Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Thinking of switching networks this year? We assess the options for creatives. Whatever social network you use, you've probably noticed a lot of people loudly (and sometimes pompously) announcing they're leaving it for a variety of reasons. Most of us know the arguments for ditching X, Threads, Facebook and Instagram in 2025.
Design Beep
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Photoshop tattoo brushes are a powerful tool for digital artists and designers, offering a way to simulate the intricate, bold, and artistic nature of tattoos without the need for a needle or ink. These brushes allow users to apply detailed, realistic tattoo designs directly onto digital canvases, providing endless possibilities for creative expression.
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Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
'Think Different', this ain't.
Moo
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
QR codes have recently rocketed to digital stardom, despite being around since the nineties. Their renewed success comes from them being a hands-free way to promote almost anything, from restaurant menus to event agendas, websites and portfolios. Heres a handy guide for all things QR code, well even tell you what is heck a QR code is and how to use them for your business.
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
Designspiration
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Saved by Sara Andreasson (@kitzekatze).
Creative Nerds
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
This is a collection of 5 websites where you can download Figma resources, which provide an excellent starting point for your design projects. There’s a broad range of resources available for various projectsfrom dashboards to responsive websites covering everything you can think of. Figma Community Access thousands of free UI kits, templates, and plugins directly […] The post 5 websites for where you can download Figma resources first appeared on Creative Nerds.
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Straight North
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
SEO is an integral part of the digital world. It’s a term that’s often mentioned in discussions about websites, digital marketing and business growth, but what is the meaning of SEO? And more importantly, how does SEO work? Let’s dive deep into SEO, unraveling its components, strategies and value in the modern business landscape.
Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
How to add local AI rendering, and my top tips for getting it right.
Graphic Design USA
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Justin Ahrens has returned to lead Rule29. In early 2024, Ahrens the design firm to establish ON Creative, an in-house agency at ONeil Printing. This new chapter blends ONeils production expertise with Rule29s creative vision.
Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
The team channelled Kubrick and Spielberg to create stunning retrofuturism.
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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.
Communication Arts
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Halah and Heidi El-Kholy's Salt and Sister Studio crafts authentic brand identities while empowering marginalized communities and challenging toxic workplace norms.
Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Seasoned digs into the world of design with expert insight.
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Photos Tim Sonntag Like vinyl album covers, perhaps magazine design is making a comeback via eye-catching publications like Famous For My Dinner Parties. We talked to its designer, the Danish-Icelandic creative Lind Haugaard. Magazines. Food. They're the same when you think about it. The content is what you need, but the appeal is in the presentation.
Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
This teal Sonic character design is giving me nightmares.
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.
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Substack is for reading, as podcasts are for listening. And with all that's happening with changing algorithms on social media, creatives are finding a new home there. If you're curious, here's how to get involved. Once upon a time, people got their news and features from printed newspapers and magazines. Then, things started to shift to websites and social media.
Creative Bloq
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Am I seeing double?
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Step into Nude Project's bold new flagship store in La Roca Village, where magnificent wooden bookshelves blend fashion with culture in a space that redefines retail. If I said the words' Nude Library' to you, what springs to mind? Is it a beautifully designed flagship store in a Spanish shopping village? Well, that's what we're talking about here. Valencia-based architecture firm El Departamento is the creative mind behind the space, Nude Project's new permanent streetwear store at La Roca Vill
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Discovery of the Year: “Dinner is Served” by Reed Fowler Non-professional wildlife photographers won awards at the 1839 Photographer of the Year Awards 2024. These award-winning photographers have caught stunning natural moments with talent and originality. Each shot offers a tale about the planet’s rich biodiversity, from spectacular wildlife encounters to calm animal portraits.
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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.
Abduzeedo
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Animating Text with Style in SwiftUI abduzeedo 02/02 2025 Learn how to create a text animation in SwiftUI with this tutorial for UX/UI designers. Explore font scaling, alignment shifts, and smooth transitions A UX/UI Designers Guide to Text Animation with SwiftUI inspired by some of the templates you can find at savee.it This tutorial walks through creating a dynamic text animation in SwiftUI, where the word inspiration shifts alignment and scales in a looping animation.
We And The Color
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Have you ever looked at a piece of handcrafted wooden furniture and thought, “I wish I could make that”? Its a feeling many of us share. There’s something truly special about creating something with your own two hands. The smell of wood, the satisfaction of a perfectly cut joint, the pride in knowing you built something beautiful and lasting.
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Sarah Rosado’s artistic career is nothing short of inspirational. She began drawing with pencils and later explored digital art before discovering a particular passionplayful food art. What began as a personal experiment with fresh ingredients quickly blossomed into her unique style, which turns regular meals into bright canvases. Her commitment and inventiveness are evident in every item, particularly her lovely brunch recreations of legendary cartoons.
FlowingData
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
The New York Times used a programmatic approach to estimate the number of pages taken down so far since Friday. Ethan Singer reporting: On Friday, The Times downloaded the list of the most visited government domains in the U.S. and began compiling the complete list of pages available on each one using each sites sitemap, a file that outlines the structure of a website and is typically used by search engines to keep track of whats on the internet.
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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.
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Gabriel Punsalang, aka GvokerArt, is a talented 3D generalist who thrives on blending innovative workflows to create both digital and physical art. With over eight years of experience in motion design and four years in the evolving world of 3D printing, Gabriel brings a unique approach to his craft. His expertise goes beyond traditional modelingby incorporating rigging, simulations, and advanced rendering techniques, he pushes the boundaries of 3D-printed media.
UX Collective
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Managing productdesign Balancing production and plannedefforts As a staff product designer in various startups, I build designs from the ground up, balancing immediate tasks with long-term goals. I can work several steps ahead of production or juggle multiple features with varying priorities and implementation ETAs. I needed to design an internal solution to help me quickly map and manage the following: Current production status Easily view the end-to-end product flow (aka the live version), inc
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Who knew mouse art would sell better than dog art? No one? You’re wrong! Stuart Dunkel is a painter and musician noted for his cute Chuckie mouse work. Dunkel was drawn to music as a youth and became a great classical musician, but later he turned to visual arts. Stuart started painting dogs in 1994, but they didn’t sell. That led the artist to seek new subjects.
UX Collective
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
AI-driven UX curates familiarity, but in doing so, it narrows the path to new experiences. Credit: B. Godart/Shutterstock Its Monday, and youre on your way to work. Bracing for 45 minutes of bumper-to-bumper hell, you set your playlist to Commute. Maybe, like me, your music taste is rooted in nostalgia. In my case, that means 90s and 2000s alternative rock bands like Radiohead, Cake, and Queens of the StoneAge.
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