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Design Deals for the Week

Designer Daily

Every week, we’ll give you an overview of the best deals for designers, make sure you don’t miss any by subscribing to our deals feed. You can also follow the recently launched website Type Deals if you are looking for free fonts or font deals. 26 Best-Selling Bundles: Textures, Stamps, Charts & More. This Best Sellers Bundle offers you 26 different collections to make any graphic designer giddy.

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Video Tutorial: How To Create a Grime Art Portrait in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Photoshop tutorial we’re going to have some fun creating a surreal art style known as Grime Art, which is a weird trend where portrait photos are doodled upon with drooping, cartoonish drips of slimy flesh in vibrant colours to produce weird and wonderful zombie-like images with a gross, but somehow cool effect. I’ll show you a handy technique within Photoshop that allows you to easily illustrate and colour your artwork with the help of a pen tablet. ?

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Adobe Fresco: Everything Illustrators & Designers Need to Know

Creative Market

Made especially for touch devices, Adobe Fresco is a dream come true for anyone who wants to indulge in the thrills of painting and drawing right from their digital devices. Released on September 24, Fresco gives free rein to illustrators and designers who want to let loose with their creativity. The app’s user experience was designed to be simple and straightforward, making this program an accessible illustration and design tool for even beginners.

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Napier Street by Studio Hi Ho

BP&O

Opinion by Richard Baird 231 Napier Street is an eleven apartment building, now sold out, created by property developer Milieu, set with the culturally rich part of Fitzroy, Melbourne. It is their first collaboration with architect Edition Office—an innovative practice with a strong conceptual focus—and part of the developer’s ongoing enquiry into and interrogation of the […].

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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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How to Make Instagram Stories in Seconds Without Photoshop

Tuts Plus

What You'll Be Creating Need to create beautiful looking Instagram stories , but don’t have the required tools to start doing so? Well, what if I told you that there’s an easy way you can change that, using Placeit ’s online Instagram Story Templates. Believe it or not, you can actually use templates for Instagram stories, such as an Instagram caption template, an Instagram story highlight template, an Instagram story cover template, or maybe an Instagram question template, which you can customi

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LA Lady, or the Savoir Faire of Boredom

Trendland

LA Lady is a sponge to her environment, soaked into the zeitgeist, she knows not what she wants, but what she longs for. She rides fast on the trend train heading to nowhere. LA Lady does not copy anyone, she gets inspired by everyone she admires. She likes sushi and rock and roll, she’s gonna be an icon someday, her followers are watching. Written, Directed and Filmed by Thomas Simon, this fashion film depicts a day in the life of […].

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Arcade Game Typography reminds us of the best of 8 pixel monospaced fonts

Its Nice That

Toshi Omagari, type designer at Monotype UK, has been researching the design of 8 pixel monospaced fonts for the past three years. Now, his research and analysis has been published in a new book by Thames & Hudson, celebrating 250 fonts from 1970s, 80s and 90s arcade games. Read more.

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The Complete List of Education Events 2019 and Beyond (updated October 2019)

Canny

Education events are critical to the development of the education sector. They provide the opportunity for you to discover new knowledge, techniques, products and services. They also provide the opportunity to promote and show off your new ideas. When looking for a conference to attend it can be a tedious task to find the right one for you. This post is listing some of the most popular upcoming education conferences in the UK, Europe and US detailing the important information of each along with

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Urban Tetris in Sofia [ Bulgaria ]

Trendland

Bulgarian graphic designer, photographer and retoucher, Mariyan Atanasov great urban exploration project named ‘Urban Tetris‘ consist of transforming Sofia’s architecture in abstract shapes of Tetris. Genius and extremely visual! Trendland approved! www.behance.net/stastny @mariyanatanasov. The post Urban Tetris in Sofia [ Bulgaria ] appeared first on Trendland Online Magazine Curating the Web since 2006.

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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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Take a tour across spacetime with Ori Toor’s conceptually rich illustrations

Its Nice That

“It’s kind of an itch I need to scratch,” the Tel Aviv-based illustrator says about his desire to produce art. Finding time to work on personal projects between commissioned projects, his body of work seem more dense with ideas than ever. Read more.

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Web Design: 50 Inspiring Website Designs with Amazing UIUX

Graphic Design Junction

GDJ is the best place for Website Design Inspiration. Here you can discover the fresh and creative website designs of the world. In this huge list we gathered 50 best award winning website design by web designers, web design agencies and entrepreneurs. All web designs are just awesome with amazing UX and UX. All these websites using modern development tools, HTML5 & CSS3 queries and design techniques.

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Six animators bring their own unique styles to Coal Drops Yard’s shapeshifting identity

Its Nice That

As part of our partnership with Coal Drops Yard, we commissioned six animation directors to take over the shopping and dining destination’s Instagram account with their own playful imaginings. Read more.

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20 Beautiful Minimalist Website Design Examples for Your Inspiration

Graphic Mama

Minimalist website design has become very popular in the last several years because it helps designers achieve more elegant and tidy compositions. Plus, it keeps the visitors’ focus on the essential content. In this collection, we’ve gathered 20 minimalist website designs which impress with taste and functionality. The common thing among these web design is the lack of unnecessary elements, lots of blank space which helps the compositions breathe, and limited color palettes.

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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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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for ACS International Schools by Johnson Banks

Under Consideration / Brand

“A Brave New Globe”. Established in 1967, ACS International Schools is a group of four non-sectarian and co-educational private schools -- three in Greater London and one in Doha, Qatar -- that serves over 3,700 students, aged 2 to 18, from more than 100 countries. Their U.S.-based curriculum covers the four International Baccalaureate programs as well as Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the new AP Capstone and International Diplomas.

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Exploring the Beauty and Power of Volumetric Backgrounds in Web Design

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Being ingenious products of designer creativity and remarkable development skills, digitally created animations have run the show several years in the row. Do you remember all of those scenes that can be explored in several dimensions? Well, it seems that the mainstream is not going to slow down nor fade away. Volumetric backgrounds are proof of that.

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Paris 2024: variable fonts and Art Deco for the Olympics

Type room

Tags. Olympics , logo , emblem , Paris , Bespoke , variable , typeface , France , Royalties Ecobranding. Paris has unveiled a gold-medal-shaped emblem for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games that incorporates the Olympic flame and the lips of Marianne. The new design, under the direction of creative agency Royalties Ecobranding , brings together three iconic symbols connected to sport, the Games and France.

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The Dynamic Details of Unusual Plants Captured in Singular Moments by Photographer Helene Schmitz

Colossal

“Drosera stolonifera” part of the Carnivores series. Swedish artist Helene Schmitz focuses on the fascinating structural details of plants in her macro photographs. Throughout her long career, Schmitz has returned again and again to plants. By centering her subjects—dramatically unfurling blossoms and carnivorous plants—on matte backgrounds that complement the tones of the specimen, viewers are able to study the unique shapes and structures of each plant.

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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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Creating a “compassionate” identity for cancer support app Natia

Creative Review

While healthcare and mindfulness apps are aplenty, Natia operates at the intersection of the two, with the aim of offering holistic support specifically for cancer patients. The app was founded by John Muolo, a former cancer patient himself, and has been endorsed by cancer support organisation Maggie’s Centres. The app is designed to improve mind-body wellbeing as a way of coping with the physical and psychological effects of the disease, with support ranging from yoga and meditation to co

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Fantastic Digital Art by Juhani Jokinen

Abduzeedo

Fantastic Digital Art by Juhani Jokinen. abduzeedo Oct 24, 2019 Juhani Jokinen is an Associate Lead Concept Artist for Ubisoft. He is based in Helsink, Finland. Juhani is a concept designer, art director, and illustrator. He specializes in producing conceptual ideas and high-end artwork for clients within the entertainment industry. As you can see from the digital art collection below, his work is simply awesome with subjects ranging from epic Nile battles to awesome Sci-fi concepts.

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New Fall Workbook Hits Art Directors’ Desks

Illustration Age

It’s that time again! The new Fall 2019 Illustration and Photography Workbooks are currently landing on the desks of Art Directors and Art Buyers of every industry, featuring some of the best contemporary creative professionals. The latest edition is graced by a beautiful cover illustration by Kirsten Ulve, one of my current favorite illustrators.

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Nikon Small World 2019: The Best Microscope Photos Of The Year

Design You Trust

Nikon has announced the winners of the 2019 Small World Photomicrography Competition, and has once more shared some of the winning and honored images with us. The contest invites photographers and scientists to submit images of all things visible under a microscope. This year, first place was awarded to Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler for their painstakingly prepared photo of a turtle embryo.

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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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Selected works by Andy Smith

This is Paper

23.10.2019Selected works by Andy SmithResearch, Photography ©Andy Smith Canadian visual artist Andy N. Smith finds beauty in the banality of everyday life, documenting moments of aesthetic synthesis on film.Traversing his local area in search of objects and coincidences which could be easily overlooked, Andy's work reconnects the viewer with the urban landscape—inviting them to pause and reflect.

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This Artist Turns Picasso’s Portraits Into Fantastic 3D Sculptures

Design You Trust

For the Paris Fashion Week Exhibiton 2019, CR Studio was invited to create a backdrop for the brand ‘The Art’s Sake’. Art director Omarqil decided to recreate Picasso’s figurative portraits into 3D sculptures. A stunning series showing one more time that art has no limit. More: Behance h/t: Source.

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How did arcade games impact typography?

Design Week

When most of us consider video game visuals, we might think of graphics — how realistically an alien world, race track or war zone can be replicated. We might not immediately think of fonts. But a new book aims to draw attention to the importance of typography’s role in immersing players in games. Arcade Game Typography focuses on arcade games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, as Tetris and Space Invaders exploded in popularity — a time when fonts were crucial in communicati

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Brand Identity with Hand Made Personality for Berlin Genuino

Abduzeedo

Brand Identity with Hand Made Personality for Berlin Genuino. abduzeedo Oct 24, 2019 Yani & Guil shared a beautiful brand identity project for Salon Berlin. The heads of Salon Berlin reached out at us to bring to life a whole new series of men’s care products from the ground up. After a deep process of investigation, proof and error with all their barbers and us, «Berlin Genuino» was born, offering a lineup of natural products designed, created and tested by real barbers.

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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.