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4 Design Business Mistakes Keeping you from Dream Clients & Consistent Income

Just Creative

The realization that your business isn’t quite working out the way you’d planned isn’t a fun one. You might look back at your last few projects and see that the clients weren’t the type you want to be working with. Or you might not have any past clients to look back on and feel like you’ll never see consistent income. I’ve been there. We’ve all been there.

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Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Sushi has been popular in the Western world since the 1970s, when it was introduced to diners in the U.S. You probably have a strong opinion about it – either you love it and are always looking for ‘the best’ sushi in your neighborhood, or you absolutely hate it and can’t understand how anyone could go near it, much less put it in their mouths.

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Video Tutorial: Torn Paper Collage Effect in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a series of surreal ripped paper collaging effects that give the appearance of an image being ripped away to reveal a different image underneath. We’ll use a variety of fundamental tools and techniques, such as layer masks and adjustment layers, which makes this tutorial perfect for Photoshop beginners.

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5 Indigenous Designers Breaking New Ground

Azure Magazine

In 2015, after almost a decade of work, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released 94 calls to action aimed at redressing the systemic disenfranchisement — past and present — of Indigenous communities across the nation. At that point, there were fewer than two dozen licensed Indigenous architects in Canada, a meagre statistic that was echoed in other countries.

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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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10 Best Branding, Identity & Logo Design Courses on Domestika

Just Creative

If you are looking to View Course about branding and logo design, there are so many different courses, classes, videos, and tutorials available online that can make it difficult to choose the right one for you. To help, we’ve compiled the best branding and logotype courses on Domestika. All of these courses are available in multiple languages and segmented into modules in such a way that you get a grasp of the entire range starting from the beginning to the end with ease.

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Designing For The [Uncertain] Future

Graphic Design USA

Thanks to q30, while it waits for the day for the museum doors to reopen, the Ontario Science Centre is ready to welcome online visitors with a flexible, accessible, and engaging website.

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10 New Books Pushing the Boundaries of Design

Azure Magazine

For Azure ’s editorial team , being passionate about design means being equally passionate (if not more so) about books on the subject. Though in the works long before the pandemic, this season, in particular, has seen a number of publications that explore the urgent ideas and issues central to the field and its future. Whether it’s recalculating the social dimension of practice or cutting a swath through notions of what “architecture” is, these recently launched tomes, edited

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15 High-Res Watercolor Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

Just Creative

Used in some of the most famous paintings in the world, watercolor is one of the oldest mediums, dating back to paleolithic Europe. These days, some incredible artwork can be created with the right watercolor tools such as Photoshop from Adobe. With our list of the best high-resolution Watercolour Brushes, Brush Sets & Actions for Photoshop, you can start creating beautiful works of watercolor art in no time. 15 Free & Premium High-Res Watercolor Brushes, Brush Sets & Actions for Pho

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Japanese Graphic Design Characteristics & Examples

Shillington

It’s no secret that Japanese design—encompassing architecture, fashion and, of course, graphic design—is renowned all over the world. Japanese graphic design is a hugely diverse mix of different styles, approaches and methodologies. This, combined with a very Japanese approach to creating and the idiosyncrasies of Japanese culture, means that Japanese graphic design has an incredibly unique style.

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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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University Press Cover Round-Up

Spine Magazine

We welcome you to another in our ongoing feature in which notable book cover designer Jordan Wannemacher periodically highlights a selection of recent university press cover designs. Please enjoy this celebration of amazing work. This list is in no particular order. Credits are listed below. If you are a book cover creative and want your work or the work of your department reviewed by Jordan be sure to get in touch with us!

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6 Ways to Simplify HR Tasks Overnight

Noupe

There are many wonderful things about running a business, but doing payroll and administering benefits usually don’t make the list. For many small businesses, HR is an afterthought, but that doesn’t make it any less time-consuming. Fifty-four percent of small business owners handle HR work themselves, and it takes up 35 percent of their time. That’s time that could otherwise be spent interacting with customers, generating new business, and strategizing for the future.

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25 Free Procreate Tutorials for Illustrations, Paintings & Drawing

Just Creative

The Procreate app is an amazing tool that makes it easy for anyone to create beautiful artwork right on their Apple iPad. In all honesty, though, the mobile app is much more than a simple drawing tool. Not only does it give you the ability to draw creations from scratch but you can also create painting, illustrations, graphic designs, and more with incredible detail.

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5 Things We Learned from NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver

Azure Magazine

When urban planning students across North America returned to their studies amid a global pandemic, all classes had moved online and opportunities for invaluable co-op placements providing real-world experiences were drastically reduced. As two Black women and second-year graduate students at Toronto’s York University, we went back to school with these concerns, plus feelings of trauma and loss resulting from the anti-Black violence taking place across our cities.

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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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The Right Way to Add Recurring Revenue to Your Web Design Business

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Booking new projects is a key revenue driver for any freelance web designer. But a lot of time and effort goes into both finding projects and getting the details hammered out. Then you still have to do the actual work. It’s not always an efficient process. And, unless those projects are quite large , you might also need to find other ways to boost cashflow.

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20 Amazing Logo Templates for Photographers

SpeckyBoy

Capture their interest before you even capture a photo! Berenice Abbott once said that photography helps people to see. However, if you’re a photographer (or if you’re working with a photographer), then you know that it’s your logo that convinces new customers to come and take a look at their portfolio. Competition in photography can be tough.

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15 Best Acrylic Brushes for Procreate

Just Creative

Created initially as acrylic resin in 1934, acrylic paint is a water-based paint that is made up of pigment particles that have been dispersed in an acrylic polymer emulsion. We don’t know about you but that’s a lot of technical terms. Painting using acrylic paints can be fun. They are fast-drying, have a low odor, it’s easy to clean up, and are heavily pigmented.

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Franz Impler builds video game-inspired cities for Zouj’s new music video

Creative Review

“The name of the song, j0_0j, can be translated to ‘Jouj’ That means ‘two’ in Moroccan Arabic,” explains animator Franz Impler, the brains behind the new music video for Zouj (aka Adam Lenox)’s new track. “For me the song is about standing inbetween two worlds and the process of entering a new one,” Impler adds. “I tried to translate this through the different worlds in the video.

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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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Paperwork - Artistic Booklets of Tear-Out Papers

Abduzeedo

Paperwork - Artistic Booklets of Tear-Out Papers. abduzeedo 03.01.21 VELKRO shared a personal project highlighting their graphic design, editorial design and typography skills titled “Paper Work”. As they describe it: Red square on a blue triangle. Yellow circle over a grey rectangle. Paperwork is an alphabet book consisting of 36 hand-made creative and artistic booklets of tear-out papers.

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Countless Starlings Flock Together in a Miraculous Bird-Shaped Murmuration Over Lough Ennell

Colossal

Image © James Crombie, licensed for use. After months of chasing starlings alongside his colleague Colin Hogg , Dublin-based photographer James Crombie captured a phenomenal shot of the flock as it swelled into an enormous bird-like murmuration. Hogg recorded the awe-inspiring experience in a short clip that shows the winged formation taking shape and hovering over Lough Ennell , a lake near Mullingar in central Ireland.

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30 Best Free & Professional Photoshop Brushes

Just Creative

If you could look at the tools that a graphic designer uses daily like opening a toolbox, one of the biggest tools you’re likely to see is Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop is a Swiss Army knife that helps graphic designers the tools they need to create amazing logos, designs, and branding for their clients. One of the best ways they do this is with the use of brushes and with that in mind, we wanted to take a look at 30 of the best free & premium Photoshop brushes out there so you can add th

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“The Shadows”: Superb Video Game and Film Posters by Felix Tindall

Design You Trust

Felix Tindall‘s shadow playfulness allows him to create illustrations that will fall to the ground. Playing mainly with silhouettes, and taking his inspiration from video games and movies, this artist manages to create wonderful posters. They represent the essence of these works, often with their main characters, but also striking details, reminding me what makes us love these works.

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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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Motion Design Inspiration - Random Loops

Abduzeedo

Motion Design Inspiration - Random Loops. abduzeedo 02.28.21 Tony Babel is a multidisciplinary designer, animator and illustrator specialized in rich animations for digital products. With a portfolio full of very inspiring motion design work. I am a huge fan of the Vintage Loops series but I wanted to share this series of random loops with you, just hilarious.

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Intricate Paper Animals Spring from Textured Sculptures by Artist Calvin Nicholls

Colossal

All images © Calvin Nicholls, shared with permission. In Calvin Nicholls ’s sculptural forms, feathered and furry creatures are meticulously crafted from small pieces of white paper. When viewed up-close, their texture resembles the fullness of a wintery landscape, but in full form, the Canadian artist’s animals are so vivid that they appear as though they could leap, fly, and spring out of the canvas.

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Top 40 High-Resolution Illustrator Brushes (Free & Paid)

Just Creative

Adobe Illustrator is used by millions of professional and hobbyist graphic designers all over the world. It is the industry-standard vector graphics software and while the tools that the program normally comes with can make some of the most beautiful artwork in the world, one of the best parts about Illustrator is the ability to add custom brushes. With this in mind, we wanted to feature 30 Illustrator Brushes, both free and paid, so that when you need something other than just the standard brus

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Dimitris Armenakis’ short tackles overconsumption in the 21st century

Creative Review

Last month saw Royal College of Art MA graduate Dimitris Armenakis finally able to release his graduation film All You Can Eat in full online. Initially created in 2019, Armenakis’ film was selected for more than 40 international animation and film festivals, as well as receiving a couple of nominations. “Animation and film festivals are a great experience for filmmakers, as not only is their work introduced to a bigger audience, but it’s also a welcoming place for networking a

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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.