Mon.Sep 13, 2021

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Vintage Engraving Lines Textures for Access All Areas Members

Spoon Graphics

Access All Areas members have a fantastic collection of vector textures to download this week, courtesy of Shapeshift. These vintage engraving lines textures are based on the detailed linework that forms an engraved illustration. This pack contains 10 vector graphics with various wavy and circular line patterns. Use them as backgrounds to your designs or clip them within text and shape outlines to add interesting texturing effects to your work.

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The Beauty of Spaciousness by Zoe Economides

We And The Color

‘The beauty of spaciousness’, a personal photography project by Zoe Economides. Zoe Economides is a fashion photographer with a heavy emphasis on landscapes. Some of her past photographic projects have been published by the likes of Time Inc. and Harper’s Bazaar, among other national and international magazines. Zoe Economides has been working on a personal project titled, ‘The beauty of spaciousness’, in which she brings together vast and often unforgiving landscap

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Freelancers: Collecting Comprehensive Creative Brief from Your Client

HONGKIAT

I had ordered a special cake for a friend’s birthday and had given the receptionist all the specifications for the cake. When I went back to pick up the cake, it turned out to be nothing like what I had expected. I took the cake with a heavy heart but on the way I kept thinking that if only the bakery would devise a particular pattern to collect information from the customers, it would not have been difficult to give custmers like me what we wanted.

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Top 10: Chocolate Packaging

Mindsparkle Mag

We couldn’t find a better way to celebrate yesterday’s International Chocolate Day than having a quarter kilo of chocolate ice cream and featuring it as this week's Top Series edition. Can you imagine a world without chocolate? Its discovery happened 600 years ago as we know it today, and scientists have already predicted a future without it *insert panic face emoji*.

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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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Inspired by Tibetan Buddhist thangkas, Mellow Meadow’s hypnotic and swirling depictions explore motherhood and nature

Its Nice That

Learning from the unbridled freedom of outsider art, the illustrator explores the notion of motherhood, weighing up the beauty of nature’s process with societal expectations.

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Awful Web Designs From 18 of MMA’s Top Fighters

SpyreStudios

With Mixed Martial Arts in the mainstream, you’d think that the marketing teams for the fighters would know that their target demographic spend hours every day online and would probably be their biggest promoters. However, judging by the style of the following 18 websites from some of MMA’s top fighters, I’m assuming they didn’t get that memo.

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A history of London as told by its shopfronts

Creative Review

James Smith & Sons on New Oxford Street If you’ve ever lived in London or been a regular visitor to its central shopping hub of Oxford Street, you’ll likely know James Smith & Sons’ umbrella store. It may be positioned slightly away from the main fray but its distinctive signage and racks of brollies in the window make it hard to forget, even if you may never have even stepped inside.

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Inside the Whimsical and Wonderful World of Lisa Congdon

The Die Line

We sit down with everyone's favorite illustrator and author, Lisa Congdon, to talk about being a work in progress as well as her recent brand collabs.

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From Vector to 3D Debut Concepts

Abduzeedo

From Vector to 3D Debut Concepts. abduzeedo 09.13.21 The amazing people over at Debut shared a cool post exploring different typography styles to promote their studio. You can see in the images below a series of graphic styles, from simple vector illustration style to more intricate 3D visualizations. . Make sure to visit Tienda - Debut online store teamdebut.com/tienda.

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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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Mammoth Straw Creatures Populate Japanese Farmland in the Annual Wara Art Festival

Colossal

All images courtesy of Wara Art Festival. If you visit Japan’s Niigata Prefecture during the region’s annual rice harvest, you’re likely to find enormous tarantulas, eagles, and dinosaur-like creatures stalking the bucolic landscape. The towering sculptures are part of the Wara Art Festival , a summertime event that displays massive animals and mythical creations fashioned from the crop’s leftover straw.

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Sky House Is a Bali-Inspired Penthouse in a Former Miami Hospital

Design Milk

Once a Miami hospital, this property has undergone a total adaptive reuse transformation to become The Ritz Carlton Miami Beach Residences. One of the new private residences is this Bali-inspired penthouse by designer Catalina Echavarria of CEU Studio. Boasting 360-degree ocean and skyline views of Miami, the Sky House spans almost 9,000 square feet, with 6,000 of it being outdoors with various areas for dining, lounging and entertaining.

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30+ Movie Fonts for Posters, Covers, and Titles

Vandelay Design

Whether you’re designing a poster, credits, text cards, or even a theatrical trailer, typography is an important part of the design process for movies. They need to be both aesthetically pleasing and readable, but most importantly they have to stand out in the final product. The typeface you choose will help determine the personality of. The post 30+ Movie Fonts for Posters, Covers, and Titles appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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Artist Creates Brilliant Comics For People Who Like Dark Humor

Design You Trust

There are many comic creators out there in the world and they cover lots of topics and themes—from girl problems to fantasy stories. But not all creators are as brave as Andy, better known as Comic Dux. Andy makes dark humor comics with unexpected and twisted endings that will probably leave you surprised and often feeling a little violated. Andy’s style is very simplistic and colorful.

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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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Billie Eilish’s new animated film is a love letter to her hometown of Los Angeles

Its Nice That

The singer is transformed into her two-dimensional animated form courtesy of Nexus Studios, in a film noir-inspired ode to La La Land.

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This Artist Makes Surreal Paintings Inspired By Psychoanalysis

Design You Trust

“Hi, my name is Valentine and I am fond of psychology and painting. I was studying to be a graphic designer, and in one of my course projects I was making the layout of the book by K. G. Jung “Synchronicity” I was so carried away that I reread all the works of this psychiatrist. And then I allowed my painting to capture the images that I encountered on the path of inner knowledge,” an artist writes.

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The Future of Work Starts at NeoCon 2021: Register to Attend Today!

Design Milk

The future of work is still ever changing to the current state of the world and there’s no better way to learn, adapt and plan for it than at NeoCon , the global platform for commercial interior design. This year’s show takes place from October 4-6, 2021 at theMART in Chicago. This year’s theme of “the future of work” will showcase the latest innovations and services by leading industry brands and address contract design in the areas of Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, Residential, Education, Pu

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Tyler Mitchell looks closer to home in new series

Creative Review

Brooklyn-based photographer Tyler Mitchell, known for his remarkable images that drift between fashion photography and social commentary, is the focus of a double bill of exhibitions at two Jack Shainman Gallery venues in New York City, along with a third at the Gordon Parks Foundation further upstate. One of the Jack Shainman exhibitions focuses on his landmark series I Can Make You Feel Good, which depicts “portraiture work that focused on my ideas around a Black visual utopia,” Mi

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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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10 Natural + Neutral Accessories to Add Warmth + Coziness to Your Home

Design Milk

With fall in our sights this month, Scandinavian design and feelings of hygge, the Danish concept evoking coziness and well-being, come to mind. Home interiors that incorporate a mix of wood tones, rich textures and natural finishes in furniture, decor and decorative accessories layer visual interest to any environment. With warm colors like beige, brown, greige, sand, taupe, cream and gray among the favorites for a natural neutral color palette, with terracotta, amber and clay pink as accents,

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Jen Stark’s Colorful World Comes to Life at ‘Cascade’ in Brooklyn

Colossal

“DRIP CASCADE” (2021), concept and direction by Jen Stark, animation by David Lewandowski, and sound by Charlie Scovill. All images by and courtesy of Jen Stark, shared with permission. An immersive experience by multimedia artist Jen Stark is coming to Williamsburg. From September 17 through October 24, visitors can experience Stark’s colorful dreamworld Cascade through interactive mind-bending projections, 3D-mapped environments, murals, and sculptures presented across 6,000 square

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The world has been taken over by giant animals

Creative Bloq

Just kidding, but this optical illusion is for pet lovers only.

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Muse & Co. Outdoors Takes #Vanlife to Next Level With Sustainable Design Top of Mind

Abduzeedo

Muse & Co. Outdoors Takes #Vanlife to Next Level With Sustainable Design Top of Mind. ibby 09.13.21 In March of 2020, we were all blindsided by the pandemic and there’s no doubt we’ve all learned to pivot and adapt both professionally and personally. On the professional front, you may still have the luxury to work from home which also means anyplace with a solid WiFi connection (hello digital nomads).

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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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Photographer Spotlight: Cassidy Araiza

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Under Water & Up a Mountain: Photography 2021 Competition Winners

Graphis

To take a perfect photograph, the setting and atmospehere is key. Whether you create it yourself or go out in the world to find it, it influences the rest of the image and the process of taking that one shot. These Gold-winning Photography 2021 Award entries won big with their backgrounds! Hailing from the United […].

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Emily Carr University Spotlight: Edward Madojemu

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This Artist Creates Thought-Provoking Illustrations About Modern Day Issues

Design You Trust

FadiToOn (Fadi Abou Hassan) is a widely published and award-winning freelance cartoonist. He lived as a refugee in Syria until the uprising in 2011, and is known for his many cartoons commenting on the everyday life and political events in Syria and the Middle East in general. His cartoons focus on human rights, women’s rights, and political violence taking place in the country.

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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.