January, 2021

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9 Reasons To Choose Graphic Design As A Career

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Tracy Sparks. Sometimes finding the right road to travel down can feel like standing in front of a spaghetti junction. With so many paths twisting and turning up ahead, which one do you choose? Where do they all lead? When it comes to choosing a career, it’s important to find one in which you can thrive. You don’t need something that simply pays the bills, but something that challenges you to solve problems in new ways, where no two days are ever the same.

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How to Stop Getting Burned by Your Design Clients

Speckyboy Design Magazine

It seems like every designer has a horror story or two (or seventeen) about getting ripped off by a client who refuses to pay. Once it happens, there’s not too much you can do. It sucks, but it’s the simple truth. If you didn’t get a contract or a clear payment process established in the beginning, a lot of the time you’re just going to have to eat the loss.

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My Favorite Typefaces of 2020

I Love Typography

Read the book, Typographic Firsts. After a decade, ILT's annual Favorite Fonts list is back. In addition to a ten top favorite typefaces, there are now 50 typefaces in the Honorable Mentions list; and a section devoted to my favorite glyphs or characters of 2020, and a few words about my magical selection process. Oh, and there's even a typographic Space Invaders Easter egg!

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Download My New Set of 10 Dirty Surface Textures for Free

Spoon Graphics

I love adding dirty textures to my designs to eliminate the clean digital appearance of computer-generated artwork. My new set of Dirty Surface Textures has been created from layers and layers of real surface grime to help you add authentic dirt effects with intricate details to your work, which just can’t be replicated with built-in Photoshop filters alone.

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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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50 Free Clean Fonts for Your Next Project

SpeckyBoy

Are you struggling to find that particular font that matches your creative vision? Well, you have come to the right place. We have collected fifty beautifully clean and stunningly crisp free fonts that will hopefully make your search that little bit easier. All of the free fonts in this collection can be used in both your personal and commercial projects.

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15 Best Steampunk & Victorian Fonts

Just Creative

On its own, Steampunk is a fascinating genre of science fiction blending elements from modern sci-fi, the Victorian Era, and the Industrial Revolution. This genre has continuously produced beautiful artwork, cosplay, and fonts. Come join us then as we peel the curtain back on this eclectic, yet the mesmerizing world and highlight some of the most interesting and high-quality Steampunk fonts that can be great for adding a refined but at the same time, grungy look to your work.

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Avoiding Wasted Space on Your Website

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Technically, there’s no limit to the amount of design and content elements you can place onto a website. But the reality is that the space for getting a user’s attention is finite. That’s because a visitor typically reacts to what they see in the first few seconds after page load. Anything not visible within that timeframe will likely be missed. Designers and content creators alike have to carefully consider what is included.

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LogoArchive Akogare

Logo Design Love

In the words of Richard Baird, the idea behind the latest issue of his LogoArchive zine is, “to evoke — through materials, processes, form, content and ‘atmosphere and ceremony’ — ‘akogare,’ a deep feeling of respect and admiration for those I look up to, and a feeling of never being able to reach the same level. Japanese publications such as IDEA and ‘Graphic Design,’ and the works of Japanese designers Issey Miyake, Ikko Tanaka, and Kazumasa Nagai were key inspirations for this new issue.

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Toronto’s DesignTO Goes Digital: A Guide to 2021’s Must-Sees

Azure Magazine

Thanks to a number of digital interventions, the 11th annual DesignTO – Canada’s largest design festival – is still a go for 2021. While the Interior Design Show has been rescheduled for May , the festival’s series of events, window installations and exhibitions are still set to inundate the city with all things design – albeit, in many cases, in an online format.

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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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The 10 Best Free Instagram Story Templates for 2021

SpeckyBoy

Instagram stories are a great way to connect with your followers and give them a glimpse into your personal life as well as exclusive behind the scene updates. However, creating an Instagram story from scratch can be time-consuming. That’s where Instagram Story templates come in handy. In this roundup, we’re featuring the best Instagram Story templates that will allow you to create and share your stories in a consistent manner and get them published quickly.

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Burger King unveils a tasty new look

Creative Review

While 2020 was generally pretty miserable for a lot of brands, Burger King managed to buck the trend with a wealth of brilliant creative work, most significantly in its Moldy Whopper campaign , which swept the awards circuit. The fast food giant is showing no signs of slowing down as we enter a new year, however, having just unveiled its first major rebrand in over two decades.

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Most Common SEO Mistakes Made By Beginners (And How To Avoid Them)

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Jyoti Roy. So, you have created a new website and now you want to monetize your blog. Not a problem – it can be a straightforward process. But to make money from your website, you need web traffic – and the key to generating traffic is successful search engine optimisation (SEO). There are plenty of SEO related articles on the internet that will help you get started.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 574

Speckyboy Design Magazine

How to Use Color Fonts on the Web – Get the details behind one of the hottest new trends in typography. The Rise and Fall of Invision – A look at why the design tool suite has plummeted in popularity. SidePage – Check out this simple free tool for quickly creating professional documentation. Houdini.how – Helpful snippets for use with the Houdini low-level CSS API. 50+ Free Awesome Certificates to Earn in 2021 – Up your game with this curated list of free Computer Science & Information Techn

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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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Top Web Design and UI Trends for 2021

Designmodo

This post is originally published on Designmodo: Top Web Design and UI Trends for 2021. Jumpstart new projects and website redesigns with a few of the hottest elements in design for 2021. These trending styles are sure to help you create in a way that’ modern, fresh and perfect for the new year. Here’s the … For more information please contact Designmodo.

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Universal Design: Transforming How We Think About Accessibility

Azure Magazine

What is accessibility? As a 3’5” scooter user with no arms, for me accessibility means barrier-free access to all the world has to offer. It’s a simple principle, but one not often seen in our public spaces. Even the legal regulations and design standards meant to ensure universal accessibility often fall well short of their goal, if they’re met at all.

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10 Best Professional Intro Video Templates for After Effects for 2021

SpeckyBoy

When professionalism matters, it’s time to turn to the experts. But don’t think that means hiring a video producer and breaking the bank. Instead, use a professional intro video template for After Effects to set the stage. You could use professional video templates for many purposes, like: Start off a company town hall or event – give a preview or build energy with a polished intro.

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Photographer Cassian Gray honours the humble postal worker

Creative Review

When London was placed into tier three restrictions after the first national lockdown, photographer and Kingston University student Cassian Gray decided to shine a light on unrepresented key workers in society. “There had been an extensive amount of coverage for NHS workers … and that’s when I thought of the Royal Mail postal workers,” explains Gray. “Their iconography really struck me; their bold red uniform with the recognisable Royal Mail logo emblazoned on the c

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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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Top 15 Best Halftones Brushes for Procreate

Just Creative

Halftone refers to a photo or other image that has been reproduced, and dots of ink produce the gray or color tones of the image. Famously, Andy Warhol would use halftones on his photographic prints. Seeing his work and the other creations that artists can come up with using their Procreate app, we thought it was about time we put the focus on the best Halftone Brushes for Procreate.

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The Burger King rebrand celebrates its design history and irreverent personality

Its Nice That

The fast food chain’s first redesign in over 20 years brings back a 60s logo and introduces a brand font inspired by the shape of its burgers, with a rich new colour palette, to create a more digital-friendly identity.

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More Than 90 Artists Create Original Works on Vintage Envelopes for ‘Couriers of Hope’

Colossal

By Andrew Hem. What brings you hope? That’s the central question behind a new group exhibition presented by Port City Creative Guild. Couriers of Hope boasts more than 120 original pieces from more than 90 artists—the list includes Rosanne Kang Jovanovski , Andrew Hem ( previously ), Sean Chao ( previously ), and Yoskay Yamamoto —all rendered on vintage envelopes.

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Dealing with the Isolation of Freelance Life

Speckyboy Design Magazine

For over two decades, I’ve been fortunate enough to work from home. No maddening commute and all the coffee I can handle. Sounds pretty cool, right? And, even when a global pandemic sent the world scrambling to work remotely, things stayed relatively the same here (save for my child enrolling in online school ). Being in a familiar environment, away from all the chaos, is a true blessing.

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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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The Joy of Illusion

Spine Magazine

Optical illusions can be puzzling, amusing and headache-inducing (often all at the same time). Theories on how they work have been expounded on since the time of the Ancient Greeks, with philosopher Aristotle noticing that when you look at a waterfall and then shifted your gaze to static rocks nearby, it appeared as though the rocks were moving in the opposite direction than the waterfall.

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How Ladybird’s classic nature books were updated for a new generation

Design Week

In the 1950s, Ladybird’s What to Look for series launched with a playful look at spring and autumn. The season-inspired books were written by E.L. Grant Watson and illustrated by painter Charles Tunnicliffe, aiming to show children the changing events in the four seasons across the UK. The series has now been revived for the first time in 60 years by Ladybird, Penguin’s design-led children’s imprint.

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Best Cameras & Memory Cards for Beginners in 2021

Just Creative

Taking up photography can be a very enjoyable and maybe even lucrative hobby to start. The problem is that when you’re first starting, it can get a little overwhelming at the sight of all the gear that’s out there. To help your new passion get started the right way, we thought sharing our best cameras and memory cards for beginners would be a great way to kick off 2021.

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Gucci’s collage portrait project celebrates Black history pioneers

Creative Review

Unveiled for Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Pioneers of the Past collaboration is part of the brand’s partnership with North Face as well as a wider celebration of Black representation in art. A Vibe Called Tech – set up by Charlene Prempeh to explore the intersection of Black creativity, culture and innovation – brought together Alayo Akinkugbe, founder of Instagram account @ablackhistoryofart , visual researcher Theophilus Imani, Black Archives founder Renata Cherlise and cur

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What in the World is a Force Majeure?

Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?