Six Leaf Design

APRIL 1, 2019

Hello and happy April! I’m so happy that Spring is finally here and the green is starting to poke it’s head out of the ground. Anyone else start craving all the veggies when spring starts? I’m obsessed with this illustrated wallpaper pattern for the free April wallpaper design featuring some of my favorite veggies and also a little drummie for good measure!

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Patterns Illustration Illustrator Brand 100

Emmeline Illustration

APRIL 4, 2019

Last month I was invited to spend an hour talking to an audience about my passion for illustration, creative freelancing, and my life behind the scenes of Emmeline Illustration at the second Crazy Animal Face Block Party! Okay, I always get a little bit nervous before talks and panels no matter how often I do them; but the atmosphere and crowd were so welcoming (and the venue was so chilled out) it ended up being one of the most casual and comfortable events I've ever done!

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Uppercase Magazine

APRIL 4, 2019

The cover of our new issue is by UPPERCASE subscriber Lucie Duclos , whose colourful and patterned collages caught my eye on Instagram. I liked the idea of creating a cover with found patterns (plus a few from past UPPERCASE covers). It's abstract with a nod to mid-Century shapes, and the dimensional shadows make you think that the elements are still at play.

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Animation Patterns Fashion Inspiration 40

Lisa Maltby

APRIL 3, 2019

‘The Dog’ is an exhibition at Chatsworth House which explores the Cavendish family’s love for dogs, through paintings, drawings, sculpture, letters, photographs and contemporary art. In order to engage young visitors with the exhibition, playing cards were devised which contained interesting facts. The cards encouraged children to find various breeds throughout the house, hidden within the various works of art.

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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

Graphic Design

Purple Rose Graphics

APRIL 1, 2019

Patrice’s Note: As a graphic designer in Orange County, California, I get asked all the time about best hiring practices. The truth is I don’t know that much about them so I reached out to my amazing client Tami Wiersma of Quad County, Inc who specializes in human resources! Enjoy the guest blog!! __ __ __ __ __ __. I just got a call from a client today and it started off like this: “I saw on a reality show where a restaurant didn’t pay their staff for 3 months while they were strug

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Logo Geek

MARCH 30, 2019

You’ve designed a logo and your clients agreed to the design. Excellent! Now we save and send the vector logo file and we’re done? Not quite… If you want to do a professional job, there’s a little more work you need to do… The logo design will be used in different situations. Be […]. The post A Designers Guide to Creating Logo Files first appeared on Logo Geek.

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A List Apart

APRIL 4, 2019

Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it quite hard to master for most designers and developers. I never considered myself an accessibility expert , but I took great pride in making my projects Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant…ish.

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Brand Struck

APRIL 4, 2019

Category: Travel & transportation – hotels Owner of the brand: Marriott International Key competitors: Hilton, InterContinental, Airbnb Artyku? Marriott pochodzi z serwisu BrandStruck.

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Paul Jarvis

APRIL 3, 2019

We’re currently experiencing an advice gold rush. Everyone is buying up digital land and staking a claim on some expertise they’ve got that will quadruple your audience, monetize your passions and hel.

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Digital 49

Advertiser: Issuu

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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A List Apart

APRIL 3, 2019

Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it quite hard to master for most designers and developers. I never considered myself an accessibility expert , but I took great pride in making my projects Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant…ish.

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Color Schemes Fonts Animation Color 102