Wed.Jan 15, 2020

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Exploring the Use of Sticky Vertical Navbars

SpeckyBoy

Navigation in website design does not undergo many changes. It includes almost the same elements, always meets the audience from the outset and modestly takes its place in the top header. Since the popularization of the hamburger button, nothing earth-shattering has happened. However, this does not mean that its life is boring and uneventful. As an integral element of the UI and a crucial part of good user experience, navigation never abstracts itself from design or distances from trending solut

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Playful Branding for Make-up Brand ‘Tower 28’

Trendland

Tower 28 is a youthful non-toxic make up brand from Santa Monica. Inspired by cleanliness and sunshine, its visual feel looks as if inspired by Californian sun. Playful typography appears modern set against transparent packaging. The color palette of pink, juicy orange and romantic violet complements the effortless branding with a vibrant, summer feel.

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Video Tutorial: Easily Create Fake Window Reflections in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

For today’s video tutorial I have a really quick and easy Photoshop process to add realistic glass reflections to an image, to make it appear as if a portrait photograph has been taken through a window. By using Photoshop to create this photo style, you can capture the effect of shooting through glass without even having to go outside! ? Portrait photo – [link]. ?

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How creativity impacts countries around the world

Canva

Without creativity, our ancestors may have never looked at a piece of slate and thought it would make a good tool. Or, entered a cave and decided to paint the walls. Not only is creativity central to what it means to be human, but it’s also at the heart of innovation and problem-solving. Whether it’s in the classroom or in a boardroom meeting, creativity is the force that inspires, and educates.

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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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Retro Design Trend: Create the 80s Style With Fonts, Text Effects, and More!

Envato Tuts+

Ready to go down memory lane? Let's explore the cool 80s style with neon lights, pastel colors, and cyberpunk! One of the most iconic eras in the last 100 years is the 80s. Everyone references it, talks about it, and reminiscences about it. What was so cool about the 80s, besides the cool toys and the albums? The 80s gave us some really bold fonts, futuristic styles, neon colors, and anything that screamed ‘bolder is better’.

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Stunning Photographs from 2019 Ocean Art Contest Explore Depths of Ocean Life Around the World

Colossal

“Crab-Eater Seal” by Greg Lecoeur, Best of Show. All images © Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition 2019, shared with permission. A 2019 contest organized by the Underwater Photography Guide has collected some of the best photographs of aquatic life around the globe, from an image capturing a seal maneuvering through a chunk of ice in Antarctic waters to another depicting an octopus resting on the ocean floor.

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Greenpeace ad by Aardman underlines the plight of the ocean’s turtles

Creative Review

At first glance, Greenpeace’s new ad seems like a spare clip from Creature Comforts. Depicting a normal day in the life of a family of turtles, and featuring wonderfully chirpy voices from the likes of Olivia Colman, it perfectly captures the everyday charm of the long-running animated TV series. However, in this instance, the happy scenes quickly turn harrowing, as the ad depicts what should be a normal migration journey for the turtles going terribly wrong.

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In Memorium: Graphics Innovator Jack Summerford

Graphic Design USA

Jack H. Summerford passed away in Fort Worth TX at the age of 76. He was respected as a graphic design innovator.

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7 Things Holding You Back From Changing Career (And How To Overcome Them)

Shillington

It seems absurd to think that ‘fear’ can squash our dreams, but it’s true; fear is not our friend. Fear of being a failure, fear of being rejected – these are the negative thoughts that can hold us back, especially if we’re considering a complete change in career. For those of you hoping to become a graphic designer, for instance, fear will even have you worrying about what others think, whether you’re good enough or if it’s also too late to start again.

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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 Trend to Follow – Headline-Centric Hero Areas

One Extra Pixel

Homepage headlines have always been an important focus of attention. While web app builders see them as an essential detail of the entire composition, regular visitors see them as. The post A Trend to Follow – Headline-Centric Hero Areas appeared first on Onextrapixel.

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Rebranding a children’s football charity with “vibrancy and punch”

Design Week

The identity for Football Beyond Borders (FBB), a UK charity that educates young people through sport, has been updated by design studio Alphabet. While the logo remains the same, the graphic and visual system — including typography, colour palette and set of icons — have been updated. The charity was established in 2012, following the London riots, as a way to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through organised football games.

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That 90s Look is Coming Back: Dear God Brand Identity

Abduzeedo

That 90s Look is Coming Back: Dear God Brand Identity. abduzeedo Jan 17, 2020 Yesterday I posted about the work of Dylan Levionnoi and the many 90s references for his work had. Today, we will keep on with the same topic, perhaps because now I am aware, but It seems to be that there are more projects with a similar style. For this post, I would love to share the brand identity project that Elvis Benício and Lostctrl published on their Behance profiles titled Dear God.

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15 Tutorials for Creating Professional Product Mockups in Photoshop

Speckyboy Design Magazine

When it comes to selling your products, presentation of said product can make a world of difference when it comes to sales. This is even more important when it comes to digital products which aren’t tangible./p>. If you’re looking for a way to take your product presentation skills to a new level, you’re in the right place. In this tutorial roundup, we’ve gathered the best and the most useful product mockup tutorials.

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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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Chevalier Morales Designs an Audaciously Curvy Library in Quebec

Azure Magazine

It’s more than a library. For the town of Drummondville, an hour’s drive east of Montreal, the new public library also doubles as an impressively multi-functional venue designed to host everything from stage performances and markets to hockey games and children’s day camps. The community hub epitomizes the renewed vitality of libraries in the 21st century.

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The Intimate Drawings of Azita Moradkhani

Hi-Fructose

The drawings of Tehran-born artist Azita Moradkhani offer intersecting cultures and experiences, as framed inside intimate apparel. The scenes within are pulled from a range of sources: photojournalism, fine art photography, and personal iconography. The artist is currently a resident at the McColl Center in Charlotte, N.C. More.

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#FridayFive with Shillington’s Ella Shillington

Shillington

Inspiration can come from anywhere. So, on the first Friday of each month, we’re sharing some of our Shillington team’s favourite things from the past four weeks. This month, Shillington Australia Experience Manager Ella Shillington tells us what was on her radar in December. 1. To Follow: Ruby Mary Lennox. Processed with VSCO with a9 preset. Ruby Barber, aka Ruby Mary Lennox , is a Berlin-based Australian flower stylist/artist who’s work is magnificent.

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This Permanent Makeup Brand is Inspired by Classic Art Masterpieces

The Die Line

Inspired by classic art masterpieces, this brand of permanent makeup pigments was designed by Moscow based Repina Branding.

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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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No Pants Subway Ride Around The World 2020 In Photos

Design You Trust

Brendan McDermid/Reuters It’s been 18 years since the wacky cats at Improv Everywhere — true to its slogan, “We Cause Scenes” — got the bright idea to take to the New York City subway sans slacks in the middle of January. Of course the concept caught on, and this year more than a dozen cities took part in “Global No-Pants Subway Ride 2020.” More: Improv Everywhere Brendan McDermid/.

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Stylish Use of Textutre in Illustration: Wizje Magazine

Abduzeedo

Stylish Use of Textutre in Illustration: Wizje Magazine. abduzeedo Jan 17, 2020 Tomasz Wo?niakowski shared a beautiful project on his Behance profile. It’s a set of illustrations he recently created for the newest Wizje magazine publication which is a polish collective of young people promoting poems of various writers. The illustration style is top notch, I especially like the usage of texture and depth.

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First Direct shifts its focus to financial wellness

Creative Review

When First Direct arrived on the market in 1989, it was a breath of fresh air. It had a simple and compelling proposition – ‘banking without branches’ – and a bold and playful approach to marketing. Its launch was announced with print ads which hinted at the multitude of things that consumers could be doing instead of visiting a branch and a one-off TV ad presented as a message from the future , which appeared to hijack consumers’ screens in the middle of an Audi co

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Kieran Murray Brilliantly Photoshops Toy Godzilla In His Photos, Again!

Design You Trust

Ryan thinks he deserves a holiday from destroying cities. Freelance photographer Kieran Murray (previously) rounded up his photos for the past 4 years and decided to add toy Godzilla into them to make it seem like they are exploring the world together. Why? Because he was bored. And for internet fame, of course. “I travel with a 6 inch plastic figurine that I Photoshop to look Godzilla Sized.

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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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Graphic Designer Alvaro Perez Creates Memorable Logos! Featured in Journal #364

Graphis

Multi-Platinum and Gold winner, Alvaro Perez is a graphic designer with over twenty years of experience focused on leadership, management, and design projects for corporate graphic identity and branding consultancy work. He founded El Paso, Galería de Comunicación, a design studio in Madrid, Spain. Perez’s work has been exhibited and published all over the world, […].

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Side Project Sessions in New York

Shillington

Side Project Sessions is a event series designed to help people put their labor of love—and themselves—first. Personal projects can define our careers—but so often it can be difficult to find the time, motivation and confidence to get something started or keep up momentum. Whatever the block, the “peer-pressured productivity” format helps you create focus for the important work that can easily fall to the bottom of the to-do list.

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Hidden Paintings Revealed with Each Turn of an Anamorphic Glass Sculpture by Thomas Medicus

Colossal

In his latest project “ What It Is Like To Be ,” artist Thomas Medicus ( previously ) employs his illusory style to create an anamorphic glass sculpture that changes with every 90 degree turn. The cubic piece is comprised of 144 glass strips that are arranged to depict four distinct images—clothes strung up on a line, bats clinging to a branch as they hang upside down, a diverse patch of mushrooms, and three figures who are caught in the rain.

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Digital Art & 3D typography by Pavel Zertsikel

Abduzeedo

Digital Art & 3D typography by Pavel Zertsikel. abduzeedo Jan 16, 2020 Pavel Zertsikel shared some awesome digital design projects on his Behance profile. I personally like the 3D typography treatment he created, especially with the usage of transparency. Unfortunately there’s no mention of the tools used, which made me wonder how he achieve such nice effects. .

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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.