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8 Unique Ways to Implement Social Media Icons with CSS & JavaScript

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Social media icons are a necessity for every website. They’re instantly recognizable and useful for encouraging users to share your content or to visit your Facebook or Twitter profile. Yet, these visual assets have become so common that we sometimes leave creativity out of the equation. And while there’s nothing wrong with using a more conventional look, there’s much to be said for standing out.

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My Not So Super History

Joe McNally

I covered one Super Bowl. Let me clarify. I covered the referee crew who officiated one Super Bowl. 1987. Big Blue won, led by the wondrous Phil Simms, who chose to have the best day of his career in the biggest game of his life. I had a contract with SI, and as I’ve always said, they sort of tolerated me, even though I couldn’t shoot action worth a lick.

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Artist Matt McCarthy Uses Photoshop To Create Surreal Giant Cat Landscapes

Design You Trust

Nowadays, it would be hard to imagine photo editing without Photoshop as it comes in handy not only for professional but also for personal use. People use it for a lot of things, from creating designs to making themselves look better for pitch-perfect Instagram photos. Probably most of us will also agree that this software is a mighty tool that helps people to unleash their creativity and make magical, augmented reality images that would be impossible using only photography.

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366CansChallenge, an everyday project

Abduzeedo

366CansChallenge, an everyday project. AoiroStudio 02.07.21 This feature is for all the beer fans out there and graphic design. Studio Blackthorns is a branding & packaging design agency and they have shared with us their '366CansChallenge'. An everyday project where the challenge was to design a can per day, that happened during the infamous year of 2020.

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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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Japanese Artist Makes Bento Boxes With Popular Anime Characters

Design You Trust

If you ever feel like your plate doesn’t spark joy, and let’s be honest, it happens more often than we’d like to admit, you may wanna get yourself inspired by this Japanese food art. Also known as kyaraben, it features fun and super kawaii food assembled in elaborate styles and compositions. More: Instagram h/t: boredpanda. Japanese food artist Kaseifu Mudazono makes incredibly detailed bento boxes and what’s even better is that she adds popular anime characters to them!

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“Play With Your Food”: Pop Culture Icons Recreated With Sausages

Design You Trust

BurpZine is an Instagram series created by pastry chef Erik Vernieuwe, in cooperation with photographer Kris De Smedt, in his spare time. The series is exactly what you think it is – sausages dressed as celebrities, art pieces, and cartoon characters. More: Instagram , Facebook , Kris De Smedt h/t: laughingsquid.

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6 Game-Changing Templates You NEED in Your Design Business

Just Creative

I know firsthand that sometimes running your business can be overwhelming, especially because we wear so many hats at the same time. But cutting corners (like I did early in my career), has never served me right! Instead, what I’d much rather do is invest in a time-machine and teleport myself a couple of years into the future by learning from experts and mentors who have walked that path already and are now spreading their golden nuggets of wisdom.

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Beautiful Vintage Color Photos of Holidaymakers at Southend-on-Sea in 1953

Design You Trust

Take a look at tourists enjoying their holiday at Southend-on-Sea, a resort town on the Thames Estuary in Essex, Southeast England: sunbathing on the beach, singing and dancing on the Royal Sovereign-a pleasure steamer taking passengers on a trip up the Thames, having good times at the funfair, through 11 fascinating color photographs taken by Bert Hardy. h/t: vintag.es.

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6 Game-Changing Templates You NEED in Your Design Business

Just Creative

I know firsthand that sometimes running your business can be overwhelming, especially because we wear so many hats at the same time. But cutting corners (like I did early in my career), has never served me right! Instead, what I’d much rather do is invest in a time-machine and teleport myself a couple of years into the future by learning from experts and mentors who have walked that path already and are now spreading their golden nuggets of wisdom.

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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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Link International: Graphic Designer

Shillington

The post Link International: Graphic Designer appeared first on Shillington Design Blog.

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8 Essential Free Plugins for WordPress Multisite

Speckyboy Design Magazine

One of the truly cool and powerful features of WordPress is the ability to run a Multisite network. Install WordPress, create a network and you’ll be able to manage any number of websites within just one place. Each website within that network can have its own users, themes and plugins. As a super admin, you have a wide range of control over what is and isn’t allowed for those sites.

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Chevrolet print ads

Communication Arts

McCann World Group México used satellite maps and Google technology to craft an intricate print campaign to showcase the Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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Colossus Creative Co.: Designer

Shillington

The post Colossus Creative Co.: Designer appeared first on Shillington Design Blog.

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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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Meghan Marin

Communication Arts

This Brooklyn-based photographer cultivates familiarity in her work by focusing on the strangeness behind everyday occurrences.

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Alt Saints: Junior Designer

Shillington

The post Alt Saints: Junior Designer appeared first on Shillington Design Blog.

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Mademoiselle Chapeaux

Communication Arts

To appeal to the modern customer base, Fidesio updates this classic French hattery with a contemporary site.

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