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Best Halftones Brushes, Textures and Effects for Photoshop and Illustrator

Graphic Design Junction

Halftone art, with its distinctive dotted patterns, has been a timeless favorite among graphic designers and artists alike. Alternative Printmaker 11. Elegant Halftone Patterns 17. 30 Seamless Tiled Halftone Pattern 18. Shine On – Retro Advertisement Kit 23. Vintage Halftone Illustrator Text Effects 10.

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

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Creative Review Founded in 1980, Creative Review is the world’s leading monthly magazine for advertising, design and visual culture. I Love Typography I Love Typography covers everything from typography and type history to making fonts, and everything in between, including printmaking to book history and occasionally calligraphy.

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

Eye on Design

Born in 1955 near Boston, MA to parents who were both creative professionals, Sandhaus grew up in the kind of design-filled home that had a printmaking workshop—which doubled as a ping pong table—in its basement. Even before she studied design formally, Sandhaus had always been surrounded by it.

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13 Lino Print Ideas You Can Use for Anything

Creative Market

Monochromatic linocut art is a nice way to start, but for more fun and better results, printmakers also add contrasting tones to their pieces through gradients or the use of multiple colored inks. Linoleum Pattern Print Ideas. Check out these brushes and patterns that recreate those desired textures. Linocut-Inspired Designs.

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25 Exciting Female Creatives to Follow This International Women’s Day

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Working for clients such as The New York Times and Tate, her artworks vary from editorial pieces and children’s books to advertising campaigns. Using vibrant yet refreshing colours and geometric patterns, Maaya’s work covers many different themes from culture and environment to the female experience and diversity.

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15 Illustration Portfolio Websites That Are Brimming with Talent

High on Design by Wix

Neatly organized on Naomi’s homepage are her many projects, consisting of gifs, illustrated patterns and greeting cards. Based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, his unique use of color, texture and shape is carried across the different mediums in which he works, such as digital illustration, murals and printmaking. Johanna Puhl.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

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What Images Really Tell Us: Visual Rhetoric in Art, Graphic Design, and Advertising by Massimo Mariani. The book offers the reader techniques to develop new forms, fonts, logos and patterns dealing with every designer’s best friend—the grid. Buy the book. How do images hold and convey meaning? Buy the book. Buy the book.