A graphic designer recently turned to Reddit to raise a thought-provoking question: Do we, as designers, complain too much? The conversation goes beyond personal grievances, addressing the broader issues of misunderstanding by clients, undervaluation by peers, and the fear of new technologies disrupting the industry. This brings up an important point: Does constantly … [Read more...]
“How Do I Center Texts Correctly Vertically?”
In a recent engaging post on Reddit, a user shared an intriguing image that presented three distinct methods for vertically centering text, using key typographical elements - capital letters, ascenders (the parts of letters that extend above the baseline, such as in "h" or "d"), and descenders (the portions that drop below the baseline, found in letters like "p" or "g"). The … [Read more...]
Find Your ‘Typographic Soulmate’ With This Font-astic New Quiz
Monotype has rolled out a clever game right before Valentine's Day, serving as a matchmaker between you and your "typographic soulmate," and injecting a fresh vibe into the hunt for your ideal font. The quiz, titled Font Connection, begins with a collection of easy-going questions aimed at understanding your personality, from picking your ultimate holiday spot to how you … [Read more...]
“Client Used AI To Tweak My Logo Designs And Create Their Own Logo For Free”
In the ever-evolving landscape of creative work, the advent of artificial intelligence has introduced new challenges and ethical dilemmas. A recent experience shared by a graphic designer on Reddit highlights the complexities of AI in the freelance world. After creating two rounds of logo designs for a friend, the designer discovered that their work had been fed into an AI … [Read more...]
8 Thought-Provoking Illustrations That Put Men In The Place Of Women
In 2020, during the lockdown, Lainey Molnar began sharing her experiences as a woman through her art, quickly gaining recognition for her compelling portrayals of challenging social issues. Now, with over 1 million followers on social media, Molnar has released a new series that has caught the public's eye. The series, named 'Imagine a World Like This,' creatively flips … [Read more...]
Graphic Designers, Here’s A Quick Recap Of The Year You Had
It's that time of the year when you look back as a graphic designer and wonder how it went. How many times did you hear AI will replace you at work? Which client gave you sleepless nights with 23 revisions of a simple logo? How many weekends were spent designing UIs that were rejected by your boss on Monday morning? How much portfolio-worthy work did you do? UK-based … [Read more...]
Irish Pub Creates The Best Christmas Ad Of The Year With An iPhone And £700; Gets Over 15 Million Views
A budget Christmas ad by a family-run bar in Northern Ireland has gone super viral, leaving the internet teary-eyed and the owners overwhelmed with the response. Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen released a 2-minute film on Friday that follows the day of an elderly gentleman walking through town alone after visiting a graveside with a bunch of flowers. He greets several people … [Read more...]
Cool Or Scary? New Video Shows The Insane Power Of Adobe Generative AI
Adobe Generative AI is revolutionizing the graphic design industry by empowering designers with powerful tools that streamline their creative processes. AI benefits: From automated image manipulation to intelligent content-aware recommendations, Adobe's AI-driven features save time and enhance design precision, fostering new levels of efficiency and creativity. With AI, … [Read more...]
Graphic Designer Turns 350-Year-Old Painting Into A Nike Ad Within Seconds With Photoshop Generative Fill
Using Photoshop's recently-introduced Generative Fill AI Tool, TikTok user @pictelate transformed the famous 17th century painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, into a speculative advertisement (spec ad) for Nike. Pictelate used Generative Fill text prompts to extend the painting background and turn it into a gym. He made the girl 'wear' a Nike headband, a … [Read more...]
CEO Of Design Agency Uses ChatGPT To Recover $109,500 From Client
One of the biggest challenges that creative agencies and professionals face is dealing with clients who don't pay their bills. Apart from being a frustrating and time-consuming experience, it is also an expensive proposition to hire a lawyer and pay thousands of dollars in legal fees to recover payments from these clients. Enter ChatGPT. Greg Isenberg, CEO of design … [Read more...]
Dad Photoshops His Kids Into Dangerous Situations To Freak Out Mom At Work
Belgium-based technical director Kenny Deuss and his girlfriend have two children - Alix (born 2019) and Aster (born 2021). When Kenny's girlfriend had to go back to work after maternity leave, she started messaging him all the time, asking for photos to see if the kids are ok. Using this as an opportunity to have some fun, Kenny started sending her Photoshopped pictures of … [Read more...]
McDonald’s Logo Is So Iconic, Only Half Is Enough In These Brilliant Home Delivery Ads
DDB Colombia has come up with an exceptional campaign for McDonald's that uses just half of it's iconic 'Golden Arches' logo to promote their home delivery (McDelivery) service across Latin America. Titled "Good moments don't need to wait", the campaign consists of 5 minimalist outdoor/print ads that feature skylines of Latin American cities with a yellow curve that starts … [Read more...]
This Graphic Design Teacher Has A Unique Way Of Providing Feedback To His Students’ Designs
TikToker Natasha Badger recently uploaded a video of her Graphic Design teacher Danny Rankin conducting a "Rapid Roast" session in which he quickly goes through his students' work and shares his first impressions about what's good or bad about the designs. In the preface to the roast session, Danny mentions that the aim of this exercise is not to embarrass anyone, but to … [Read more...]
I Photoshopped My Ex-Wife Out Of A Family Pic, People Are Saying It’s The Best Photoshop They’ve Ever Seen
Twitter user Courtney Maloney, whose parents are divorced, posted a picture of her family on one of her social media accounts. Her dad wanted to repost the photo but didn't want his ex-wife in it. He Photoshopped her out with meticulous precision and shared the picture on his Facebook. Courtney, impressed by her father's Photoshop work, posted the before-and-after photos in … [Read more...]
I Dressed Up As A Mom, Dad, Son, Daughter And Photoshopped Myselves Together To Create One Awkward Family On A Road Trip
Graphic designer Brynn Shuller moved back home from Los Angeles to Cincinnati due to the COVID pandemic and decided to take her photoshopped family along with her on a road trip. "They" took a picture in each state they drove through. Yes, she went to all these places, dressed up as each character, and then photoshopped the "family members" together to create each … [Read more...]
This Incredible App Lets You Copy-Paste Objects From The Real World Into Your Computer
Paris-based developers Cyril Diagne and Jonathan Blanchet have come up with a brilliant app called ClipDrop that lets you take pictures of objects in the real world and place them into programs on your desktop computer. Using augmented reality and artificial intelligence, ClipDrop can extract objects, people, drawings, and text, and place them into programs such as … [Read more...]
Finally, A Photoshop Face Mask For All Graphic Designers
Advertising creatives Jose Miguel Ramirez and Michael Kleinman came up with a cool face mask for designers that looked like a transparent Photoshop layer, symbolizing the Mask Tool. The 'Photoshop Mask' Mask measured 7" × 4" and consisted of a sublimated polyester exterior with a soft microfiber lining and elastic ear loops. The initial batch of masks were released in … [Read more...]
Artist Offers To ‘Remove Your Ex’ For $10 Per Photo, Gets Flooded With Requests
Ever wanted to remove your ex-boyfriend from your graduation day photograph? Or your ex-girlfriend from photos of your Hawaii trip, or that epic concert you went to? Artist and make-up enthusiast @hexappeal will remove your pesky ex from your fondest memories for just $10 per photo. After offering her services on Twitter with a sample before-and-after photo, @hexappeal … [Read more...]
This Guy Did A Horrible Photoshop Of A Flat Tyre To Skip Work, People Say He Should Be Promoted To CEO
We've all thought of creative ways to take a day off, but this guy takes the cake. In a tweet that went viral with over 150,000 likes and 28,000 retweets, Twitter user @PapaBoardslide revealed that he once Photoshopped a flat tyre on to his car just to get out of work. He also described it as the "proudest moment" of his life. What makes it funnier is that the shadow of the … [Read more...]
Samsung’s Incredible New AI Technology Can Create A Video Of You From A Single Photo
Researchers at the Samsung Artificial Intelligence Center (SAIC) in Moscow have developed an AI system that can turn a single photograph or portrait into a talking head model. The neural network first undergoes meta learning on a huge data set of videos. Once the system is able to detect various landmarks on the face (like eyes, nose, mouth, etc.), it is able to generate … [Read more...]
Jennifer Lopez’s Iconic Green Dress Inspired Google To Come Up With Image Search
Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy Awards was one of the most iconic dresses in fashion history. It made Versace a household name, and led to Lopez becoming one of the most glamorous icons of the red carpet. After the event, images of Lopez in the green dress were downloaded 642,917 times in just 24 hours from the Grammy website. The dress even has its … [Read more...]
The Weather Channel Uses Incredible Augmented Reality Graphics To Explain Hurricane Florence
Weather reports on news channels are usually boring and mundane in terms of presentation, but not when it comes to US-based The Weather Channel. Last week, while covering the impact of Hurricane Florence on the Southeast Coast, TWC decided to present the gravity of the floods using Augmented Reality (AR). The broadcast began with TWC's on-camera meteorologist Erika Navarro … [Read more...]
This Guy Uses Forced Perspective To Capture Awesome Photos With Toy Superheroes
Malaysian photographer and toy collector Wire Hon uses his smart phone camera, a few props, and clever forced perspective techniques to capture hilarious photos of himself with Marvel and DC superhero action figures. He makes it look like the figures are life-size and he is actually interacting with them. Sometimes, he also gets his family into the act. Check out the photos … [Read more...]
Watch This 6-Second Ad From ‘The Nun’ That YouTube Removed For Being Too Scary
You must have come across those jump-scare videos that look unassuming at first, and then suddenly a scary face appears from nowhere and leaves you startled. Well, the marketing team of Warner Bros.' THE NUN came up with a similar pre-roll ad for YouTube, which apparently shocked viewers to the extent that YouTube had to take it down. The clip begins with an iPhone volume … [Read more...]
Remember The Graphic Designer Who Trolled Photoshop Requests? He’s Back!
Are you looking for someone who can Photoshop your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend out of a photo? Or fix your bald patch and cut some flab off your waist? Is there a favourite photo of yours that needs some minor Photoshopping to make it even better? If yes, then James Fridman is the man for the job. The British designer is an internet star with nearly 1.5 million followers on … [Read more...]
NVIDIA Develops AI That Can Remove Noise, Grain, And Even Watermarks From Photos
Researchers from NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT have developed an AI that can remove noise from grainy photos and automatically enhance them. This technology can be beneficial in several real-world situations where it is difficult to obtain clear image data like MRI scans, astronomical imaging, and more. Existing noise-reduction AI systems require both noisy and clean … [Read more...]
The Font On Adidas’ Football World Cup Jerseys Is Causing A Lot Of Confusion
The official Adidas' font, used on its FIFA World Cup jerseys, is causing confusion due to its square, Cyrillic-style letters and numbers. Inspired by traditional Soviet imagery, the font uses sharp 90-degree strokes which causes confusion between letters like 'A' and 'R', 'X' and 'K', 'Z' and '2', etc. FIFA's equipment regulations state that the font used on all apparels … [Read more...]
Hilarious Meanings Of Flag Colors Of Different Countries
People on the internet are exploring the 'true' meanings behind national flags, based on stereotypes of what that country is famous or notorious for. Here are some of the submissions. … [Read more...]
NVIDIA Develops A.I. That Can Fix Damaged Photos And Remove Unwanted Objects With Amazing Accuracy
Researchers from American technology company NVIDIA have developed a deep learning method that can reconstruct damaged, corrupted, or partially-erased photos with realistic results. The method performs a process called "image inpainting" that can also be used in photo editing software to remove unwanted objects and fill those areas with realistic computer-generated … [Read more...]
A Research Study Has Proved That Most People Don’t Know What A Lowercase ‘G’ Looks Like
You've seen it a million times but do you really remember what it looks like? Cognitive researchers at Johns Hopkins University conducted a study in which participants were asked to pick out the correct form of the lowercase looptail 'g' from four options. 72 percent of participants chose the wrong one. … [Read more...]
Magazine’s Epic Photoshop Fail Leaves Oprah Winfrey With 3 Hands, Reese Witherspoon With 3 Legs
From acting, directing, and producing, to running companies and businesses - how do Hollywood A-listers Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon manage to play so many different professional roles? How are they able to multitask and get so much done in 24 hours? Turns out that, unlike the rest of us mere mortals, Oprah and Reese are gifted with an extra set of limbs. Vanity Fair … [Read more...]
39 Things You Didn’t Know About The World’s Favourite Brands
Did you know that the founder of Fedex, Frederick Smith, saved the company by taking its last $5000 and turning it into $32,000 in a Las Vegas casino. Apple's iPad retina display is manufactured by their leading competitor, Samsung. Facebook is mostly blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colourblind. Lamborghini used to make farm equipment. Silver Door has compiled an … [Read more...]
This Guy Photoshopped Himself Into His Childhood Pics To Hang Out With His Younger Self
What would it be like to meet your childhood self? Until time travel is invented, we'll probably never know. But Montreal-based photographer Conor Nickerson used a handy little time machine called Photoshop to travel back in time photographically and hang out with his younger self. He photoshopped his present self into his childhood photos from 1997-2005, and by the looks of … [Read more...]
This AI Can Review Your Logo Design And Provide Feedback For Free
Vancouver-based designer and engineer Jack Qiao has come up with an A.I. system called Logo Rank that critiques your logo design and provides feedback for free. It reviews the logo on a number of parameters such as uniqueness, legibility, color, contrast, and offers tips and ideas to improve your design. The A.I. system is trained on a million+ logo images and can also be … [Read more...]
12 Messages That Designers And Creatives Want To Send Clients On Sarahah
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know what Sarahah is - an app to send and receive anonymous feedback from your colleagues, bosses, friends, and anyone else. Created by Saudi developer ZainAlabdin Tawfiq, the app is meant for constructive feedback, but has come under scrutiny after people started sending lewd messages and death threats under the mask of anonymity. … [Read more...]