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30 YouTube Banner Ideas For Your Channel

Design Wizard

Create an engaging YouTube banner. A visually appealing YouTube channel is an important part of attracting subscribers on the platform. If viewers click into your channel and like what they see, they’re more likely to stick around. Your YouTube banner plays a crucial role in how your channel is perceived. If you’ve got attractive channel art , it sets the tone for the rest of your channel’s appearance.

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2020 Illustration Annual Now Available

Communication Arts

We’re pleased to announce our 2020 Illustration Annual is now available in print and online! Alongside the winners of our competition, this issue showcases a selection of feature profiles and informative columns on the industry. This issue is guaranteed to delight and inspire!

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With South Africa In Lockdown, The Lions Are Taking It Very Easy

Design You Trust

Richard Sowry Whether it’s goats in Wales or wild boar in Italy, animals around the world appear to be adjusting well to life without humans during the coronavirus outbreak. More: Twitter h/t: cnn Richard Sowry Even lions are enjoying the peace and quiet, a set of new photos from South Africa’s Kruger National Park shows. The images show a pride of lions lounging on a road.

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Free PSD Mockups: 30+ Fresh MockUps Templates

Graphic Design Junction

Fresh Free PSD Mockups templates to present your work like a professional. All Mockup templates are free to download and can be used for commercial or personal work. These mockups will save your time and money. These mockups are easy to use with smart objects , simply double-click the Smart Layer, copy & paste your artwork, save your project and it’s done. .

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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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Isolated Musicians Perform From Rooftops In Iran

Design You Trust

Ebrahim Noroozi/AP On the rooftop terrace of her Tehran apartment building, 28-year-old Mojgan Hosseini’s fingers pluck the strings of her qanun, an ancient stringed instrument, bringing life to an Iranian capital stilled by the coronavirus. h/t: AP Ebrahim Noroozi/AP With performance halls closed and many isolated in their homes as a result of the Mideast’s worst virus outbreak.

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Here We Are: adapting Oliver Jeffers’ children’s book for TV

Creative Review

Jeffers’ illustrated bestseller has been reimagined for the screen in a 30-minute film created by Studio AKA. We talk to director Philip Hunt about the making of the film, and the challenges of adapting a popular picture book. The post Here We Are: adapting Oliver Jeffers’ children’s book for TV appeared first on Creative Review.

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This Couple Decided To Recreate 21 Famous Movies While In Lockdown And Completely Nailed It

Design You Trust

Fanni and Norbert have found a brilliant way to make the most out of their time under the coronavirus lockdown. The couple from Hungary have been recreating famous movies. From memorable scenes to captivating posters, you name it, Fanni and Norbert have been tackling it all. Their low-budget production designs might not be as lavish as the ones created in rich Hollywood studios, but they’re.

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The Brand Identity For BetweenUs Is Warm & Inviting

The Die Line

Influenced in the Nordic style, the visual identity was inspired by the art of Henri Matisse for its simplification of shapes and the typical rhythmic movement of its lines. .

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Banksy Works From Home: Street-Artist Keeps His Art Alive From His Bathroom

Design You Trust

With COVID-19 sweeping over the globe and turning life upside down for many, the global population has been forced indoors with many working from home to keep businesses afloat. More: Instagram h/t: geo.tv Celebrated street artist Banksy, whose identity still remains a mystery for the world, is also moving his outdoor work within the confines of his home, as seen in the latest pictures featured on.

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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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Avalon Nuovo

Communication Arts

This Amsterdam-based illustrator combines her love of expressive figure drawing with her interest in ancient art and mythology.

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For $100, You Can Have A Farm Animal Drop By Your Next ZOOM Video Conference

Design You Trust

Odds are you and your colleagues are spending more time on video calls these days. Well, for your next team meeting or company Zoom call, why not mix things up a bit? For $100, you can have a llama or goat visit your call. Yes, really. More: Sweet Farm, Twitter h/t: ajc A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary, Sweet Farm, recently launched “Goat 2 Meeting.

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Greek Nature Estate Honors Features Free-Flowing Illustrations

The Die Line

The elaborate olive branch that adorns the corporate branding indicates what the character and nature of the business is.

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Into the Blue and the Delicate Ink Works of Matthew F Fisher

Juxapoz Magazine

If you’re missing the soft crunch of sweet-smelling earth beneath your boots while tramping through a canopy of trees to glimpse a slice of blue ocean, maybe it’s time to recall a beautiful show from 2018 at Johansson Projects in Oakland called Into the Blue by Matthew F Fisher. The ink drawings and acrylic works of crashing waves, sunrises, sunsets, moonlit skies and coastlines now feel almost romantic, attractions from some faraway world.

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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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Swiss Village Has Been Projecting World Flags Onto One Of Their Tallest Mountains In Solidarity Of Pandemic

Design You Trust

Rather than raising a flag up on a flag pole, the nation of Switzerland is paying homage to their international neighbors struggling against COVID-19 by projecting different world flags onto the front of Matterhorn, the most iconic Alpine mountain. More: Instagram, Facebook h/t: goodnewsnetwork Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has been lighting up the 4,478 meter pyramidal peak straddling.

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Ohio Department of Health PSA

Communication Arts

The Ohio Department of Health’s PSA “Space Makes Us Safer” emphasizes the message about social distancing in a simple, yet powerful way.

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In The Victorian Era, These Strange Mortsafes Were Contraptions Designed To Protect Graves From Disturbance

Design You Trust

In early 19th century, grave robbing became a growing concern, especially in Scotland, as robbers used to steal the dead bodies and supply the corpses to medical students, for dissection studies. This is how the idea of contraption cages over graves came up – to protect the dead bodies from being stolen. h/t: vintag.es Many people were determined to protect the graves of newly deceased friends and.

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Once Upon a Coconut's Design Concept Celebrates Good Taste

The Die Line

The concept highlights freshness through vibrant colours and clean icons. .

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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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Meltdown Flags

Communication Arts

As the amount of white disappears in each country’s flag, so too will their glaciers in the near future—as this digital platform of this climate change awareness campaign shows.

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We Respect Anin Skincare's Bold Confidence

The Die Line

We're vibing with the bold presence of ANIN skincare.

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Humans Stripped Down to Their Circulatory Systems Participate in Urban Life

Colossal

All images © Markos Kay and Jay Kriwol. Back in the early days of anatomical illustration (c. 1500 – c. 1800), artists often rendered the human figure within the lavish landscape of the anatomist’s hometown. These historical illustrations are part of what inspired photographer Jan Kriwol and CGI artist Markos Kay to create the photographic series Human After All.

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The Quiet Of The Coronavirus Lockdown In Israel Has Cleared The Way For Packs Of Jackals To Take Over Park In The Heart Of Tel Aviv

Design You Trust

Oded Balilty/AP Each spring, Hayarkon Park usually comes alive with joggers, children playing, young families and 20-somethings picnicking and sunbathing, but these days virtually the only sign of life in the sprawling park is the jackals. h/t: independent Oded Balilty/AP The animals arrive just before nightfall, but while they may look like they are having fun – lying in the grass and chasing.

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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.