Azure Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2021
What is accessibility? As a 3’5” scooter user with no arms, for me accessibility means barrier-free access to all the world has to offer. It’s a simple principle, but one not often seen in our public spaces. Even the legal regulations and design standards meant to ensure universal accessibility often fall well short of their goal, if they’re met at all.
Fotor
JANUARY 19, 2021
Looking to keep up with the latest ways to give your YouTube channel that cutting-edge look? Spice up your channel with all you need to know about making the perfect YouTube channel art. Read on to learn more about YouTube channel art dimensions as well as some design tips and tricks for creating your own […].
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Design Week
JANUARY 21, 2021
"The challenge in university branding is that you're trying to present a coherent visual identity for something that just has so many fantastically varied things going on within it," says Christine Ayre. Ayre is a designer with a background in linguistics and typography.
Just Creative
JANUARY 17, 2021
“An animator is an actor with a pencil.”. That quote, from the legendary cartoonist Chuck Jones perfectly illustrates the importance of a pencil in the hand of a designer or artist. With the right tools, they can create anything that their imagination sees in their mind and put it on paper. Mr. Jones’ inspiring words inspired us to take a closer look at the best mechanical pencils for artists and designers in 2021.
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
Spoon Graphics
JANUARY 20, 2021
Follow along with this tutorial to learn how to create a stylized illustration with the appearance of a stained glass window, where the artwork is segmented into several coloured shapes. I’ll first show you how to create the simplified illustration style by using Illustrator’s shape tools to draw a rose graphic. This vector art alone is a nice, bright, flat illustration style, but I’ll then show you how you can transform your artwork into a realistic stained glass window with t
Six Leaf Design
JANUARY 20, 2021
So, you’ve taken the plunge and invested in a shiny new website for your business to take things to the next level. But what good is even having a website if no one can find it? That’s where SEO comes into play. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and it essentially means making your site visible for search engines like Google and Bing so people can find you when they search.
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Just Creative
JANUARY 20, 2021
This article has been contributed by Alisa Taylor. You don’t need to look far for people who agree that a simple nautilus shell, the Parthenon in Athens, and the Mona Lisa all have a certain special something about them. To the uninitiated, some designs just ‘look right’, while those in the know will tell you it comes down to the Golden Ratio. They’ll also tell you that, far from being a relic of the past, the ratio is all around you — and you can use it to create impactful, well-proportioned lo
Azure Magazine
JANUARY 19, 2021
Thanks to a number of digital interventions, the 11th annual DesignTO – Canada’s largest design festival – is still a go for 2021. While the Interior Design Show has been rescheduled for May , the festival’s series of events, window installations and exhibitions are still set to inundate the city with all things design – albeit, in many cases, in an online format.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2021
Web Design in 2021 – A look at the trends that will shape the year to come. An Early Look at Full Site Editing in WordPress – Take a tour of one of the biggest new features for WordPress themes. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021 – Everything you need to know to create fast experiences on the web today. Two Issues Styling the Details Element and How to Solve Them – Learn how to use this HTML element to create accordion-like functionality.
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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.
Just Creative
JANUARY 18, 2021
Taking up photography can be a very enjoyable and maybe even lucrative hobby to start. The problem is that when you’re first starting, it can get a little overwhelming at the sight of all the gear that’s out there. To help your new passion get started the right way, we thought sharing our best cameras and memory cards for beginners would be a great way to kick off 2021.
Creative Review
JANUARY 20, 2021
“Posters are a perfect cross-section of everything graphic design. For an application that only involves merely text and image, it has the potential for so much more,” says Sydney-based designer Jack Forrest. “By sticking to the poster format, you create a degree of consistency that can frame different styles of image-making, typography and layout without being too jarring.” Forrest began his ongoing poster project on Instagram last March when the pandemic’s impact
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
Pentagram partners Sascha Lobe and Yuri Suzuki have designed the new identity for the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI), based on musical forms and frequency waves. The work includes a new logo (static and sonic), sound design, video and motion graphics as well as typography. MIDI is used by musicians, producers and DJs as a way to create and share musical work.
Booooooom
JANUARY 22, 2021
Photographer Erinn Springer explores her midwestern roots in her recent series, “Dormant Seasons.” Originally from Wisconsin, Springer went to school in New York City and is currently based between both places. Initially started as a way to interact with her family and greater Wisconsin community, the series has blossomed into a reflective exploration of self, home, and the cyclical nature of the land we inhabit. .
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Just Creative
JANUARY 19, 2021
Procreate is one of the most well-known and highly regarded sketch pad applications that professional artists work on. It offers a vast selection of brushes catering to the needs of the widest possible range of art and design techniques. Here, we have shortlisted the 15 best crayon & marker brushes for Procreate that will enable beginners, artists, and designers alike to achieve whatever artwork they have in mind with utmost perfection.
Design You Trust
JANUARY 16, 2021
Japanese artist Kotetsu blends illustration photography and kirie (Japanese traditional paper cutting) to create beautiful works of art that bring anime heroines into the real world. Instead of using ink or colored pencils to color the outfits of his illustrations, Kotetsu cuts out the paper canvas and juxtaposes his creations against various backdrops, thus letting Mother Nature do the coloring for him.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
JANUARY 19, 2021
For over two decades, I’ve been fortunate enough to work from home. No maddening commute and all the coffee I can handle. Sounds pretty cool, right? And, even when a global pandemic sent the world scrambling to work remotely, things stayed relatively the same here (save for my child enrolling in online school ). Being in a familiar environment, away from all the chaos, is a true blessing.
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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.
Just Creative
JANUARY 19, 2021
Calligraphy is a beautiful art form whose history stretches back to Ancient China and has been used for centuries by many different types of people. While calligraphy has had a renaissance, it continues to be a beautiful style of writing used in wedding or event invitations, and using the Procreate app makes creating logos, branding, or any other project using calligraphy a dream.
Design Week
JANUARY 20, 2021
In the 1950s, Ladybird’s What to Look for series launched with a playful look at spring and autumn. The season-inspired books were written by E.L. Grant Watson and illustrated by painter Charles Tunnicliffe, aiming to show children the changing events in the four seasons across the UK. The series has now been revived for the first time in 60 years by Ladybird, Penguin’s design-led children’s imprint.
Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
Unveiled for Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Pioneers of the Past collaboration is part of the brand’s partnership with North Face as well as a wider celebration of Black representation in art. A Vibe Called Tech – set up by Charlene Prempeh to explore the intersection of Black creativity, culture and innovation – brought together Alayo Akinkugbe, founder of Instagram account @ablackhistoryofart , visual researcher Theophilus Imani, Black Archives founder Renata Cherlise and cur
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.
Just Creative
JANUARY 17, 2021
What can make or break a brand is its marketing. A product can consist of the most subpar materials, but when it is strategically imagined and sold, trust that buyers will support it as if their lives depend on it. That being the case, the kind of marketing materials you produce matters. From brochures to magazine layouts and portfolios to posters, making sure that you successfully articulate your business message is crucial to connecting with your audience.
Design Week
JANUARY 22, 2021
In March 2015, a month before it launched publicly, investment app Robinhood had a waitlist of around 700,000 people. By 2020, the US-based app had more than 13 million users. Co-founded in 2013 by Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev, the in-demand app offers commission-free trading in the hopes of levelling the financial playing field. “We’re on a mission to democratize finance for all,” its mission statement reads.
Colossal
JANUARY 21, 2021
All images © Isabelle Simler, shared with permission. French illustrator and author Isabelle Simler deftly renders the liminal time surrounding dusk through a poetic exploration of Earth’s rarest color. The Blue Hour winds through the natural world on a journey to spot the pigment, from a bluejay resting on ice-coated branches to robin’s eggs to midnight skies and ocean depths.
SpeckyBoy
JANUARY 22, 2021
If you’re looking to work on black and white photos, it’s a good idea to have a solid set of Photoshop actions on hand. These help to streamline your efforts and effectively act as timesavers. This is especially important if you have a lot of images you need to edit. If you’re stumped as to how to locate quality photoshop actions for black and white photos, we’ve put together a good list here of options.
Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix
When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.
Just Creative
JANUARY 17, 2021
When you create beautiful artwork using a standard brush on the Procreate app, the artwork can look a bit flat, especially if you’re creating something with fur or hair. A texture brush can take a flat image and make it look soft, fluffy, or even gritty. The levels of detail that a texture brush can add inspired us to take a look at the options out there for Procreate and share with you the best texture brushes for Procreate.
Noupe
JANUARY 20, 2021
Welcome the new year 2021 with emerging full-stack development trends so that your business stays at the forefront of markets with the latest technologies. Though the pandemic disturbed the market in 2019-2020, now, it is time you take the steering in your control. . Full-stack development has helped you grow and expand your business. You do not have to hire separate front-end and back-end developers.
Creative Review
JANUARY 20, 2021
Indoor vertical farming company Plenty has been given a fresh look by New York creative agency &Walsh. Similar to the way our towns and cities are expanding, the premise of vertical farming is to grow vegetables up rather than out in a bid to save on land, with Plenty claiming to use 99% less land than conventional farms. The San Francisco-based company uses AI and robots to manage production, yet its new look led by &Walsh is designed to give a friendlier, more “approachable”
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
London-based branding studio Nalla has developed a mental health resource database for creatives called MindFull. It has been launched today on “Blue Monday” – the day of the year that is supposedly the “most depressing” The concept was first published in a 2005 press release from UK travel company Sky Travel, and takes into account bad weather, long nights, and the financial and health-related after effects of the festive season.
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