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This AI-generated book cover is causing controversy

Creative Bloq

New Sarah J. Maas book design angers artists.

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Weston Wei's imaginative illustrations explore the relationships between bodies and diseases

Creative Boom

© Weston Wei New York-based illustrator Weston Wei takes a sideways look at how people cope and co-exist with illnesses in his new picture book project inspired by his ten-year battle with allergic rhinitis. Titled Symbiosis, Weston's thesis project is a prime example of his work. "My art combines narrative and conceptual styles," he tells Creative Boom.

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Goldmine Gummies by Robot Food

BP&O

While cannabis products still make up a sector overmuch in its infancy, it’s one that’s already birthed its fair share of design cliches – from Camden Market-leaning leaf designs to ‘millennial pink’ trendiness to branding that owes way too much to adjacent sectors, like D2C beauty products or ultra-minimal pharmaceuticals. This recent work from Robot Food, however, manages to demonstrate The post Goldmine Gummies by Robot Food appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Studio Xuxa draws attention to Spain's heatwave crisis with retro travel posters

Creative Boom

The creative duo behind studio Xuxa - Diego Lauton and Fede Botella - have highlighted Spain's climate crisis in a series of AI-produced posters that riff on the look and feel of vintage tourism adverts. Created in Midjourney, the cleverly-titled series called Visit Pain was inspired by a recent holiday the pair took in the region during a heatwave.

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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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Densho Playing Cards by Yosuke Ando

We And The Color

Yosuke Ando created a deck of Densho playing cards inspired by Japanese fables and folklore. Yosuke Ando is a freelance graphic designer who lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. With inspiration from Japanese fables and folklore, he created a deck of Densho playing cards featuring unique characters and fantastic creatures from popular household stories from Japan.

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30 Free Paint and Watercolor Photoshop Brushes

HONGKIAT

If you’re a fan of watercolor or painted textures in your digital artwork, then paint and watercolor-style brushes in Photoshop are a must-have. These brushes can help you achieve a variety of looks, from realistically painted strokes to abstract splatters. In this blog post, we’ve gathered a list of 30 free paint and watercolor-style Photoshop brushes that you can download and use in your designs. 70 Cactuses Plants Brushes Create colorful cacti and succulents with these plant brushes.

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10 Beautiful Business Cards with Holographic Effects for Inspiration

SpeckyBoy

When crafting business cards, it is often believed that everything lies solely in the design. We tend to rely on eye-catching illustrations, unique typography, or clever ideas that make our 3.5 x 2-inch card stand out in a sea of others. However, there is always an alternative worth exploring. This alternative involves experimenting with the actual material used as the base for your business card.

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“Fellow – Metamorphosis of a Rug” Rethinks a Product’s Life Cycle

Design Milk

Where you might see a collection of colorful rugs, a trio of collaborators sees the chance to establish a more sustainable system by shortening supply routes, extending life, and simplifying processes for a more conscious use of products. “ Fellow – Metamorphosis of a Rug ,” debuted at at Milan Design Week 2023. Carpet manufacturer Ruckstuhl , designer Stephan Hürlemann , and online media company DAAily platforms together created the exhibition that rethinks the life cycle of a rug.

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Dancing Figures and Natural Elements Coalesce in Jonathan Hateley’s Elegant Bronze Sculptures

Colossal

“Releasing” (2016), produced in hand-painted bronze (edition of 9) and hand-painted bronze resin (edition of 12), 67 x 58 x 50 centimeters. All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures. The subjects commune with their surroundings, greeting the sun or leaning into the wind and merging with patterns of foliage or lichen. “I was drawn to create a sculpture reflecti

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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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A Unique, Modern House That’s Designed To Respect the Landscape

Design Milk

Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects are the team behind this unique home located in Les Forges by the Saint-Maurice River in Quebec, Canada. Built within dense pine trees, the Des Forges Residence , which resembles a three-sided star or a triangular speaker found in many conference rooms, resides on the edge of a cliff with access from the main road via a long private driveway.

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Nike Tiempo Legend Miami Night 3D Illustration

Abduzeedo

Nike Tiempo Legend Miami Night 3D Illustration AoiroStudio 0516—23 In the dynamic realm of 3D art, emerging talents continuously push the boundaries of creativity, showcasing their unique perspectives and skills. Gali (Bing Wen), a passionate 3D art student based in Hong Kong; has recently captured the attention of art enthusiasts and sneaker lovers with his impressive 3D concept of the Nike Tiempo Legend VIII, the eighth generation of the iconic Tiempo line.Originally introduced by Nike in 1985

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Take 5: The Kenzo House, Architecture of Luxury, and Favorite Travel Necessity

Design Milk

Photo: Jimmy Cohrssen Photo: Jimmy Cohrssen 1. Kenzo House Kengo Kuma’s redesign for the late Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada in 2018 is stunning for the fact he was able to create the semblance of a traditional Japanese house and garden all within the confines of an 18th-century residential building in the historic Parisian district of Bastille.

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Making the Unreal Engine 5 film The Voice in the Hollow

Creative Bloq

Director Miguel Ortega explains how Unreal Engine 5 enabled the creation of the animated fable, The Voice in the Hollow.

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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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Top 10: May’s Favorites

Mindsparkle Mag

As we step into the vibrant month of May, we're excited to share with you our top 10 favorite design projects that have caught our eye. From stunning branding endeavors to creative color choices, this compilation is sure to ignite your imagination and leave you inspired. We hope this compilation of May's favorites will ignite your creative spark and brought a fresh wave of inspiration to your design endeavours.

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Create hyper-realistic character animation with iClone and Unity HDRP

Creative Bloq

Unity works seamlessly with Reallusion's iClone and Character Creator 4.

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Pacific Asia Museum

Mindsparkle Mag

Ellis Zhixuan Yu created a new branding for the Pacific Asia Museum. It is an integral part of the University of Southern California, the USC Pacific Asia Museum creates inspiring encounters with the art, history, and culture of Pacific Asia to promote intercultural understanding in the service of elevating our shared sense of humanity. The goal of this rebrand proposal is to be inspired by the culture with its enriched history and bring new life to it with contemporary graphic design.

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Tap into the weird feeling of an unknown presence with Diane Roussille's illustrations

Its Nice That

The illustrator creates mesmerising worlds inspired by the relationship between our physical and digital selves.

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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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Tano Studio

Mindsparkle Mag

Otherwise Brands were tasked to create a complete identity system for Tano Studio including brand strategy, naming, visual + verbal ID, content production, digital + website design, and environmental + way finding design. The word “Tano” holds a dual meaning, as it indicates emotion, admiration, and emphasis in Japanese and is also a term used to describe a challenging jump variation in figure skatin.

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The Superb Futuristic Paper Photo Artworks of Alma Haser

Design You Trust

Alma Haser is a London-based German artist who has been making waves in the art world with her unique blend of photography, photo collage, and paper cut techniques. Her meticulously crafted and intricately detailed portraiture is influenced by her strong background in fine art and has helped her carve out a niche for herself in the industry. More: Alma Haser , Instagram Alma’s approach to portrait photography is unconventional yet innovative, as she incorporates paper-folding techniques, c

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Celebrating sports icons: Bauhausball illustrations by John Battalgazi

Abduzeedo

Celebrating sports icons: Bauhausball illustrations by John Battalgazi abduzeedo 0516—23 John Battalgazi , a talented illustrator, takes a creative leap into the world of sports with his project Bauhausball. Inspired by the iconic Bauhaus movement, Battalgazi skillfully captures the essence of famous sportsmen across diverse disciplines such as baseball, football, and basketball.

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Capture the Joy on Instagram with 20 Pun-tastic Captions

Designs.Ai

In today’s world of social media, Instagram has become one of the most popular platforms for sharing your daily life with others. With over 1 billion active users worldwide, it’s no wonder why so many people are trying to capture the joy on instagram with pun-tastic captions. Whether you’re posting a selfie, a food picture, […] The post Capture the Joy on Instagram with 20 Pun-tastic Captions appeared first on Designs.ai.

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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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Preserving Moments in Time: The Power of Visual Art to Capture Our World for Future Generations

Design You Trust

In today’s fast-paced society, change is inevitable. With each passing moment, our world transforms, leaving behind memories that can fade with time. But visual art forms like photos and paintings have the unique ability to capture these moments, preserving them for future generations to experience and appreciate. In a world where urban development is rapidly changing the face of our communities, it’s more important than ever to celebrate the beauty and richness of our past.

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150+ Persuasive Words to Influence Sales & Marketing

Inkbot Design

150+ Persuasive Words to Influence Sales & Marketing Have you ever been captivated by a well-crafted headline, convinced by a compelling sales pitch, or moved to take action by a persuasive call to action? If so, you have experienced firsthand the power of persuasive words. In marketing and communication, influencing and persuading others is a coveted skill that can make or break a campaign's success.

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Ken Kelleher’s Digital Sculptures: Where Reality Meets Imagination

Design You Trust

American sculptor Ken Kelleher (previously featured) creates awe-inspiring large-scale digital sculptures that seamlessly blend into real-life landscapes, be it streets, galleries, or small spaces. His creations are so realistic that they seem to come alive and transport the viewer to a whole new world. More: Ken Kelleher , Instagram , Foundation Kelleher sees his work as a dialogue about the essence of creation and aims to establish a connection between humans and the world we inhabit.

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Photographing Strangers: Artists Making Surprisingly Intimate Work

Feature Shoot

© Hemya Moran Tommy Kha photographs himself receiving a kiss from strangers, friends, lovers, and acquaintances–and not returning it. Hemya Moran approaches individuals in the street, and then enacts private moments in their bedrooms, bathrooms, and backyards, and Jamie Diamond creates staged “family photos” with people she finds on Craigslist.

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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.