Fri.May 29, 2020

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20 Packaging Designs That Look Better Than Food

Creative Market

Ever bought something to eat simply because the packaging looked stunning? Welcome to the club. Unique fonts, edgy graphics, and bold layouts can truly bring out the best in food products. To make such compelling designs easier to create, independent artists around the world have made some of their best work available for Commercial and Extended Commercial use.

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33 Textured Finish Procreate Brushes for Premium Members

Spoon Graphics

Access All Areas members have a useful pack of Procreate brushes to download this week, courtesy of Riveros Illustration. This set of brushes is perfect for sketching, inking, and adding powerful textures to your art. Easily create grainy shading and gradients with 33 brush options, each with a unique textured appearance. Claudia Riveros is the talented artist behind Riveros Illustration who creates useful digital products to improve your drawing skills.

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An on-going Lettering Series Project of Famous Logos Designed by Rafael Serra aka FAEL

The Logo Smith

The post An on-going Lettering Series Project of Famous Logos Designed by Rafael Serra aka FAEL appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 TheLogoSmith.co |. Lettering Series Designed by Rafael Serra aka FAEL. Came across these wonderfully alternative takes of various famous logo and icon designs, by Rafael Serra aka FAEL. Rafael is a Portugal-based type designer and this is his ongoing series where he creates these unique letterforms for various words and logos.

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How to Make Pictures Look Old With Vintage Effect

Fotor

A vintage look creates both a nostalgic and edgy atmosphere that can enhance a photo’s composition along with adding charm character! Its no wonder why old photo effects are the trend that keeps trending, even after all these years! Transform any ordinary image into a work of vintage art with Fotor’s a wide range of […].

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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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Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop

Tuts Plus

What You'll Be Creating Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial, I'll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set the text to the match. We'll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image. This is the second of our five-part series on Photoshop Typography. Don't forget to check our previous tutorial: Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect.

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3D in Hand: Beautiful Business Cards with Holographic Effects

Speckyboy Design Magazine

When it comes to creating impressive business cards, we are accustomed to believing that only design can do the trick. As a rule, we bet on an illustrative approach or on some original typography or smart idea that will make our 3.5 x 2-inch piece of paper stand out from the crowd. However, as is always the case, there is a valid alternative. This alternative lies in getting off the beaten track and playing with the material that is used as a base for your business card.

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UsTwo creates a climbing-themed adventure for Facebook Gaming

Creative Review

It’s six years since digital design studio UsTwo created Monument Valley: an MC Escher-inspired puzzle game that racked up millions of downloads, and set a new bar for mobile gaming in the process. The project’s success prompted UsTwo to create a dedicated games division, which has spent the past few years crafting some impressive follow ups – from Monument Valley II to the charming Assemble With Care.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 542

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You – A look at why the work-from-home lifestyle is too good to give up. An Infinitely Scrollable Vertical Menu – Learn how to create a unique scrolling effect on a classic vertical menu. The Third Age of JavaScript – A look at what the next 10 years may bring to JavaScript. How to Spot Terrible Client Business Ideas – Tips for professionally-distancing yourself from ideas destined to fail.

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Barbie and Ken Get Relatable Quarantine Makeovers in Humorous Miniature Sets

Colossal

All images © Tonya Ruiz. Barbies have garnered attention for years because of their unrealistic proportions , lack of diversity , and gendered activities. Despite some noteworthy changes , Tonya Ruiz, a former model turned toy designer, thought the usual selection of lavishly dressed and accessorized dolls could use another update that’s a little more timely. “When the quarantine started and I saw a couple of funny pandemic Barbies, I thought that I should make a Barbie that everyone

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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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Lose yourself in Martin Parr and Toiletpaper?s weird and wonderful new book

Creative Review

What do you get if you cross Martin Parr’s ironic and colourful documentary photography with the witty tableaux of biannual art magazine Toiletpaper? A visual feast, of course, which comes in the form of the aptly named new photobook, ToiletMartin PaperParr. Since 2010, the creatives behind Toiletpaper, Maurizio Catellan and Pierpaolo Ferrari , have carved out a niche for themselves crafting images that fuse the vernacular of commercial imagemaking with surrealism.

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Photographer Spotlight: Miranda Barnes

Booooooom

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Motion Design and Typography through the 5 senses

Abduzeedo

Motion Design and Typography through the 5 senses. abduzeedo 05.29.20 ‘Five’ is a typographic romp through the five senses by 3D artist Sebastian Helene and London based sound studio Resonate. In other words, it's a beautiful motion design achievement playing with typography. Sebastian has always been inspired by what can be achieved through design within limitation.

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Linked: Home is where the Lowe's is

Under Consideration / Brand

Visit Link. Very clever and charming bit of animation from Lowe's as its logo shifts through different house shapes before settling on the corporate version. A nice end to a spot that successfully alludes to the current situation without any of the clichés.

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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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An environmental cleaning brand that avoids a ?generic? eco tone

Design Week

London-based studio SomeOne has created the new visual identity for Ocean Saver, including packaging design, brand strategy and tone of voice. Ocean Saver is a range of plant-based cleaning solutions, which takes the form of cleaning pods. These pods can be dissolved in water and kept in a reusable and recyclable spray bottle, in an attempt to cut down on plastic waste.

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7 of the Best Creative Products to Illustrate Your Life This Week

Brown Paper Bag

This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. 1. Cats + Plants Embroidery Pattern by Sarah K. Benning. 2. Shifty Cat Deskpad by Idlewil Co. 3. Jellyfish Hanging Planter by Tramai Ceramics. 4. Claudia the Cloud Stuffed Plush by Lily and Peabody. 5. Flower Power Card Holder by Danielle Wright. 6.

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How Pripyat Would Look If Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Never Happened

Design You Trust

The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant happened in the early hours of 26 April 1986. Since then, nearly 3,000 square miles of territory in northern Ukraine and parts of Belarus have been depopulated, with 1,000 square miles considered an exclusion zone due to elevated levels of radiation. More: Instagram, Youtube h/t: sputniknews Once populated by more than 47,000 people.

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The Heart of the Matter, Information Architecture in the Mobile Age

Interaction Design Foundation

Content is the key ingredient in so many user experiences. So how does it change when it comes to planning a mobile user experience? Should you rewrite your content for each platform or do you need a different strategy to make the most of your content on all platforms? Handling content on mobile doesn’t need to be a chore but it does take planning. Author/Copyright holder: Peter Morville.

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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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Brooklyn-Based Photographer Hannah La Follette Ryan Has, For The Past 5 Years, Captured The Hands Of Passengers On The NYC Subway

Design You Trust

In the days leading up to lockdown, she saw a lot of “hand sanitiser, disaster shopping and anxiety. When I took these photos, the public didn’t have much information about Covid-19 and you can see a fear of the unknown.” Shot discreetly, mostly on an iPhone, the prints are being sold to support NYC Health + Hospitals. More: Instagram h/t: Source.

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The ?Quarantine Barbie ? Sets by @GrandmaGetsReal

Trendland

Big buzz around Instagram account @grandmagetsreal. Grandmother and former model turned toy designer, Tonya Ruiz features custom scenes and creates to depict what Barbie would be like in real life.

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How to Write Great Case Studies for Your UX Design Portfolio

Interaction Design Foundation

Well, the answer is really simple: write your UX case studies like stories. You see, when you present your case study as a story, you’ll find it far easier to give it a satisfying structure and captivate your reader. What’s more, you’ll make it easy for recruiters to imagine what it’s like to work with you, as they get to understand how you work. This makes your case study powerful and increases your chances of getting your first interview.

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In Perfect Day, Txema Salvans captures the tragi-comedy of the Mediterranean coast

Its Nice That

The Spanish photographer has been working on the series for 15 years, travelling up and down the coastline and shooting people at leisure by the seaside.

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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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The Persona Template for Gamification

Interaction Design Foundation

For any gamification project, you’ll need to do research on players in order to determine what they will require from the gamified system. The culmination of this research is the development of a player persona; this is similar to a user persona (which most UX researchers will be intimately familiar with), but it also examines some gamification-specific elements which would not otherwise exist in a standard user persona.

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The Digital Art Trend in 2020

Trendland

It seems like one of the biggest trends in 2020 for the creative industries is definitely 3D and digital art.

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19 Chairs by two brothers celebrates the objects we have become so familiar with of late

Its Nice That

Tom and Will Butterfield have been making a chair a day during lockdown, and are now gearing up to send them around the world to be reinterpreted by other artists and designers.

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Archaeologists Excavate a Stunning Roman Mosaic That?s Untarnished From an Italian Vineyard

Colossal

Images via Myko Clelland. Archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery this week when they uncovered a pristine mosaic that’s been hidden underneath feet of soil since the 3rd century. Situated in a private vineyard in the town of Negrar di Valpolicella, the tile flooring is believed to be part of an ancient Domus , the style of home owned by wealthy residents.

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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.