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11 Elements of Design and How to Use Them

Design Wizard

Elements of design are the parts of your work of art that you arrange and craft to create visually pleasing designs. It’s important to be aware of how these basic principles work together to find your way towards stunning designs more easily. . Use elements of design principles to guide you and to understand how design works but don’t see them as a strict set of rules.

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NFTs and Photography

Richard Bernabe

Photography is still in the NFT infancy stage but is on the rise. As collectors seek higher quality art, photography could be poised to boom. The post NFTs and Photography appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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Why Web Design Is Never Simple

SpeckyBoy

When watching a great athlete perform, they often make it seem effortless. Demonstrating great speed, coordination and agility is just what they do. Yet, what our eyes don’t see is all of the hard work that went into making those amazing moments possible. Similarly, a beautiful and highly-functional website can exude simplicity. But that belies the great effort made behind the scenes.

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Victo Ngai on the pressures of illustrating well-known book covers

Creative Review

Victo Ngai is an LA-based illustrator from Hong Kong and she’s created editorial illustrations for titles such as the New York Times and New Yorker, while also working on storyboards and animation art for the likes of NBC and Dreamworks. “ I was an only child born to working immigrant parents. We moved around a lot when I was little so I didn’t have a lot of friends and started drawing to pass time,” Ngai says of how she got into illustration. “These drawings tend t

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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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Self-Portraits by Kristina Varaksina

We And The Color

Selected photographs by Kristina Varaksina from an ongoing series of self-portraits based on different struggles in life. Kristina Varaksina is a Russian-born art director, photographer, and video director currently based in London, UK. In her diverse creative work, she mostly captures human emotions along with psychological impressions in order to project internal realities.

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The Cat’s Meow: 8 CSS and JavaScript Code Snippets Celebrating Our Feline Friends

SpeckyBoy

The internet without cats would be like an ocean without fish (which cats happen to love). The psychology behind this feline obsession must be fascinating. Perhaps it’s that silly, self-assured behavior that makes humans record every move our pets make. Whether it’s memes , videos or amusing anecdotes, cats seem to be a subject that brings people together.

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Graphic designer Dan Polyak talks us through working with the visual world of drag queens in the “drag renaissance”

Its Nice That

Based in Chicago, Dan is a go-to name for drag queens looking to diversify their graphic art, logo design, art direction, photography, and more.

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36 Days of Type 2021 Contribution by Get it studio

We And The Color

Discover Get it studio’s stunning contribution to the 2021 edition of 36 Days of Type. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the creative people at Get it studio are working at the threshold between CGI, photography, and animation. In 2021, they took part in the challenge of “36 Days of Type”, a creative project that invites designers, illustrators, and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet.

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Why Designing Without A Design Brief Is Like Playing Charades

HONGKIAT

We had a wonderful moment in the Kars4Kids design department recently when our manager said, and I quote, "So we all agree the design brief works, now how do we…" And the soundtrack played its crescendo in the background and I shed some happy tears and thought, "my work here is done.". The story leading up to this epic piece of drama is a delightful journey that goes something like this.

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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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Inspiring Examples of Brand-Related Splash Screens in Web Design

SpeckyBoy

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. In the real world, some workarounds may fix the situation and help you make a better general impression, but in the digital world, your prospects are poor. In most cases, if your website fails to produce a good impression at the outset, people will turn around and never come back. So whatever you are planning for your web presence, it’s vital to take care of the very first seconds of the user experience.

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30 Affinity Designer Tutorials You’ll Love

Vandelay Design

Affinity Designer is a powerful Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop alternative. It’s a cross between Illustrator and Photoshop because it allows you to create vector or raster designs. It doesn’t offer the same photo editing capabilities as Photoshop (they have Affinity Photo for that) but the design tools and capabilities are very impressive.

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Download Abstract Vector Graphics of Fluid and Geometric Shapes

We And The Color

Check out this great collection of abstract vector graphics that can be used in a wide range of design projects. This extensive collection of abstract vector graphics has been created by graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @Alex. You can use these fully editable graphics for plenty of design projects ranging from print to web. The collection includes countless individual sets of abstract vector graphics created using various shapes and colors.

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25 Free Magazines You Can Download From Apple App Store

HONGKIAT

Magazines are a good way to keep yourself updated and entertained about your favorite topic. And it makes an even better pastime when you can read your favorite magazine on your mobile device. In this post, we are featuring a list of free magazines for iOS. You can subscribe to any of them, download for offline reading, and even share the content with friends and followers.

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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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Vector Animal Logo Templates Design (26 Logos)

Graphic Design Junction

Beautiful vector Animal Logo Templates or Pet Logos for animal lovers and animal related business and mascots. Hand-picked collection of highest quality animal logos vector templates all are fully editable and scalable logos without losing resolution and quality. Animals are very attractive and popular choice for logos because of the deep connection we feel to them and easy to remember.

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What Is Shape Design? (And How You Can Use It)

SpyreStudios

Shape design is not really a new concept. It is a method which uses a shape (or shapes) as the most endearing element in the design, against all other elements which are present. To point it out, it is not just uses standard shapes against a basic background. It is using lines, curves, and symmetry to create flow and harmony in a design. This concept is rather important especially when designing UX.

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Vintage Collage Creator for Adobe Photoshop

We And The Color

Build stunning vintage collages in no time using a multitude of simple drag and drop design assets including photos, text, illustrations, and textures. Created by the team of Graphic Goods, a small studio specializing in creating illustrations, templates, fonts, and other vintage-inspired graphic design resources, this amazing vintage collage creator is packed with 750+ design assets sourced from a variety of vintage photos, illustrations, art, and ephemera.

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Using High Colour Contrast For More Accessible Design

HONGKIAT

A high bounce rate is frequently caused by the poor visual accessibility of a website. When fonts are too small, or they are hardly legible, when there are too many distractions or not enough whitespace, many people just leave the site without a second thought. One of the most frequent reasons for early abandonment is the poorly selected colour schemes that decrease the readability of the content.

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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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Resume Templates: 25+ Best Simple, Clean CV / Resumes

Graphic Design Junction

Simple and clean Resume Templates , professional and high-quality resumes to help you make a great impression when applying for a job. All resume designs are easy to edit and fully customizable. You can easily change text style, color and layout as per your need. Each template created with a strong baseline/document grid which will allow you to edit or add to the layout very easily.

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Elliot Ulm’s graphic design memes will make you laugh and then make you think

Its Nice That

If the idea of your dream client seeing your post resonates with you more than the idea of your crush seeing your post, then Elliot Ulm’s memes on life as a creative are what you have been looking for.

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Bauhaus Poster Designs — Vector Templates

We And The Color

Get some super-stylish Bauhaus-inspired poster designs as fully editable vector templates. Available on Adobe Stock, these beautifully designed Bauhaus poster templates have been created by @Tartila. Thanks to the use of fully editable vector graphics, you can customize each poster in any possible way. The modern and minimalist design is well suited for a wide range of topics.

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The World Map of the Internet in 2021

Trendland

Words Cyril Foiret. After almost a full year of work, young Slovakian designer Martin Vargic is introducing the brand new Map of the Internet, up to date for the year 2021. This fun and extensive project aims to concisely, but still comprehensively visualize the current state of the World Wide Web today. .

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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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There Is No Such Thing As Neutral Graphic Design

Eye on Design

What does it mean to design “normal” things for “normal” people? Western society defines certain individuals and communities as average and ordinary, while everyone else is something other. People living inside the norm bubble often don’t recognize their own special status, because norms aren’t supposed to be special. Synonyms for the word normal include standard, average, typical, and ordinary.

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Here Design Unveils Ice-cream Recipe Book, Gelupo Gelato

Dexigner

Here Design has unveiled a dreamy pastel-colored design for Gelupo Gelato - a new ice-cream recipe book by renowned restaurateur Jacob Kenedy.

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The Language of Water by Lana Eileen

We And The Color

The Language of Water, a poetic photo series by Australian visual artist, photographer, and musician, Lana Eileen. Lana Eileen is a visual artist, photographer, and musician based on the beautiful island of Tasmania in Australia. Through painting, photography, and sculpture, Eileen’s creative work fuses abstract elements with fine details, combining seemingly disparate fragments to evoke a sense of magic realism.

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Subtle light grunge free photoshop brush texture

Creative Nerds

This a collection of 3 large high resolution soft light very subtle grunge brushes. This a great brush set for using in backgrounds in your project to overlay over photography. It’s a great free high resolution brush set each over 3400px, so perfect for large size for both print and digital design projects. Preview Download. The post Subtle light grunge free photoshop brush texture first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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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.