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Why The Future of Branding is all About Your Storytelling Ability

Just Creative

This article was contributed by Sarah Jay. — “ Brand storytelling is a great way to get your point of across, differentiate your brand, and work out new ideas. Today, if you want to succeed as an entrepreneur or leader, you also have to be a storyteller.” – Richard Branson. We have listened to countless stories ever since we were born.

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20 unique and memorable brand color palettes to inspire you

Canva

Color plays a huge role in how your audience perceives you. Whether you’re running a small business as a solopreneur, or working in a big corporate, your business has a brand—and so, you want to choose a unique and memorable brand color palette in order to build a lasting brand identity. If you are in the process of building your brand, we have created a suite of 20 different brand color palettes for you to use to create unique color combinations of your own.

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Web Design Trends and Predictions for 2020

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Aaron Chichioco. As of January 2020, there were about 1.74 billion websites worldwide and active internet users numbered almost 4.43 billion. This year, you can expect more businesses and institutions to strengthen their online presence. As the world embraces inclusivity and accessibility, one can expect that internet penetration rates will go even higher.

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Hilarious Versions of Popular Movie Posters

Designer Daily

Due to the expensive licensing and printing costs, some African movie theaters commission artists to pain custom movie posters. The problem for the artists? Some of them have not even seen the movie they were doing a poster for, so the results are sometimes quite hilarious.

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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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30 Minimal Frame Mockups for Access All Areas Members

Spoon Graphics

Access All Areas members have a useful collection of picture frame mockups to download this week, courtesy of Frisk Web Studio. The aptly named Framezilla is a huge collection of 30 mockup templates, featuring a variety of minimalist frame styles, each conveniently layered to allow you to easily present your own artwork. Each frame mockup also includes a background, which places the frame upon a wall or within a surrounding environment to produce an inviting scene.

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The 9 Best Courses on Coursera for Designers & Creatives

Just Creative

People are curious by nature and thanks to the internet, anyone curious about a topic or looking to expand their skills or even learn a new skill can take classes online on their time. One of the best options for taking classes online is through Coursera. Coursera offers numerous courses and works with leading universities and companies. With people focusing on self-improvement more than ever these days, we wanted to shine a light on The 9 Best Courses on Coursera for Creatives to give you some

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50 insanely creative and stunning packaging designs

Canva

Think about your most recent purchase. Why did you purchase that specific brand? Was it an impulse buy, or something you genuinely needed? Now that you’re thinking about it, odds are, you bought it because the packaging design interested you. Yes, you may have needed shampoo, but did you need that specific brand? The one with the sleek, expensive-looking bottle?

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The Best Brushes for Affinity Designer (Free & Premium Packs)

Spoon Graphics

Affinity Designer is fast becoming a popular alternative to Photoshop. After receiving several messages asking whether I will be providing Affinity compatible tutorials and resources, I have been meaning to pick up a copy myself. Until I get to grips with the new interface and different workflow, I have made this roundup existing tools made specifically for Affinity Designer from a variety of talented creatives.

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10 Illustration Trends for 2020

Creative Market

Illustrations are a visual way to portray a written text through aesthetics, harmony, and graphic expression. As we enter a new decade, trends in illustration will continue to evolve and it is important for designers to stay in-the-know to make high-quality, relevant, and modern works of art. This article reviews 10 future illustration trends that will serve as an inspiration to all readers for their personal and client projects.

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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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Top 10 Futur Courses to Learn Design & Business

Just Creative

If you run own graphic design firm, improving your skills can not only make you a better graphic designer but also more attractive to potential clients. The business side of your firm may not be your strong suit and that’s ok. Thanks to The Futur , an online website that runs to remove many of the roadblocks people have to continue their education including money, time, and accessibility.

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60 free calligraphy fonts download and bring charm to your designs

Canva

Finding the right calligraphy font for your needs can be a hard and arduous task. They are either too decorative and flashy for your simple designs or too simple and modern for your formal designs. Calligraphy fonts have many uses and are best paired with a simple body font for balanc e. Use them sparingly so you don’t overpower your designs, or break the rules and see what you can create.

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28 Droste Effect Examples

Noupe

The Droste Effect is used to classify images or photos that are recurring within themselves. On paper, this goes on forever but in reality, it only goes as far as the resolution allows. The term stems from the Dutch Cacao brand with the same name. In 1904, the Droste used an image of a nun holding a tray of hot cacao and a box of Droste Cacao which had the same image on it.

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Retro Tops Shutterstock Creative Trends

Graphic Design USA

Shutterstock has released its 2020 Creative Trends report, a compilation of standout ideas and concepts that the company believes will influence creative direction and design aesthetics in 2020.

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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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Build a Brand Like a Pro – 7 Steps to Follow

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Janil Jean. Building a brand, like building anything else, requires more than just stacking one brick on top of another. If you don’t lay a foundation and build strong walls, you’ll end up with a shaky building that will likely collapse at the first gust of wind. Similarly, to build a brand that withstands fluctuations in the market, you need a solid foundation and carefully crafted branding strategies.

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15 Free Bootstrap 4 UI Kits

SpeckyBoy

Bootstrap is one of the most popular design frameworks. One the reasons why it’s so popular is the fact that it’s optimized for mobile devices and has a well-organized grid system along with hundreds of elements that make prototyping and designing for the web a lot easier. In this roundup, we’ve gathered 15 free UI kits built with Bootstrap that you can use as a starting point for your designs.

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Oscars 2020: Oscars in Illustrations

Noupe

Get ready movie buffs and cinephiles because the 92nd Academy Awards are just around the corner. There is now less than a month left for the short, buff and golden guy to find himself in somebody’s hands. The nominees for the Oscars 2020 were announced last week and people have already started their own “And the Oscar goes to.”s among themselves.

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Suadinho: André Gola's Alter Ego

Juxapoz Magazine

We've been wanting to introduce you to Brazil-based illustrator and designer André Gola whose deft drawing brings to life character designs whose clever, witty figures comfortably infiltrate animation, product design, photography, murals, and other public interventions. Gola built a long career as a successful art director working with Sao Paulo's AlmapBBDO advertising agency for 18 years, but a recent series of paintings, drawings, and embroidery on canvas finally 'spilled the glass' for us.

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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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Best Touchscreen Laptops for Designers

Just Creative

Laptops have come a long way from the big bulky versions that threatened to crack a table in the early 1990s. Today’s laptops are multi-faceted devices and with touchscreens now being added, creatives have a new way to get their work done on the go. With that in mind, we wanted to share our choices for the Best Touchscreen Laptops for Designers but before we do, how do you pick a great touchscreen laptop?

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The 35 Best Free Presets for After Effects

Speckyboy Design Magazine

After Effects makes it easy to add finishing touches to any video project. However, as great as After Effects is, there is no doubt that certain actions take a lot of time. If you’re working with a lot of video files, saving time in your workflow is essential. That’s exactly where these free After Effect presets come in. They will not only help you save time but also money and allow you to speed up your editing process so you can take on more projects or enjoy more free time.

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Chapman & Wilder Create Cross-Continental Design Studio

Spine Magazine

Book cover designers Cherie Chapman and Eric Wilder have joined forces to create Chapman & Wilder, a new studio that spans specialties and, well, the Atlantic. Chapman, a Brit, and Wilder, an American, have gathered their collective expertise in design, layouts, and marketing and have enlisted the talents of photographers and animators. They have also created a new website where their passion project lives.

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31 New Tasty Restaurant & Cafe Menu Templates for 2020

Envato Tuts+

Become the next hottest spot to grab a bite! Check out these amazing menu templates below! 31 New Restaurant and Cafe Menus for 2020 The restaurant of your dreams is missing just one special element: the perfect menu. So entice your customers with mouth-watering items and tasty aesthetics. Today we bring you another amazing set of premium templates from Envato Market and Envato Elements.

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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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The Value Ladder for Designers & Brands

Just Creative

A value ladder is a classic tool that helps you map out your products or services in visual way, in ascending order of value and price. As a designer, have you ever considered how you cater to your client’s needs with a value ladder? Or if you’re a business, have you considered how much value you’re providing to your customers? Do you simply have a logo or do you have a strategic brand that your customers can really connect with?

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The Digital Illustrations of Krisztian Tejfel

Trendland

Best known for his portraits of beautiful women with a melancholic and surreal touch, the Hungarian digital illustrator Krisztian Tejfel is focusing on traditional-digital hybrids leaving his work always a bit unfinished. His portraits show strong women characterized by their mysterious look with a pinch of surrealism, trying to tell the beholder a secret story.

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45 Simple Line Art Minimal Logo Designs for Inspiration

Graphic Design Junction

Simple and clean minimal logo designs created with abstract line art. Logos with Line art are very popular and so attractive. This collection consists of different designs that use thin line techniques to create minimal and clean logos that many will appreciate. Scroll down and you’ll see that simplicity is definitely a beauty. Come, take a peek, and enjoy!

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Areas to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

Speckyboy Design Magazine

We talk about it all the time. Being a web designer is about more than just clean code and pretty graphics. There are a number of other roles we play. Psychiatrist, psychic, support technician and all-around guru come to mind. Part of our relationship with clients also involves sharing knowledge and gently prodding them to move in the right direction.

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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.