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50 Free Christmas Templates & Resources for Designers

SpeckyBoy

Christmas is just a few weeks away, and we know that all you designers will be starting to plan the design of your personalized Christmas cards, invitations, wallpapers and everything else in between that is Christmas or holiday season-related. So, just to help you out we have a fantastic collection of free Christmas related resources we know you will love and will hopefully help get you into the festive spirit.

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Free Wallpaper for December 2019

Six Leaf Design

Happy December + last month of the decade! I can remember my dad hanging up our Christmas lights every year outside our house. My mom loved the sleek looking strings of all white lights but dad always liked those huge, colorful lights that were real popular in the 80s. I’m with you, Dad! And that’s what the inspiration for this month’s FREE digital wallpaper design is all about.

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Fine Lines and Dotwork Form Surreal Monochromatic Tattoos by Michele Volpi

Colossal

Italian artist Michele Volpi tattoos highly detailed conceptual pieces using black ink and the negative space of her clients’ skin. With a surrealist style and a monochromatic palette, Volpi inks diagrams of insects, plants, and human anatomy that resemble vintage illustrations borrowed from science textbooks. With precise lines and controlled dotwork, each tattoo looks as if it were printed rather than done by hand.

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The Free Christmas Pictogram Collection (50 Icons, EPS & AI)

Speckyboy Design Magazine

The countdown to Christmas has begun and to help kickstart the celebrations we’re giving away this festive Christmas Pictogram Collection courtesy of our friends over at Freepik. This beautifully designed free Christmas Pictogram Collection contains 50 fully editable icons (in both AI and EPS formats) and also come in three styles: Colored, Lined & Colored Lined.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Wix Playground: It’s Nice That

Shillington

The Wix Playground hosts events every month on design and creativity. This month, they’ve partnered with It’s Nice That to share ideas on creativity and emerging technology. Hear from four experimental designers and creatives, as they discuss how utilizing new technology and tools can help us better understand the world around us. Speakers include: Ezra Miller: Art Director, Artist and Web Developer.

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#ILoveTheseGuys Creative Inspiration: John Malta

Shillington

Shillington students from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGuys series. In this post, New York student Thomas Derwent highlights projects from award-winning Illustrator and Art Director, John F. Malta. Inspiring individual with an insanely massive catalog! Awesome colours and just such cool illustrations.

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This Instagram Account Reveals What Words Really Mean

Design You Trust

HipDict has gained its large following by revealing the real meaning behind words we use every day. All content posted by the account is user-submitted, which means that you too can send them a message offering up your best definitions if you’re feeling inspired after reading this list. View this post on Instagram Be bitchin' A post shared by HipDict – Definition By You (@hipdict) on.

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Is Python the answer to high-end Mobile Apps?

Noupe

Python has been touted as the programming language of the year. It has been among the most popular programming languages. Python has developed a niche for itself in the last few years. A developer at the beginning of his career has been introduced to Python first as his base programming language. Then, gradually the developers escalate and explore other programming languages.

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Russian Artist’s Cute Felted Wool Animals Might Hypnotize You With Their Googly Eyes

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Somewhere in Khabarovsk, Russia, there lives a passionate felted wool artist that makes the cutest woodland animals that seem like they came out of a Disney movie. Her name is Yulia Derevschikova, and she’s been doing this since 2015 and she has created over a hundred of these adorable little critters. More: Instagram h/t: boredpanda View this post on Instagram ???

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Northand Films

Communication Arts

Jomor Design’s site for this production company communicates the quality of its films while developing fun, exploratory moments for visitors.

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Stunning Photos Of Actress Ingrid Bergman As Joan Of Arc In 1948

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Joan of Arc is a 1948 American hagiographic epic film directed by Victor Fleming, produced by Walter Wanger and starring Ingrid Bergman as the French war heroine. It is the last project of Fleming before his death in 1949, only two months after its release. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including the fourth Oscar Best Actress for Bergman, and won two for Best Cinematography.

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Amigo Total

Communication Arts

This Barcelona-based multidisciplinary studio creates work rooted in the semiotics of the Internet’s expansive, unconscious culture.

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Breathtaking Winning Action Sports Images Of The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019

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Red Bull Illume is the world’s greatest adventure and action sports imagery contest. It showcases the most creative and captivating images on the planet, while illuminating the passion, lifestyle and culture behind the photographers that shoot them. The Image Quest 2019 is the fifth edition and evolves with two exciting new categories; Best of Instagram by SanDisk and the Moving Image category.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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UNILAD spot

Communication Arts

“The Illegal Blood Bank” seeks to end blood donation discrimination by demonstrating a fairer system.

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Photographer Thomas Strogalski Captured Wonderful Images Of Abandoned Cars Swallowed By Hawaii’s Jungles

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Both unfortunate and slightly heartening, we see abandoned cars in Hawaii being swallowed up by the thick jungle around them. Vines, trees, and tropical foliage slowly engulf these rotting vehicles, showing that nature really will take over, if given time. In photographs by Thomas Strogalski. More: Thomas Strogalski, Instagram, Facebook h/t: colossal.

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Cyber Monday Communication Arts Sale!

Communication Arts

'Tis the season to save! Communication Arts magazine is running a Cyber Monday deal: a one-year US subscription for just $35—76% off our regular price! This deal lasts through today, December 2nd, so grab yours fast!

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Artist Finds Solace In Dreamlike Photography After Mother Passes Away

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Kirsty Mitchell is a photographer with an awesome talent for creating a surreal and dreamlike universe in her beautiful artwork. Her recently finished project, “Wonderland”, was born as a method of coping with the loss of her mother, who died of brain cancer. More: Kirsty Mitchell, Instagram h/t: grapee She writes on her website that “Photography became my only escape when I.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

The 20 Best Free Fonts for Comic Books & Cartoons – High-quality fonts to spice up your designs. Playing Sounds with CSS – Use CSS to control audio on a webpage. 10 Useful Firefox Developer Tools You Should Know – Inspect your websites like a pro using these powerful tools. The Bright Side of an Increasingly Homogeneous Web – The web is becoming more consolidated, but it’s not all bad news.

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Photographer John Hinde And His Fabulous Colourful Postcards From The Past

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The photographer Martin Parr once described the postcards of John Hinde as “some of the strongest images of Britain in the 1960s and 1970s”. Parr noted that Hinde was: “fastidious about the colour, the saturation, the technique, and that paid off. Source.

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Corporate Business Card Design in Illustrator

Afikur Design

Hello everyone, Today i am share a new business card design with everyone. It’s look simple, creative, corporate & professional. I hope everyone like this. This business card design via using adobe photoshop CS6. Anyone can use this business card for personal purpose. Because i am share this copyright free. Download this business card. Click Here .

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Meanwhile In “Paris Fashion Week”… Have Fashion Designers Gone Insane?

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Believe it or not, but this is an actual fashion collection by designer Rick Owens which debuted in “Paris Fashion Week” few years ago. Have fashion industry gone completely insane? Leave your opinion in comments! h/t: sadanduseless Also, check How Men Should Look… According To Fashion Designers. Source.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

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World AIDS Day: brutal and humane, the US national AIDS crisis in posters

Type room

Tags. World AIDS Day , HIV , campaign , posters , USA , exhibition , medical , epidemic , ACT UP , activism. In 1981 , a new disease appeared in the United States. As it spread, fear and confusion pervaded the country. The infectious “rare cancer” bewildered researchers and bred suspicion, but the worry was not the same for everyone. Many feared contact with those who were ill.

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Shanghai’s 1000 Trees Project Takes Shape

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From Thomas Heatherwick comes the 1000 Trees project, a massive mixed use development just outside of Shanghai. Described more as future topography than as architecture, the complex has a distinctive stepped profile, populated by enormous planters and trees. Set on Suzhou Creek, the development is part of the city’s trendy M50 district. Hundreds of columns help support the building and each hold.

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32 UK Towns With Hilarious Names That Actually Exist

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There are two types of people: those who enjoy traveling and those who don’t. And there’s also the clash between them, with travelers obsessively trying to convert the non-travelers and non-travelers begging to be left alone on the issue. Well, dear non-travelers, here’s yet another reason for you to get out of your comfort zone and to see the world more.

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Handheld, Creepy Furniture Sculptures Made Of Fake Human Skin

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In the unsettling 2009 sculpture series “Handheld,” small models of furniture appear to be made out of human skin. In actuality British artist Jessica Harrison created the sculptures using casts of her own hands. The sculptures intentionally blur the division between the human body and its environment. Much of her work is anatomically-themed—we previously wrote about her series of Bloody Boudoir.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.