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Gordon Kaye: We Keep Getting Back Up

Graphic Design USA

The participants in GDUSA's Socially Responsible Designers editorial feature – an annual look at creative and thought leaders who are designing for good – choose to see a silver lining to the annus horribilis that is 2020.

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12 Creative Slack Groups You Should Be Following

Shillington

Since launching our Online Course in September, Slack has become an essential medium for students and teachers to interact in, learn, share and deliver feedback, collaborate and catch up. Not only is it great for the online classroom, slack is also a great networking tool. With the ability to follow as many channels are you like, Slack offers a great space to connect with people you work with and now even more than ever, make new connections in your community that previously would have happened

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Annie Yang: Branding For Me, By Me

Graphic Design USA

Annie Yang of Conran Design Group says that young audiences want a real connection with a brand, one that has 'an authentic integration into our lives.’.

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Motion Design Monday - Coding Explorations

Abduzeedo

Motion Design Monday - Coding Explorations. abduzeedo 11.01.20 Andreion de Castro shared a personal motion design project, exploring and experimenting with creative coding on a daily basis. Inspired by pop culture, he often uses lyrics and movie references as the premise of his animations. “As you will see when you browse through my posts, I tend to work with more emotion and depth, translating into a slower motion.” - adds Andreion.

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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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Recognizable Characters Recreated By A Korean Artist In Her Own Style

Design You Trust

Ecosia & Oceanhero (Browsers) Jenny, who goes by the name of Jennyudee on her social media, is an extremely talented artist. Her main specialty is doing her own renditions of famous characters and private commissions, reimagining them in her own style. More: Instagram, DeviantArt, Patreon h/t: boredpanda Lady And The Tramp (Lady And The Tramp) Her style is reminiscent of manhwa.

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“I Thought They Were Photos!”: Japanese Artist’s Exquisite Work Earns Plaudits Online

Design You Trust

Artist Hiroki Saito posted the works he has made so far on his Twitter account, to overwhelming praise and astonishment. The reason? These aren’t photos, paintings, drawings or computer-rendered illustrations but painstakingly realized works of ‘kiri-e.’ Literally meaning “cut drawings,” kiri-e is created with paper and a blade.

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“All About You” music video

Communication Arts

LAMAR+NIK utilizes stratastencil animation to craft an organic and hypnotic music video for Leon Bridges’s new track “All About You.

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The Last Days on Californian Beaches Before Covid-19 in Melancholic Photographs by Marina Weishaupt

Design You Trust

In early 2020, a few days before the first lockdowns in European states, which were quickly followed by many other countries around the globe, Marina Weishaupt enjoyed the last days of freedom on Californian beaches. The German photographer, passionate about nature and travel, immortalized the last moments of the world before Covid-19, when barrier gestures, lockdowns and curfews were not yet part.

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Free Wallpaper for November 2020

Six Leaf Design

I woke up this morning and realized it was the first of a new month and I hadn’t even thought about creating the wallpaper design. This is the first time that’s happened in the last almost 8 years and it feels both liberating and terrifying to know that no one is here to hold me accountable but myself. And then when I sat down to work on it, my computer decided to refuse to work and I spent 3 hours with Apple support trying to figure it out.

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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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“In Hope of a New Future”: The Superb Dark, Surreal and Dreamy Art Works of Davansh Atry

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“My name is Davansh Atry, 3D artist from India. I was an Electronics major at college and graduated in 2016. I was never much interested in a job in that field, majorly because I sucked at it. Haha. Art wasn’t my thing from the very beginning. I stumbled upon it by mistake and it just stuck with me. And, i’m glad it did.” More: Instagram h/t: vapor95 “I have been creating art for almost three.

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How to Update WordPress Themes and Plugins with a ZIP File

Speckyboy Design Magazine

When updating a WordPress theme or plugin, we’ve long had two choices. Either manually upload the updated files via FTP or install the update within the WordPress dashboard. In general, both of these methods work pretty well – most of the time. FTP is fairly reliable, but isn’t recommended for non-technical users. Then, some themes and plugins seem to be extra finnicky when attempting to update via the dashboard.

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Leather Covered Toyota Crown XIV Sold in Moscow For $325,000

Design You Trust

This was probably one of the wildest ads. The leather-fur car previously made at the order of a Russian oligarch to be presented to queen Elizabeth. Now it’s being sold in Moscow – perhaps, the gift was denied, and it’s not difficult to understand why… h/t: englishrussia Well, this wonder is based on Toyota Crown 1995. And after the crazy modification it costs 25,000,000 rub. ($325,000).

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Top Online Entertainment Trends to follow

Trendland

Words Guest Writer. With the virtual world considered to be one of the most exciting bio networks in recent times, the entertainment stream, just like any other industry has been generously offering options that are unique and innovative to the masses, right from gaming to music online. Since a significant volume of people from across the globe use the internet for entertainment, and as such faces constant pressure to improve the customer experience, here are some top trends to watch out for.

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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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Urban Explorer Makes Fantastic Photos of The Abandoned Radio Station to Seek For Traces of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations

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Artem Achkasov Just another place reminding of the scientific past of the great country. The bank of the Volga river, Nizhegorodsk region, Russia and a radio astronomy observatory of the Scientific Research Radiophysical Institute built two years after the war, in 1947. h/t: englishrussia, drive2 Artem Achkasov The mirror 15 meters in diameter. Artem Achkasov The radio astronomy observatory.

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Shell Royster

Communication Arts

This Atlanta- and New York–based photographer weaves her cultural understanding of food into her work.

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Climate Justice

Communication Arts

Beetroot’s website for this Greenpeace initiative unites communities around the world in the fight against climate change.

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