Communication Arts

JANUARY 9, 2020

Reflecting the exploratory nature and magical experiences of exploring The Neverlands’ venues, ActiveColor’s site design incites the senses through animated illustrations.

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Graphic Mama

JANUARY 7, 2020

Get a huge dose of inspiration with these incredible poster design ideas! Poster design does not only raise awareness for a cause or promote an event but it also helps designers reveal their full creative potential. In this collection, we’ve gathered incredible poster design ideas that impress with creativity and good taste. We’ve included retro poster designs, futuristic poster designs, black-and-white poster designs, typography poster designs and many more, so we can load you up wi

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Designer Daily

JANUARY 10, 2020

Digital design is great, it opens a range of possibilities that were unheard of previously. However, sometimes you just want to give a more human, non-digital look-and-feel to your designs. Unfortunately, you cannot always work by hand on your designs for obvious time reasons, but there is a solution, thanks to great online resources. Here is a list of 10 great paper cut-out fonts that will give a more human touch to your graphic design work. 1.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 7, 2020

New business card templates that can take your business and brand to the next level. All business cards are well organized and easy to edit with Adobe Photoshop without knowing professional skills. The creative clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals. Fully editable templates available in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & MS Word versions. .

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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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BP&O

JANUARY 6, 2020

Opinion by Richard Baird AIR Studios was founded in 1965 by Beatles producer Sir George Martin. It is located in London’s Lyndhurst Hall, a former church with one of the largest recording rooms in the world and a live space capable of holding a full symphony orchestra. Since its opening, it has hosted a plethora of world-class […]. The post Air Studios by Spin appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 6, 2020

I have created plenty of brushes and textures based on halftone dots previously on Spoon Graphics, but halftone lines are a fantastic alternative pattern that can add detailed retro effects to your artwork. This new collection of free halftone lines textures features 10 high-resolution graphics with a distressed appearance, made of evenly spaced diagonal lines at a 45-degree angle.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the 63rd round up of Business Logo Design in Year 2020. Start your New Year with great and remarkable inspiration of hand-picked collection of Logo Templates , Abstract Logo, Logotypes and Letter-mark Logos. Brand logo or visual identity is the most important and key element of an effective branding identity system. In this logo showcase we are gathered professionally designed logo templates that gives great ideas to make your next logo design.

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Designer Daily

JANUARY 9, 2020

As someone who loves design but who has admittedly little artistic ability, I’m always looking for new design tools that let me create beautiful visuals without needing to ask for help. To save you some of the work, I’m sharing some of my favorite DIY tools for creating custom-made logos, Instagram posts, infographics, and more. 1. Tailor Brands – for Logo Design.

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Just Creative

JANUARY 5, 2020

Having skills in either UX or UI design can go a long way towards having a successful and rewarding career. As with most skills, taking a class is a great way to earn the knowledge you need to be able to enter the field and get to work. That led us to recommend our choices for the Best UX/UI Design Course available online. When choosing your course, take into consideration the value, cost, length and content of each course, and the fact that some options are subscriptions, meaning you will get a

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Canva

JANUARY 4, 2020

Between the pressure of keeping up with the school curriculum, meeting with parents and running daily classes, it can be hard to make time for innovative ideas for students that promote creativity in the classroom. With such little time to spare, it can be easy to think—does it really make a difference? The short answer is: Absolutely. Creative classrooms don’t just look different, they feel different.

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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.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 4, 2020

Here is the 2020’s big list of free high quality mockup templates. All mockups are ultra realistic and best for presentation. Mockup templates that can be used for commercial or personal work and save your time and make your brand look awesome with amazing effects. These mockups are easy to use with smart objects , simply double-click the Smart Layer, copy & paste your artwork, save your project and it’s done. .

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Creative Market

JANUARY 10, 2020

How did your business do in 2019? As we look back at last year's trends and performance, there are some popular fonts that businesses have been using to market their brand. These 15 serif fonts will likely continue being popular choices throughout 2020: 1. Lovelyn Font. This delicate and beautiful font was created by Craft Supply Co. Craft Supply Co. provides high-quality graphic designs and fonts for a variety of purposes.

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SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Most designers and photographers spend many hours in Photoshop, whether it be for designing or editing photos. In your client projects, you may receive photos that need to be touched up, or you may be a photographer yourself. Photoshop brings endless potential for photo editing , and one of the best ways to make use of Photoshop’s capabilities is to use actions.

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The Logo Smith

JANUARY 6, 2020

The post Anatomy of a Logo: The Star Wars Logo Evolution by Alex Jay appeared first on The Logo Smith. Anatomy of a Logo: The Star Wars Logo Evolution by Alex Jay This is referencing a super detailed blog post by Alex Jay, that covers every variation of the Star Wars emblem, badge, lettering, and logos. I had no idea so many variations were used prior to the famous final logo designed by Suzi Rice. […].

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 7, 2020

Trophies have been around for thousands of years. Ironically, they are the first possessions that show pride in one’s accomplishments. Unfortunately, they are also some of the first to be discarded when moving to a new location or attempting to simplify one’s life. If, as an employer, you want to recognize your employees in a way that they will appreciate for years into the future, you need to create a custom award that is both elegant and stylish.

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Creative Market

JANUARY 6, 2020

Design trends don’t get any more accessible than mail art design. Mail art is exactly what it sounds like: artworks that you send off in the mail, which means they also have to be small-scale designs. Due to its accessibility, this design trend has a very low barrier to entry—the defining element of its populism. Empowerment is at the heart of this approach to art since its adherents get to bypass the usual channels of power in the art world, namely the various art galleries, markets and museums

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SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Procreate is an app designed for artists that makes it easy to create paintings, drawings, illustrations and other works of art while on-the-go. From quick sketches to animations, this app is truly versatile and is marketed as a mobile art studio. Though it comes with over 200 brushes, you can still add more to further add to the complexity of your work.

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BP&O

JANUARY 7, 2020

This post is a provocation to think more about sequence, time and space within packaging design. To draw a joy from the often overlooked and banal necessities of packaging, to elevate details such as the mechanism of opening into a spatial and performative moment or the sequencing of information as a mediation of time by […]. The post Sequential, Performative & Temporal Thinking appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 4, 2020

Millions of people install ad-blockers quicker than Bill Gates makes money. Even more people have desensitized themselves to display ads altogether. This means that your design image ads must “ punch their faces ” harder than before. Here are 10 tips to help you design image ads to improve your click-through rates. . Unlimited Downloads. Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets.

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Booooooom

JANUARY 10, 2020

We will be printing up to 5 new prints for this first open call – printed on premium lustre photo paper 255 gsm with Epson ultra chrome k3 inks. They are archival and will last up to 75 years. Each print will be released in an edition of 40 and will also include a hand signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticy (signed by the photographers we select).

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SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 10, 2020

Slideshows are a great way to grab your audience’s attention. Whether you’re making a business presentation or simply want a unique way to preserve precious moments, a slideshow can help you make it more memorable. That’s why in this post, we’ve selected the best After Effects slideshow and gallery templates that will help you create a stunning video presentation.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2020

With all of the changes and rapid advancements CSS has gone through over the last few years, we should not be surprised at the vast volume of open-source resources and tools that are continually being released. These time-saving CSS libraries, frameworks, and tools have been built to make our lives that little bit easier and also offer a learning window into those CSS areas we may not fully understand.

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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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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 10, 2020

Access All Areas members have a wonderful set of vintage illustrations to download this week, courtesy of Smilypixel.com. These detailed rose and flower drawings have been processed into PNG and vector EPS files, making them ideal graphics for your print designs, invitations, scrapbooking, patterns, logos and so much more! Each PNG image is an average around 2000-3000px in size, while the vector EPS files are fully editable without any quality loss, making them ideal for all kinds of uses within

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 10, 2020

Visuals play a crucial role in how entrepreneurs engage with their target audience and gain much needed social media presence. Visuals form the basis of how businesses communicate with their customers, and it’s also visuals that increase the audience reach. In recent times, marketers have employed photographs as a tool to enhance communication and boost sales.

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SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Procreate is a fantastic mobile app that makes it easy to draw on your iPad. But it’s really so much more than that. Not only can you create drawings from scratch, but you can also make detailed illustrations, paintings, graphic designs, and more. There are tons of tools included within Procreate that make the task of creating art more streamlined and just overall easier.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2020

If you have already designed a mobile app from scratch then you will no certainly know that creating the UI from can be a fun, but can also at times be an arduous and time-consuming task. To help take away some of the workload from you, and to help you get started on your next project much faster, we have selected a must-bookmark selection of the best free mobile UI kits.

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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.

Web Design

Under Consideration / Brand

JANUARY 7, 2020

“The Price is Right”. Established in 1930 by Herman Fisher, Irving Price, Margaret Evans Price, and Helen Schelle, Fisher-Price is a brand of educational toys for children and infants. Headquartered in East Aurora, NY, the company has produced -- among more than 5,000 different toys over the decades -- classics like the Corn Popper , the Chatter Phone , and the endless barrage of Little People.

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Trendland

JANUARY 8, 2020

A lovely mixed-media branded project from Artfucker. The New-York based anonymous artist uses a combination of manipulated photography and mixed media to transport viewers into his surreal environment. Inspired by gender identities, queer culture, and their passion to create, their pieces communicate unspoken feelings and moods. “Smoke Show” offer viewers a conceptual look into expanding the blurred marriage between advertising and pop culture,” a statement reads.

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Design You Trust

JANUARY 4, 2020

Toronto-based illustrator Mathew Borrett creates imagined cityscapes that are inspired by a love for both architecture and fantasy. More: Instagram “I hope that a viewer will be able to put themselves in my spaces,” he relayed in an interview with Line Gallery. “To that end, I’ve avoided adding any figures of any kind to inhabit the rooms, so the viewer is free to imagine themselves inhabiting.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 10, 2020

Manchester-based illustrator Caroline Dowsett’s colourful shape-based work serves as a gentle reminder to be optimistic. Read more.

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