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What Should New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning?

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Today I’m speaking to those just getting started in design. Maybe you just graduated from design school, or you’ve read through all the fundamental lessons offered here and on other design blogs, and you feel you’re ready to start taking on clients. Or maybe you have a couple of projects under your belt and you’re looking for more detailed advice as to what path you should be taking to propel your career to the next level.

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9 Best Creatives from Portugal

Shillington

At Shillington, we love to explore and celebrate great design from around the world. We’ve covered many different countries so far and are now exploring the creative scene in Portugal. It’s the oldest country in Europe and the official language in 9 countries! Portugal reminds us of the beautiful colourful tiles, fado folk songs and sweet port wine.

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Studio Studio discuss its type-led approach to graphic design

Its Nice That

Since we last covered the Icelandic studio five years ago, the graphic designers have found new ways of working, influenced by their time abroad.

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Video Tutorial: Retro Text Effect with Concentric Stripes

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Adobe Illustrator video tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a retro text effect with colourful concentric stripes. Illustrator’s Offset Path command produces the basic effect, but we will eliminate the tedious process of adding each outline individually with the help of an Action, so you will be able to fill an entire poster with this retro stripe effect within seconds.

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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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The Best Laptops for Graphic Designers in 2020

Just Creative

Technology changes every day and what was the best option out there even six months ago can suddenly be yesterday’s news. With 2020 in full swing, we wanted to make sure that we provide you with the best tech available so you can be successful all year long. With our list of the best laptops for designers in 2020 , the technology featured makes it a perfect time for a brand new laptop that can help all of your work wow your clients.

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Best Retro Horror Movie Posters

Noupe

What piques your interest in a movie? What makes a movie great? Your answer might depend on what you actually look for in a movie. It could be its cinematography, soundtracks, actors, directing, theme, storytelling or an idiosyncrasy that you can’t characterize. True movie lovers probably would agree that a great movie should embody more than one of the elements above to be considered one of a kind and transcendent.

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Dice visualises sound, and fandom, in energetic rebrand

Its Nice That

Creative director Patrick Duffy explains how and why they made the glitchy graphics (with a Chladni plate), the punk-inspired typography and fan-focused photography.

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Best Cameras for Designers & Creatives in 2020

Just Creative

Taking a trip in our Wayback machine, we came across our post for the best cameras for designers and believed it was time for an update. We wanted to present you with the best camera for creatives in 2020 in case you were looking to upgrade or even start a new side business. To get things started, we wanted to provide you with a handy shopping list for you to use before you buy your next camera.

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A Collection of Fonts with Stunning Ball Terminals

Creative Market

Ball terminal fonts, in which the end of a letter rounds off into a ball, communicate an artistic aesthetic. These rounded details have always meant that a font is carefully constructed by the designer, who has to precisely draw in each tiny ornament. Prized for their hand-made warmth, the curved lines of ball terminal typefaces can range from the purely playful to the sophisticated.

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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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Illustrator Spotlight: Jee-ook Choi

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A selection of recent work by Jee-ook Choi from South Korea (previously featured here). See more images below. Jee-ook Choi’s Website. Jee-ook Choi on Instagram.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Sing King by Nomad

Under Consideration / Brand

“The King is Dead, Long Sing the King!”. Established in 2012, Sing King is the world's largest online karaoke track depository with a huge presence on YouTube. With over 3.3 billion views and 7 million subscribers, Sing King re-records thousands of tracks with simpler instrumental compositions, adds the synched lyrics, and posts new videos almost every day -- 2,193 videos to date.

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Photoshop Tutorials: 30 New Tutorials From 2020

Graphic Design Junction

Fresh free Adobe Photoshop tutorials from 2020. There are 30 new tutorials to learn exciting manipulation skills and learn how to create Photoshop Actions and how to convert boring photos into dashing portraits, photo editing and much more. As we know Adobe Photoshop is the one of the best tools for photo editing, manipulation and graphic design. We are here to help you to learn Photoshop tools and improve your graphic design skills.

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A love letter from designer Paula Scher

Creative Review

Designing a logo for any corporation, brand or cultural organisation today almost invariably requires that the designer also create a bespoke font to accompany it. Sometimes the font is derived from a newly designed mark that has some form of an eccentric character and can be extended to create an entire font. Or the font can be created from a wordmark that could also be extended to a complete alphabet.

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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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2 Shillington Winners of TDK Awards ’19

Shillington

Big congratulations to our two Shillington winners of the TDK ’19 Awards ! The competition was competitive this year, with entries coming from around the world and only 30 winners. Full-time Manchester graduate Juan Villascusa Candela was selected by Tess Robinson of Smack Bang Designs in Sydney and part-time London graduate Juliette van Rhyn was selected by Craig Parsons of Parsons Branding from Cape Town.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for The Coronet Theatre by North

Under Consideration / Brand

“System of a Crown”. Established in 2010 as the Print Room, The Coronet Theatre presents a risk-taking, eclectic program of theatre, film, dance, music, poetry, and visual art in London, UK. Originally housed in a converted printing warehouse, the Print Room moved into The Coronet, a historic, listed building in Notting Hill that started life in 1898 as a theatre, became a cinema in 1924, and in 2014 Print Room took over and began a gradual process of restoring the neglected venue.

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20+ Creative Custom Logo Templates

Graphic Design Junction

Amazing collection high quality Logo Templates. These logos can make your brand identity look professional. Each logo template is 100% editable, resizable vector graphic. Logos can be used in web technology, startup, entrepreneur, software house branding and related any subjects. This is the best hand-picked collection of modern Custom Logo Templates.

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The 10 Best Web Design Podcasts for 2020

Speckyboy Design Magazine

If you’ve worked as a web designer for any length of time, one thing you might have figured out by now is that learning never ends. New technologies are developed, styles come into favor and fashion, and UI features change, necessitating the ability to stay abreast of these changes. Many professionals do this by listening to web design podcasts regularly.

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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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Design Case Study: Maddy Ritchie Collaborates On Gemma O’Brien’s Tiffany&Co Shanghai Mural

Shillington

Can you imagine working on a huge mural project that millions of people will see every year? Sometimes, a dream opportunity comes along that lets us travel to cool locations and be immersed in bringing a project to life. This was the case for Shillington Sydney teacher Maddy Ritchie when lettering legend Gemma O’Brien invited her to travel to China with a team of creatives to work on a huge mural project inside Tiffany & Co in Shanghai.

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Tokyo 2020 unveils first ever animated pictograms used in Olympics’ history

Its Nice That

The 73 kinetic icons designed by Masaaki Hiromura and animated by Kota Iguchi each show their sport in motion, representing 22 Paralympic sports and 33 Olympic sports.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Packaging for Alaffia by Chen Design Associates

Under Consideration / Brand

“All Being Well”. Established in 2003, Alaffia -- a word that is a common greeting in Africa that means a state of peace, health, and well-being -- is a beauty brand with a line of all-natural body, hair, and face products made with ingredients sourced from various fair-trade women's cooperatives in Africa and finished in the company's facility in Olympia, Washington.

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Tissue Paper Illustrations Celebrate the Animal Kingdom With an Unexpectedly Printmakerly Feel

Brown Paper Bag

You might think of tissue paper as only being used for gift wrap, but Stacey Elaine has another use for it—the raw material in her illustrations. “The idea to work with tissue paper came to me as I was falling asleep one night,” she writes , “and since I started working with this medium it has felt more natural and effortless than anything else I’ve ever made.

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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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Study Design Abroad: Oyinkan Karunwi, Lagos to Shillington New York

Shillington

Oyinkan Karunwi first developed her interest in design while studying law at the university. She dedicated her free time to designing posters for parties and events whenever friends needed some help. She continued her work in law for 3 years as a business advisor in Nigeria but still felt the creative itch—wanting design to be more than just a side hustle.

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Where do new ideas come from? The science and mythology surrounding inspiration

Its Nice That

As creatives, we’re constantly on the hunt for inspiration and live in fear that it will desert us for good. But how much do we truly understand about this elusive phenomenon?

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22 High Quality Illustrator Brushes

Graphic Design Junction

High quality, Adobe Illustrator Brushes , super detailed and realistic brushes for Illustrator. This list contains twenty two sets of brushes with tons of different style of illustrator brushes. These brushes are professionally designed Hand Drawn, Watercolor Brushes for Adobe Illustrator. All brushes were hand-made. The brushes are great to use for simple black and white sketch or graphics or they can also be used to give a handcrafted feel illustrations.

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“Walks” by Photographer Martin Brink

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Swedish photographer Martin Brink takes us exploring with him in his ongoing series “Walks”

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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.