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Free Wallpaper for August 2020

Six Leaf Design

Hello fellow humans! I’m happy to announce that I’ve made it through July hanging on by a thread. It’s been a crazy month filled with 90+ degree days, lots of toddler chasing, and trying to keep on top of client work while maintaining some semblance of sanity. But let’s get to the reason you’re here. The free digital wallpaper for August was inspired by Meg Lewis , a designer that I admire and follow, and her joy-filled interior design sense.

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All About the Futura Font and Its History

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The Futura font is one of the most famous geometric fonts, and it's still popular to this day. In this article, we tell you all about the Futura font history and its impact on the design world. What Is Futura? Designed in 1927, Futura is still considered a modern font that conveys progress. We’ve seen it everywhere from cars to furniture stores to the Moon.

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Artist Draws Wholesome Watercolor Comics Where A Cat Is Giving Out Mental Health Advice

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Artist Hector Janse van Rensburg aka ‘Shitty Watercolour’ aka ‘Swatercolour’ is making us happier and our lives more wholesome with his comics that feel like miniature hugs and feature a meowtivational cat. The UK-based painter has become a global phenomenon and is now known as the world’s favorite self-deprecating artist. More: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Patreon h/t: Source.

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Tote Around Exactly One Watermelon in This Elegant, Leather Bag

Colossal

All images © Tsuchiya Kaban. Say goodbye to the days of fumbling an unwieldy melon while trying to carry in groceries. Japanese designer Tsuchiya Kaban ’s latest leather bag provides an elegant, luxury vessel tote around your fruit. Holding exactly one, round watermelon, the carrier was crafted by Yusuke Kadoi as part of a project titled The Fun of Carrying , which encouraged designers to create playful, inventive items as side projects.

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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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The 8Bit Deck (Red Back): A Pixel Art Playing Card Deck

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The 8Bit Deck is back with a fresh new look! The new iteration features red backs and a gold foil embossed tuck box! Each card, number and pip were designed and executed in a sprite-editing software called aseprite. Each deck contains 56 cards: 52 core playing cards, 2 unique jokers, 1 project description and 1 ad/self-promo card. More: Kickstarter According to an author: “My name is Michael B.

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The 2020 Audubon Photography Awards: These Incredible Pics Capture The Charm Of Birds Perfectly

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The Grand Prize Winner Double-crested Cormorant in Los Islotes, Mexico. Photograph by Joanna Lentin. The National Audubon Society, which has been around for more than a century, has been set up to protect birds and the places they live throughout the Americas. Each year, the National Audubon Society allows photographers from across the United States and seven Canadian provinces to submit their.

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Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple: A Secret Garden In Kyoto Features 1200 Stone Sculptures

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neverendingvoyage Otagi Nenbutsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan. Otagi Nenbutsu-ji was founded by Empress Sh?toku in the middle of the eighth century. Though was destroyed by the flooding of the Kamo River, it was rebuilt as an offshoot of Enryaku-ji, a nearby temple. In the 13th century, it was again destroyed during a civil war.

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Bare Gruesome Fangs And More With Japanese Designer’s Awesome Creature Masks

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Talented special effects artist turned fashion designer MALICIOUS.X crafts incredibly stylish and sometimes horrifying accessories, but her awesome masks might be appreciated at no better time than now. Her series of pleat face masks includes a “creature face mask” that lets you bare your fangs and unleash your inner beast. By opening your “mouth” your can reveal a gaping maw of scary razor sharp.

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