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What To Do When the Plagiarist Strikes?

Creative Review

Of all the projects I've been involved with since my career in design and branding kicked off some 20 years ago, there are few I feel as fondly towards as the Studiocanal cinema ident.

Freelance 101
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How to Pave Your Own Path as a Freelancer

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Have you ever asked yourself why you became a freelance web designer? As funny as it sounds, it may be one of those questions that we don’t ask ourselves until well after we’ve started a business. Odds are that your initial answer has something to do with freedom. That makes sense, as it is an enticing concept. Yet it’s also a bit broad. If you dig a little deeper, you might just find that individuality is at the very core of freelancing.

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8 Famous Logo Designs and their accompanying Final Logo Sketches

The Logo Smith

The post 8 Famous Logo Designs and their accompanying Final Logo Sketches appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. Arek Dvornechuck has compiled a great post showing famous logo sketches and napkin doodle sketches for 8 famous brands and companies. There are plenty of blog posts that show one or some of these logo sketches, but this is a solid post by Arek that also puts the sketch up along side the final logo design.

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9 Best Illustration & Drawing Courses for Artists (Free & Paid)

Just Creative

Did you ever want to be an artist growing up? Maybe you reached that goal and work in graphic design but for some of us, maybe we didn’t possess the natural skill or talent that the best artists in the world have. Thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, those dreams of being an artist can be real again with online courses. While there are many great classes out there, one thing that we wanted to focus on was the classes we chose for our list of the best drawing/illustration courses online

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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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Ekta: 160 Faces by Lundgren+Lindqvist

BP&O

Text by Richard Baird 160 Faces is a new publication from Swedish artist Daniel Götesson working under the name Ekta, designed by Lundgren+Lindqvist and distributed under the studio’s publishing arm ll’Editions. The book collates 160 drawings made by the artist in 2019, and sequenced, rather than in logical pairs and with a curated rhythm, but by […].

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Famous Architecture Recreated with CSS and JavaScript

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Architecture is one of the most instantly-recognizable artforms. Show a picture of a famous structure and odds are that a plurality of people will immediately identify it. It also serves as a source of pride and inspiration. For example, people from all over the world dream of visiting the Eiffel Tower. But the experience is about more than just standing in front and snapping a selfie.

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7 Design Tips to Help Boost the Affiliate Sales of Your Blog

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Nick Kanter. Whether you have started your blog out of sheer passion or for purely business reasons, there comes a time when you begin to contemplate monetizing it. And while there are certainly many ways you can start earning money from your website (including ads, sponsorships and brand deals), a lot of blogs choose to go down the affiliate route.

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Ediya Beanist by Studio fnt

BP&O

Text by Richard Baird EDIYA is a well-established South Korean coffee brand, with franchised stores and array of drinks and branded products. It has the largest number of stores, exceeding that of Starbucks and any other international brands, opening its 3000th store at the end of 2019. With such a strong foothold in the market, and […]. The post Ediya Beanist by Studio fnt appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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The Vagina Museum is auctioning off 60 ‘vagina-tastic’ artworks

Creative Review

Artists of all disciplines have donated pieces to the museum’s Open Soon campaign , which is raising money to support its reopening on October 3. According to director Florence Schechter, the pandemic has hit the museum hard – particularly as it isn’t eligible, yet, for government support, and has no other external funding. Creatives Nathalie Gordon, Amy Fasey and Jacob Hellström came up with the idea for the campaign, and contacted artists of different genders, sexualitie

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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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Graphic Design Books Every Designer Should Read in 2020

Noupe

Graphic design is an incredibly important field in our world. According to the US Labor of Statistics data , there are 281.500 graphic design jobs just in the USA. It’s a field in which just having talents is not enough. You have to constantly improve your skills, whether they are directly about graphic design or the business side of it. You need to keep up with the competition.

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8 Types of Videos Brands Should Use in Marketing Campaigns

Just Creative

This video has been contributed by Dave Schneider. 85% of internet users in the U.S. consume video content at least once a month. And the demand for video is increasing every year. Brands can no longer get by without adding video to their arsenal of marketing tools. In fact, without video, staying ahead of the competition can be almost impossible. Some brands have even found great success in making video the central part of their marketing efforts.

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25 Photoshop PSD Mockup Templates for Showcasing Logo Designs

Speckyboy Design Magazine

What if there was a way to stop your clients from saying: “Yeah, the logo looks good. But how’s it gonna look once we add it to our branding materials?” Let’s be honest: working with design clients isn’t easy. Chances are, you deal with a lot of edits and convincing. Unfortunately, that’s pretty normal with work that produces virtual results.

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Penguin Random House reveals winners of Student Design Award 2020

Creative Review

Chi Park, first place in Children’s Cover Award For this year’s edition of its annual Student Design Award, Penguin Random House UK invited students to produce a new cover for three widely known books: The Night Manager by John le Carré, Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, and children’s book Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.

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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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58 Top UX Designer Portfolios in 2020

Noupe

We’ve previously prepared a list of the best Web Developer Portfolios. While web designers are extremely important for any digital product, UX Designers are also equally important if not even more important. As a result, we wanted to prepare this article+showcase of the top UX Designer Portfolios on the web to be an example for any striving or experienced UX Designers who want to improve their portfolios.

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Top 15 Best Gouche Brushes for Procreate (Free & Premium)

Just Creative

In the world of art, there are few mediums with such an extensive history as gouache. Dating back almost 1200 years, artists have used gouache to create incredible works of art and now in the age of digital artwork, you can use your Procreate app to create realistic gouache artwork from the comfort of your couch. To that end, we thought that we should take a closer look at the different types of gouache brushes that creatives offer and tell you what we think the best gouache brushes for Procreat

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The Attention Economy: An Animation Visualizes the Endless Onslaught of Digital Distractions

Colossal

If you’ve scrolled through Twitter while reading Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing or Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism , you understand the wide-reaching grip technology has on our attention. A new project by London-based animator Olga Makarchuk visualizes the daily abundance of digital distractions, from texts to social media pings to neverending email.

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Illustrator Marylou Faure on putting together her first monograph

Creative Review

“I saw Malika Favre’s book at her launch and was amazed with all the work she had done. It made me want to have a look at what I had achieved over the last few years,” says Parisian illustrator Marylou Faure, who’s just released her first monograph. “I tend to never look at projects again when they are done and move on to the next, so this was the opportunity to stop and actually acknowledge the work I had produced.” Faure’s style is bright and bold, and

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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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7 Additional Revenue Streams to Help Designers and Developers Bring in Extra Cash

Noupe

We are living in uncertain times. With working hours down 14% during the second quarter of 2020 because of COVID-19, employees, business owners, and freelancers alike are stressed out about the future. Sadly, 62% of small businesses have reported a general decrease in revenue: Source: SHRM. As a designer or developer, you may have already noticed a dip in your income, or simply want to plan for the future.

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Top 9 Best Animation Courses Online (Free & Paid)

Just Creative

Animation has come a long way from the first animated cartoon in 1908, but thankfully as the technology of animation has moved forward, so have the opportunities that amateur animators have to not only learn their craft but to improve upon it as well. With the internet, the number of resources available is near limitless and if there is something that cannot be found, it can easily be created and shared with people all over the world.

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Mooncake by the Lake – Bakes a Vietnamese Pastry Brand

The Die Line

The Lab Saigon worked with Bakes, a Vietnamese pastry brand, and took inspiration from the moon's reflection on a lake to create their branding and packaging. They were also inspired by the architecture of Turtle Lake, home to their flagship shop. .

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Carving Out Time to Create: Collages, Inspiration and Creative Process

Shillington

Photo by Tim Seguin. I have always been drawn to old magazines, postcards and photos. My collage work is a product of me interacting with objects and images that interest me. Mostly American magazines from the 60s and 70s. Collage gives me a reason to collect and spend time with these things. Femme Maison. Themes. I think a lot about the power of media to influence our values and perspectives, a power which extends across multiple generations.

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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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99+ Amazing Internet Statistics and Facts – [Infographic]

Noupe

The World Wide Web is very vast, to say the least. If you are an online marketer, then you need to be up-to-speed when it comes to internet statistics and the latest trends as these vital stats can help you create an actionable digital marketing strategy for your business website. The online world has become more competitive than ever before. If you don’t strive to be a step ahead of the competition, then it can negatively impact your site’s revenue.

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Best Oil Brushes for Procreate

Just Creative

Since the 15th century, artists have been using oil paint as a medium to bring their imaginations to life. These days, the medium is still viewed by many as an important art form. The downside is that oil paint can take some time to dry, so with the advent and improvements in technology, artists can now use their Procreate app to create masterpieces with “digital” oil paint.

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The Animade rebrand by Koto uses its logo as eyes, adding instant character to all it touches

Its Nice That

This jubilant identity also brings out the animation studio’s distinct personality through abstract shapes, bright colours and a typeface full of “fun quirks”.

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This Wine is Inspired by Magnetic Poles and the Interaction Opposites

The Die Line

This unique Pinot Noir was born out or a friendship and a passion for wine among two friends living in two distant locations. The highly detailed label is inspired by magnetic poles, and the interaction between two opposites. .

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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.