Creative Boom

JUNE 15, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Things are tough for many creatives right now. Lee-May Lim , a freelance book designer, describes experiencing "four straight months of nothing", the worst period in her eight-year freelance career. We share some of the ways they're fighting back. Let's not beat around the bush.

Freelance

Its Nice That

JUNE 12, 2025

Gallery Untiled Macao: Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival (Copyright © Untitled Macao), 2024) The Latest View more from Event Graphic Design Illustration Review of the Year 2023: Top 15 Talks Universal Everything, Anna Fearon, Aysha Tengiz and adam&eveDDB: Tickets available for December’s Nicer Tuesdays! 15 May 2025 Nicer Tuesdays Work.

Art

Graphic Design Junction

JULY 31, 2021

Script fonts Suitable for Logo, badges , greeting cards, quotes, posters, branding, name card, stationary, design title, art quote, typography, art, modern envelope lettering or book design , happening style like hand-drawn design or watercolor design theme , or any purpose to make our art/design project look pretty and trendy.

Fonts

Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Unique Hard Cover Book Mockup. Present your book design in this Photoshop mockup for realistic preview. This is Photoshop file, 4 different styles, layered, smart object features to help you change sample image with your book design. Customizable Hard Book Mockup. Awesome Book Mockup. Download Mockup.

Photoshop

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

With Adobe introducing a 3D tool into Illustrator and the rising popularity of tools like Blender, these techniques will become more accessible to designers and art directors," predicts Mark. Examples can be seen in the work of art director Thomas Burden , 3D artist Eve Cremers and creative director Daniel Escudeiro.

Fonts

Tuts Plus

MARCH 27, 2020

You could be the next greatest author of our time with our book design templates. Find your perfect cover with this list of exquisite InDesign book templates which have the best book layouts and cover designs. 28 Best InDesign Book Templates & Book Design Templates. Adobe InDesign.

Templates

Tuts Plus

JULY 23, 2020

Here you’ll learn how to make a vintage book cover and recreate the look with woodcut-style illustrations and calligraphy type. We’ll look at how to make a fairy-tale book front cover and decorative spine step by step, using Adobe Illustrator , Adobe Photoshop , and Adobe InDesign to put the artwork together.

Vectors

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 10, 2024

InDesign vs Illustrator: Which Design Software Should You Use? In graphic design and publishing, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator are two of the most popular software tools. What is Adobe InDesign? What is Adobe Illustrator? When Should You Use Illustrator? But there is some overlap.

Illustration

Just Creative

JUNE 4, 2020

Created by The Artifex Forge, the Vintage Comic Creator comes with a wide array of layer styles, patterns, and overlays that have been created with ease of use in mind to help you quickly design vintage comic book designs. To use, simply place your text and use the overlay to apply your desired effect.

Photoshop

Shillington

MAY 10, 2021

BelCham—Centennial history book , Silver in Book Design 2021. Invisible Cage , Silver in Book Design 2021. Plant Powered , Gold in Promotional Materials 2021, Silver in Illustration 2021, Silver in Book Design 2021. Oversharing My Selves , Silver in Book Design 2021.

Arts and Crafts

Shillington

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Body text in Plantin has a rich texture and is ideally suited for editorial or book designs – though it performs perfectly well on screens as well. Robert Slimbach’s Minion was released in 1990 by Adobe. So much so, we’ve seen it in many student projects this year. We think it’ll find even more ground in 2020.

Fonts

Design Beep

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

An illustrator can create covers and drawings for books, design magazines, advertisements, posters, stock, and games. A web designer must understand how a site works from the inside and how to convert code into a graphic element. He needs to master Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Illustrator.

Programming

Envato Tuts+

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Check out these awesome collections for more inspiration: Menu Design. Graphic Design. 27 Restaurant Menu Templates With Creative Designs. Book Design. Print Design. Learn Restaurant Menu Design in Adobe InDesign. Print Design. 10 Design Tips for Creating Mouth-Watering Menus.

Templates

Shillington

MAY 28, 2020

Vince Frost Design Your Life. In his 2015 book, Design Your Life, Vince Frost laid out his central idea that design thinking can apply to everything from business to life. Rob Johnston is an independent graphic designer and photographer based in New York. Listen here. Listen here.

Arts and Crafts

Inkbot Design

AUGUST 23, 2024

Adobe Creative Cloud: The Standard If you want to play it safe, you can’t go wrong with an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. It’s been making waves in design communities everywhere as being just as powerful as Adobe — without the subscription. Your designer friend will be pulling quotes from this for years to come.

Graphic Design

Inkbot Design

APRIL 11, 2023

Plus, Bokhua provides detailed instructions on sketching and refining logos through tracing, then grid and executing a mark in Adobe Illustrator. You'll also learn why gridding is essential and understand the golden ratio and when to use it. But that's not all!

Publication

Shillington

APRIL 19, 2021

The truth is, employers will not be looking at your degree in design to determine if you’re qualified for the job. . The industry thrives upon designers who can deliver a range of creative content in the arenas of advertising, book design, magazine design, information maps, typography and beyond.

Graphic Design

Inkbot Design

MARCH 9, 2023

He also delves into how design can impact our thoughts and decision-making, such as how the layout of a website can influence our navigation and choice of content. According to a survey conducted by Adobe , 73% of respondents agreed that “good design makes a difference in the world.”

Publication

Shillington

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Designed by Robert Slimbach, it was released in 1990 by Adobe Systems. For a text-heavy design, we’d highly recommend giving the heady combination of Poppins and Minion a try. Inspired by the hand lettering of 20th-century book designer and calligrapher Oscar Ogg, Ogg captures a unique mix of calligraphic and typographic form.

Fonts

Tuts Plus

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This Roman inscription is often described as the original serif typeface, and its square, honest and imposing design has become the basis of almost every serif font since, including of course Trajan , a font based on the inscription designed by Carol Twombly for Adobe in 1989. . Melody Nieves. 20 Mar 2017. Jan Stverak.

Fonts

Inspiration Feed

APRIL 27, 2020

There’s something absolutely fascinating about the Korean culture. It has taken over the entire world, with Korean pop stars, Korean makeup, Korean fashion, and everything else Korean dominating the scene everywhere you look. Of course, among the trends are Korean…

Graphic Design

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

With these kinds of sizes available to us, I started thinking about other kinds of applications that might work, and all kinds of Tungsten projects came to mind: print packaging, broadcast graphics, branding guidelines, videogames, books, websites…” Four-in-one.

Fonts

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 20, 2023

You can add cartoons, designs, illustrations, or even a picture. Some prominent apps include Canva , MS Word, Adobe Illustrator , and Photoshop. You can pick out elements or use PNGs to enhance the cover of your book. You can choose whatever you want with it and have fun with the process. Use high-quality images.

Marketing

Inspiration Feed

APRIL 5, 2020

Design School. Two relatively ordinary words, but once put together take on a distinct meaning – a glorified institute subliminally pushing the notion that the combination of art and academia is the recipe for success. Let’s start off by stressing…

Education

Inspiration Feed

APRIL 5, 2020

Design School. Two relatively ordinary words, but once put together take on a distinct meaning – a glorified institute subliminally pushing the notion that the combination of art and academia is the recipe for success. Let’s start off by stressing…

Education

Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 21, 2022

21 Fresh Adobe Photoshop Brushes Set. 23 Best Photoshop Actions for Photographers & Designers. Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets. Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets. Add these fonts to your creative Halloween themed ideas and notice how it will make them stand out!

Fonts

Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Open Type features can be accessed by using OpenType savvy programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop Corel Draw X version, And Microsoft Word. Pumpkin Web is an exquisite handwritten font, masterfully designed to become a true favorite. Pumpkin Web Halloween Font.

Fonts

Inkbot Design

MAY 16, 2024

Use a clean, flexible book design with sleek details like blind embossing or fabric binding. Software Mastery – Knowing industry-standard programs like Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketch, InVision, etc. Tech skills = design firepower. What are some standard tools used by designers?

Portfolio

Graphic Design Junction

JUNE 4, 2021

Present your book design on Photoshop mockups for realistic preview. These photorealistic book cove mockups help you to show your label designs or to sell your products in an easy and professional way. High quality Notebook and Book mockups are suitable to showcase your design with the fresh looking mockups.

Photoshop

Abduzeedo

APRIL 20, 2020

Adobe Releases Free Coloring Books + Live Sessions with Top Artists. Starting last week, Adobe is releasing a series of free weekly coloring book downloads on Adobe Create designed by leading artists such as Jessica Hische , Lisa Congdon , Adam J. Probably you already saw, read it or downloaded it.

Adobe

Envato Tuts+

JUNE 30, 2021

So, which Adobe program is used for typesetting? Adobe InDesign is the best software for typesetting an interior page layout. If you've been in design for a few years (or decades!), You'll find that most designers with an editorial background are very specific about text.

Fonts

UX Collective

JUNE 5, 2022

How designers can capture the voices that represent non-human living beings. Yes, there are important movements like sustainable design, eco design and circular design.

Industrial Design

Envato Tuts+

MARCH 26, 2021

It’s a popular choice for everything from school work to advertising, book design, and even logos. Therefore, they obtained the license from the original foundries and ensured complete dominance over digital fonts, to the extent that designers could only access certain typefaces through Adobe products.

Fonts

We And The Color

JULY 11, 2024

Feel free to find other recommended books on WE AND THE COLOR or browse through our Interior Design and Architecture categories. Header image by jm1366 (via Adobe Stock). Let’s keep the conversation going! Subscribe to our newsletter!

Interior Design

Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

Getting started Born and raised in south London with Jamaican roots, Leah's love for the arts paved the way for her career in brand and packaging design. Alongside these endeavours, she's carved out a niche as a freelance book designer, creating covers for a range of international publishers across various genres.

Packaging Design

High on Design by Wix

APRIL 23, 2019

His design work is presented in the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA and the Louvre. He’s also an author, teacher, podcaster and public speaker, and has worked with notable clients, like Adobe, Time Magazine, MailChimp and more. We spoke with James about his many creative undertakings: Designing ideas, not trends.

Book Design

UX Collective

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Why it is time to move beyond just designing for humans. Image by Ilias via Adobe Stock This article is based on a recently published academic paper with the title Non-Human Personas: Including Nature in the Participatory Design of Smart Cities , which appeared in the Journal of Interaction Design & Architecture(s).

Animation