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Why design is so important to esports

Designer Daily

Esports is a growing industry. In fact, more than just experiencing growth it has actually exploded in popularity over recent years. When people used to talk about how to become a professional gamer it was not really taken seriously. The chances are that you’d be mocked by teachers, friends, and colleagues for suggesting such a thing. That isn’t the case anymore.

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How To Create a Glowing Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

In today’s video tutorial I’m going to share some useful techniques for creating a glowing effect in Photoshop to make objects appears as if they are illuminated. I’ll be applying the effect to the antlers of a deer in this example to create a surreal fantasy image, but the same process can be used to add lighting effects to all kinds of objects within a scene.

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Welcome to the family!

I Love Typography

Read the book, Typographic Firsts. When we launched our store back in June, we did so with 40 indie foundries. Today, just five months on, we’re thrilled to announce a second cohort of 21 foundries and more than 200 font families. Joining us are established classics to new and cutting-edge foundries from around the world. The post Welcome to the family!

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The SaaS, IT, and Tech Branding Deep Dive

Canny

Covering the world of SaaS, IT and Tech branding in one post seems like an almost impossible task. However; Given we’ve been fully immersed in the sector for the last several years, we’ve seen tech branding take a huge leap forward right in front of our eyes. This list features work from some of our favourite creative agencies, but also some great work by internal teams.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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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A New Magazine Explores How to Design for the Richness of Black Culture

Eye on Design

“Would you ever have a science article next to a fashion spread next to a conversation with Roxane Gay? No, you wouldn’t,” says Eddie Opara , a partner at Pentagram , when discussing his design team’s latest collaboration: the first issue of Citizen , an independent magazine covering the richness of Black culture and experience. . The recently launched biannual magazine is the brainchild of co–editors-in-chief Danielle Powell-Cobb and Henrietta Gallina , whose combined résumés cover creative dir

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Film Look Lightroom Presets for Access All Areas Members

Spoon Graphics

Access All Areas members have a great collection of Lightroom Presets to download this week, courtesy of Hydrozi. These Film Look presets are designed to give your photos an old school, film-style look. Compatible with Adobe Lightroom, or the Camera RAW tool within Photoshop, these presets can be applied with a single click. All the settings can then be customised should you want to tweak the result.

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Headhunting the Best in Training and Recruitment Branding

Canny

Training and recruitment branding is notoriously difficult to get right, and as a result, notoriously poor. There are several reasons why this sector is a tough nut to crack when it comes to branding. Firstly: Who are you creating your brand for? Is it the employers? Or, the employees? Then, because you’re working with so many other brands, it’s hard to build and assert your own brand presence or position.

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Another Behaviour Brand Identity

We And The Color

For your daily dose of creative inspiration, today we want to show you the extraordinary brand identity of studio Another Behaviour. Another Behaviour is an independent design studio based in Singapore. Their brand identity is a reflection of the studio’s creative freedom and expertise. Enjoy the following images. For those who want to see more of the studio’s creative work, feel free to visit their website or follow them on Behance.

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The great UX design toolbox

UX Collective

A pool of over 700 tools to choose from in an end-to-end UX design process from problem to the presentation of a high fidelity prototype and product concept. (Source: author) Let us assume that as a member of a team, as a UX designer, you go through an entire product development process from problem definition to the presentation of the product concept including a tested hi-fi prototype.

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30 Free Responsive Email & Newsletter Templates

SpeckyBoy

Newsletters have been a critical area of marketing since the inception of the web. They have been and continue to be an essential method of communication for brands and businesses to share new content and product updates. Even though social media is hugely popular, there is no replacement for email. Most users would rather keep their business within their private inbox – and their personal lives on social networks.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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.

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Jay Cover illustrates the weird and wonderful brand world of Woset

Creative Review

Selling everything from wooden building blocks to explorer helmets (a creative interpretation of a bucket hat), Woset is all about creating a world of imaginative items for children. The brainchild of husband and wife duo Brad and Jenna Holdgrafer, the brand creates products that aim to spark storytelling, enable open play and have multiple uses. The founders and art directors have worked with an array of creatives to help bring the world of Woset to life, including animator Zac Wax, digital stu

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Isolated Office Objects Scene Creator for Adobe Photoshop

We And The Color

This fully customizable office objects scene creator is available for free download with an Adobe Stock trial subscription. Adobe Stock contributor @Marcel has produced this massive scene creator consisting of more than 50 high-resolution images on separate layers with editable backgrounds. Only smart objects have been used for quick customization. With this amazing collection of isolated objects, you can create hyper-realistic presentations in no time.

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Amazing Geometric illustrations by Edgar Rozo

Graphic Design Junction

Today we are featuring Professional Digital Geometric Drawing and Illustrator artist “ Edgar Rozo “ He is a multimedia engineer in the diploma, and he love illustrator in everyday life. He was born in Bogotá-Colombia and that place has been the greatest inspiration for my illustrations. Roza was passionate about geometry, color, music, and animation and suspense films.

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How Web Designers Can Cope with Situations Out of Their Control

SpeckyBoy

Everyone wants to control their own destiny. For web designers, that means layouts that look great, code that works as intended, and clients who pay on time. While we may wish for each of those things, reality usually plays out differently. Layouts aren’t always pixel-perfect, code breaks and clients – well, they’re human. But it goes even further. The deeper you look, the more situations you’ll find that are out of your control.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

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.

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Domenic Lippa’s refreshing identity for Canadian brewery 2Dads

Creative Review

The aptly named 2Dads brewery was founded by two fathers, Will Sorrell and Greg Iredale, with the intention of brewing high quality and easily accessible craft beers. Based out of British Columbia, the duo’s first beer is a zesty and refreshing Citra Pale Ale, which is stocked in independent liquor stores in the local area. The intention with 2Dads’ branding was for it to be equally as refreshing for both seasoned and novice beer drinkers, as well as standing out in what has become a

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Download Colorfully Illustrated Vector Backgrounds on Adobe Stock

We And The Color

Made for posters, hero header images, or any kind of web design, these colorfully illustrated vector backgrounds are fully customizable. Created by graphic designer, illustrator, and Adobe Stock contributor @Radoman Durkovic , these super-stylish vector backgrounds can be used for a wide range of design projects including websites, posters, flyers, invitations, and much more.

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What’s in Cristian Zuzunaga’s Holiday Shopping Cart

Design Milk

Cristian Zuzunaga is the founder, artist, and creative powerhouse behind award-winning home and fashion textile brand, Zuzunaga. A Barcelona native born to a Catalan mother and Peruvian father; Cristian is curious and exploratory by nature, a trait he attributes to his multicultural upbringing. A biology student turned typo/graphic design graduate, the designer’s early fascination with microscopes inspired him to magnify and dissect patterns and images in his work – creating the brands’ iconic g

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Sleek Times New Roman Alternatives for a Unique Look

Creative Market

It’s crisp, classic, and easy to read. It’s Times New Roman—and while you probably know it as soon as you see it, there’s a good chance it’s also gotten pretty old over the decade you’ve seen it everywhere. So, if you are looking for a font that is similarly legible and light as Times New Roman is, but you want something unique and unexpected, look no further.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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.

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25 Best Minimalist Resume Templates Of 2021

Graphic Design Junction

Simple minimal resume templates and minimal cv/resumes 100% print ready designs for the job seeker who wants to leave an unforgettable impression. Professionally designed, easy-to-edit resume templates clean and elegant resume design are fully editable and easy to customize and edit the typography, wording, colors and layout. Resume templates are perfect for female teachers, photographers, designers, developers and any kind of job with easy to customize in Microsoft Word.

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POSTER_ESCAPE Series by Mario Carpe

We And The Color

POSTER_ESCAPE, a colorful poster series by Mario Carpe. Poster_escape is a graphic design and illustration project by Mario Carpe. It is based on a collection of 36 posters. The link between all of these different poster concepts is the idea of escape. Mario Carpe says: “Humans, animals, and aliens try to find disconnections from reality and everyday life in several ways.

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Herr Menig Junior

ID Identity Design

Herr Menig Junior is an optician for kids. The retail shop is a playful offshoot of Herr Menig Optik , an optometrist in Nürnberg, Germany. The retail interior was designed by Raum Klaue , and we collaborated to create wall graphics and a colour concept. The Herr Menig Junior logo relates to Herr Menig Optik’s original owl that’s used to identify the shop for grown-ups.

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Packaging: The Most Common Colors That Sale Food & Drink

Graphic Design USA

Electrix International analyzed 5000 supermarket products to find out which shade is used the most to influence the buying habits of grocery shoppers.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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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Meet Mason El Hage, Shillington Graduate and Art Director at monopo

Shillington

Back in early 2019, Shillington London graduate Mason El Hage was designing for London fintechs. Though, he always felt, despite a design degree, his skills were lacking and he wasn’t going to land his dream studio job. After chatting with a Shillington graduate on Instagram, Mason swiftly enrolled on our full-time graphic design course and had graduated by the end of the year.

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Calendar 2022 Illustrations by Riccardo Guasco for Province of Alessandria

We And The Color

Take a look at these beautiful calendar 2022 illustrations by Riccardo Guasco. These illustrations by Riccardo Guasco for the 2022 calendar are dedicated to the Province of Alessandria. The project was made in collaboration with Il Piccolo and the Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria Foundation. Enjoy the following images. For those who want to see more of Riccardo Guasco’s creative work, feel free to check out his portfolio or follow this talented illustrator on Behance.

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30 Best Calligraphy Script Fonts and Handwritten Fonts Of 2021

Graphic Design Junction

Best modern calligraphy script fonts and creative handwritten script type fonts that are very suitable for the publication needs of fashion, magazine, t-shirt design, flyers, and can also be used as a signature fonts. These fonts has a beautiful calligraphy script character with a natural rough strokes and styles. Creative stylish script fonts support multilingual more than 100+ language.

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Logo Design Trends 2022: Bringing Back the Hype for Logotype

Graphic Mama

Right after the Graphic Design Trends 2022 became clear, it’s easier to see the outline of the next year’s tendencies in each field. With this in mind, today we’re going to narrow down the topic and review our predictions for Logo Design trends 2022 based on our team’s research. As usual, let’s all enjoy each trend with lots of amazing examples from agencies and freelance graphic designers that never cease to amaze us with their creativity.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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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Lou Benesch’s mythical artworks are inspired by folklore, animals and literature

Its Nice That

The Paris-based illustrator and artist uses her medium to tell personal and fantastical stories of her past.

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Refrakt: 12 Patterned Photoshop Glass Effects

We And The Color

Discover Refrakt, an ultra-realistic patterned glass effect featuring 12 unique glass textures. Compatible with Adobe Photoshop, this product by Studio 2am contains 12 files. Refrakt is a super-stylish patterned glass effect featuring glass patterns in 12 rippled styles. Each file gives you the ability to adjust distortion, scale, and detail according to your own preferences so you can achieve countless looks.

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Amazing Fine Art Graphics By Russ Mills

Graphic Design Junction

Today we are featuring Creative Artist “ Russ Mills ” with his amazing urban style fine art illustrations. He is from Worthing, United Kingdom, born in 1971, Russ Mills began to draw at an early age. In done BA Hons in Graphic Art and Design from Leeds Met University, specialising in Experimental Film and Animation. Russ kept drawing and painting, always learning and never satisfied.

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Euler diagram to illustrate base rate fallacy

FlowingData

Some people point out that vaccinated people are still hospitalized as a defense against getting vaccinated. But they ignore the inverse which compares the number of those who are not hospitalized. Someone (source?) made this Euler diagram to illustrate the inverse. It’s about making a fair comparison. People who wear seat belts can still die in a car collision.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

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.