Wed.Nov 04, 2020

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Best Tools for Online Teaching

Noupe

With many schools quarantined and a winter-wave of COVID-19 likely ahead, teaching is shifting online once again. Now more than ever, it’s crucial for teachers to embrace online learning to sustain their students’ attention. While online classes used to be exotic and fun when they first started, Zoom fatigue soon set in for most students.

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Video Tutorial: Retro Text Effects with Adobe Illustrator’s Blend Tool

Spoon Graphics

Follow along with today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a simple but effective text effect with somewhat of a retro vibe, featuring stacks of text elements that are progressively spaced further apart. It reminds me of the kind of design you might see on an old VHS tape box or an ad for an 80s technology brand. Illustrator’s Blend Tool will be used to create the basic effect, but I will also show you a trick to alter the spacing of the text with a cool easing effect and show ho

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How To Improve Conversions Using Color Psychology

Noupe

You must have heard the saying ‘the first impression is the last’ quite a few times in your life. People don’t just say it for the sake of saying it; it holds some truth. All it takes is just a few seconds for your target audience to decide whether to buy products from your website or not. Here the need and importance of color psychology come into the picture in order to attract the attention of your potential audience and compel them to buy your products.

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#FridayFive with Shillington Design Teacher Deepa Shanbhag

Shillington

Inspiration can come from anywhere. So, on the first Friday of each month, we’re sharing some of our Shillington team’s favourite things from the past four weeks. This month, Shillington New York Teacher Deepa Shanbhag shares what was on her radar in October. 1. To Follow: Lili Hayes. Lili Hayes is a woman seemingly living her life to the fullest, with her son by her side.

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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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Applications Open For Virtual Onsite and Online Design Education

Graphic Design USA

Academy of Art University is currently accepting applications for online, virtual onsite and on-campus education.

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Painted on Vintage Postcards, Flora and Fauna Celebrate Farming Traditions and Wildlife of the Midwest

Colossal

All images © Diana Sudyka, shared with permission. Twenty-seven years ago while studying at the University of Illinois, illustrator Diana Sudyka ( previously ) retrieved a bundle of postcards from a dumpster. The ephemeral correspondence revealed a relationship between farmers and workers from the Harvard area and a man named John Dwyer, either their accountant or investor who lived throughout Chicago, Cicero, and Berwyn.

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Spitfire Audio’s free music-making tool lets you experiment with the sounds of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Its Nice That

Designed to help anyone write music for animation or film projects, the BBCSO Discover plug-in, designed with Ustwo, was created by recording an orchestra one note at a time.

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Pachamama Beer Is Playful And Approachable

The Die Line

The main illustration of the label highlights the relationship of Pachamama with its places of worship, entangling the mountain range with the hair of the goddess.

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Chiara Pozzi and Illustrazioni Seriali look to elevate illustration as an art form

Its Nice That

Chiara’s creative platform Illustrazioni Seriali has created its first purely illustrative artist residency “Spazi”, asking illustrators to respond to the theme of space.

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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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Spectacular Winning Photos from The 2020 Spotlight Photography Awards

Design You Trust

Fashion Category Winner: Astrid Obert (Germany) The winners of the Production Paradise Spotlight Awards 2020 have been released, after months of photographers across the world entering the 15 categories. The shortlists, which were announced last week included the top 10 photographers from each category and gave a peek of the quality of the photography of this year’s Spotlight Awards.

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Adapt launches Protest Gear, a football scarf-inspired collection emblazoned with activist slogans

Its Nice That

The duo has worked with six designers to produce scarves decorated with provocative calls to action such as “Wake Up World” and “Clean Up Your Act”.

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KOLON KOSMOS Takes Inspiration From The Mountains

The Die Line

The packaging looks like it could be the cousin of Apple's clean design. .

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How to Develop a Unique (& Memorable) Brand Identity in 2020

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

Having a strong brand is crucial when differentiating yourself from the competition. Learn what brand identity is and how to build one for your business.

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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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Life Update

Viktorija Illustration

??Life Update ?? Spoiler. I'VE MOVED ????. A I've been living in London since 2009 (and in the UK since 2006), London always will be my home and have a special place in my heart. SO MUCH LOVE for every street, all the coffee places, all the views, all the parks, all the weirdos, all the food ALL THE FUN AND ALL THE PEOPLE! But for now I've moved to Bergen, Norway ??????

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Brand Marketing Through the Coronavirus Crisis

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

You can still serve and grow your customer base in the face of an uncertain future.

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Sunset Pencil Sketch

Viktorija Illustration

I have this small A6 Midori Cotton sketchbook which I’ve filled with drawings, inspired by daily life and some nature. This is a sunset from the other day. There is a lot of nature drawings, it makes me happy and calm. I mainly used pencils and permanent wax pastels for this sketchbook.

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What Is Personal Branding?

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

I'm going to ask you one question and I want you to really think about it. What do you want to be known for? Personal branding isn't just for someone who owns a business. Personal branding is also important for any influencer thought leader or person who wants to share their story with the world.

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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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Pepsi Celebrates Some Of Mexico's Most Renowned Cities In 'Glocal' Campaign

The Die Line

Pepsi’s Mexican campaign focuses on six of the nation’s regions, a broadly pan-Mexican representation of the country that highlights the varied traditions one can find across the over 761,000 square miles that comprise America’s neighbor to the south.

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Building a Successful Brand: What Does It Mean in 2020?

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

"In our digital, global world, airing a Mad Men-style campaign is no longer enough to get in front of eyeballs, earn (and keep) trust, and move products.

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“The Body Snatchers” by Artist Carlo Alberto Rastelli

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Carlo Alberto Rastelli. Carlo Alberto Rastelli’s Website. Carlo Alberto Rastelli on Instagram.

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11 Simple Steps for a Successful Brand Building Process

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

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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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Anyways Creative’s branding of Paul Smith's Foundation shows how welcoming creativity can be

Its Nice That

Working closely with Paul and his team to define, visualise and name the foundation, the launch from one of the creative industry’s most appreciated voices couldn’t have come at a better time.

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The Do's and Dont's of Branding in 2020

Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles

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Jeremy Snell cinematically documents life on Ghana’s Lake Volta

Its Nice That

In photographing children living by the world’s largest man-made lake, Jeremy needed to create a sense of trust with his vulnerable subjects.

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Takashi Murakami’s Iconic Flowers Engulf a CT Suite at a Washington D.C. Children’s Hospital

Colossal

All images © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., by Kenson Noel, shared with permission. Takashi Murakami recently transformed a sterile PET/CT scan suite at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., into an uplifting garden of smiling flowers. The Japanese artist’s signature motif lines the walls and wraps around the machine itself, making the otherwise stark space less intimidating for its adolescent patients as they undergo the often lengthy and uncomfortable scanning proced

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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.