SpeckyBoy
MAY 24, 2021
When watching a great athlete perform, they often make it seem effortless. Demonstrating great speed, coordination and agility is just what they do. Yet, what our eyes don’t see is all of the hard work that went into making those amazing moments possible. Similarly, a beautiful and highly-functional website can exude simplicity. But that belies the great effort made behind the scenes.
Creative Review
MAY 25, 2021
Victo Ngai is an LA-based illustrator from Hong Kong and she’s created editorial illustrations for titles such as the New York Times and New Yorker, while also working on storyboards and animation art for the likes of NBC and Dreamworks. “ I was an only child born to working immigrant parents. We moved around a lot when I was little so I didn’t have a lot of friends and started drawing to pass time,” Ngai says of how she got into illustration. “These drawings tend t
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We And The Color
MAY 22, 2021
Selected photographs by Kristina Varaksina from an ongoing series of self-portraits based on different struggles in life. Kristina Varaksina is a Russian-born art director, photographer, and video director currently based in London, UK. In her diverse creative work, she mostly captures human emotions along with psychological impressions in order to project internal realities.
Graphic Design USA
MAY 25, 2021
The vast majority of creative professionals expect an economic recovery in the second half of 2021 and an attendant rise in demand for graphic communications. .
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
MAY 23, 2021
The internet without cats would be like an ocean without fish (which cats happen to love). The psychology behind this feline obsession must be fascinating. Perhaps it’s that silly, self-assured behavior that makes humans record every move our pets make. Whether it’s memes , videos or amusing anecdotes, cats seem to be a subject that brings people together.
Its Nice That
MAY 28, 2021
Based in Chicago, Dan is a go-to name for drag queens looking to diversify their graphic art, logo design, art direction, photography, and more.
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HONGKIAT
MAY 24, 2021
We had a wonderful moment in the Kars4Kids design department recently when our manager said, and I quote, "So we all agree the design brief works, now how do we…" And the soundtrack played its crescendo in the background and I shed some happy tears and thought, "my work here is done.". The story leading up to this epic piece of drama is a delightful journey that goes something like this.
SpeckyBoy
MAY 26, 2021
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. In the real world, some workarounds may fix the situation and help you make a better general impression, but in the digital world, your prospects are poor. In most cases, if your website fails to produce a good impression at the outset, people will turn around and never come back. So whatever you are planning for your web presence, it’s vital to take care of the very first seconds of the user experience.
Graphic Design Junction
MAY 26, 2021
The best professional Photoshop actions can make your photographs unique and attention-grabbing. The hand-picked high quality Photoshop actions that will transform your Photographs into Oily effect, newspaper print, abstract, watercolor effect, comic and dots effects within a seconds. Mostly Photoshop actions available with video tutorials that shows how to setup action files and how to use.
We And The Color
MAY 23, 2021
Check out this great collection of abstract vector graphics that can be used in a wide range of design projects. This extensive collection of abstract vector graphics has been created by graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @Alex. You can use these fully editable graphics for plenty of design projects ranging from print to web. The collection includes countless individual sets of abstract vector graphics created using various shapes and colors.
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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.
HONGKIAT
MAY 28, 2021
One of the things that I like being a web developer is that you never stop learning. There’s always something you could learn every day despite being in the industry for a decade. In this round of the series, we’ve gathered a couple of references to help you get better at testing web performance and a handful of new tools that can help you in being more productive.
SpeckyBoy
MAY 22, 2021
A professional slide deck can make all the difference between having a successful presentation or boring your audience and losing their interest. However, designing a slide deck from scratch is time-consuming so it’s a good thing that there are pre-made templates that can save you time. In this roundup, we’ve gathered the best templates and themes for Google Slides so you can design your presentation in the cloud, share it with others, and collaborate on it with your team members.
Canny
MAY 25, 2021
Inexpensive small businesses branding strategies that work can be difficult to find. And at times, finding budget friendly branding strategies can seem nearly impossible. Without the budget of a large company or the resource of a branding agency, it can be difficult to set your advertorial goals and achieve them. free ebook. The Branding Brief Template. get for free.
We And The Color
MAY 26, 2021
Build stunning vintage collages in no time using a multitude of simple drag and drop design assets including photos, text, illustrations, and textures. Created by the team of Graphic Goods, a small studio specializing in creating illustrations, templates, fonts, and other vintage-inspired graphic design resources, this amazing vintage collage creator is packed with 750+ design assets sourced from a variety of vintage photos, illustrations, art, and ephemera.
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HONGKIAT
MAY 24, 2021
Magazines are a good way to keep yourself updated and entertained about your favorite topic. And it makes an even better pastime when you can read your favorite magazine on your mobile device. In this post, we are featuring a list of free magazines for iOS. You can subscribe to any of them, download for offline reading, and even share the content with friends and followers.
Vandelay Design
MAY 24, 2021
Affinity Designer is a powerful Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop alternative. It’s a cross between Illustrator and Photoshop because it allows you to create vector or raster designs. It doesn’t offer the same photo editing capabilities as Photoshop (they have Affinity Photo for that) but the design tools and capabilities are very impressive.
Graphic Design Junction
MAY 24, 2021
Beautiful vector Animal Logo Templates or Pet Logos for animal lovers and animal related business and mascots. Hand-picked collection of highest quality animal logos vector templates all are fully editable and scalable logos without losing resolution and quality. Animals are very attractive and popular choice for logos because of the deep connection we feel to them and easy to remember.
We And The Color
MAY 25, 2021
Get some super-stylish Bauhaus-inspired poster designs as fully editable vector templates. Available on Adobe Stock, these beautifully designed Bauhaus poster templates have been created by @Tartila. Thanks to the use of fully editable vector graphics, you can customize each poster in any possible way. The modern and minimalist design is well suited for a wide range of topics.
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Design Milk
MAY 28, 2021
Swedish designer Jesper Ståhl is well-known for his distinct Scandinavian design. His meticulous attention to detail and care for the user can be seen in his creative process, as well as in his own twist in the results. His work spans from furniture to lighting to cutlery to tools and accessories. Jesper has designed furniture for Design House Stockholm, bathrooms for Vedum, smartphone cases for Nudient, a bicycle for Skeppshult, and lighting fixtures for Lystra.
HONGKIAT
MAY 27, 2021
A high bounce rate is frequently caused by the poor visual accessibility of a website. When fonts are too small, or they are hardly legible, when there are too many distractions or not enough whitespace, many people just leave the site without a second thought. One of the most frequent reasons for early abandonment is the poorly selected colour schemes that decrease the readability of the content.
Graphic Design Junction
MAY 28, 2021
Simple and clean Resume Templates , professional and high-quality resumes to help you make a great impression when applying for a job. All resume designs are easy to edit and fully customizable. You can easily change text style, color and layout as per your need. Each template created with a strong baseline/document grid which will allow you to edit or add to the layout very easily.
We And The Color
MAY 24, 2021
The Language of Water, a poetic photo series by Australian visual artist, photographer, and musician, Lana Eileen. Lana Eileen is a visual artist, photographer, and musician based on the beautiful island of Tasmania in Australia. Through painting, photography, and sculpture, Eileen’s creative work fuses abstract elements with fine details, combining seemingly disparate fragments to evoke a sense of magic realism.
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.
Template Monster
MAY 24, 2021
To be successful and ensure the reliability of your online business, you have to create a website based on a reliable e-commerce platform like the Shopify e-commerce platform. A website based on Shopify will not present any problems to your online business. If you are new to the platform or want to learn how it works from the inside, free Shopify themes will come in handy.
Creative Nerds
MAY 25, 2021
This a collection of 3 large high resolution soft light very subtle grunge brushes. This a great brush set for using in backgrounds in your project to overlay over photography. It’s a great free high resolution brush set each over 3400px, so perfect for large size for both print and digital design projects. Preview Download. The post Subtle light grunge free photoshop brush texture first appeared on Creative Nerds.
SpyreStudios
MAY 26, 2021
Shape design is not really a new concept. It is a method which uses a shape (or shapes) as the most endearing element in the design, against all other elements which are present. To point it out, it is not just uses standard shapes against a basic background. It is using lines, curves, and symmetry to create flow and harmony in a design. This concept is rather important especially when designing UX.
We And The Color
MAY 28, 2021
Take a look at this inspiring set of vinyl cover designs created by the skilled graphic designers of studio Posters BluMoo. Located in Lima, Peru, Posters BluMoo is a unique graphic design studio specializing in designs and illustrations for posters and vinyl cover artworks. Each of the following artworks offers a unique look achieved by a great variety of design techniques, patterns, shapes, and colors.
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.
Its Nice That
MAY 25, 2021
If the idea of your dream client seeing your post resonates with you more than the idea of your crush seeing your post, then Elliot Ulm’s memes on life as a creative are what you have been looking for.
Trendland
MAY 25, 2021
Words Cyril Foiret. After almost a full year of work, young Slovakian designer Martin Vargic is introducing the brand new Map of the Internet, up to date for the year 2021. This fun and extensive project aims to concisely, but still comprehensively visualize the current state of the World Wide Web today. .
Colossal
MAY 25, 2021
The rain is so intense in Serra do Divisor National Park that it looks like an atomic mushroom cloud. State of Acre, 2016. All images © Sebastião Salgado, courtesy of Taschen, shared with permission. Photographer Sebastião Salgado spent six years immersed in the Brazilian Amazon as he documented the world’s largest tropical rainforest in black-and-white.
We And The Color
MAY 26, 2021
Check out this poster series based on three-dimensional shapes. Hadi Tulimat is an art director and graphic designer from Syria currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Using Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator , and Adobe Photoshop , this talented designer just started to work on a unique poster series based on three-dimensional shapes and typography.
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