Creative Boom

JANUARY 22, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want to make 2024 special? Start an art journal to unleash your creativity and reflect on your journey. As the new year unfolds, it's a wonderful time to embark on a journey of self-expression and discovery through art journaling. Whether you're a seasoned artist or someone just dabbling in creativity, starting an art journal can be a fulfilling and therapeutic experience.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 22, 2024

There are several ways to add texturing to your logo artwork in Photoshop, you could apply textures using brushes, add a texture image to a layer mask, apply a texture with a clipping mask, or even using a pattern overlay. All methods have their benefits, but my favourite technique is what I call the ‘knockout’ method. Using this technique to apply textures to your logos means you can easily layer up multiple textures non-destructively without it being permanently applied, so you can still edit

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 22, 2024

New York-based illustrator Vyolet Jin breaks the rules in a wholesome way by creating bold, uplifting artwork with a dash of whimsy. We caught up with her to learn more about her creative approach and how drawing helps to silence her overthinking. As a graduate of SVA's MFA Illustration Visual Essay program, Vyolet Jin has worked hard to hone her style as a fun, energetic and colourful illustrator.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 22, 2024

The 5 most important tips for young designers who want to start their own business. Embarking on the journey of entrepreneurship after honing your design skills is an exhilarating leap into the unknown. As a designer with dreams of launching your own business, you’re not just creating art; you’re crafting a brand, a vision, and a livelihood.

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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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Creative Boom

JANUARY 22, 2024

Brooklyn-based illustrator Swayam Parekh explores the struggles of life in a fantastical way in Greenhouse, a 44-page comic-cum-picture book that transforms traumas into magical quests. Life, sadly, isn't smooth sailing. Everyone has to face difficulties, whether external or internal, but that doesn't mean you're forever lost or without hope. These themes are explored in Swayam Parekh's latest project, Greenhouse, which realises these hurdles as dragons, demons and ghosts.

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HONGKIAT

JANUARY 22, 2024

First and foremost, let’s establish one thing: you are inherently creative. Creativity is a fundamental aspect of being human – a natural capability of the mind. It essentially represents your external manifestation of internal thoughts and feelings. This indicates that there are two main obstacles that could impede your creativity: an internal barrier that constrains your imagination and inspiration, and an external barrier that hinders the way you express or showcase your creative ideas.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 22, 2024

Robert Blaser , AIA, Principal, and Design Practice Leader at Michael Graves Architecture (MG), finds himself in the unique position of having been mentored by the firm’s namesake. (Fun fact – Blaser was an aerospace engineer prior to becoming an architect!) Drawing from more than 25 years in the industry at MG, it was recently announced that Blaser is forming an experiential design team – something Graves did himself to foster innovation and growth.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 22, 2024

The 15 Best Logo Design Fonts To Check Out Selecting the right font is one of the most important decisions when designing a logo. The perfect font can make your logo look professional, trustworthy, and memorable. But with thousands to choose from, where do you start? This comprehensive guide covers the 15 best logo design fonts and typefaces. We'll explore what makes each one a strong choice, along with examples, use cases, pairing suggestions, and design tips.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 22, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 22, 2024

How many ways can terrazzo be reinvented? As it turns out, the limit does not exist – not if Concrete Collaborative has something to say about it. The California-based manufacturer had a busy 2023 unveiling its latest collaborations and is already teasing us with sneak peeks of its 2024 line. But first, let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to… Tiffany Howell Inspired by “Stealing Beauty,” a 1996 romance and drama film by Bernardo Bertolucci, founder Tiffany Howell of

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We And The Color

JANUARY 22, 2024

Elevate Your Job Hunt with Tom Sarraipo’s Innovative Interactive PDF Resume Template. Are you tired of the same old black-and-white resumes flooding hiring managers’ desks? Well, we’ve got something revolutionary for you – an interactive PDF resume template that’s as unique as you are. Crafted by the design virtuoso Tom Sarraipo using Adobe InDesign, this CV template is not just a document; it’s a personal branding experience.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 22, 2024

Micro-Influencers Making Waves on Instagram Influencers have become an integral part of marketing strategies. With their ability to shape audience opinions and drive engagement , brands are leveraging influencers now more than ever. But it's not just mega-influencers with millions of followers that brands collaborate with. Micro-influencers – everyday social media users with more minor, niche followings – also create significant impacts.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 22, 2024

How many keyboard manufacturers could you say offer computer peripherals featuring designs inspired by Italian artisans living along a whitewashed hill town bordering the Adriatic coast? We’d venture to say none, at least until the recent announcement from Brazen with the reveal of their Mason60 Schizatto line of polychromatic paint-splattered keyboard cases.

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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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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 22, 2024

Advice from Boris Vallejo inspired her to become an artist.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Swedish multidisciplinary artist and animator uses her work to respond to her experience of ADHD, “seeking to create accessible spaces for our minds to breathe”.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 22, 2024

We caught up with designer Alexandria Vernon.

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Colossal

JANUARY 22, 2024

All images © Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, shared with permission When mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar moved to Philadelphia’s South Street in the 1960s, he saw an opportunity to not only revitalize a neglected area but transform it into a haven for creatives. He established his studio there and was joined by a community of artists and activists who saw potential and wanted it to thrive, even preventing a major highway construction project that would have obliterated the neighborhood.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design experts select the best ads of the 1930s, and explain what made them so special.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 22, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 22, 2024

A solid collection of challenging, anime and HR-Giger inspired retro shooters.

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Design You Trust

JANUARY 22, 2024

Times Square, 1958, found Kodachrome transparency, photographer unknown. Jan Wein discovered certain pictures one day. “In case you are unaware of the background, I used to live in Manhattan during Ed Koch’s mayoralty in the 1980s. However, I later moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I’m still there.During that period, trash day offered a lot of abandoned treasures.

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Colossal

JANUARY 22, 2024

All images from ‘Ernest Cole: The True America,’ Aperture (2023), © 2023 Ernest Cole Family Trust, shared with permission In 1966, photographer Ernest Cole packed up his robust collection of negatives and fled his native South Africa. A Black man living under apartheid, Cole documented the horrific injustices and inequities permeating life around him, from brutal police encounters and segregated spaces to overpacked trains forcing commuters to hang off the sides.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 22, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 22, 2024

Not if, but why, when and how to use AI?

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UX Collective

JANUARY 22, 2024

When you are always focused on identifying the pain points, you miss seeing the things that already work well.

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