Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Short on commissions at the moment? The creative community shares its best advice on how to put this time to good use. For creative freelancers, the start of the year is often a quiet time, with few enquiries coming in. In a normal year, that can generate a sense of unease. But in 2023, with prices rising and the world economy facing so many challenges, it's easy to get overburdened with stress about where your next paycheck is coming from.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

12 Graphic Design Tips to Boost Your Design Skills Being a graphic designer can be very rewarding as the job gives you many opportunities to express yourself creatively. On the other hand, graphic design can be challenging as well. That's why most designers aim to improve their skills and become more comfortable with what they do. Hence, here are twelve graphic design tips to boost your design skills. #1 Evaluate Your Current Skillset First, you need to evaluate your current skill set.

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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s no secret that graphic design and web design are different animals. And despite how far the web has come in terms of flexibility, there are still limitations. For example, CSS has made it possible to create complex layouts. Yet responsiveness and accessibility must also be taken into account. Creating something that can withstand various devices and use cases requires a lot of care.

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access All Areas members have a great collection of logo templates in the style of outdoors badges and patches to download this week, courtesy of JeksonGraphics. These travel and adventure inspired designs feature camping, hiking and mountaineering graphics in a retro style. Edit the text to create custom artwork for T-Shirts, stickers, logos, and more!

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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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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A Look at What's in Store for the Graphic Design Industry In today's fast-paced world, graphic design has become indispensable for any brand, business or organisation that wants to make an impact. The graphic design industry has evolved significantly from digital media to print, and the future promises even more exciting changes. With emerging technologies, new design trends and ever-increasing competition, graphic designers must keep up with the latest developments in the industry.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

4 AI-powered Design Tools to Build your Brand Design is a critical part of any business. It can make or break your brand and be the difference between a successful product and a complete flop. With so much riding on the line, it's essential to create aesthetically pleasing and functional designs that convey your message. Traditionally, this has meant hours spent in design programs like Photoshop , sweating over every detail until everything is perfect.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

© Liam Eisenberg The work of New Jersey-based illustrator and teacher Liam Eisenberg has graced the pages of some of the biggest magazines and websites in the business. We caught up with him to learn more about his work and hear how he honed his signature style. For many kids, the idea of growing up with a few basic TV channels, let alone no internet, would be a nightmare.

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We And The Color

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This high-resolution t-shirt mockup is available for download at Adobe Stock. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @Moixó Studio , this easy-to-use t-shirt mockup comes in a very high resolution of 6000x4000px. Using this PSD file, you can showcase your t-shirt designs in a hyper-realistic way. Thanks to well-organized layers and a transparent background, using this mockup is so easy!

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Web Design Checklist: 10 Key Elements Every Website Needs In today's digital age, a website is often the first contact between a company and its potential customers. It is no wonder that web design has become essential to any company's online presence. A well-designed website helps attract and retain visitors and influences their buying decisions. However, with so many elements to consider, creating a website that looks good and functions smoothly can take time and effort.

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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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I Love Typography

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Read the book, Typographic Firsts A brief post today to introduce you to three quality free fonts. There are plenty of poor quality free fonts out there. Some are missing important characters, others are just poorly drawn, or are bastardized versions of popular font families. But some $0 fonts are great quality and make welcome additions to anyone’s font library. […] The post Three Free Fonts appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Despair © Trevor Shin, 2022 Happy accidents on the page inspire LA artist Trevor Shin , whose ink lines become art pieces inspired by his sketchbook-heavy practice. Artists speak of the importance of carving out enough room for a little magic to arrive in their creative flow, to be fluid enough should a different path or new perspective arise. LA-based illustrator and artist Trevor Shin reflects on his intuitive and improvised free-flowing state.

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BP&O

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The hamburger is an American icon. It conjures associations with all-American diners and drive-thrus, backyard cookouts and family gatherings; American values, such as entrepreneurship, as well as less positive attributes of Western countries, like obesity. The burger’s visual identity is inseparable from its history and has been solidified time and time again as the big fast food franchises conquered the The post Tugg by Kurppa Hosk appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Regardless of whether you’re looking to record music files, edit files to go along with your video, or even work on your podcast, finding the best audio editing software/sound designing software should be at the top of your priority list. Working on software that’s most suitable for your work as well as what skills you wish to develop is crucial.

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I Love Typography

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Typefaces for editorial design need to be expansive enough to support complex typographic hierarchies. They need to be readable (people read magazines & blogs) — but they also need to fulfill roles as titles, captions, pull quotes, drop caps, etc. The post Fonts for Editorial Design appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Photography by Anderson has paid tribute to a landmark of Brutalist architecture and the people who live in it with People of Park Hill – a beautifully-designed mailer that contains portraits of residents of the famous Sheffield estate. Described as a love letter to the instantly-recognisable Northern housing estate, People of Park Hill is the latest creation by creative duo Isy and Leigh Anderson, collectively known as Photography by Anderson.

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BP&O

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

How to make a data business approachable yet hold gravitas? Can it be engaging yet authoritative, sage yet cool? These are the implicit tensions NY-based Gretel has grappled with in its branding of Mode, a data intelligence and technology business seeking to widen its appeal. Gretel has established a brand identity which is triumphant and clean. It balances the contradictions that so The post Mode by Gretel appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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We And The Color

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Check out some visual studies by graphic designer and visual artist Simek based on the meaning of the circle, curves, and negative space. Born in 1985 in Chalkida, Greece, Simek (aka Christos Tzaferos) is a visual artist and graphic designer who has been experimenting with graffiti and street art since the end of the 1990s and he took up painting and photography in 2009.

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I Love Typography

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Sisteron , from the brilliant folk at Beasts of England Foundry, achieves a delicate and beautiful balance between stellar and stupendous. From vintage outer-space to Art Nouveau and Jugendstil, Sisteron is a typeface that evokes the ’20s, ’70s, and the 21st century. The post Stellar Serifs: Sisteron appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Photography by Anderson has paid tribute to a landmark of Brutalist architecture and the people who live in it with People of Park Hill – a beautifully-designed mailer that contains portraits of residents of the famous Sheffield estate. Described as a love letter to the instantly-recognisable Northern housing estate, People of Park Hill is the latest creation by creative duo Isy and Leigh Anderson, collectively known as Photography by Anderson.

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Canny

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When it comes to consumer goods packaging, you should never compromise on the design. The way these products look from a visual standpoint, is a huge contributing factor in why people buy them. Think about this from your own perspective. Have you ever bought a bottle of gin just because you liked the packaging? It’s not the brand you normally buy, and you’ve never even tasted the flavour, but it’s visually really intriguing.

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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Creative examples of professional business cards. A elegant and well-designed highly-creative business cards design can effectively promote your business. A professionally design printed card can make great impression of your business. So, be sure to get it well printed, keeping in mind the quality of paper and the printer that you are using. Here you can find variety of professional business card examples , including full color premium business cards, clear plastic, metallic, embossed busines

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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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HONGKIAT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Listening to podcasts is a great way to stay up-to-date in the web development field. Podcasts provide a convenient way for you to learn and get information since you don’t need to sit down at your desk for that. Here, we’ve put together some of the best podcasts for developers, covering various topics such as software development, frontend development, JavaScript, CSS, and more.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want to study online at a postgraduate level? Then the University of Leeds' new Masters in Digital Design & Communication has so much to offer. Read on to discover what it entails and the five key benefits that make it stand out from other courses. The University of Leeds is one of the most prestigious universities in the UK, with world-class facilities and teaching.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Working with the theme of “Colour Vibes,” color and design phenom Tekla Evelina Severin transformed a 250-square-meter (almost 2,700 square feet) empty space for the FORMEX interior fair last month. The project involved exhibition design, curation, and styling a series of rooms, which resemble either a beautifully staged set for a magazine photo shoot or a perfectly executed interior of a home.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Evolution of Coca-Cola Logo: A Journey through Time For over a century, Coca-Cola has been a globally recognised brand integral to the soft drink industry. Founded by John Stith Pemberton in 1886, Coca-Cola quickly became one of the world's most popular soft drinks. Today, we can find the iconic red and white labels on bottles and cans in almost every supermarket, grocery shop and vending machine worldwide.

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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.

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