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Beautiful, Vibrant Animal Logos Based On The Golden Ratio

Here's a gorgeous collection of animal logos by Tom Anders Watkins, a half Finnish, half English, self-taught designer from Lincoln, UK. The 21-year-old is a multi-disciplined advertising creative and has won numerous awards such as Student of the Year from the Art Directors Club of Europe, D&AD New Blood and Adobe Photoshop's 25 Under 25. … [Read more...]

How To Cut Anything Out In Photoshop

A young monk artist went up to his teacher who was reciting Photoshop keyboard shortcuts under a Himalayan tree and asked him "Teacher, when will I become a master artist like you?" The teacher replied "When you can select all the feathers of a morning sparrow without missing a single one, only then will you be a true Photoshop master." (source) … [Read more...]

What Designers Think Of You Based On Your Font Choices

A designer's tolerance for bad design is inversely proportional to his/her skill level. The higher the skill, the less tolerant they are to poor design. That's why good designers won't be caught dead eating at a restaurant that uses Comic Sans on the menu. Or attending a wedding where the hosts used Papyrus on the invite. … [Read more...]

This Beautiful Sculpture Shows The Inner Child Trapped Inside All Of Us

"Love" is a fascinating art-project by Ukrainian artist Alexander Milov. It demonstrates the outer and inner expression of human nature. The protagonists are a man and a woman sitting in disagreement with their back to each other. Their inner selves are depicted in the form of children trapped inside metal adult bodies, holding their hands out to each other. The sculpture is … [Read more...]

What Different Colors Mean And How To Use Them

Did you know that blue is used for corporate and business designs because it represents dependability, trustworthiness and security? Orange is used to give a friendly impression without being overpowering. Darker shades of purple characterize wealth and luxury. TechKing has come up with a handy infographic that covers the psychology of different colors, their appropriate … [Read more...]

20 Things You Should Never Say To A Graphic Designer

You wouldn't ask a doctor to deliver your baby "real fast for 50 bucks", right? Or a lawyer to show you 20 different versions of a contract before you sign it? If you expect your designer to bear with such nonsense, expect a Photoshopped picture of yourself in Kanye West's lap on some random meme aggregator website. … [Read more...]

10 Useful Kerning Tips To Improve Your Typography

“Typography is an art. Good typography is art.” – Paul Rand. If you’re a typography freak like us, you’ll enjoy this handy infographic by Creative Market that shares some useful kerning tips and tricks to improve your typography. It covers some good points like kerning each letter individually, using visual space not actual space, and even a few unconventional hacks like … [Read more...]

8 Dos and Don’ts Of Creating Pixel Icons In Illustrator

Chennai-based UI/UX Designer M.A. Kather has created an eight-point visual guide that covers some basic dos and don’ts of creating pixel icons in Adobe Illustrator. Kather’s visual comparison of Photoshop vs Illustrator was previously featured on our site. This new series offers a few tips and tricks that’ll come in handy for design students, beginners and professionals alike. … [Read more...]

Why Every Creative Person Should Be Friends With Failure

The difference between a master and a beginner is that the master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. At some point, every artist has failed miserably enough to doubt their creative capabilities. But the great ones, the ones whose names you remember, are the ones who learnt from their mistakes. The ones who stayed up all night honing their craft. The … [Read more...]

This Designer Has The Best Response To Anyone Who Asks Him To Photoshop Their Pic

British graphic designer James Fridman used to specialize in editing and retouching photos upon request, before he realised it's more fun to troll them. Since the past 9 years, Fridman is well-known for his hilarious literal replies to Photoshop requests, and has even won a Shorty Award in the "Weird" Category. Through his humorous edits, James also highlights social issues … [Read more...]

How Cool Is This Milk Packaging That Looks Like A UFO Abducting A Cow?

Talk about a packaging idea that’s literally ‘out of this world’. Imedia Creative Bureau in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, has come up with a quirky milk packaging concept that looks like a UFO abducting a cow. The triangular glass bottle resembles a beam of light coming out of a UFO-shaped bottle cap. The brand name is MOLOCOW, derived from moloko which is Russian for milk (молоко). … [Read more...]

The Amazing Ways Color Can Alter Your Mind (Infographic)

Whether you're a painter, a graphic designer, or just doing up your home, it's essential to know the significance of various colors and the effect they have on our mind and moods. Here's an interesting infographic by Vanessa Arbuthnott Fabrics that shows us what different colors represent, their effects, usability and more. … [Read more...]

12 CSS Puns On Donald Trump

Previously, we featured 34 CSS puns that made everyone from designers to non-designers chuckle. To add to that series, here's an epic list of Donald Trump CSS puns by Pittsburgh-based web designer Brad Frost. … [Read more...]

20 Honest Charts That Sum Up A Designer’s Life

Previously, we've shown you graphs, comics and memes that give you a glimpse into the life of a designer. Today's post showcases the work of Mitch Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When he's not grooming budding artists at RIT's College of Imaging Arts & Sciences, Mitch finds time to creates hilarious venn diagrams that … [Read more...]

Designer Turns Everyday Words Into Clever Logos With Hidden Meanings

Almost twenty years ago, New York-based designer Ji Lee received a typography assignment in art school: take a word and express its meaning using only the graphic elements of its letters. No added shapes, no illustrations — just the letterforms themselves. Lee kept exploring the idea over time and eventually created more than 100 such designs. In 2011, he published a book … [Read more...]

Cool, Quirky Icons Of Everyday Objects Drawn Using A Single Line

Looking for unique icons for your next design project? Paris-based creative studio Differantly has created a nifty set of icons using just one single continuous line for each symbol. Every icon was imagined and conceptualized on paper before being vectorized with Adobe Illustrator. Check them out below. … [Read more...]

15 Graphic Design Terms That Most Designers Get Wrong

It's cool to use design jargons with clients and co-workers but not if you're getting them wrong. Here's a brilliant infographic by Creative Market that helps you remember the differences between 15 common design terms like font and typeface, opacity and fill, px and em, trim and crop, etc. … [Read more...]

10 Awards Every Designer Deserves

Leo's not the only one who deserves an award. Designers battle stiff deadlines, difficult clients, unreasonable bosses and technical snags on a daily basis. To honour these brave souls, Kevin Whipps from Creative Market has compiled a list of awards every designer deserves. Check them out below. … [Read more...]

Dancer Draws Beautiful Abstract Paintings Using Choreographed Body Movements

Using her limbs as brushes and body movements as strokes, New Orleans-based artist Heather Hansen creates beautiful abstract charcoal drawings on a floor-sized canvas. She merges her love for fine art and dance into these symmetrical kinetic drawings created with choreographed precision. Her performances draw a sizeable audience and her video titled "Emptied Gestures" (embedded … [Read more...]

15 Lies Clients Tell Their Designers

Remember 'Ten Second Tom' from the movie 50 First Dates? The guy had a rare medical condition that made him forget everything he said after ten seconds. That's what most design clients are like. They'll ask you for a design that's fresh and unique and then tell you to blindly copy their competitor's website. … [Read more...]

31 Pictures Every Perfectionist Will Love

Do cluttered closets and unorganised cupboards give you sleepless nights? Do you freak out with OCD if your clothes, books and paperclips aren't arranged by size, shape and color? If yes, then today's post is just for you. Check out these 31 examples of perfect visual symmetry, not just in nature, but also in everyday tasks performed by perfectionists. … [Read more...]

If Disney Girls Were Real, This Is What They Would Look Like

Using photo compositing and digital painting techniques, Finnish graphic designer Jirka Väätäinen creates "real life" versions of famous Disney girls like Princess Jasmine, Ariel, Cinderella, Pocahontas and more. Jirka (pronounced Yirka) is a BA (Hons) graduate from the Arts University College at Bournemouth and has worked at numerous ad agencies. His Disney princess project is … [Read more...]

25 GIF Memes Only Graphic Designers Will Understand

For graphic designers, every day at work is like a roller coaster ride. There are highs, lows and most of the time we're screaming our lungs out. Gaby Izarra from Creative Market has compiled a hilarious set of situational GIFs that are so relatable, most designers will feel like they've relived their entire professional career in one post. Check them out below. … [Read more...]

20+ Beautiful Vintage-Style Logos For Design Inspiration

Here's a gorgeous collection of retro/vintage-style logos and badges by Minneapolis-based graphic designer Allan Peters. After a 3-year stint at BBDO as Sr. Art Director, Peters worked at Target's in-house studio as Associate Creative Director for 5 years. He quit in 2015 and now runs Peters Design Co. which caters to clients like Nike, ESPN, Amazon and Johnson & Johnson. … [Read more...]

10 Ways To Annoy A Graphic Designer

Are you a design client looking for ways to de-stress? Do you believe people perform best under pressure? Is your designer producing top quality work with too much ease? Here's a handy infographic by UK printing company Print-Print that shows you how to play havoc with your designer's mind and show him/her who's boss. Check it out below. … [Read more...]

This Artist Creates 3D Drawings That Look Incredibly Real

Mumbai artist Sushant S Rane creates amazing hyper-realistic 3D drawings of everyday objects like bulbs, cans, glasses, and even fried eggs. He works with Copic markers and graphite pencils and usually takes two days to finish one artwork. After dropping out of Ruia College in Mumbai, Rane decided to channel his energy into art. He started posting his work on social media, … [Read more...]

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