Design Roast
JULY 20, 2020
Designers often spend years figuring out the best placement for different elements, from everything from web design to print ads. There needs to be a set amount of white space and a certain alignment to various items, plus numerous other factors. It is difficult to stay up to date on all of these features that you have [.]. The post Logo Placement: What You Need to Know appeared first on Design Roast.
Just Creative
JULY 20, 2020
This article has been contributed by Val Razo. Back in 2010, when Instagram was released as a simple photo-sharing app, no one could have predicted this social media platform would evolve into a great marketing tool. Today, when over 1 billion people use Instagram each month and 90% of them follow at least one business profile in-app, it’s no wonder that brands of all sizes and niches seek out Instagram marketing tips for business.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
JULY 23, 2020
SEO has become one of my least favorite topics. It’s something that I’ll begrudgingly discuss with clients, but only when I have to. And writing about it? I’d rather hide under my bed. In some ways, it feels like one of the dark arts. But here I am, attempting to change my own sentiment. Why? Because it’s simply too important to ignore. Both web designers and their clients need to have an understanding of how SEO works.
Spoon Graphics
JULY 20, 2020
Follow along with today’s Photoshop tutorial to create your own fantasy world, just like the fictional story settings of Neverland, Middle-Earth or Westeros. We’ll use Photoshop’s built-in tools to establish the landmass and sea, then construct hills, mountains and deserts with some simple filter combinations, before finishing off the artwork with a vintage paper texture and place names to simulate an old world map.
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
Creative Review
JULY 23, 2020
Launched in 2018, Apple’s Behind the Mac campaign has brought us a series of ads showing inspiring people using its computers. A film released to mark International Women’s Day back in March featured MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke alongside Marie Kondo, Ava DuVernay and Lady Gaga, while another released in June focused on UK musicians.
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Under Consideration / Brand
JULY 21, 2020
“The Car Formerly Known as Toyota”. " Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (TME) oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and Toyota's European manufacturing and engineering operations. Toyota directly employs around 20,000 people in Europe and has invested over EUR 9 billion since 1990. Toyota's operations in Europe are supported by a network of 29 National Marketing and Sales Companies across 53 countries, a total of around 3,000 sales outlets, and n
Spoon Graphics
JULY 24, 2020
Access All Areas members have a lovely typeface to download this week, courtesy of Dealjumbo. The Mustang Brush font is handwritten brush style display font with a dancing baseline, making it a great choice for use in creative and artistic projects. The family contains three fonts, the main brush font and an alternative version with different character styles, plus a third Swashes font full of decorative underlines.
Creative Review
JULY 21, 2020
Founded in 1972, the V&A’s annual illustration awards honour professional and student artwork, with prizes celebrating great book covers, book illustrations and illustrated journalism. Past winners include Quentin Blake, graphic memoirist Nora Krug and children’s book illustrator Yasmeen Ismail. This year’s winning projects were selected from over 800 entries, and include a modern retelling of a classic fairytale, a charming children’s book cover and a powerful image
SpeckyBoy
JULY 24, 2020
The bokeh effect has a multitude of uses within digital art. It can be overused, sure. But it can also be simply stunning. Trying to recreate this look on your own would be a time-consuming task. Thank goodness for Photoshop actions, right? What you’ll find here is a fantastic set of Photoshop actions that greatly simplify the process for making the bokeh effect.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
JULY 20, 2020
Sure, the thought of web developers downing caffeinated beverages by the gallon is a stereotype. But if you browse social media enough, it sure does seem like many of us partake in the ritual. You also see various homages to that liquid lightning on CodePen. Through clever use of the latest web technologies, developers have crafted virtual drinks and the machines that make (or dispense) them.
Spoon Graphics
JULY 22, 2020
Affinity Live has kicked off today with 50 of the best Affinity products on offer with a huge 50% discount. This is your chance to own the best brushes, patterns, ornaments, creators, and much more. Throughout this week there will also be several FREE Live Sessions with some of the biggest names in the Affinity community, so you can learn how to use your new tools for lettering, illustrating, and creating effects in Affinity Designer. 75 Affinity Products. 50% Off!
Tuts Plus
JULY 23, 2020
What You'll Be Creating In today's tutorial, I'll show you how to make a fairy-tale book cover with a vintage-inspired look. Vintage-style covers are big news in publishing right now, and clothbound covers are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence. Here you’ll learn how to make a vintage book cover and recreate the look with woodcut-style illustrations and calligraphy type.
The Logo Smith
JULY 23, 2020
The post HK Grotesk Wide Free Font by Alfredo Marco Pradil for Hanken Design Co appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. I do like a good wide font, and HK Grotesk Wide fits the bill perfectly, more so given it’s also a freebie free font offering. HK Grotesk Wide was Design & Developed by the supremely talented type designer, Alfredo Marco Pradil , for the Hanken Design Co.
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Brown Paper Bag
JULY 22, 2020
Inspired by “all things decorative and surreal,” illustrator Stephanie Singleton creates images that incorporate floral beauty with subject matter bordering on the bizarre. I especially enjoy her portraits of people that explore the element of emptiness. A face of a person is replaced with the sky, while the outline of a dress reflects the environment around it.
Its Nice That
JULY 22, 2020
With clients increasingly expecting illustrations to be animated for digital campaigns, illustrator and animator Abbey Lossing spells out the skills you need to have a leg-up in a competitive sphere.
Creative Review
JULY 22, 2020
The Unsigned Prize for Illustration was launched this year to support emerging illustrators, designers and typographers. An extension of BBH’s Unsigned initiative – which was set up to showcase creatives without commercial representation – it offers five creatives a chance to have their work featured in an exhibition at the agency’s London HQ.
SpeckyBoy
JULY 24, 2020
Icons can be used in a variety of projects when you need to add extra visual appeal or make it easier for people to visualize a concept or memorize something. While icons are usually associated with websites and printed material, you can also use them in your video projects. There are a plethora of animated icon packs available online that you can download and use in your projects or use them as an inspiration when creating your own.
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Brown Paper Bag
JULY 20, 2020
My plan for my cat in the pocket. It’s been a little more than a month since I shared what I’ve been working on in my studio. And, looking back, it’s been a pretty productive mid-June to mid-July! Here’s what I’ve been up to: Working on my Cat Lady shirt. In between custom projects , I began experimenting with cats stitched beyond the collar. I started with a kitty popping out of the placket of a shirt.
Colossal
JULY 24, 2020
All images © ESNAF Toys, shared with permission. As interest in analog entertainment for children grows, a new collection from ESNAF Toys prompts kids to piece together giraffes, foxes, and T-rexes from simple, wooden blocks. Each geometric shape is handcrafted and color-coded. To create an anatomically accurate animal or dinosaur, simply match and connect the magnetic joints.
99u
JULY 22, 2020
How do you overcome creative block? It’s a simple question, but one that we wrestle with as creatives over and over again. Just when we think we’ve found the answer to move past a current rut, a new challenge arises. Feeling stuck happens to all of us—newly minted graduates, creatives early in their practice, mid-career practitioners, and seasoned pros. .
Creative Review
JULY 24, 2020
There’s a few things we’ve come to expect from a new FIFA ad: a star-studded line-up, fast-paced editing, high-impact visuals, and footage of players and fans battling it out on the pitch or at home. The latest commercial for FIFA21 doesn’t disappoint. Directed by Keane Pearce Shaw, it brings together some of the game’s brightest new talent – from Paris St Germain’s Kylian Mbappé, to Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, Liverpool’s Trent Alexan
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.
Under Consideration / Brand
JULY 22, 2020
“Balance Makes Perfect”. Established in 2015 (originally as Think Wellbeing Centres), The Practice is a student-led clinic offering holistic health and wellbeing services at affordable prices. The wellbeing centers are part of Torrens University, a private university in Australia with campuses in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, and were created in partnership with Think Education, a higher education and vocational education and training provider in Australia (hence the previous name).
Colossal
JULY 23, 2020
“The Eternal Couple.” Image © Mithun H, shared with permission. Since 2014, wildlife filmmaker and photographer Mithun H has been pining for sightings of Saya, a black panther that’s been eluding his admirers in the Kabini Forest in India for years. After camping out in the area for six days, the photographer captured a stunning image of the mysterious animal shadowing his leopard partner, Cleopatra.
Interaction Design Foundation
JULY 23, 2020
Now that we appreciate the need for simplicity in designs better, let’s see another great concept. You may have heard of Occam’s Razor; did you know that you can apply it to web design? When you’ve got it in your “toolbox”, you’ll have an edge in the marketplace. Occam’s Razor, put simply, states: “the simplest solution is almost always the best.” It’s a problem-solving principle arguing that simplicity is better than complexity.
Booooooom
JULY 20, 2020
A lovely series by Dutch artist Maarten Rots. Working in the medium of photography, “Konvergenz” explores the area around sommergalerieZöbing (Zöbing am Kamp, Austria), where he stayed as an artist in residence in 2019. “With my photography I want to reveal abstract qualities that can be found in everyday life, often with architecture as a prominent ingredient and a strong focus on composition, texture and color.
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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