Learn Basic Photoshop Tools And Tricks With This Handy Cheat Sheet For Beginners
If you're using Adobe Photoshop for the first time without any training, all those tools and features can seem a bit daunting. Once you get used to the interface and spend a few hours on the program, you'll realize it's actually not that hard. To become a pro, you'll need practice, patience and an in-depth knowledge of most of the features the program has to … Check it out ▸
Adobe Pokes Fun At Annoying Bosses Who Micromanage Their Designers
To promote their stock photography service, Adobe has come up with a witty ad that spoofs hovering art directors who micromanage their designers. The 1:44 clip features a stereotypical art director providing constant inputs to his designer, who uses Adobe Stock to keep up with his demanding boss. Watch below. … Check it out ▸
Copywriter Challenges Himself To Create An Ad Every Day For A Year, And They’re Pretty Clever
Ukraine-based copywriter Andrii Mishchenko has undertaken a creative challenge titled "365 Days of Copy" that involves creating a print ad every day for a year. He chooses a well-known brand, analyses their communication and advertising, and creates a print ad in Photoshop every day, except weekends. … Check it out ▸
Sketch vs. Photoshop
Blogger Helga Moreno has come up with a handy infographic that compares the time-tested Adobe Photoshop with the relatively new Sketch app, on the basis of their usability for web design and development. The infographic lists the key features of both apps and compares them on relevant parameters. … Check it out ▸
Designer Creates Clever Pun-Filled Posters For Adobe Creative Software
Georgian designer Sergi Devrisashvili has come up with a series of witty posters for popular Adobe creative software. Using their initials (Ai, Ps, Id, etc.), Sergi creates pun-based sentences that highlight the core features of the software. … Check it out ▸
8 Illustrator Tips And Tricks For Faster Work
Did you know that the Symbols panel in Adobe Illustrator is a great way of building a collection of artwork that you can quickly draw from in-between projects? Also, the Graphic Styles panel lets you save and reuse an appearance (fill, stroke, opacity, etc.) that you've created. Ctrl/Cmd + D is useful for rapidly repeating the last transformation action … Check it out ▸
Designer Brilliantly Explains How To Charge Clients For Logos And Other Design Services
Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer and founder of Blind, a brand strategy design consultancy in Santa Monica. He also runs an online venture called The Futur which teaches the business of design to creative entrepreneurs. … Check it out ▸
22 Graphic Design Mistakes That Novice Designers Make
After a few years in the graphic design business, you realize how important it is to get the basics right. Like following a file naming convention, creating scalable logos, ensuring proper kerning and leading, using high-res images for printing, and so on. … Check it out ▸
How Filmmakers Use Colors To Set The Mood Of A Film
In filmmaking, color is used to set the tone of a scene before any of the actors have even uttered a word. Red is used to denote passion, danger or power. Pink signifies innocence, femininity and beauty. Yellow is associated with joy, naivety and insanity. Blue symbolizes isolation, passivity and calmness. … Check it out ▸
10 Clever Typographic Posters Of Scientists And Their Achievements
To celebrate Science Day in India, Mumbai-based graphic designer Kapil Bhagat came up with a series of minimalist typographic posters featuring the names of famous scientists. Each name was designed in a way that it symbolized the invention, theory or achievement that the scientist is famous for. … Check it out ▸
30 Beautiful Color Gradients For Your Next Design Project
Looking for cool background gradients for your UI? Software and design company Itmeo has created a useful online tool called WebGradients – a free collection of 180 linear gradients that you can use as content backdrops in any part of your website. You can download a .PNG version of each gradient and copy their CSS3 cross-browser codes. Sketch and Photoshop … Check it out ▸
Designer Creates Clean, Minimalist Animal Logos And Shares His Design Process
Korean graphic designer Jahng Hyoung joon has come up with a series of minimalist animal pictograms and two short time-lapse videos that show his design process. Though the clips are sped up, it's always good to see the workflow used by the designer and pick up valuable pointers. Check them out below. … Check it out ▸
10 Types Of Relationships Between Clients And Agencies
Valentine's day is over but the love-hate saga between clients and agencies continues. Arun Verma Design Studio has come up with a series of valentine-themed images that describe the different types of clients and the relationship they share with their agencies. Check it out below. … Check it out ▸
10 Hilarious Examples Of How Punctuation Makes A Big Difference
The absence or presence of a comma can change the entire meaning of a sentence. For example, there's a cannibalistic difference between "Let's eat grandma" and "Let's eat, grandma." The same holds true for apostrophes, hyphens, colons and other punctuation marks. … Check it out ▸
5 Tips For A Killer Portfolio
Your portfolio should showcase only your best work. Don't use mediocre work as filler. Also, develop your skills using the "T-shaped" model, i.e., hold a thorough knowledge and strong skill-set in one subject, but also work beyond your area of expertise to collaborate in other fields. … Check it out ▸
25 Clever Logos Of Common Adjectives You Use Every Day
Following up to the previously published 25 nouns logo collection, Spanish designer Lucas Gil-Turner has created a series of impressive logos for the 25 most commonly used adjectives in the Oxford English Dictionary. The list was released by Oxford University Press researchers after the analysis of over a billion words. … Check it out ▸
These Chameleon Pens Change Their Ink Color So You Can Create Gradients, Blends And More
Chameleon Art Products have developed a set of alcohol-based markers that change their ink tone while drawing so you can create seamless color gradients, blends, highlights and shadows using a single pen. The inks are refillable and the nibs are replaceable.The pens cost $21.59 for a pack of 5 and $79.99 for a deluxe set of 22. Check them out below. … Check it out ▸
What Different Types Of Fonts Mean And How To Use Them
Every font has a unique personality and purpose. While working on a project, it's imperative to know which font matches the intended tone of communication. Serif fonts portray tradition, sophistication and a formal tone. Sans serif fonts are modern, humanist and neutral. Slab serifs are bold and contemporary. Script fonts are elegant, classic, stylish and … Check it out ▸
Adobe Illustrator ‘Pen Tool’ Cheat Sheet For Designers
Paul Trani, Senior Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe, has created a handy 'Pen Tool' cheat sheet for Adobe Illustrator. The 8-point visual guide covers the basics and shows you how to create straight and curved lines, add/delete/move anchor points and use bezier handles. We've also collated a few tutorials that Illustrator newbies might find … Check it out ▸
Artist Brings His Drawings To Life Using Simple Paper Folds
Danish artist HuskMitNavn turns his playful 2D black-and-white drawings to 3D using clever paper folding tricks and techniques. He cuts, tweaks and shreds sheets of paper in a way that they complete his sketches. … Check it out ▸
This Russian Artist’s Photoshop Skills Are Pure Awesome
Russian digital artist Max Asabin is a Photoshop wizard with over 35,000 followers on DeviantArt. Using his sublime composition skills, he seamlessly blends lighting, shadows and colors of multiple images into incredible visuals that transport their subjects into surreal worlds. … Check it out ▸
Brilliant Negative Space Illustrations Of Animal Predators And Their Preys
'Predators and Preys' is a fascinating project by Italian illustrator and graphic designer Andrea Minini. He creates black and white illustrations of animal predators in a way that their preys can be seen in the negative space. For example, the illustration of a deer shows the face of a wolf between its antlers. The legs of an eagle create the silhouette of … Check it out ▸
What If Famous Brands Combined Logos With Their Biggest Rivals?
Imagine if the world's most famous brands and companies teamed up with their biggest competitors and created a new company logo that's a combination of the two. DesignCrowd ran a contest asking its community to do just that - take two company logos that compete in the same product or service category and combine them into a new hybrid logo. Here are some of … Check it out ▸
The Story Behind The World’s Most Controversial Font
Full marks if you knew which font we were referring to, before you landed on this page. Created by designer Vincent Connare, Comic Sans is arguably the world's most contentious font - the subject of innumerable memes and websites. … Check it out ▸
This Art Director Wasn’t Able To Land A Job, So He Pretended To Be A Client
August Laustsen, a young Danish art director, applied to all the big agencies in Stockholm but didn't get a reply from any of them. So, to catch their attention, he pretended to be a client looking for an agency and sent out the following letter. … Check it out ▸
This YouTube Celebrity “Died” In A Shocking Car Crash While Recording A Live Video. Or Did She?
Texting while driving and even live broadcasting while driving has become an international plague. Over 80% of accidents are caused by people using their phone while driving. But regular communication campaigns don't deter youngsters because no matter how gruesome commercials about this issue are, young drivers still ignore them because they're ads. … Check it out ▸
Copywriter Challenges Himself To Create An Ad Every Day For A Year, And They’re Pretty Cool
Georgia-based copywriter Solomon Tsitsuashvili has undertaken a creative challenge titled 365 Days of Copy that involves creating a print ad every day for a year. He picks a well-known brand and based on their history and background, he comes up with witty taglines and visuals. Solomon has been up to the task so far, working every single day, even on … Check it out ▸
Who Legally Owns A Website Once It’s Designed?
"I paid a professional web designer to create my site, of course I own it!" - this is probably the belief that almost every website client holds. It makes perfect sense - you paid someone to develop a website for you. Why then would you not own what you paid for? … Check it out ▸
Next Time You Present A Logo To A Client, Try Using Animations Like This Design Studio Does
Here's a logo presentation technique you would like to use in your next client meeting. Venice-based branding agency Concreate Studio presents their logos using animations that explain the ideology behind the design process. For example, the logo animation for furniture maker Emporio Freguglia starts with the icon of a bed that cleverly morphs into a … Check it out ▸
How Art Directors And Copywriters Can Avoid Annoying Each Other
Copywriter Stephanie Vicari and Art Director Caitlin Hickey wanted to tackle the potential complicated relationship that can exist between copywriters and art directors. The result? They created airline-style safety cards for budding creatives to ensure that no one steps on any toes. Check them out below. … Check it out ▸
20+ Reasons To Pay For Better Writers
Dear clients, if you think good writers, editors and proofreaders aren’t worth their price, here are 55 images that might change your mind. … Check it out ▸
30 Amazing Images Before And After Photoshop
When the name of a software becomes a verb, you can imagine the impact it has had on the industry. Adobe Photoshop was released on 19 February 1990 and it changed the creative business forever with its powerful features and ease of use. Today’s post is a compilation of before-and-after images that show how Photoshop helps designers and photographers … Check it out ▸
Adidas Ignored This Brilliant Ad Made By A Student But Everyone’s Loving It
"Break Free" is a spec ad film by Eugen Merher, a 26-year-old student at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It tells the story of 79-year old Karl, a former marathon runner locked up in a lifeless nursing home. One evening he discovers his old Adidas running shoes and decides to take a run in his old marathon outfit, but ends up being stopped and … Check it out ▸
Designer Creates Adobe-Inspired Chocolate Bars For Job Interviews And Clients
To end her job interviews on a sweet note, Brooklyn-based graphic designer April Hansen created custom packages for Ritter Sport chocolate bars that look like icons of Adobe Suite's core design programs. The front of the packaging bears logos of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Using their initials (Ai, Ps, Id), April added personalized messages … Check it out ▸
KLM’s Heartwarming Airport Stunt Is Probably The Best Christmas Campaign Of The Season
Airports can be lonely places, but Christmas is all about being together. So KLM created the Bonding Buffet - a table with a Christmas dinner on top of it, towering 4.5 metres in the air at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. To get it down, travellers needed to work together. By sitting on any stool around the table, they could bring it down a little bit. When … Check it out ▸
600 Free Icons For Your Design Projects
illustrio is a smarter icon library. From one single icon, you can easily generate hundreds of new ones by simply changing their colors and styles online. The outcome is infinite since illustrio already have more than 7000 unique icons on their platform, with thousands more to come. … Check it out ▸
51 Brilliant Outdoor Ads
How many billboards do you see in your daily commute and how many do you remember? The average attention span of humans is 8 seconds and if advertisers don't work their magic in that time, the message is lost. … Check it out ▸
What Your Relatives Think When You Tell Them You’re A Designer
How often have your relatives asked you to fix their printer or computer just because you’re a designer? It’s like being a designer automatically qualifies you to be a software or a hardware engineer. Then there are relatives who think you need to get a "real" job like a doctor or a lawyer (basically the same profession they've forced down their children). … Check it out ▸
Dogs Explain What Different HTTP Status Codes Mean
San Francisco-based software programmer Mike Lee has come up with a fun project titled HTTP Status Dogs that uses dog pictures to illustrate what different HTTP status codes mean. For example, 404 (not found) is a picture of a dog digging a hole looking for something but unable to find it. 204 (no content) is a picture of a dog next to an empty bowl. Check … Check it out ▸
What Is SSL And Why Every Website Will Need It In 2017
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser to avoid interception by hackers. Encryption means to convert information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access. A website that uses SSL encryption has a padlock next to their domain name in the … Check it out ▸
12 GIFs That Only Agency People Will Understand
Ever seen two cats playing hide and seek in the gutter? That's what it looks like when servicing tries to brief creative on Friday evening. Have you also noticed the "I hate everyone" expression on the face of creatives after every presentation? Like they're planning a massacre after a long and treacherous meeting in a room filled with brand "experts" … Check it out ▸
The Recipe For Creating Epic Logo Designs
A logo is not just a graphical symbol, it is the embodiment of your organization. Designing a logo is not just about creating a business identity, it's about creating a connection between the customer and your brand. A successful logo is one that is memorable, versatile, appropriate and timeless. … Check it out ▸
16 Reasons To Pay For Better Designers
Dear clients, if you think good designers aren't worth their price, here are 16 images that might change your mind. … Check it out ▸
The Original Names And Logos Of 12 Famous Companies
In 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin started collaborating on a search engine called BackRub. It operated on Stanford servers for more than a year, eventually taking up too much bandwidth. On September 15, 1997, Page and Brin registered the domain name Google.com - a play on the word "googol", a mathematical term for the number ten raised to the power hundred … Check it out ▸
IKEA Renamed Its Products After Common Google Searches About Relationship Problems
IKEA's products have always been inspired by how people live in the real world. They wanted to remind people that their products can solve or improve a variety of everyday problems. … Check it out ▸
14 Funny Mashups Of Famous Logos
Filipino designer Eisen Bernard Bernardo has come up with a fun project titled 'Logomorphia' that showcases mashups of popular logos that look like amusing creatures and situations. How many of these can you guess correctly? … Check it out ▸
Ford Cleverly Demonstrates Its Blind Spot Sensor Using Vertical Video
To promote the Ford Edge's Blind Spot Information System (BLIS), BBR Saatchi & Saatchi Israel leveraged the growing popularity of Facebook's vertical video format to launch a mobile commercial that creatively used the top and bottom black bars that appear in regular horizontal videos. … Check it out ▸
The Most Used Brand Colours In Each Industry And Their Impact On Consumers
Colour psychology has become an increasingly important part of branding, identity and logo design for businesses as each shade has a specific psychological impact on the consumer they are targeting. … Check it out ▸
CMYK Playing Cards For Designers And Artists
Get creative at your next poker session with these colorful CMYK playing cards that designers and artists will love. The deck, created by Hundred Million, includes 54 minimally designed cards of different ink percentages. … Check it out ▸
29 Clever Typographic Logos Of Common Words We Use Every Day
Milan-based creative director Duminda Perera has created a series of clever wordmarks/calligrams of common words we use every day. He’s altered, combined or replaced letters with shapes and symbols that visualize the meaning of the word. So the letter ‘n’ in ‘wine’ looks like a wine bottle, the two o's in ‘igloo’ form the shape of an igloo, and so on. Check … Check it out ▸
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