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30+ Best Christmas Fonts

Graphic Design Junction

The holiday season is upon us, and it’s time to bring your creative projects to life with the perfect touch of festive cheer. Whether you’re designing greeting cards, holiday-themed branding, or decorative invitations , choosing the right fonts can set the mood and make your work shine. Christmas fonts are a must-have for any designer or hobbyist aiming to capture the warmth, joy, and nostalgia of the holiday season.

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New look and new showreel for Mutant Hands

Creative Boom

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. Bringing together vector graphics, geometry and desktop animation tools, Mutant Hands and his contemporaries brought motion to the internet, pushing bandwidths and the aesthetic of

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The best subtitle fonts for accessibility

Creative Bloq

Here are the accessible fonts to use for subtitling video, TV and film content, with advice from experts. Subtitles are vital for accessibility.

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15+ Best Free Sports Fonts for Creatives

SpeckyBoy

Graphic design related to sports has a unique visual identity. It often shines through in its typography. You’ll find big, bold characters that represent motion. It’s as if the text is reaching toward the next challenge. As such, most traditional fonts won’t do when it comes to sports marketing. You’ll want something that gives you action and energy.

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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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The Philadelphia 76ers hilarious design fail proves the importance of kerning

Creative Bloq

Always check your spacing.

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WE AND THE COLOR’s Podcast The Talk Now on Apple Podcasts

We And The Color

Explore Art and Design with Ease I am happy to announce that WE AND THE COLOR’s art and design podcast, The Talk , has expanded its availability. In addition to Spotify and Amazon Music , you can now enjoy our insightful discussions and expert interviews on Apple Podcasts. This move aims to make The Talk accessible to a wider audience, catering especially to Apple users who rely on the platform for their daily dose of inspiration.

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‘Flow’ Follows a Courageous Black Cat Navigating a World Suddenly Plunged Underwater

Colossal

When a brave black cat’s world is turned upside down after a massive flood, everything feels uncertain. Fortunately, when the feline teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog navigating a boat in search of dry land, the eclectic group relies on their unlikely friendships and a mix of courage, trust, and wits to survive in their newly aquatic world.

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There are lessons to be learned from the Wicked poster controversy

Creative Bloq

In the age of AI, are fan-made posters just as important as the real things?

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Masks and Make-Believe: Children Traverse ‘Paper Stories’ in José Luis Ceña’s Paintings

Colossal

Elaborate, imaginary worlds open up around the youthful characters in José Luis Ceña ’s oil paintings. Brushy, splattered, and sometimes fuzzy around the edges, his protagonists don homemade costumes and traipse through forts made from sheets and boxes. “I believe that addressing the topic of children more deeply in my paintings came about as a result of having my two children,” the artist tells Colossal. “Living with children makes you realize issues you thought were forgotten

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A Blender artist has put Kermit the Frog in 25 iconic movies, and I'm obsessed

Creative Bloq

From Twilight to Lord of the Rings and Dirty Dancing, the results are surprisingly impressive.

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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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David Shrigley reveals sleeve art for Hot Chip x Sleaford Mods collab

Its Nice That

Created for the tracks Nom Nom Nom and Cat Burglar, the artwork explores identity and the “many different versions of ourselves”.

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From 3D pens to craft kits, these are the Christmas presents creatives really want

Creative Bloq

From 3D pens to craft kits, these are the Christmas presents creatives really want

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Smoke and solidarity: Piotr Pietrus documents a protest against Europe’s first Tesla factory

Its Nice That

This Berlin-based photographer wants the universality of this striking series to show that environmental struggle should be everyone’s struggle.

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I reviewed and still use the Wacom Movink 13 drawing tablet - and it just reduced in price ahead of Black Friday

Creative Bloq

The first deal on the incredible Wacom Movink 13 since launch.

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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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The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan

Its Nice That

Our Tokyo correspondent explores the history and cultural importance of the Riso in its home country, and its continued impact on creative expression.

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How much RAM do I need? A guide for creative professionals

Creative Bloq

Your essential guide to choosing the right amount of RAM for creative work in 2024.

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3-D print of John Snow cholera map

FlowingData

You know the John Snow map that highlights a cholera outbreak in London, from 1854. Alex Selby-Boothroyd made a 3-D-printed version that brings the stacked counts out of the map.

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How to use a monitor calibrator: advice for digital artists to ensure colour accuracy

Creative Bloq

The best way to optimise drawing pen displays and monitors.

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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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If you think your design portfolio needs improving, start in the middle

UX Collective

How a journalism technique can fix your design portfolio.

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Logitech MX Creative Console review: gets the job done in half the time

Creative Bloq

Logitech MX Creative Console review: Get the job done in half the time

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The fifth product risk: a practical guide to designing ethical products

UX Collective

How to empower and protect your customers by considering not just Value, Usability, Viability and Feasibility, but also Ethics Continue reading on UX Collective »

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Womp's cool new feature will 3D print your creations – and get them delivered to your door

Creative Bloq

This opens up plenty of new avenues for artists and creatives, but I don't understand the pricing.

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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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How Ragged Edge gamified credit scores for Checkmyfile

Design Week

For most people, checking your credit score is a daunting prospect – a hold-your-breath, shield-your-eyes and pray-for-the-best type experience. Checkmyfile wanted to change that, and asked London-based studio Ragged Edge to help them reimagine how people think about credit scores.

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I've found the 5 best iPad deals this Black Friday, and they're ALL at their lowest price ever

Creative Bloq

These 5 iPad deals are all at their lowest price, and we've given them all near-perfect reviews

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Green Box by act_romegialli — Thisispaper

This is Paper

The Green Box by act_romegialli, a reimagination of a forgotten garage nestled on the slopes of the Raethian Alps, transforms into a quiet retreat where a lattice of lightweight galvanized metal and steel wires envelops the original structure.

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The Apple Watch discounts have already started ahead of Black Friday, here are our top 4

Creative Bloq

Save $70 when you buy the Series 10.

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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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Unveiling the It’s Nice That X DROOL Artist Open Call print collection

Its Nice That

Whittled down from over 1,000 applications across the globe, we’re excited to reveal our collaborative collection of art prints with DROOL – available to buy now!

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Most of the games on my wishlist have up to 80% off for Black Friday right now

Creative Bloq

Love gaming? Me too! And some of my favourite titles are on sale for Black Friday.

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Fantastic Detailed LEGO Creations by Gerardo Pontiérr

Design You Trust

Mexican artist Gerardo Pontiérr transforms LEGO bricks into stunning three-dimensional mosaics that blur the line between portraiture and sculpture. His innovative designs, which appear as pixel-like portraits from the front but reveal incredible depth when viewed from the side, have earned him a devoted following and sold-out shows. Beyond his artistic talents, Gerardo is also a celebrated violinist, having performed in over 2,000 concerts worldwide, including a performance for Barack Obama.

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Fakepaper’s custom ‘ClipArt’ library for publisher Pli Office is ever-growing

Its Nice That

The Parisian studio subverts office aesthetics and hyper-corporate mock-ups in their eclectic brand for this new office and publishing house.

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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.