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30+ Best Procreate Brushes for Illustration

Graphic Design Junction

The best Procreate brushes for digital illustrations, sketching and drawing. Procreate is the most powerful iPad app for and only Procreate lovers understand the importance of Procreate Brushes. In this article we gathered 30+ best Procreate brsuhes for illustration. Procreate comes with an entire library of brushes with everything from pencils, inks, charcoals, to artistic brushes that lay beautiful painterly textures.

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The 2022 World Design Rankings (WDR) by the A’ Design Award

Design Milk

The 2022 World Design Rankings (WDR) organized by the A’ Design Award and Competition have been released! The rankings didn’t change very much compared to last year. Once again, China took the #1 spot among the 114 countries represented. The following spots (USA, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Taiwan, and Germany) also remained unchanged but Portugal pulled in to round out the top 10.

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Factors That Make Personalized eLearning Solutions More Effective Than Ready-Made Training

Graphic Design Junction

In today’s world, learners’ needs are changing rapidly. Therefore, corporates are looking into custom eLearning solutions as a way to personalize corporate training experiences. Custom eLearning allows you to tailor the training to your organization’s specific needs, making it much more effective than ready-made training. This article will discuss the factors that make custom eLearning development more effective.

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Ukai Sushi Bar Identity Design by The Branding People

We And The Color

Check out this beautiful brand identity of Ukai, a sophisticated sushi bar at the Conrad Hotel in Tulum, Mexico. Ukai, the enlightened sushi bar at the Conrad Hotel in Tulum, is a tribute to all our seas provide us. Enhanced by an ardent dedication to environmentalism, Ukai serves only sustainably sourced fish and seafood over an ultramodern sushi counter.

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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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Why You Should Conduct Annual Website Audits

SpeckyBoy

The websites we build don’t always keep pace with technology. Best practices, frameworks, and other tools seem to change in the blink of an eye. And whether you manage a single site or a hundred , there always seem to be things that slip through the cracks. Thankfully, websites don’t have to stay frozen in time, either. We can use our knowledge to help them evolve.

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Designing for brand integrity: how to integrate branding into UX

UX Collective

Photo by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash Branding and user experience (UX) design might appear to be two distinct concepts, yet they are inextricably linked. Branding is the process of developing a distinctive brand and image for a product or organization. In contrast, UX design is the discipline of building products that give consumers a relevant and meaningful experience.

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Tallo's Label Features A Juicy Typography System

The Die Line

Tallo, an Argentinian cold juice brand, has a design system that balances a sense of humor with a healthy mindset. .

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Beautiful Miniature Glass Sculptures by Kiva Ford

Design You Trust

Kiva Ford’s passion for glass stems from his college degree in Scientific Glassblowing. Throughout his career, he has gained expertise in creating intricate glass instruments for scientific use, collaborating with researchers at prestigious institutions across the United States. His technical skills have earned him numerous accolades from the American Scientific Glassblowers Society.

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Pelé – The Smiling, Joyous King of Football

Joe McNally

Pelé, the magnificent football player, and ebullient, gracious human, is gone. I only photographed him once, in the showers at Giant Stadium in New Jersey. The occasion was the happy, raucous locker room scene that occurred right after the Cosmos successfully defended their championship of the NASL. The year was 1978, and the crowd out there in East Rutherford still ranks as the largest crowd to ever watch a soccer game in North America.

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Artist Illustrates The Crazy Life Of Being A Cat In Beautiful Watercolor Paintings

Design You Trust

According to Draw An: “I am Draw An from Taiwan. I love drawing watercolor paintings of cats.” More: Instagram , Etsy , Facebook h/t: boredpanda. Source.

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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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Colorful, symmetric and psychodelic illustrations by Yo AZ

Abduzeedo

Colorful, symmetric and psychodelic illustrations by Yo AZ. abduzeedo 0102—23 If you're looking for some truly eye-catching and unique illustrations, you need to check out the work of Yo Az. This talented illustrator has a knack for creating colorful, symmetric, and psychedelic designs that are sure to grab your attention and hold it. One of the things that sets Yo Az's illustrations apart is their use of bold, vibrant colors.

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Boldly Contrasted Maps by Spencer Schien Visualize Population Density Data

Colossal

All images © Spencer Shien, shared with permission. It’s one thing to know that Chicago is the third largest city in the United States or that the fastest growing metropolitan areas are in the West and the South, but how can we see it? Data technologist Spencer Schien answers that question with an ongoing series of population density maps of states, rivers, and coastlines.

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LogoArchive Ukraine

BP&O

In 2020 LogoArchive started to roll out a research programme, inviting international designers to use the platform to share the works of their countries, with a special interest in those who have been previously under-represented. This included nations in the Middle East, East Asia and Eastern Europe. Since then, the LogoArchive Instagram accounts have continually surprised and delighted.

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Photographer Spotlight: Sophie Green

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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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Responsive Web Design: 50 Examples and Best Practices

Designmodo

This post is originally published on Designmodo: Responsive Web Design: 50 Examples and Best Practices The number of handheld devices operating worldwide is growing exponentially. According to stats, more than 90% of adults own a cell phone, whereas almost 50% of smartphone users admit that they could not live without their devices.

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Contractor Websites: 25 Excellent Examples for Inspiration

Vandelay Design

These beautiful contactor website provide excellent examples and inspiration if you're looking to build your own site, or one for a client. The post Contractor Websites: 25 Excellent Examples for Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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Typography: Anatomy of a Letterform

Designmodo

This post is originally published on Designmodo: Typography: Anatomy of a Letterform Typography has deeply ingrained in our lives: it is on our phones, in books, on websites, in instruction booklets, and even on shop displays and walls on the street.

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Various Illustrations 2012 on the Behance Network #poster #vector #star #adidas #wars

Designspiration

Various Illustrations 2012 on the Behance Network #poster #vector #star #adidas #wars

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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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Drawing For Inspiration

Communication Arts

Illustrator Charlie Davis discusses his exploratory and research-based creative process and the development of his style for commercial projects.

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JC SD Photography | PICDIT #photo #photos #photography #color

Designspiration

JC SD Photography | PICDIT #photo #photos #photography #color

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Mapping the sea floor

FlowingData

Jon Keegan on how USGS researchers collected data for 125 square miles of sea floor : In 2004 and 2005, two research vessels, Ocean Explorer and Connecticut set off into the waters off Cape Ann, Massachusetts on a U.S. Geological Survey mission to map a section of the bottom of the sea. Equipped with cameras, advanced sonar and bathymetric scanners, these ships mapped 125 square miles of the sea floor capturing a detailed dataset that allowed U.S.

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JC SD Photography | PICDIT #photo #photos #photography #color

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JC SD Photography | PICDIT #photo #photos #photography #color

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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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Neoplants

Typewolf

Fonts: Sainte Colombe , Aeonik , Söhne

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Gimme Bar | Frontage by Juri Zaech - Desktop Font, WebFont and Mobile Font - YouWorkForThem #isometric #retro #typography

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Gimme Bar | Frontage by Juri Zaech - Desktop Font, WebFont and Mobile Font - YouWorkForThem #isometric #retro #typography

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Can ChatGPT write a proper usability test script?

UX Collective

Is artificial intelligence ready to take on UX research work? Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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multiple exposure nature portraits by christoffer relander 03 #multiple #photography #exposure

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multiple exposure nature portraits by christoffer relander 03 #multiple #photography #exposure

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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.

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Map Art

Swiss Miss

Ed Fairburn draws detailed human portraits emerging out of maps. Stunning!

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E-X-P-L-O-R-E // By Land, Sky & Sea #3d #line #fish #texture #logo #balloon #illustration #plane #rocket #type #web #detail

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E-X-P-L-O-R-E // By Land, Sky & Sea #3d #line #fish #texture #logo #balloon #illustration #plane #rocket #type #web #detail

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Developer handoff: from zero to interaction recordings

UX Collective

Design handoff can be challenging. It requires clear communication and a shared understanding of the design intent. Designers need to make… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.