Wed.Jul 01, 2020

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Video Tutorial: How to Create a Gold Foil Effect in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you a handy technique for creating a gold foil effect that looks just like the hot foil stamping printing finish that adds luxurious embellishments to printed products. We’ll first create a shiny gold texture, then apply it to some text with the help of a mask. To simulate the appearance of real foil stamping, we’ll finish it off with subtle effects like a paper texture and minor edge distortions. ?

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The 15 Best Flyer Templates for Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

Speckyboy Design Magazine

If you’re designing a flyer for a special occasion, then you don’t want to miss this roundup. We’ve gathered the best flyer templates for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator that you can use as inspiration or to save time during your design process. The templates on this list are suitable for a variety of promotions; from announcing and promoting a concert or a music festival to creating buzz about an upcoming event or occasion.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Laka by Ragged Edge

Under Consideration / Brand

“Hell hath no Fury Laka Cyclist Scorned”. Established in 2018, Laka is an insurtech company based in London, UK, that offers insurance specially customized to cyclists, which would be enough to set it apart but it also does it through a "crowd" model where customers' monthly rates vary and will be higher or lower (up to a pre-determined max rate) based on how many claims the rest of the customers have filed -- more claims means higher rate, less claims means lower rate.

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The Fashion Illustrations of Valentina Battaglia

Trendland

Words TL Team. Multi-media artist and illustrator from Rome, Valentina Battaglia has a very inspiring portfolio - From mixed-media to fashion illustration her style is unique to her and we love her models.

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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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Jillian Goeler Has an Illustrative Way to Enjoy Your ABCs and 123s

Brown Paper Bag

This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. I am not a letterer, but I am often enthralled by the letterforms that illustrators and graphic designers create. One of my favorite projects they participate in is 36 Days of Type , which essentially challenges a letterer to design their own alphabet and numbers one through nine.

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Inspired by her mother and ancestral home of Jamaica, Ekua King’s photography is filled with opulence and joy

Its Nice That

Talking us through her fashion-driven portraiture, the London-based photographer aims to break down the media’s negative connotations with being Black.

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Poster Collection inspired by VHS packaging

Abduzeedo

Poster Collection inspired by VHS packaging. AoiroStudio 07.01.20 Xavier Esclusa Trias has created a poster series that is bringing a bit of a nostalgia moments to be honest. Pure throwback from the days where we didn't care about going to rent movies at the video store, where the packaging was just part of an item that you will eventually learn to appreciate.

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Mossy Mazes and Dense Forests Embroidered into Textured Landscapes by Litli Ulfur

Colossal

“The Inside,” 10 inches. All images © Litli Ulfur, shared with permission. Through a luxuriant series of embroideries, Litli Ulfur translates thick landscapes into lush entanglements of brown and green stitches. The abstract forms consider the intricacies of nature through an aerial perspective, contrasting micro- and macro-views in every inch.

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Kanye West reimagines e-commerce with immersive new Yeezy site

Creative Review

Nick Knight has been a frequent collaborator of Kanye West over the years, from creating the artist’s Bound 2 music video back in 2013 to directing an accompanying film for his 2019 album, Jesus Is King. The SHOWstudio founder’s latest project in partnership with West sees the pair attempt to reimagine the experience of online shopping in a new e-commerce site for West’s fashion brand Yeezy, which has been over three years in the making.

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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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InHouse Records launches a weekly magazine for prison inmates during the lockdown

Its Nice That

With an aim to inspire and inform current prisoners, the world’s first fully functioning record label that operates inside the prison system has launched a print publication.

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The Illusion of Living in a Cartoon by Lane Walkup

Trendland

Words Claire Granlund. Seeing the work by artist Lane Walkup gives me a hypnagogic illusion of living in a cartoon. This mostly because of her metalwork that contains playful illustrative techniques reminding us of the beauty and innocence of drawing.

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Creative Heroes: Tyler Mitchell

Creative Review

Tyler Mitchell is renowned for his captivating film and photography work. Here, as part of our Creative Heroes series for our 40th birthday celebrations, Mitchell talks to us about his career milestones and his journey so far. The post Creative Heroes: Tyler Mitchell appeared first on Creative Review.

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James Iacobelli on Designing Matt Gallagher's Empire City

Spine Magazine

James Iacobelli is a graduate of the New York School of Visual Arts and has worked for Harper Collins and St. Martin's Press before joining Atria as Art Director. Here he talks us through his process for designing Matt Gallagher’s Empire City. Dystopian, apocalyptic, and super-powered soldiers — this was all the direction I needed. Empire City is a darkly funny novel about a country on the precipice of a major upheaval.

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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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Geometric Pattern posters inspired by architectural locations

Abduzeedo

Geometric Pattern posters inspired by architectural locations. AoiroStudio 07.01.20 Xtian Miller is a designer based in Detroit, MI, USA. His project is genuine, well-executed, and thought this should be perfect to be featured on abdz. Titled: ARC: Pattern Research, it's a series of 'geometric pattern posters inspired by architectural locations', it's a study that contains 25 prints that also can be purchased via his store.

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Photographer Josef Schulz Captures Abandoned Checkpoints Across Europe

Design You Trust

Polish-born photographer Josef Schulz has an extraordinary body of work to his name. The 48-year-old’s imagery deals predominantly with mundane man-made objects iconicised by his lens. But his images aren’t quite as simple as they first seem. Using digital manipulation Josef transforms his originals into familiar yet otherworldly scenes, removing the typography from commercial signage and.

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Dinnerware, Eggs, and Wine Shatter and Seamlessly Repair in Dramatic Digital Animation by Optical Arts

Colossal

?. A new CGI animation by Optical Arts depicts what would be a dinner-party nightmare: ceramic plates and bowls shatter, red wine cascades from long-stemmed glasses, and sharp knives dive to the floor. Despite its explosive scenes, “ Tocatta ” subsequently shows the same dinnerware, drinks, and plates of boiled eggs seamlessly repair and float upward as whole objects.

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Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in July

Design Week

Graduate showcase: D&AD New Blood. This year marks the 40 th edition of D&AD’s New Blood festival, and like so many other events in 2020 things will be celebrated a little differently this time around. The Coronavirus pandemic has pushed the festival and awards to migrate online this year, with five days of content hosted by the organisation — including webinars and workshops, job opportunities and the graduate work showcase.

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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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Felt Artist Packs Adorably Realistic Cat Heads Into Furry “Cat Frame” Portraits

Design You Trust

Wool-felt art is done by knitting wool fibers into shapes with special needles. In the past, we’ve seen talented artists in Japan use it to create incredibly lifelike shiba inu dolls and even gigantic wearable cat heads. Wool-felt artist, Fujitasatomi’s latest creation is now getting similar hype in Japan. Fujita works on creating many crafted-animals and other every day tools with wool-felt.

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Design Council and Network Rail team up to design train station of the future

Design Week

Design Council and Network Rail have revealed research on the design of future train stations. ThinkStation was compiled following 11 workshops across four cities (London, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow) between November 2019 and the start of 2020; the sessions comprised a mix of passengers and Network Rail stakeholders. The design organisation has provided design advice to Network Rail since 2017.

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Thoughts On Ideation. Part 1: Observation

BP&O

In this four-part series I offer some thoughts on generating and deploying ideas. This post, as with others, is an experiment. An attempt to push BP&O more towards theory, alongside the format of the review, to speculate with the intention of helping readers to generate new ideas. Rather than being dogmatic, these posts are an […]. The post Thoughts On Ideation.

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Free Wallpaper for July 2020

Six Leaf Design

Hello and happy July! I hope everyone’s been hanging in there through this summer. It looks much different than I’m sure we all imagined. For me it’s been all about backyard playtime, warm evening walks, and dinners on patios. (The patio is our own and we’re making the best use out of it since we moved in 7 years ago.) The summer is already flying by.

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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 Spotlight: Tiffany Alfonseca

Booooooom

Tiffany Alfonseca. Tiffany Alfonseca’s Website. Tiffany Alfonseca on Instagram.

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Noted: New Nation Brand for Australia by Clemenger BBDO

Under Consideration / Brand

“An Uphill Wattle”. I don't have to explain Australia but it's worth noting that this is a new, top-level nation brand, not specifically a tourism or economic development one but an Australia-as-a-whole one. This effort has been spearheaded by the Nation Brand Advisory Council, "formed in June 2018, includes twelve of Australia's most influential leaders from diverse industries.

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Designs for a socially distanced city by Mother Design, Accept & Proceed, DesignStudio and more

Its Nice That

Where We Stand includes concepts by 15 leading international studios, such as a zoned football pitch, a DIY stencil kit for demarcating outdoor space, and parabolic structures to amplify conversations.

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Manchester venue The Factory is opening up a virtual version in Fortnite

Creative Review

Dubbed The Virtual Factory, the digital building is hosting the first in a series of commissions – an exhibition by avatar artist LaTurbo Avedon, entitled Your Progress Will Be Saved. Visitors to the virtual space will get the chance to wander illuminated dance floors and sit in private booths, in what MIF describes as “a constantly evolving journey through shifting spaces” “You begin to see reflections throughout the Virtual Factory,” says Avedon. “From the m

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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.