200 Words To Use Instead Of “Good”
"Good" is dull and unimaginative. People often use "good" as a lazy replacement for a more appropriate word. Custom Writing have created an excellent infographic that lists 200 words you can use instead of "good". For instance, to describe taste, use "scrumptious" or "delicious". To describe a performance, use "stellar" or "captivating". Know more in the … View Post ▸
27 Famous Logos With Hidden Meanings
A logo is more than just an emblem that represents a brand; it's a visual representation of a company's identity, values, and mission. Some logos, however, go above and beyond in delivering a message. These logos have hidden meanings that are deliberately incorporated into their design, adding another layer of intrigue and interest to the brand. These … View Post ▸
10 Golden Rules To Improve Your Typography Skills
There are two types of typography - expressive typography (where type is used as a visual element) and functional typography (type that is meant to be read). Emmy Award-winning designer Chris Do's Typography Manual focuses on the latter and shares 10 golden rules to help you improve your type skills. Vietnam-based designer Leo Dinh has created an … View Post ▸
Graphic Design – Expectations Vs Reality
When you graduate from art school, a career in Graphic Design looks like one big canvas which you're ready to paint with the colors of your talent. After spending six months in the business, things seem a bit different. Design resource site Pixelo highlights these differences in a series of illustrations titled "Graphic Design: Expectations vs Reality". … View Post ▸
20 GIF Memes Every Graphic Designer Will Relate To
You know that feeling when you’ve finally found the perfect font for your project and you’re having an orgasm as you browse through the characters, only to find a ‘BUY NOW for $199’ button at the end of the page? To visually describe such moments we’ve compiled a list of 15 epic GIFs that designers and creatives will relate to. Check them out below. … View Post ▸
10 Common Photoshop Mistakes That Novice Designers Make
Still using Bevel and Emboss on your Photoshop text? That's not a bad idea if you want your designs to look like flea market flyers from the 90s. Here's a handy tutorial by Nathaniel Dodson at Tutvid that features 10 common Photoshop mistakes that amateur designers make, and how to avoid them. … View Post ▸
The Top 50 Companies That Creatives Would Love To Work For
Creative talent network Working Not Working surveyed their community (77% freelance, 23% full-time) for the third consecutive year to find out which companies they would 'kill' to work for full-time. Here are the results from over 300 votes. … View Post ▸
11 Differences Between Designers And Clients
In a perfect world, the client-designer relationship is built upon a common sense of purpose, goals, and objectives. In reality, their varying perspectives make things a little bit more complicated. The client wants the logo to be bigger, colors to be brighter, and the typeface to be groovier. The designer wants more white space, subtle colors, and the … View Post ▸
10 Simple Exercises For Designers And Desk Workers To Stay Fit
Designers and artists spend long sedentary hours at their desk which can lead to a range of health issues like obesity, back pain, neck strain, diabetes, heart disease and more. Jack Dennerlein, professor at Northeastern's Bouvé College of Health Sciences in Boston, suggests a 20-20-20 rule to counter the health risks of prolonged sitting - after every 20 … View Post ▸
Designer Morphs Uppercase Letters To Lowercase In This Fascinating Handmade Typography Experiment
'Handmade Type' is a self-initiated typographic experiment by New York-based designer Tien-Min Liao that explores the relationship between uppercase and lowercase letters and records the transformation between them. … View Post ▸
These Behind-The-Scenes Photos Show How Photographers Capture The Perfect Shot
"You don’t take a photograph, you make it." – Ansel Adams. The art of photography is more than just angles, equipment, lighting and Photoshop. From planning and conceptualizing to implementation and execution, a lot of mental and physical work goes into capturing the perfect picture - one that is actually worth a thousand words. … View Post ▸
Dinner Plates Resemble Mobile Devices In These Well-Crafted Ads By Aval Pay App
McCann Colombia has come up with three clever print ads for the Vlip service by Aval Pay app that let's you pay for stuff via your smartphone. The ads show the top view of food items like pasta, steak and Caprese salad inside a plate that's placed on top of a food board in a way that the whole thing resembles a mobile device. The tagline reads "Pay the … View Post ▸
12 Funny Charts That Highlight The Importance Of Color
UK-based designer Stephen Wildish gives a humorous take on the importance of color through these witty charts that are part of his weekly series of illustrations called 'Friday Project'. Wildish's minimalist infographics show how an object becomes something else entirely, only by changing its color. He's even published a book filled with similar charts … View Post ▸
Web Design Psychology: How To Create A Site That Influences People
"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent." - Joe Sparano. An effective website is one that builds trust with its user and influences him/her to take your preferred course of action. From layout and typeface to colors and CTAs, each element plays an important role in engaging users and creating profitable conversions. … View Post ▸
Paper Drawings Come To Life In These Amazing Illusions That Make You Go Wow
These animated optical illusions by YouTube channels Brusspup, Home Science and Antarez are the coolest thing you'll see today. The artists create two sets of vertical black bar patterns, one on paper and the other on a transparent sheet. By sliding the transparent sheet over the paper, the artists create an illusion of movement in various still drawn … View Post ▸
69 Useful Photoshop Shortcuts To Speed Up Your Workflow
Photoshop shortcuts help speed up your workflow considerably. The more time you spend with the software, the more shortcuts you learn and use. Creative Bloq has created a handy cheat sheet/infographic that contains 69 useful Photoshop shortcuts to help you save time – a perfect reference guide for PS newcomers or as a checklist for experienced designers. … View Post ▸
Designer Creates Surreal Images By Photoshopping Two Completely Different Objects Into One
New York-based art director and designer Daniel Forero has created a series of minimalist images that merge two completely different objects into one, creating bizarre amalgamations that boggle the mind. Forero's "curiosity and love for things that first appear as nonsense" inspired his conceptual experiments that "play with emotions and contradicting … View Post ▸
Designer Challenges Himself To Create A Movie Poster Every Day For A Year, And They’re Pretty Cool
Sydney-based graphic designer Peter Majarich has successfully completed a 365-day creative challenge to design a movie poster every day for a year. The project, titled A Movie Poster A Day, aimed to provide an alternate take on the existing poster for each film. Majarich used storylines and elements from the films to create these clever, minimalist … View Post ▸
10 Funny Murphy’s Laws For Designers
Murphy's Law is a popular proverb that states "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." The law's author was Edward A. Murphy, Jr., a U.S. Air Force engineer. He coined the famous statement in 1947, when he was involved in a rocket-sled experiment in which all 16 accelerator instruments were installed in the wrong way. … View Post ▸
Audi Hires Photographer To Shoot Their $200,000 Sports Car, He Uses A $40 Toy Car Instead
Audi commissioned Mexican photographer Felix Hernandez Rodriguez to shoot a series of photos of their $200,000 R8 sports car. Felix, known for his realistic miniature photography, decided to use his signature technique and came up with some stunning shots using a scale model of the R8. The shoot took place at Felix’s studio and on location. He used a … View Post ▸
9 Useful Tips For Better Typography
Like any form of art, there is no set formula to create good typography. Typographic choices that work for one form of text won’t necessarily work for another. There are however good practices to follow. Design resource website Pixelo has come up with a nifty animated video that shares a few useful tips to keep in mind when combining typefaces and … View Post ▸
How Filmmakers Use Shapes And Geometry In Movies To Trigger Your Emotions
The brain gives abstract meaning to many different shapes in a consistent way and filmmakers use this phenomenon to tell their story. In animation, for example, evil characters have sharper features, pointy noses and long curly fingers. The lovable characters are designed soft and round. … View Post ▸
10 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Designers often spend a lot of time deciding which typefaces to pair up and most sites just give one-sentence examples that don't offer a real preview of what the text will look like. To make life easier for everyone, the team at Milo Themes has created a set of mock-ups that show different Google Font combinations for headline and body copy. They've used … View Post ▸
10 Comic Strips Every Artist Will Relate To
When someone tells you they're an artist by profession, you probably picture them hanging out in their sweatpants all day with a cup of coffee (or a beer), using "magical" computer software that designs and writes everything on its own. They're living the dream life and getting paid to follow their passion, right? … View Post ▸
15 Surprising Things That Can’t Be Copyrighted
Copyrights are an essential legal tool for artists, writers, musicians and inventors to protect their work. However, not everything can be copyrighted. The ingredients of a recipe can't be copyrighted. Neither can a domain name, or the title of a book. … View Post ▸
Powerful Child Labour Ads Remind You To Speak Up, Or It Won’t Stop
Brazilian Ministry Of Labour and Agência Um, Sao Paulo, have come up with a hard-hitting campaign against child labour that reminds us to speak up, or it won't stop. The three ad series shows the illustration of a child on the lips of an adult, strategically drawn in a way that when the lips open, the load gets lifted off the child's head. Check them out … View Post ▸
A Minimalist Approach To Product Packaging Of Famous Brands
If you're into minimalist design, you'll like this project by Turkish designer Mehmet Gozetlik that tries to find alternate simple versions of product packaging of international brands. The project exhibits three types of packaging: 1. The original version 2. The simple version 3. An even simpler version It's interesting to note how most of them … View Post ▸
The Psychology of Colors in Marketing (Infographic)
When buying a product, 93% of buyers focus on its visual appearance. 84.7% of buyers claim that color is the primary draw card. Different colors have different psychological effects on consumers - red encourages appetite, blue provides a sense of security, green stimulates harmony, orange promotes enthusiasm, purple is associated with royalty, and so … View Post ▸
25 Powerful Illustrations That Will Make You Stop And Think
In a world that often feels overwhelming and chaotic, art can be a powerful tool for making sense of the chaos. Satirical art, in particular, has a unique ability to highlight the absurdity of societal trends and norms, and expose the flaws in our collective thinking. In today's post, we feature the work of Belgium-based artist Brecht Vandenbroucke, who … View Post ▸
5 Things Every Designer Should Know When Dealing With Clients
If you're making changes to a project in front of a client, you're doing it wrong. You might think you're saving time, but you end up making the design process look simpler than it actually is. Here's a handy infographic by Basekit and Josuedric that shares five such important tips you should keep in mind when dealing with design clients. … View Post ▸
“Everybody Loves A Handyman” In These Brilliant Ads From Ace Hardware Tools
Women love a man who knows how to use his tools. In a 2013 survey by Daily Mail UK, 74% of women said that the most sexy trait in a man is an aptitude for Do-It-Yourself (DIY). It's safe to assume this holds true for women everywhere - from Manchester to Makati. Labor Day in the Philippines is a public holiday celebrating Filipino workers, a large part of … View Post ▸
10 Times Designers Should Just Say “No”
It's good to go the extra mile for your clients but sometimes it can be detrimental to say yes to every unreasonable request - like copying another designer's work or working for free in exchange for "exposure". Design resource website Pixelo shares 10 situations where designers should learn to say NO. Check them out below. … View Post ▸
Tips To Make Your Website User-Friendly For People With Disabilities
A website should be user-friendly for everyone, including those with poor vision, dyslexia, autism or physical disabilities. UK-based interaction designer Karwai Pun has created a set of six infographics that highlight the dos and don'ts of designing for accessibility. … View Post ▸
Designer Challenges Himself To Create 25 Logos In 25 Days Using The Golden Ratio
Dhaka-based Graphic/UI designer Kazi Mohammed Erfan undertook a 25-day logo challenge to create one new logo every day based on the golden ratio. His objective was to reintroduce viewers to the beauty of the golden ratio and to promote himself as a designer. Erfan used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create the logos. He has also shared working … View Post ▸
16 Funny Illustrations That Show The Cultural Differences Between The East And The West
Yang Liu is a Berlin-based graphic artist, professor and the head of the Department of Communications Design at the Berlin Technical Art University. She moved to the German capital from her hometown, Beijing, in 1990, at the age of 13. Drawing from her own experiences as a child and an adult, Liu's illustrated project titled "East meets West" depicts the … View Post ▸
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