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Graphic Arts Today Submitted Articles
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NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Having a strong brand is crucial when differentiating yourself from the competition. Learn what brand identity is and how to build one for your business.
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 Arts Today Submitted Articles
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 29, 2020
As a graphic designer, there are many times when the project you’re working on may require you to flex your artistic muscles and pulling out sheets of paper and pencils is unlikely to satisfy the clients’ needs and unless you get it right the first time, is not going to make editing easy. These days, many artists, illustrators, and graphic designers have started to turn towards using tablets to complete their art projects.
BP&O
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Text by Richard Baird. Hanji is a new brand of traditional Korean papers from KCDF created to, not just inspire interest in both professionals and the general public nationally and internationally, but to also serve as a symbol of the craft inherent to the paper making workshops. And further, to promote the paper’s potential and excellence […].
Creative Review
DECEMBER 14, 2020
It’s been a strange year for cinema. Films like Wonder Woman 1984 and No Time to Die – what should have been 2020’s big blockbusters – have had their promotional campaigns thrown into a bizarre holding pattern; new variations of their key art emerging every now and then to keep audiences warm for those elusive release dates. One example of this perpetual eking-out: Andy Park’s poster for Black Widow was on our 2019 list , but now isn’t due to be released until
Typographica
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Neebinnaukzhik (Neebin) Southall (she/they/he) is a designer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. The Chippewa, also known as Ojibwe, is one of the tribes belonging to the larger Anishinaabe people. Southall predominantly focuses on work impacting and involving Native communities, including writing on Native artists and designers; photography encompassing portraits, fashion, artwork, and jewelry; and graphic design projects for cultural and arts orga
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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.
Shillington
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Considering how much the world has changed since this time last year, making general predictions for what the next 12 months have in store is a tall order. But when it comes to design, we at Shillington feel we’re on steadier ground. With the profession having survived, even prospered through 2020, we’re fairly sure it can cope with anything that 2021 can throw at us.
Envato Tuts+
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
What You'll Be Creating I've always been fascinated by smoke and have experimented a lot with it. So in this tutorial, I'll explain how to create a realistic smoky texture, make it into a smoke vector brush, and use it for type. Using the techniques in this tutorial, we will create the smoke illustration seen below. This is perfect if you want your words written in smoke, so let's light up our vector cigarettes and get started smokin'!
The Logo Smith
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The post 8 Famous Logo Designs and their accompanying Final Logo Sketches appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. Arek Dvornechuck has compiled a great post showing famous logo sketches and napkin doodle sketches for 8 famous brands and companies. There are plenty of blog posts that show one or some of these logo sketches, but this is a solid post by Arek that also puts the sketch up along side the final logo design.
Noupe
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Living in a digital world makes everything easier including finding graphic design inspiration. Holding a magazine and leafing through the pages may seem a little obsolete in 2020 but gaining inspiration from digital sources can not top the feeling of the traditional, physical experiences. The amount of online resources you can find is exciting. Also, we can’t argue that online resources have become our main source of inspiration and information in every aspect imaginable.
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Spine Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
George Orwell's classic Animal Farm became 75 years old in August 2020. To celebrate this milestone, Berkley Books and Signet Classics have given their mass market and trade paperback editions some brand new covers. The equally seminal 1984 has had its editions revamped as well. Art Director Christopher Lin and designers Kaitlin Kall and Jason Booher share their experiences.
Its Nice That
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Influenced by 80s Japanese ACG subculture, the Taiwanese illustrator talks us through her visually explosive works.
Inkbot Design
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Why Invest in Branding? 8 Reasons to Build a Brand Identity. Branding is a term that’s still shrouded in a veil of confusion. Even some marketers believe that a brand is synonymous with a logo design and a trade name, but this concept is much more complicated than that. Yes, it incorporates a company tagline, brand colours, design, packaging , or brand voice , among many other things, but it cannot be reduced to any of them.
Just Creative
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
We’re expecting a striking variety of exciting logo design techniques to flourish in 2021. Logaster logo maker has put together a list of the hottest logo design trends that are set to soar in 2021. Check it out! Logo Design Trends 2021. Simplicity. Inventive Typography. Gradients. Disappearing Letters. Overlapping Geometry. Negative Space. Fine Lines.
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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.
BP&O
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Text by Kazumasa Nagai, 1974 Quarterly Design was a Japanese publication. Fifty years on, it really captures and conveys the spirit of its time. It shares a lot in common with the renowned and still in print publication IDEA although only in Japanese and broader in terms of design, covering other disciplines such as architecture and […]. The post Gorgeous and Delicate by Kazumasa Nagai, 1974 appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Creative Review
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Photographer David Godlis is perhaps best known for his grainy black and white images of New York nightclub CBGB, when it was home to punk scene legends including the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie and Talking Heads. Born in Manhattan in 1951, Godlis began taking photos in his sophomore year at Boston University. He has since become one of the most important imagemakers of his generation, working as the photographer for Film at Lincoln Center since the late 80s and the unofficial photographer of
Richard Bernabe
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Here are 5 essential tips for photographers to capture the most wonderful time of the year, the autumn color season from filters, light, lenses, refections. The post How To Photograph Stunning Autumn Color appeared first on Richard Bernabe.
Colossal
DECEMBER 21, 2020
?. In the hypnotic realm of “ Catgot ,” bubbles explode into kaleidoscopic droplets, and beads of water bounce across the screen. Created by Ho Tsz Wing using Photoshop, the two-dimensional drawings mimic the look of a hand-painted animation. They’re set to an electronic track by ISAN and gracefully follow a series of fluid, synchronized movements.
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.
Feature Shoot
AUGUST 15, 2020
Zacharia Kipkirui, one of the primary rhino caretakers at Ol Pejeta conservancy relaxes with Najin. The caretakers live away from their families at a small camp within eyesight of the rhino holding area for 20 days on and 6 days off. Peter Esegon, one the rhinos’ primary caretakers, scratches Najin in her hind leg. Esegon says that she likes to be scratched behind her ears and behind her leg, saying that it calms her down, and puts her at ease.
Design Week
OCTOBER 27, 2020
London-based studio Sennep has collaborated with music technology company Roli on its new project Lumi, which aims to let people learn the piano from home by themselves. Lumi is an illuminated keyboard and app, which aims to make learning the piano “easier and more fun” and help even casual players “more musical in minutes”, according to Sennep.
Noupe
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
You must have heard the saying ‘the first impression is the last’ quite a few times in your life. People don’t just say it for the sake of saying it; it holds some truth. All it takes is just a few seconds for your target audience to decide whether to buy products from your website or not. Here the need and importance of color psychology come into the picture in order to attract the attention of your potential audience and compel them to buy your products.
Illustration Art
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The thumbnail preliminary sketch is where artists first attempt to capture a spark of inspiration. Before the layers of refinement have been added, before the details and finishing touches, before the mistakes have been corrected, a concept takes its initial raw form in a thumbnail. Sometimes it's fun and educational to look at pictures in their embryonic state.
Speaker: Michele Berdinis
This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?
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