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How to Get Hired as a Graphic Designer in the UK During the Pandemic

Shillington

2020 has definitely, as they say, been a year for the history books. The world—and our lives—has been overwhelmed by the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. While we continue to navigate these remarkably tumultuous times, Shillington graduates around the world continue to produce incredible for their portfolios. Many of these students transitioned into online learning with us when “Stay Home” orders were given in our campus countries.

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Meet the ‘Virtual Photographers’ Snapping Photos in Video Games

Feature Shoot

From Star Citizen by Mr. Hasgaha. Casey Lee has braved the freezing weather of the Siberian steppe to photograph a lost city. Megan Reims has traveled to Jackson, Wyoming in the aftermath of a deadly pandemic. Yuri Iliaev has explored the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and Mr. Hasgaha has space-walked to Jupiter. And they’ve all done it from the comfort of their own homes.

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Ikram Abdulkadir evokes the warmth and nostalgia of old family photographs in her powerful work

Its Nice That

The Malmö-based photographer discusses her route into photography and why her sister is her biggest inspiration.

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Observations of a portfolio reviewer

Creative Review

One good thing to come out of 2020 was the advertising industry’s united effort to help young creatives with loads of online portfolio reviews. As an ardent advertising educator, I did more reviews than usual, gave a portfolio webinar, and created a new Instagram platform called Mission Portfolio. This bumper portfolio year has given me new insights into the current state of creative portfolios and put what works and what doesn’t into sharp relief.

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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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Lufthansa Web Design Concept

Abduzeedo

Lufthansa Web Design Concept. abduzeedo 11.30.20 Petya Harmash and Egor Kostuchénko shared a web design redesign concept of Lufthansa website, the largest German airline which when combined with its subsidiaries, is the and the second largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. The name is derived from the German word Luft that means “air” and Hansa for the Hanseatic League.

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Illustrator Spotlight: Lydia Ortiz

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Rishi Packaging by Studio MPLSIllustrations and packaging for.

The Design Blog

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Down Under News – X2!

Joe McNally

Kind of cool that two bits of news have to do with Australia – a country I had the great pleasure to visit several times and the place where I first met Annie – true fact:) at the Sydney Olympic Games. Music and pictures! Recently I was contacted by Darren James , who is an enormously popular radio host in Melbourne, and a very active, enthusiastic photog.

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Forage & Gold: Honeycombs Unite!

The Die Line

The essential elements of this category inspired us. We loved the idea to work with the morphology of a honeycomb (hex pattern) to play around with the open and capped honey cells gave us a broad and exciting graphic outcome.

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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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‘The Joy of Type Design’: These Massive Alphabetic Prints Were Created Using Just Four Shapes

Colossal

Using the Brico System for letterpress printing requires thinking of every possible combination from A to Z. The simple method involves just four shapes to create typographic forms and geometric renderings, and it founded a recent collaboration between artist and printmaker Anthony Burill , designer and printer Thomas Mayo , and Oli Bently, who helms the Leeds-based studio Split and the People Powered Press , a non-profit printer that’s the largest letterpress operation of its kind in the

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How i-D influenced fashion photography

Creative Review

As the iconic magazine turns 40, we examine how i-D's embrace of subculture and the everyday reverberated across the fashion photography landscape. The post How i-D influenced fashion photography appeared first on Creative Review.

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Letter B Logo for Sale Designed by The Logo Smith

Logo Smith

The post Letter B Logo for Sale Designed by The Logo Smith appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. Negative Space Letter M Logo for Sale Designed by The Logo Smith. This Letter B logo for sale , was originally designed as a concept for an ethernet networking company, hence the use of nicely arranged Cat 5 Ethernet Cables to form the Letter B. ?

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Mural Art Project Launches with the Joyful and Nostalgic Works of Artist Gregory Siff in Sedona

Colossal

?. In collaboration with 4AM Gallery, Mural TX presents the premiere of Mural Art Project , an organization that travels the world searching for locations full of wonder and inspiration to document the creations of world-class artists as they engage with the surrounding area. Mural Art Project’s first iteration features Los Angeles-based artist Gregory Siff , who worked at the rugged Bell Rock landmark in Sedona Arizona.

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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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Chin-Yee Lai on Designing Worked Over

Spine Magazine

Chin-Yee Lai is a book designer and the Creative Director at Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, and has run Chin-Yee Lai Design since 2001. Here she talks us through her process for designing Worked Over. Worked Over by Jamie K. McCallum is a non-fiction book about the history and current state of work and employment in America. The book starts with two powerful stories: a woman dying from a combination of carbon monoxide and fumes from an overturned gas container while sleeping in

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Dark and eery, Gabriele Calvi animates a music video to the hum of the common sleep cycle

Its Nice That

The animator and motion designer has always longed to pair his two main interests: music and design. Here, he tells us what it’s like to have achieved that dream.

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Concrete Dream Surreal Scenes in 3D

Abduzeedo

Concrete Dream Surreal Scenes in 3D. abduzeedo 11.30.20 Concrete Dream is a series of 3D surreal scenes inspired from real world concrete structure combined with Link Lee daydream. Using Cinema 4D, Lee creates compositions that mix reminds me of the Monument Valley game, which makes me think that a photorealistic version of that game would be incredible.

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The Body Periodic and Snakes with Sneakers: Two New Entries in New Talent 2021

Graphis

Design student Junghoon Oh skillfully weaves typography with images for a different type of periodic table, while a group of students at Penn State University created a Converse sneaker design campaign for some slick kicks. A student of Professor Tina Fong of the School of Visual Arts, Oh brings a whole new meaning to elementary […].

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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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Raw Design Inspiration: Hand-picked shots from Dribbble

Abduzeedo

Raw Design Inspiration: Hand-picked shots from Dribbble. AoiroStudio 11.29.20 New week, a new abdz. 'Raw Design Inspiration' to kick it off. No theme, absolutely 'raw' inspiration. Being an abdz., inspiration is one of the biggest fuels in my everyday life. Whatever it is for life and work balance, it comes in many shapes and forms. For me, I do appreciate a good surf on Dribbble.

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4 Key UX Tips for Better Consumer Product Sites

Inspiration Feed

The success of an e-commerce site often hinges on the quality of the user experience (UX) that it offers to its visitors. A site with good UX can resonate with customers, facilitate the sales process, and provide clear lines of… The post 4 Key UX Tips for Better Consumer Product Sites appeared first on Inspirationfeed.

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Artist Creates Whimsical Illustrations Where Animals Become Puns

Design You Trust

Illustrator and concept artist Piper Thibodeau has been creating what she calls a “daily painting” every day since November 2012. With this series, Thibodeau is going for the whimsical: friendly-looking creatures and puns, and the illustrations are as surprising as they’re cute! “I really enjoy focusing on optimism in my work, particularly during these hard times, and if my work manages to add a.

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Body shapes inspired 3D Landscapes

Abduzeedo

Body shapes inspired 3D Landscapes. AoiroStudio 11.29.20 Karan Gujar is an art director based in Mumbai, India. He shared a cool 3D project via his Behance. Inspired by human body shapes, he explored the outlines of 3D, shapes, and lighting to come up with this lovely series titled: 'Contour - Scapes'. I love the subtle gradient fading in the background and its repetition.

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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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Artist Makes A Fun Virtual Road Trip With Her Photoshopped Family

Design You Trust

According to Brynn Shuller: “I moved back home from Los Angeles to Cincinnati (thanks, Covid) and decided to take my photoshopped family along with me on a road trip. “We” took a picture in each state we drove through. Yes, I went to all these places, dressed up as each character, and then photoshopped “myselves” together to create each photo!

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Illustrations Bring This Wine's Luxury Factor To The Hilt

The Die Line

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Goal Creation Tips for the Newbie Goal Setter

Purple Rose Graphics

With the end of the year coming up, I started doing what I do every November, I started working on my goals for the next year. It was a great tip I got years ago, from a mentor I had. What I didn’t know at the time was that less than 20% of people create goals. An even slimmer percentage of goal creators write them down. It’s widely accepted that creating and writing down goals makes a person more successful.

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“Let Me Sow Love” by Roger Richardson

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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.