Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Example of Retro-Futurism in Action: Synthwave and Cyberpunk Websites: Many designers are applying retro-futurism in web design by using neon color schemes, dark backgrounds, and retro-inspired animations to create immersive user experiences. This approach turns packaging into an interactive experience, enhancing customer engagement.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2025

A farm-first approach, real-world textures, and playful illustrations bring an authentic, handcrafted charm to the Bath-based brewery's new look. Expect homegrown textures, characterful illustrations, and evocative beer names. Somer Valley Brewing isn't your typical craft brewery.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Animation skills Today, nearly every still image brief illustration agencies receive comes with a request for animation, so illustrators who can animate are always in demand. Some fun collaborations happen between animation directors and illustrators. By Michela Picchi, Pocko By Abbie Lossing, Handsome Frank 5.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 14, 2025

eufyMake E1: Performance Texture printing, with brush stroke generation is very good (Image credit: Rob Redman) During the setup process, you install one of the print bed sheets, which does a calibration test. Another trick of the E1 is texture printing. Rob has a background in animation, visual effects, and photography.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It has also ventured into music, comics, and TV, such as the Emmy-winning Arcane, an animated steampunk series for Netflix. This includes a range of patterns that can be used throughout brand assets such as graphics, frames, masks, dividers, and animated textures, instantly bringing a recognisably Riot vibe to any layout.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 4, 2024

Illustrator and animator Dale Crosby-Close is on a mission to bring back the weirdness that dominated online videos at the start of the Noughties. And for illustrator, animator, and "general human being" Dale Crosby-Close, who was a teenager when clips like these first came out, it's a vibe he's trying to recreate in his own work.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 12, 2022

Gritty, grainy, grungy textures are my favourite type of design asset for roughing up your clean digital artwork to give it an old, worn, and distressed appearance. Because grungy textures are sourced from real dirty surfaces, there’s an infinite supply of resources, each one with its own unique style. 10 FREE Dirty Surface Textures.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 18, 2024

Crafted by animation studio ROOF, this inspiring 3D spot captures a mother-son bond, a journey of vision loss, and a new dawn promised by the new drug therapy Vabysmo. Award-winning animation studio ROOF recently teamed up with Grey Health to create a touching 3D-animated short film for Vabysmo, and it's a real winner.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 4, 2024

Illustrator and animator Dale Crosby-Close is on a mission to bring back the weirdness that dominated online videos at the start of the Noughties. And for illustrator, animator, and "general human being" Dale Crosby-Close, who was a teenager when clips like these first came out, it's a vibe he's trying to recreate in his own work.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2025

Her practice spans editorial illustration and animation, with a particular focus on projects that celebrate diversity and cultural heritage. Hugo L Cuellar Hugo L Cuellar is an illustrator and animator known for his rich character design and distinctive approach to game art. © Maïté Franchi © Maïté Franchi 9.

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 6, 2022

In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you some simple steps to create an animal fur text effect. The process makes use of a real animal fur texture for maximum realism. Fur Textures. Animal Print Patterns Pack. Fur Styles, Actions, Brushes.

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Just Creative

MARCH 7, 2021

We feature the best Procreate brushes using Ink, paint, line art, cartooning, anime brushes, pens and more. 10 Best Manga, Anime, Cartooning & Comic Brushes & Pens for Procreate (Free & Premium). Ultimate Manga Procreate Brushes & Anime – $19. Top 15 Best Texture Brushes for Procreate.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

James Wignall has curated a new reel to encapsulate his recent animation work and created a fresh visual identity to boot. Mutant Hands – AKA animator and art director James Wignall – burst onto the creative scene back in 2005, one of a new wave of creatives at the vanguard of the noughties motion graphics revolution.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

"We created unconventional scenarios, such as placing the bottle upside down, without worrying about the readability of the text and relied on the recognition of colours and textures to transform them, through repetition, into brand signs that we could leverage with animations."

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Creative Boom

MAY 26, 2022

While most of us think of wolves as beasts who eat young children's grandmothers, the animal has actually been pivotal to restoring a balanced and healthy ecosystem to the national park that spreads across Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The round label on the front echoes the circular motion of recycling as well as the circle of life.

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Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Simply drag and drop to add layers of borders, overlays and textures and create a unique appearance every time. Find simple and effective video editing assets, photo textures and sound effects, including real film textures, mattes, overlays and animated elements in the Free Sample Pack.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Swedish animator and director Frida Ek has recently released her new animated short, At Last. However, London-based creative director Frida Ek has visualised the euphoric sensation in her latest animation, At Last. Speaking to Creative Boom, Frida says designing and animating for herself has always brought her joy.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

These tools enable the blending of styles, textures, and colors that would be difficult or time-intensive in traditional media. By combining brush techniques, layering, and color grading, they can replicate anything from watercolor to oil painting textures, achieving a level of detail that captivates viewers.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

Manchester-based creative company Flow has created a striking animation for The Trussell Trust, which aims to help students and teachers alike understand the challenges facing young people in poverty. Genuine and relatable stories are at the heart of Flow's latest animation for The Trussell Trust.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 28, 2022

The work of London-based illustrator and animator Anna Broadhurst is instantly recognisable thanks to its distinctive colours and use of dynamic geometric shapes. The animation and illustration work of Yukai Du is also an important influence. "To She finds it a useful way to subtly layer up colours to achieve her desired effect.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Stop-motion model-making combines with digital animation to create the most convincingly cute mouse family you'll see all year. Giving the mice and their home instant visual appeal hinged on Passion Pictures' ability to combine traditional stop-motion and digital animation techniques.

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Just Creative

JULY 16, 2023

When looking for the best animation software , the number of software choices out there can feel overwhelming. Especially for up-and-coming animators who want the best tools. When it comes to the best software for animation, we’ve chosen Adobe Animate as our top pick. So, where do you even start?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Titled Homebird, the Animation is a moving story of the importance of self-belief and the power of embracing your past. A multi-awarded animation director and art director, Ewa Smyk graduated with an MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins in 2015 and an MA in Directing Animation at the National Film and Television School in 2020.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2023

Rotterdam-based film and design studio From Form has unveiled its new cinema-inspired brand identity, aiming to demonstrate the breadth of its projects across film, design, animation and photography. Its client list includes the likes of Ace & Tate, Skoda, Amsterdam Museum Night, and OFFF Festival.

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Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Animation has come a long way from the first animated cartoon in 1908, but thankfully as the technology of animation has moved forward, so have the opportunities that amateur animators have to not only learn their craft but to improve upon it as well. What to look for in an online animation course.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It's now partnered with &Walsh once more to develop a full branding system, including an entire asset library of custom illustrations and animations, a custom typeface, and visual continuity for the brand's international locations across Miami, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The 2024 winners were chosen by an expert judging panel consisting of printmaker and previous Illustration Awards winner James Albon, author, illustrator, and animator Yasmeen Ismail, founder and director of Gran Salón Mexico Maru Aguzzi, and esteemed illustrator and cartoonist Chris Riddell.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

British illustrator, animator and director Hannah Jacobs has been amazing audiences with her stunning work for the likes of Netflix, Apple and Google. Realised with hand-illustrated animations and painterly textures, the short film follows Martha as she stops listening to her intuitions and watches her life unravel as a result.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Washington DC-based illustrator and artist Katty Huertas has ticked off her goal to be more involved with the local art community by painting her first ever mural, which depicts a train full of human animals going about their day. Her other love, animals, proved to be more of a challenge when it came to realising them. Cue panic. "At

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Design Milk

JANUARY 13, 2025

This approach marries minimalist aesthetics with a profound connection to nature, reflecting her heritage and belief that every object possesses a soul a central tenet of animism. In a limited edition of 12 pieces, the Grun tables further channel the magic of the first.

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Design Milk

MAY 27, 2025

The modern furnishings curated by Karyne Murphy Studio lean toward soft textures, natural hues, and minimalist compositions, reinforcing the calm and contemplative atmosphere throughout. They direct shifting patterns of sunlight throughout the day, animating the interior with shadows and reflections.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 23, 2023

And she explores these meanings in her lurid yet softly textured editorial work for magazines and websites. "I I enjoy pulling the rich tones and textures out of the food I’m drawing," she tells Creative Boom. "I Sometimes the colours and textures take the lead on a food illustration project," she adds.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The bright colours and expressive patterns of Steve Harrington stood out to Katie, and this led to her conceptualising a wacky character that wasn't a person, animal or object as they had all been done before. These are then coloured and given a texture and pattern before being imported into Illustrator, where she works with typography.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

© Anna Knopf Germany-based illustrator and storyteller Anna Knopf creates delightfully snug worlds in her atmospheric artwork populated by people, plants, and members of the animal kingdom. However, the other stars of her art are animals. "I Sounds like heaven, right? I hope he brings out a picture book sometime in the future."

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each individual check comes to life in various ways, animating into a vibrant star or a flywheel. Gradients are used to draw the user in and create a sense of texture and "emotional resonance". All of which helps to "tell a story of forward motion, of flow, and the joy of completing one task after another."

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Graphic Design Junction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

There are watercolor, patterns, textures, inking, and pencil brushes for illustrations and drawing. Create landscape drawing, illustrations and portrait art with custom procreate brushes which has build-in texture and variety of choices, to fullfill all your requirements. Animals Stamps Children Paint Color. Download.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 23, 2023

Recent projects include cover illustrations, editorial work and animation for The Washington Post. This has also made it easier for him to pick up skills across 3D modelling and animation. I grab inspiration from organic shapes that I find in nature or textures that occur in manufactured things over time through erosion," he says.

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