SpeckyBoy
JULY 25, 2022
To a prospective client, you as a freelance web designer are often perceived only to be good as your portfolio. They’re checking you out for the first time, and if you don’t make that positive first ion, you may not get their work. And if you don’t get work, you don’t get paid. And if you don’t get paid, then you… aw, you get it.
Creative Boom
JULY 27, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Summer might bring sunny days, picnics in the park and barbeques with friends. But July and August can also mean a much quieter time for creative freelancers. And that isn't ideal. So when work is slow, and it feels like everyone's on holiday, what can you do? We bring some top tips to help your business through the inevitable slump.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
We And The Color
JULY 25, 2022
TAN Fairview, an art deco-inspired display font by TanType. Today we want to show you another outstanding font created by the team of foundry TanType. The TAN Fairview font combines stylistics of art deco elements with TanType’s distinctive curvy calligraphy style. You can use this display font for a range of design projects including titles, logo designs, branding, packaging, etc.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 23, 2022
Download fresh free fonts , used for personal or commercial graphic design projects. New collection of modern free fonts, script and brsuh fonts, perfect for logos , packaging, headline, t-shirt design , greeting card, and wedding invitation. The following typefaces are ideal to make an attractive design and fit for any artwork. Take a look at beautiful free commercial fonts for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web developers all over the world.
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
SpeckyBoy
JULY 24, 2022
HTML form elements such as checkboxes and radio buttons are staples of the web. But for many years, web designers didn’t do a whole lot to enhance them. That has changed quite a bit in recent times. Thanks to the power of CSS (and the occasional bit of JavaScript), these elements are being put to some seriously creative uses. In some instances, they’re dressed up to the point of being unrecognizable.
Creative Boom
JULY 26, 2022
In her latest body of work, Chinese Panamanian artist MaiYap responds to racism against Asian Americans and the attacks many have suffered. Inspired by Chinese landscape art, her beautiful colourful pieces feature highly textured lily pads floating on top of the water in all shapes and sizes, painted in oils and using only palette knives. Titled Reflections on Awakening, the abstract series explores Asian American discrimination by bringing attention to what is "beautiful and meaningful in Chine
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HONGKIAT
JULY 26, 2022
The one thing that speaks for a designer or artist’s talents is their work. And the best way to feature your work is through a portfolio. A well-built portfolio site gives global exposure to your work and makes it easy for potential clients to reach out to you. Creating a portfolio site shouldn’t be a problem as there are so many platforms available through which anyone can create a portfolio site.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 24, 2022
Modern business proposal brochures with elegant design. The Proposal brochure templates use for multi-purpose like project proposal, corporate proposal, business proposal and more. Creative business proposals are available in A4 and US letter, well organized layers and structured pages using document grid and baseline grid for perfect positioning of elements.
Creative Boom
JULY 28, 2022
© Ryoko Kaneta. Tokyo-based painter Ryoko Kaneta , a rising star of the Japanese art scene, has found a new way to express a traditional belief in her country. In her work, the spirit of God, which is said to imbue all of nature, is expressed as towering female forms that loom over the landscape. Bringing together Japanese philosophies and an art style linked to the country the world over, Ryoko Kaneta has found a distinctly unique way to bring to life the belief that God dwells in all beings.
We And The Color
JULY 29, 2022
Download printable vector graphics of Henri Matisse-inspired modern poster illustrations with semi-abstract women and branches. The people at Good Studio have created a stylish series of Matisse-inspired vector illustrations that can be downloaded as artistic wall art. Consisting of semi-abstract women, branches, and leaves, these artworks are all based on the typical fluid style as known from the ‘Nu Bleu’ masterpieces by Henri Matisse.
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.
Noupe
JULY 27, 2022
The photography industry is extremely competitive, and coming up with new ways to make your photos stand out is becoming increasingly difficult. Using suncatchers to transform ordinary images into extraordinary works of art with magical, ethereal rainbow effects is a fantastic way to breathe new life into your photos. In a world where cookie-cutter filters are the norm, creating organic visual effects by hand is a welcome change that allows photographers to express themselves and create distinct
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 25, 2022
Download retro vintage logo templates. High quality fully editable Vintage Logo Templates for illustrator and Photoshop. There are 500+ vintage style logos, badges, labels and crests make vintage branding projects, apparel design, typography pieces with these handy vector element and logo design. Each logo and badge have been created with care with the finest details, all elements are clearly labeled and in organized folders.
Creative Boom
JULY 27, 2022
Publishing giant Ladybird Books has today unveiled a fresh new look that captures the playful spirit of the iconic brand. Long-time readers will be relieved to hear that its distinctive red with black spots haven't flown away, though. If you grew up in the UK, chances are you've picked up a Ladybird book at least once in your life. The distinctive brand, a branch of Penguin Random House, has helped generations of children learn to read in its long history, which stretches back over a century.
We And The Color
JULY 28, 2022
Download Conso, an elegant sans-serif font family with stylish contrast. Designed and published by Pasha of Larin Type, the Conso font family combines elegant vintage typography with modern design. The sans-serif family consists of 14 fonts including seven weights plus matching italics. Thanks to a great kerning and contrasting design, the Conso font family offers good legibility.
Advertisement
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.
UX Collective
JULY 28, 2022
A quick look at what the style is, why we need it, and a list of websites using it in different ways. I’m really into Neubrutalism. Since discovering it, I’ve seen a number of articles exploring what it is, and examples of it in use with varying degrees of success. I think it is worth exploring this style in more depth because it offers a twist on the dominant “modern minimalist” design style.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 28, 2022
Business card mockup templates, super realistic, trendy and stylish mockups. High quality easy to use business card mockups with smart objects are best way to present your creative business card design! There are twenty one Photoshop Business Card Mockups to present your design professionally. Available in Photoshop format with the smart-object feature to help you replace the current designs with your own within seconds, perfect fit to the shape and well described layers.
Creative Boom
JULY 28, 2022
Photographer Daniel Gurton has collaborated with design studio 21-87 to create a new campaign for Australian fashion brand Song for the Mute. Titled 22.1 Avenue D'Ivry, the project revolves around the people and buildings of a brutalist Parisian housing development. Fashion designers can get their inspiration in some of the most unusual places. And while the world of high fashion might seem remote and confined to the impractical garments you see models struggle to wear on the catwalk, it can, in
We And The Color
JULY 27, 2022
Check out this craft beer branding inspired by ’70s demonstrations and Italian futurism. Bella Ciao is a unique lager craft beer that pays homage to the famous libertarian anthem, a call for universal struggle against all political and social oppression. So Marçal Prats came up with a design that uses images taken from pamphlets of social protests in Rome during the 1970s, while the logotype and typefaces are inspired by the ground-breaking Futurism work of Italian artist Fortunato Depero.
Advertisement
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
JULY 29, 2022
12 APIs that you as a developer will love – Need content for your project? Use one of these free APIs. How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project – Tips for making more productive moments during your web design projects. Resolving Conflicts Between Designers And Engineers – Strategies to help you work through challenging situations. How we redesigned the Chrome icon – Take a behind-the-scenes look at the browser’s refreshed identity. 20 Free Abstract Photoshop Brush Packs – Us
Moo
JULY 29, 2022
Here at MOO, we love sharing recommendations with each other. Books, podcasts, movies… we want it all. And because there are a lot of us, we’ve even dedicated a Slack channel to it. It’s called Goldmine – and we want to share every one of these gems with you. Each month, we’ll share what made us smile, inspired, or changed our perspective. Discover some of our favorite finds for July here.
Creative Boom
JULY 26, 2022
Paramount has worked with New York-based branding and design studio Trollbäck+Company to design Mixible, a new platform specially designed to keep up with the speed of pop culture and all of the content it produces. Described as an "always-on" platform, Mixible is a digital offshoot of Paramount's other entertainment brands, specifically its flagship Hollywood program Entertainment Tonight and ET Live.
We And The Color
JULY 23, 2022
With this online course, you can learn to plan, take, and edit better scenery pictures on your travels. This is an online course by Nicolás Ferreyra, a self-taught photographer. In this course, he will teach you how to plan your trips and research any destination. Nicolás will show you how to use your equipment and lenses optimally to take captivating images.
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.
Juxapoz Magazine
JULY 29, 2022
Harman Projects is pleased to present Drawing Conclusions, a solo exhibition by Jeremy Fish. Returning to his roots with an exhibition of entirely black and white drawings, Fish draws from a variety of inspirations.
Design Milk
JULY 25, 2022
When we asked Chicago-born and LA-based artist Hebru Brantley about current influences coloring his work today, Brantley doesn’t drop a beat before answering with an assured, “Me!” The response, while ostensibly confident is also an understandably honest assessment, noting his body of work is collected by the likes of everyone from LeBron James, Beyonce, and George Lucas.
Eye on Design
JULY 27, 2022
Earlier this month , Google engineer Blake Lemoine claimed that his employer’s AI chatbot LaMDA became sentient. During an “interview,” LaMDA agreed to some — very pointed — questions about its capacity to feel things, and Lemoine later stated “I know a person when I talk to it.” But there are some major caveats to his story and many experts have stringently refuted his claims.
We And The Color
JULY 24, 2022
Available for download on Adobe Stock, this fully customizable retro poster template comes with two abstract design options. This amazing poster template for Adobe Illustrator was made by @Blackcatstudio. Thanks to the use of vector graphics, it is fully editable. The retro poster template includes two design options. With just a few simple clicks, you can adjust colors or add your own text and images to the design.
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.
UX Collective
JULY 27, 2022
Better marketing campaigns using python and ICPs Marketing has a critical role when it comes to feeding the company with customers that are aligned with the product or service that such company is offering. In order to do that properly it is important to understand your target audience generating different ICPs or Ideal Customer Profiles. An ideal customer profile (ICP) is an attribute-description of the type of customer that fits better to your company strategy.
Design Milk
JULY 26, 2022
Summer is the “off season” for the contemporary art galleries, which means weekend closures, group exhibitions, and surprising gems! Here are 4 exhibitions worth cutting out of work a couple hours early: Paola Pivi’s “Free Land Scape” at Perrotin New York. Installation view of Paola Pivi’s Free Land Scape at Perrotin New York, 2022.
FlowingData
JULY 29, 2022
DALL-E is an AI system from OpenAI that creates images from text. You can enter very random things and get very real-looking output. So of course someone entered “data visualization in the style of insert-anything-here” for a wide array of inspiration. I’m partial to the bar chart made out of cake. Tags: AI , DALL-E , OpenAI.
We And The Color
JULY 26, 2022
Check out this new set of the popular Townsquares series by studio Makers Company. Inspired by their passion for travel and everything vintage, Townsquares is a fun project by the creative people of South African studio Makers Company. Each week, they portray interesting places around the world in the style of a good old postage stamp. The main challenge is to visualize the typical essence of a certain place within the confines of this tiny square.
Advertisement
Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
145 
Let's personalize your content