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Janine Heinrichs' grunge typography posters prove you don't need a degree to be a graphic designer

Creative Boom

The Canadian graphic designer explains how she harnessed social media to help propel her into a professional career. And Canadian graphic designer Janine Heinrichs offers a great example. In May 2020, she was searching for work as a designer. Social media might be problematic in many ways.

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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

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He explains how he transitioned from graphic designer to full-time artist and what inspires his work today. Coming from a graphic design background, Patrick Nelson has been a full-time collage artist now for a number of years. In 2020 he was featured in the De Young Open in San Francisco, a juried community art exhibition.

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Broly Su's graphic illustrations are inspired by a love of hip-hop, basketball and anime

Creative Boom

Atlanta-based graphic designer and illustrator Broly Su brings both his skills together in work inspired by retro toys, hip-hop culture and graffiti. Regarding college, Broly followed the 'safe' route open to artists, namely, studying graphic design as his major.

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Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography

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This side project by Fen Acey combines her love of food and drink packaging with collage and elegant typography to create beautiful and original artisan wine label designs. Fen Acey is a freelance graphic designer based in the North East of England with a passion for the food and drinks industry.

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'Never be afraid to make mistakes': Minkwan Kim on designing visuals for YouTube Music

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At least in the case of Min , a graphic designer and art director based in New York who graduated in 2020 and is currently working at Google YouTube Music. Art of the album Talking about how his interest in typography began, his story sounds reassuringly familiar. But it turns out we were wrong.

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7 graphic design trends for 2022

Designer Daily

Modern designers in their pursuit of trends are not so much trying to jump on a moving train as joining a real revolution in graphic images. That is why the development of design in this style should be approached by truly experienced professionals who provide high-quality graphic design services. Flirty typography.

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A Collection of Fresh Graduation Graphics to Celebrate the Class of 2020

Creative Market

In the midst of social distancing policies and stay-at-home orders, members of the Class of 2020 will have to get (digitally) creative when it comes to celebrating their hard-earned titles. These typography lockups can be used as photo overlays, web headings, or card covers. by sivVector in Graphics. by Zaie in Graphics.

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