed by Tim Backes. Whether or not you believe that 2020 has marked the start of a new decade, we can all agree that most businesses (and individuals) are treating it as a pivotal year, especially as COVID-19 makes its way around the world. Or it might have something to do with the symmetry of the numbers, or the sheer fact that we are now 20 years into the two-thousands.

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Booooooom

MARCH 23, 2020

Anna Degnbol Anna Degnbol is an illustrator and comic artist from Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work is inspired by how people create or support their sense of self by the way they dress, interact, exchange energy and position themselves in the world. Anna Degnbol’s Website. Anna Degnbol on Instagram.

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Fotor

MARCH 27, 2020

With technology development of internet speed and people’s interest, video marketing is exploring on the way. And if you want to make your own videos and share with more people, looking for some best video editing software for YouTube beginners, I think you are in the right place. In this post, you will see a […].

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MARCH 26, 2020

“Glass Half Llull”. Established in 2002, Institut Ramon Llull is an organization founded by the Catalan Government, the Government of the Balearic Islands, and the Barcelona City Council with the purpose of promoting Catalan language and culture locally and abroad. The institute is named after Ramon Llull, a medieval writer and philosopher from the Balearic Islands, who is considered the first notable writer in the Catalan language and contributed substantially to its development.

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Just Creative

MARCH 25, 2020

There’s often a lot of confusion about which files formats you need to give a client when delivering a final logo or branding package. You probably know that you have to give your client a variety of file formats, but which ones? Clients may frequently contact you asking for strange file formats or ad-hoc logo file requests. Print vendors sometimes use outdated technologies that require old and obscure files.

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Inspiration Feed

MARCH 22, 2020

Did you know? You can get a free.design domain name for your website! design lets everyone — especially your clients or future employers — know what you do before they even arrive to your website. Unlike.com or.

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 23, 2020

Professionally designed printable corporate branding stationery templates for any business or personal. These Stationery Packs included Business Card Layout, Letterhead Design (A4 & US Letter) , Invoice Design, Envelope Design (Front & Back Sides), Presentation Folder Layouts, Instruction & Help File. All items are print ready , CMYK color mode, 300 DPI, Bleed size 3 mm, and fully editable and customizable you can easily change the color to match your brand.

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MARCH 27, 2020

“From Toro Pinto, Sociedad Anónima, and Alejandro Gavancho”. A special 2019 LAD Awards winners edition of Friday Likes with packaging and identity projects from Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Lima. (These are only a few highlights, do check out all the winners, lots of great work.). El Rayo by Toro Pinto. El Rayo is a brand of tequila available in the UK but made in Guadalajara, Mexico, from blue agave and created specifically to be paired with tonic.

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Just Creative

MARCH 24, 2020

If you’re on a budget, you know that splurging on a piece of technology for your business can affect your long term goals. We thought that it would be time to take another look at our choices for the best budget laptops so you get the best options out there for your needs in 2020! Before we take a look at our choices, let’s start with why a budget laptop can be helpful.

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Tuts Plus

MARCH 27, 2020

You could be the next greatest author of our time with our book design templates. Find your perfect cover with this list of exquisite InDesign book templates which have the best book layouts and cover designs. 28 Best InDesign Book Templates & Book Design Templates. Do you have aspirations to be a writer? Writing a book takes lots of care and consideration, and you'll need to put just as much energy into the layout and final cover.

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Design Roast

MARCH 26, 2020

When you think of empathy, or putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, you may not initially think of design. However, keeping the user in mind and putting their needs first when creating material garners positive vibes for your brand. Empathetic design, sometimes called empathic design, is a user-centered method. It requires putting aside preconceived notions and paying [.].

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Creative Review

MARCH 27, 2020

The death of the Polaroid instant camera in 2008 was a sad but unremarkable reality at the time, with its rapidly declining sales coinciding with the rise of a product that went on to change the entire world’s relationship with technology: the iPhone. What is more surprising about Polaroid’s story is just how quickly it came back around again.

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Under Consideration / Brand

MARCH 27, 2020

“That W FTW”. (Est. 2004) " DVDW (Duijnstee Van Der Wilk) is a medium-sized commercial law firm with offices in The Hague and Rotterdam. We focus in particular on the larger business clients and we are keen on their interests every day. We are an office of committed and decisive lawyers: from entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. Quality, reliability and courage are at the core of our work and our identity.

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Design Week

MARCH 27, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has changed everyday life for the time being. The government has enforced lockdown measures , and all but key workers have to work from home. A lot of design businesses have been working remotely for a couple of weeks now. And while a lot of work can be done from home , the design industry also relies on face-to-face “sparks” and live events.

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Trendland

MARCH 23, 2020

“The pleasure is to keep on watering my Creativitree” reads the Instagram Bio of floral artist Raku Inoue. The Tokyo-born, Montreal-based artist loves to express his double culture influence in his work. Between origami and graffiti, his compositions are largely inspired by the nature surrounding him. And to create these impressive petals and leaves collages, Raku only uses plants that he cultivates!

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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.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

MARCH 23, 2020

Weather is a huge part of our daily lives. As such, there is always a need for websites and mobile apps to report on it. Users will want to check out anything from the current conditions outside their house to the forecast for their favorite vacation spot. A compelling UI can make weather both easier to understand and even a bit more entertaining. Designers achieve this through a combination of color, animation and playful icons.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 23, 2020

3D Animal Portraits by Maxim Shkret. AoiroStudio Mar 23, 2020 This is the best opportunity to share some colours into your feed. Nothing to bring joy and inspiration than the work of Maxim Shkret with our constant admiration of his 3D animal series. Maxim is a digital artist that is super-talented and it's always refreshing. We pleasurably featured his work before and it's what we all needed right now, at this time in the World.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

The Japanese have a word for it: tsundoku , which is used to describe an all-too-common affliction — the acquiring of reading materials that are then allowed to pile up unread. It’s a condition — paired with a lingering feeling of guilt — that’s intimately familiar to the editors of Azure. But if there’s a silver lining to this period of physical distancing and self-quarantine, it’s the opportunity to finally confront that bookshelf (or bedside stack).

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Its Nice That

MARCH 26, 2020

The French designer is currently working towards a master’s in type design at École Estienne in Paris and cites nature and the typography of her city as influences on her practice.

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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.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

MARCH 23, 2020

Back in the web’s infancy, some thought it held the potential to usher in a “paperless” world. Well, that hasn’t happened just yet. Printed materials are still all around us. Of course, nobody said the same thing about other promotional items like clothing and assorted swag. If anything, they’re more prevalent than ever, with online services dedicated to letting us design and order our own gear.

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Creative Review

MARCH 25, 2020

Social distancing is fast becoming the new norm for many of us as the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, with the UK becoming the latest country to introduce a government enforced lockdown. Some brands have also been jumping on the social distancing bandwagon, including McDonald’s Brazil, whose recent campaign saw it split its Golden Arches logo in two – but this was met with a mixed reaction on social media.

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 27, 2020

No matter whether you learn design or teach it, you need a reliable set of tools that will help you create original concepts, come up with a brilliant idea, and bring them to life. Of course, it would be nice if these tools were available for free. And we have good news for you: many design programs are coming at no cost at all. Below, we have described some of the most popular options that students and their educators employ either during classes or at home regularly.

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Tuts Plus

MARCH 21, 2020

Typographic details are so vast and take time to learn. In this article, we'll touch on two important terms: monospaced fonts vs. proportional fonts. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced designer, these two concepts are important to know if you set text regularly. Monospaced and proportional fonts are terms not many designers know unless they've wanted to hone their skills.

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