The Logo Smith

MAY 11, 2020

The post The Monomarks Book: My 1st Self Published Perfect Bound Logo Design Book appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 TheLogoSmith.co |. The Monomarks Book: My 1st Self Published Perfect Bound Logo Design Book. Starting the Self Publishing Journey. Mostly a Self Indulgence.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We last chatted to Shillington London graduate Holly Ovenden back in 2015, a year after she graduated, and had just started her career as a book cover designer. When we last chatted 8 years ago, you had just landed your dream job as a Junior Book Cover Designer at Bloomsbury Publishing. Wow—quite a lot has happened since then!

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Inkbot Design

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Freelance Graphic Design: An Introduction Working independently as a graphic designer , offering design services to customers on a by-project basis is known as freelance graphic design. Freelance graphic designers have become more in demand in recent years due to the growing gig economy and technological advances. And at night?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether in the form of a printed brochure or a digital app, the most important part is 'to perform a function'. In practice, a graphic designer typically works with various media, including both print and digital, to create designs that meet the needs of their clients or employers. How much does a freelance graphic designer make?

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At university, Joe's interests expanded into the realms of editorial and publishing projects, along with forays into screen-printing and frame-by-frame animation. After graduation, Joe was determined to carve a path in the world of freelance illustration. Looking ahead, Joe's journey promises to be exciting.

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Eye on Design

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Much of the work we do as designers, publishers, and artists remain mystified to our peers and the community at large. As a designer and artist myself, and as someone who has been in and out of the realm of independent publishing, I wanted to lift the veil and ask practical questions to independent publishers about how they make it work.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

At the same time, she was constantly being exposed to comics, magazines and picture books with a look to becoming a painter or a fashion designer when she grew up. "To I found a lot of magazine publishers from the UK and Europe in a comic store, so I decided to study illustration in London and work as a freelance illustrator.".

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Best Graphic Design Books to Buy. I recently updated one of the more popular posts on the blog entitled the best books for Logo Designers and thought a corresponding page of the best Graphic Design books could be helpful. This book focuses on what design is and does and what it should be and do. $19.99.

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 27, 2023

Freelance Design Jobs: Empowering Creativity and Flexibility Welcome to a brand-new conversation, we have today – about a revolutionary shift in the world of work. For many, it's the reality of being a freelance designer. This has opened many possibilities for freelance designers and those working within established design firms.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 23, 2024

Molly Maine is single, living alone in London, and working full-time in publishing. This then evolved into a collection of travel prints, which in turn caught the attention of various clients from the travel and lifestyle industries, turning into commissions." But something isn't right. Travelling is not without its setbacks, though.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 23, 2021

Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby (designed by Random House’s Rachel Ake Keuch ) has been one of the most consequential pieces of mainstream fiction to publish this year: a modern relationship story that offers a view into urban trans culture. Three books that exemplify the “frappuccino unicorn” trend.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 19, 2024

” Launching in 2012, with a collective background in fine arts, curation, creative direction, design, publishing, and fashion, With Projects, Inc. The book series can be found in permanent collections throughout the country. Published by Ze Books, 2023. “My career trajectory wasn’t an obvious one.

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Noupe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That’s where the graphic design books come into play. There are so many great books written by experienced designers, and we’ll try to go through a few of them in this article. Without further ado, here are the graphic design books you should read if you are looking for a career in graphic design. Graphic Design Books.

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Spine Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

For the first time in its decades of existence, the Washington State-based independent press Empty Bowl has published the work of an Asian American female author. Virga is Pai’s eleventh collection of work, and her first full-length book of poetry in eight years. By the beginning of 2021, she knew she had enough poems for a book.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of covers for new titles. There’ll be some catching up to do in 2021, that’s for sure.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2022

And a printer; so handy to print your own work out at home, to check the sizing.". But on a more practical basis, the best design books can help provide you with ideas, inspiration and a healthy way to take a break during a stressful day. A Wacom tablet or iPad with Apple Pencil. A really good chair. Spotify for tunes.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 16, 2021

An essential part of generating this list of ten favourite book covers of the year is tracking down the designer behind each one. More than a minor inconvenience for me, this is indicative of a wider problem for book cover designers. Book publishers! Publishing (and the media that supports it) has to be better at this.

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Just Creative

APRIL 19, 2023

InDesign is a typesetting and desktop publishing tool developed by Adobe. It can be just too expensive for freelancers and users running low on budget. Affinity Publisher (Editor’s Choice) Affinity Publisher. Launched in 2008, Affinity Publisher is our top choice for the best alternative to Adobe InDesign.

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Illustration Age

JUNE 29, 2020

We finally got our hands on the latest print edition from Directory of Illustration , released earlier this year with gorgeous cover and interior art by Lisa Perrin. Directory of Illustration is distributed free of charge to thousands of art buyers who regularly hire freelance artists and animators.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Its design was inspired by book covers from the first half of the 20th century, particularly those crafted in the 1930s for the renowned publisher Albatross. In short, Module is a distinctive contemporary display font that's suitable for both digital and print-based projects that you want to stand out.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It’s a damning set of statistics, but one that many freelancers and self-employed designers will be all too familiar with eight months into the pandemic. ” Like so many other freelancers, the lack of jobs has seen Mackintosh diversify his offering.

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Grain Edit

DECEMBER 15, 2018

In our latest edition of book picks we highlight titles from Wee Society, Intercom, Universe/Rizzoli, Laurence King, TBW Books, HarperCollins and Princeton Architectural Press. Sasek: The Extraordinary Life and Travels of the Beloved Children’s Book Illustrator. Published by Universe/ Rizzoli. The Fish and the Cat.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 15, 2024

Coursework covers principles of design, colour, typography, printing techniques, graphics software, marketing, and project management. Full-time vs. freelance: Freelancers average around $42/hour. Education and Training Most graphic design jobs require a bachelor's degree. Average salary is around $50,000.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 1, 2023

Upon releasing her newest project, Astro Alignment, she sat down with us to discuss her journey from freelance designer to metaphysical brand owner and why intuition has always been her guiding force. You may not be a children's book illustrator, but you do illustrate your work for a living today. So I reached out to a publisher.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 8, 2019

It’s more or less a given that the contemporary book cover needs to work across a range of different environments — from the bookshop to the online store, on social media as a gif or a shareable animation, and beyond. Someone has added fake book covers to #DavidCameron ’s book in Foyles, Charing Cross Road! ???? *????credit

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Logo Smith

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The post Learning about Typography: The Typography Primer Book & Glossary of Typographic Terms – Free PDF Download appeared first on Smithographic All Original Content © 1996 – 2022 Smithographic.uk |. Even for those seasoned designers and self proclaimed typographers, this is a good resource book to have close by.

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The Logo Smith

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I’m a freelance graphic designer in San Diego, California. The core of my approach to design is strong concept development, yielding strong typographic and illustrative results in digital and print media. He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books.

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Eye on Design

JULY 12, 2021

It depends on who you ask, so we asked five art directors, each hailing from a different set of coordinates across the media and publishing landscape. Some art directors like receiving midweek emails, others want you to know what “a big book” means (it’s not what you think), and essentially all of them are looking for new talent on Instagram.

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Shillington

MARCH 8, 2021

Juliette van Rhyn has designed printed textiles for fashion and interiors for the last decade and today works as a freelance print and graphic designer in London. Working for clients such as The New York Times and Tate, her artworks vary from editorial pieces and children’s books to advertising campaigns.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

That is the major reason many beginners, freelancers, small businesses, and professionals look for Adobe alternatives. Affinity Publisher — Best Adobe InDesign alternative. Affinity Publisher — The best Adobe InDesign alternative. Affinity Publisher. Affinity Publisher is like Adobe InDesign, but it costs much less.

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Shillington

JUNE 24, 2020

We’ve covered the work of many creatives, from freelance designers to animation studios, in many different countries so far and now we’re heading to the USA for a celebration of creatives from the many cities of Pennsylvania. Risolve Studio is a Risograph printing studio founded in 2017, which is located in downtown Lancaster, PA.

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Logo Smith

AUGUST 11, 2021

You can see more of Concepcion’s work on his Instagram and if so inclined; buy prints on Etsy. ? Not all his designs are movie posters, with some being concert posters, album covers, and many other styles to browse through. Found via Kottke. Groundhog Day Movie Poster designed by Patrick Concepcion.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Malika Favre’s latest project is a “celebration of sex and the human body” in book form. The French illustrator has partnered with independent publisher Counter-Print to produce Kama Sutra A-Z, a book which sees her turn the 26 letters of the alphabet into erotic art pieces.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

She recently published her first book, Ask Olivia: An Entrepreneur's Advice For Entrepreneurial Life. Elsewhere, Olivia also works as a freelance sports reporter. Strong print, branding, advertising and packaging, she has a keen interest in arts, entertainment, pop culture and the internet. Rose Stewart. Nicole Cousins.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 12, 2022

Most designers usually work in print media, like newspapers, magazines and books. I also recommend reading books on graphic design. A graphic designer can earn a good amount of money through freelance gigs. They can get jobs from freelancers. You can also use samples of your print designs. Find a mentor.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This approach is suitable for graphic designers who work in a company or a team of freelance designers (so they can access many professionals at a time). 5 Read Books About Design Today, you can find well-written and detailed books on virtually any subject imaginable – and graphic design is no exception.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

New York-based illustrator Xinmei Liu is an only child, and says that as a kid she’d copy the images from her picture books to stave off any loneliness. “I didn’t fully know what illustration was when I chose my major, and I thought they were just drawings in books. .

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