Canny
APRIL 16, 2020
Shining examples of medical and healthcare branding are admittedly hard to find. Why? Because everyone seems to take the most obvious route possible. And it’s hard to blame them! In these uncertain times, people are looking for: Safety. Trust. Professionalism. Essentially, when they interact with your healthcare brand, they want to know “I’ll be safe here!”.
Just Creative
APRIL 13, 2020
This article has been contributed by Victor Blasco. From a digital marketing standpoint, it’s not hard to make a case for whiteboard animation. The mechanics are shockingly simple: Have a moving hand draw an illustrated story on a whiteboard or similar surface using a marker pen. Both marketers and scientists agree on the format’s ability to enhance learning and long-term retention of ideas.
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Shillington
APRIL 14, 2020
Graphic designers around the world are familiar with the common things clients say—it comes with the territory to answer those frequently asked questions and help navigate people through a project. But there are things that pop up occasionally that go beyond what’s acceptable and are an insult to our creative profession. The kind of remarks that push our integrity to the limits.
Spoon Graphics
APRIL 13, 2020
It’s that time of year when Spoon Graphics gets a little older, with 2020 marking 13 years of tutorial creating, freebie sharing and article writing on what started as a blog that was attached to my portfolio website in 2007. Every April I take some time to reflect on the past 12 months and talk about how things have changed. Last year I talked about how much the landscape of the Internet has changed since I started Spoon Graphics and my worry for what the future might hold, so let’s take
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
Creative Market
APRIL 17, 2020
Are you an illustrator who's interested in UX design? Do you master Photoshop but would love to grasp the basics of Illustrator? Would you like to combine your digital illustration skills with some essential web design knowledge? Designers constantly face the need to understand and interact with disciplines other than their own. If you've ever wondered how to venture outside of your current design field without making a huge investment upfront, these 14 free online courses can help you test the
Just Creative
APRIL 13, 2020
This article has been contributed by Tom Welbourne. There are 5 guidelines that are ‘must-dos’ for startups in order to improve your startup’s SEO and gain higher rankings on search engines. As a marketing agency in London, we know how important SEO is for small businesses. From gathering data on target audiences to increasing visibility to those audiences – resulting in higher traffic and conversions – knowing the best ways to improve your startup’s SEO can result in traction, aware
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Spoon Graphics
APRIL 17, 2020
Access All Areas members have been requesting more Affinity Designer resources, so this week members can download this great set of Airbrush Shading Brushes made specifically for Affinity, courtesy of The Artifex Forge. Add organic texture shading to designs and illustrations with ease! This versatile shading brush pack contains a wide variety of textures – from dense to light and thick to thin – all designed to add scattered texture to your designs and illustrations.
Creative Market
APRIL 13, 2020
There's something undeniably refreshing about the outdoors. Being in the midst of mountains, trees, and crisp air rewires us somehow. There's even have a name for it: earthing. Earthing, also known as grounding, is a form of therapy that affirms that interacting with the ground can literally reconnect you to the Earth via electrical charges. Whether it's ethereal landscapes, furry animals, or minty leaf aromas, thinking about woodlands immediately takes us to a cozier, calmer place — and that's
Just Creative
APRIL 13, 2020
This article has been contributed by Matt Ross. Professionals across nearly all industries, but particularly those in creative careers, know that a wide range of problems can impact their productivity. From lack of sleep to distractions around them, they can find their productivity negatively affected despite their best efforts to focus and stay on task.
Canva
APRIL 13, 2020
Colors help shape everything from our mood to the products we buy. With each new year comes a new color trend, and whether you’re a digital marketer, or a graphic designer, knowing these trends in advance is helpful for all your design tasks. In this article, we predict the biggest color trends of 2019, and show you how to use them in design. Similar to fashion trends, there are also design trends that come and go with each new year.
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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.
BP&O
APRIL 16, 2020
LogoArchive was conceived, designed and sent to print in a day. It was inspired by a panel discussion at Somerset House as part of the exhibition Print! Now on to its sixth numbered release, LogoArchive continues to reconfigure itself with each new issue with the intention of surprising and delighting, particularly in difficult times. The […].
Graphic Design Junction
APRIL 12, 2020
Clean and simple postcard templates for product retailers, photographers, fashion studio, creatives and any brand identity. Fresh high quality postcard template designed with unique features and layouts with strong typography. Easily editable for easy understanding. Just drop in your own images and texts, and it’s ready. You can use these Creative Postcard templates as a Business Flyer , Business Agency and Fashion leaflets.
Just Creative
APRIL 13, 2020
This article has been contributed by Annie Geller. Email marketing is an invaluable weapon in your digital marketing arsenal. Marketers say it is the most preferred channel for business communications, and to back this fact up, we have a small statistic that makes a huge impact. The Litmus research showed a massive $42 return on investment for every single dollar spent on email marketing in 2019, which was up from $38 in 2018.
Canva
APRIL 13, 2020
There are plenty of guides out there for growing your audience and gaining a bunch of shiny, new customers. But even as you’re building your following, it’s important to remember to nurture the customers you already have and generate brand loyalty. Think about the Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule. According to this rule, 80% of your company’s revenue will come from only 20% of your current customers.
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Noupe
APRIL 13, 2020
Ecommerce has come a long way and it is easy to find websites that make shopping a joy. But there’s a seedy underbelly to the Internet, too, full of bad eCommerce website design that may mask bad business practices, mediocre performance, or even outright theft. Today, we’re going to look at four websites that show you exactly what not to do, with some hints and tips for what to do instead.
SpeckyBoy
APRIL 11, 2020
A professional resume design is crucial if you want to stand out from the competition and get noticed by potential employers. Luckily, you don’t have to design a resume from scratch each and every time you decide to apply for a position. Simply download and use any of the hundreds professionally designed resume templates available online. For starters, check out our collection of the best resume templates designed with InDesign.
Just Creative
APRIL 13, 2020
This article has been contributed by Roman Daneghyan. If you think cyber theft is just a problem of big businesses, you’re mistaken. According to an article published in CNBC, 43% of cyberattacks are targeted at small businesses. Cyberattacks now cost small businesses about $200,000 on average. Therefore, no matter the size of your business, it’s critical that you consider ways to secure your business online.
Canva
APRIL 14, 2020
It’s not easy running two of the biggest tech companies in the world like Twitter and Square. That’s why Jack Dorsey, the founder of these companies, sticks to a specific weekly schedule , which is divided into themed days: Monday: Management and meetings. Tuesday: Product, engineering, and design. Wednesday: Marketing, growth, and communications. Thursday: Developers and partnerships.
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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.
Creative Market
APRIL 15, 2020
With the unexpected spread of COVID-19, 2020 has brought a sudden surge in remote work of all kinds. As you read this, creative professionals all around the world are figuring out ways to complete design projects at a distance. Perhaps you're one of them. That's why this week we want to share some of our own team's go-to strategies when it comes to remote design.
Under Consideration / Brand
APRIL 15, 2020
“Signature Purple”. Established in 1824, Cadbury is one of the most well-known chocolate brands in the world and the second largest confectionery brand in the world after the U.S.-based Mars. Cadbury started as a single grocer's store owned by John Cadbury in Birmingham where they sold tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate, introducing its signature dairy milk chocolate bar in 1905 -- the company (wholly owned by Mondelez International) is now headquartered in Uxbridge, west London, and operates i
Noupe
APRIL 13, 2020
Video content is all over the internet! According to Cisco, by the year 2021, the online video content will make up around 80% of the global online traffic. However, even that doesn’t seem to be enough to meet the worldwide demand for video content. In a study, HubSpot states that 43% of people want to see more video content in the future. However, as always, creating online content is never enough.
Creative Review
APRIL 17, 2020
Kata Geibl has always wanted to be a photographer. When she was five years old, she asked for a camera from her parents, and that was just the beginning for her. “I carried that green 35mm film camera everywhere, always taking snapshots,” says Geibl. “Then later in my 20s when I studied film history, I watched Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie, Blowup , for the first time.
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.
SpeckyBoy
APRIL 12, 2020
An animated typeface is a great way to spice up your video titles without going through the trouble of creating a title animation from scratch. Luckily, there are a number of animated typefaces available online that you can use in your video projects. From hi-tech animated typefaces to playful and retro-style typefaces, there is an animated typeface for every type of video.
Shillington
APRIL 13, 2020
Graphic design is an ever expanding creative discipline. A great designer is not just someone who is skilled and versatile on the tools. Great designers are also exceptionally rigorous researchers. We would argue that the ability to research and continually invest time in expanding your knowledge of graphic design styles, both contemporary and historical, is a key ingredient to being an exceptional designer.
Noupe
APRIL 17, 2020
Traditionally, web design is a male-dominated industry. But in recent years there’s been a spike in the number of women emerging in the sector. With more support and training opportunities available for women wanting to break into the industry than ever before, the field is beginning to level. However, the numbers still show that web design is more man’s world than woman’s.
Canva
APRIL 13, 2020
Whether taking photos is a creative or professional pursuit, Instagram is one of the most powerful tools that both budding and established photographers can use to promote their work. The visual social media app is an effective way to build interest in your work, connect with other photographers, find potential clients, get published, and give and receive feedback to improve your practice.
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.
Booooooom
APRIL 16, 2020
We are very excited to announce an open call for our first art 20~20 Editions! We launched photo 20~20 Editions back in February and had hundreds of amazing photo submissions. Out of that, we selected 5 photographers, two of which are already available in our shop (check out Marley Hutchinson and Madeline Cass’ prints here). For this edition, we are looking for artists and illustrators looking to have prints produced of their own work.
Under Consideration / Brand
APRIL 17, 2020
“Grow, Forest, Grow!”. (Est. 2016) " Keeping Forests was created as a broad regional initiative with a focus on maintaining the long-term economic and ecological viability of southern forests. KFAF is supported by a diverse coalition of both private and public stakeholders ranging from human health professionals to traditional forest product manufactures and conservationists.
Noupe
APRIL 15, 2020
Procreate is one of the most popular digital illustration apps that creative designers find quite unique owing to its excellent features and free & premium brushes that are sufficient for every need. Improving your drawing experience and staying on top of professional design is made possible with sophisticated features of Procreate. Even though working on complex illustrations with Procreate might not be ideal, it is excellent for digital sketching, drawing and painting with its powerful lay
Creative Review
APRIL 14, 2020
Available as a digital storybook and an animation , narrated by the children of R/GA’s creatives, From My Window is designed to help kids understand what’s going on during lockdown. It’s told from the perspective of a chick stuck in a coop – something many of us can relate to right now – and wondering why the world outside has gone so quiet.
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