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Best Halftones Brushes, Textures and Effects for Photoshop and Illustrator

Graphic Design Junction

Alternative Printmaker 11. Shine On – Retro Advertisement Kit 23. For just $3, this action adds a retro halftone effect inspired by popular vintage trends. Download Alternative Printmaker Looking for an alternative to modern printmaking? Awesome Halftone Photoshop Actions 6. Comic Halftone Photoshop Action 7.

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50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2023 Update)

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These blogs can also be a great source of visual inspiration, helping to spark fresh ideas of your own and stopping you from becoming creatively stale. It continues to bring you high quality, well-written news and inspiration across graphics, branding, interiors, digital, product, furniture and more.

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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

Creative Boom

Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). BCU Inspired 2022 , Birmingham City University. Students at Glasgow School of Art. Grad shows are back in physical form: hooray!

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Women’s History Month–Redefining Their Fields

Thinking Design

S öre Popitz (1896-1993) The Bauhaus’ only known woman graphic designer, Popitz distinguished herself from her male peers, embellishing her designs with blocky characters that depicted a uniquely female experience unseen in commercial advertising at the time.

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Famous Pop Art Artists’ Everlasting Influence on Graphic Design

Creative Market

Today, his name is virtually synonymous with abstract expressionism and the use of celebrity culture and advertising in his designs. Taking inspiration from comic strips for his pieces, Roy Lichtenstein was famous for using parody in his pop art contributions. Warhol contributed numerous epic artworks to this visual format.

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35 Examples of Vintage and Retro Typography You Need to See

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This means looking toward the future to predict what is coming, but just as importantly looking back to the past for reference and for inspiration. Here, we’re going to delve deep and dig out some of the most interesting vintage typography, all of which can inspire designers or even be used in your designs today. Bayer Universal.

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Louise Sandhaus Uplifts the Stories of Graphic Design’s Unsung Makers

Eye on Design

She’s inspired countless young designers through her courses at CalArts, while also serving as co-director of the school’s Graphic Design Program, an AIGA board member, and Chair of the AIGA Design Educators Community steering committee. For Louise Sandhaus, her role as a design educator and mentor reaches back nearly twenty-five years.

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