Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Of all the projects I've been involved with since my career in design and branding kicked off some 20 years ago, there are few I feel as fondly towards as the Studiocanal cinema ident.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Have you ever asked yourself why you became a freelance web designer? As funny as it sounds, it may be one of those questions that we don’t ask ourselves until well after we’ve started a business. Odds are that your initial answer has something to do with freedom. That makes sense, as it is an enticing concept. Yet it’s also a bit broad. If you dig a little deeper, you might just find that individuality is at the very core of freelancing.
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The Logo Smith
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The post 8 Famous Logo Designs and their accompanying Final Logo Sketches appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. Arek Dvornechuck has compiled a great post showing famous logo sketches and napkin doodle sketches for 8 famous brands and companies. There are plenty of blog posts that show one or some of these logo sketches, but this is a solid post by Arek that also puts the sketch up along side the final logo design.
Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
Did you ever want to be an artist growing up? Maybe you reached that goal and work in graphic design but for some of us, maybe we didn’t possess the natural skill or talent that the best artists in the world have. Thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, those dreams of being an artist can be real again with online courses. While there are many great classes out there, one thing that we wanted to focus on was the classes we chose for our list of the best drawing/illustration courses online
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
BP&O
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Text by Richard Baird 160 Faces is a new publication from Swedish artist Daniel Götesson working under the name Ekta, designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist and distributed under the studio’s publishing arm ll’Editions. The book collates 160 drawings made by the artist in 2019, and sequenced, rather than in logical pairs and with a curated rhythm, but by […].
Six Leaf Design
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Creating a unique and memorable logo may sound easy, but there are so many things to take into consideration when trying to create the most important aspect of your branding and professional image. Your logo is the first thing that people see and could either result in them jumping into your sales funnel or disregarding you as a legitimate business.
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Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
This article has been contributed by Nick Kanter. Whether you have started your blog out of sheer passion or for purely business reasons, there comes a time when you begin to contemplate monetizing it. And while there are certainly many ways you can start earning money from your website (including ads, sponsorships and brand deals), a lot of blogs choose to go down the affiliate route.
BP&O
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Text by Richard Baird EDIYA is a well-established South Korean coffee brand, with franchised stores and array of drinks and branded products. It has the largest number of stores, exceeding that of Starbucks and any other international brands, opening its 3000th store at the end of 2019. With such a strong foothold in the market, and […]. The post Ediya Beanist by Studio fnt appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
What if there was a way to stop your clients from saying: “Yeah, the logo looks good. But how’s it gonna look once we add it to our branding materials?” Let’s be honest: working with design clients isn’t easy. Chances are, you deal with a lot of edits and convincing. Unfortunately, that’s pretty normal with work that produces virtual results.
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Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
This video has been contributed by Dave Schneider. 85% of internet users in the U.S. consume video content at least once a month. And the demand for video is increasing every year. Brands can no longer get by without adding video to their arsenal of marketing tools. In fact, without video, staying ahead of the competition can be almost impossible. Some brands have even found great success in making video the central part of their marketing efforts.
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Artists of all disciplines have donated pieces to the museum’s Open Soon campaign , which is raising money to support its reopening on October 3. According to director Florence Schechter, the pandemic has hit the museum hard – particularly as it isn’t eligible, yet, for government support, and has no other external funding. Creatives Nathalie Gordon, Amy Fasey and Jacob Hellström came up with the idea for the campaign, and contacted artists of different genders, sexualitie
Speckyboy Design Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
How HTTPS Works – A comic adventure that sheds some light on HTTPS. Mono Icons – A simple, consistent open-source icon set designed to be used in a wide variety of digital products. Essential Cheat Sheet: Convert jQuery to JavaScript – A resource of JavaScript equivalents to the most frequently used jQuery functionality. Menu to Inner Page Animation with Image Grid Background – Learn the secrets to building a layout with a menu and background image grid that animates to an inner content page.
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Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Animation has come a long way from the first animated cartoon in 1908, but thankfully as the technology of animation has moved forward, so have the opportunities that amateur animators have to not only learn their craft but to improve upon it as well. With the internet, the number of resources available is near limitless and if there is something that cannot be found, it can easily be created and shared with people all over the world.
Noupe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Graphic design is an incredibly important field in our world. According to the US Labor of Statistics data , there are 281.500 graphic design jobs just in the USA. It’s a field in which just having talents is not enough. You have to constantly improve your skills, whether they are directly about graphic design or the business side of it. You need to keep up with the competition.
Smashing Magazine Graphics
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Unexpected Learnings From Coding Artwork Every Day For Five Years. Unexpected Learnings From Coding Artwork Every Day For Five Years. Saskia Freeke. 2020-09-24T12:00:00+00:00. 2020-09-24T13:34:08+00:00. For more than five years I have been creating one digital artwork a day, using code to generate patterns, shapes, and animations. My daily art project has helped me to explore my artistic style and learn the practice of coding in a playful way.
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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.
Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Are you wanting to learn graphic design online with a comprehensive course? You’ve found the right place. Although we’ve shared free & premium graphic design courses in the past, this offer from Coursera has to be one of the most comprehensive graphic design courses available online. In fact, the “ Graphic Design Specialization ” career learning path from Coursera is compromised of 5 courses in one and you can get access with Coursera Plus.
Noupe
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
We’ve previously prepared a list of the best Web Developer Portfolios. While web designers are extremely important for any digital product, UX Designers are also equally important if not even more important. As a result, we wanted to prepare this article+showcase of the top UX Designer Portfolios on the web to be an example for any striving or experienced UX Designers who want to improve their portfolios.
Envato Tuts+
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Amazing backgrounds and textures are the unspoken heroes of graphic design—adding depth, interest and detail to layouts, they’ll be the hardest-working images in your collection. In this article, you'll find ten essential backgrounds and textures to download once and cherish forever. Ink Paper Marble Textures pack, Volume 6 From cool grunge styles to gritty concretes and starry nebulas, here you'll find a background or texture style to suit almost every sort of design, from website projects t
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.
Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
In the world of art, there are few mediums with such an extensive history as gouache. Dating back almost 1200 years, artists have used gouache to create incredible works of art and now in the age of digital artwork, you can use your Procreate app to create realistic gouache artwork from the comfort of your couch. To that end, we thought that we should take a closer look at the different types of gouache brushes that creatives offer and tell you what we think the best gouache brushes for Procreat
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Chi Park, first place in Children’s Cover Award For this year’s edition of its annual Student Design Award, Penguin Random House UK invited students to produce a new cover for three widely known books: The Night Manager by John le Carré, Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, and children’s book Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.
Noupe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
We are living in uncertain times. With working hours down 14% during the second quarter of 2020 because of COVID-19, employees, business owners, and freelancers alike are stressed out about the future. Sadly, 62% of small businesses have reported a general decrease in revenue: Source: SHRM. As a designer or developer, you may have already noticed a dip in your income, or simply want to plan for the future.
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.
Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
This article has been contributed by Ian Loew. The ways that we live and work have changed profoundly in the last six months. As the COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold across the world, events are on hold and many people are working remotely. As a result, businesses are having to think quickly and adapt in order to keep thriving during this challenging period.
Its Nice That
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
This jubilant identity also brings out the animation studio’s distinct personality through abstract shapes, bright colours and a typeface full of “fun quirks”.
Colossal
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
If you’ve scrolled through Twitter while reading Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing or Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism , you understand the wide-reaching grip technology has on our attention. A new project by London-based animator Olga Makarchuk visualizes the daily abundance of digital distractions, from texts to social media pings to neverending email.
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