29 Beautiful Lion Logos For Design Inspiration
The lion symbolizes strength, courage, and leadership. It is one of the most widely used symbols of power and royalty since ancient times. Today, lion symbols are used on national flags and as logos for sports teams, luxury brands, hotels, automobile manufacturers, financial institutions, and more. In today's post, we've collated a few inspiring examples … View Post ▸
Funny WhatsApp Conversations Between Clients And Designers
Conventional wisdom says that you should avoid work-related conversations with a client on WhatsApp. All professional communication should take place via email. Not only does that avoid confusion and unaccountability, but it also saves you from the headache of having an unreasonable client breathing down your neck with a message every five minutes. On … View Post ▸
Top Web Design Trends For 2018
Currently, there are 8.4 billion connected devices in the world and this number will grow to a whopping 50 billion by 2020. In this ever-changing digital landscape, effective web design is as important as the quality of your content. 94% of all online users stop trusting websites with a degraded web design. It is also crucial to embrace and implement the … View Post ▸
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 … View Post ▸
Top Graphic Design Trends For 2018
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. 2018 is all about visual contrast with the use of bright colors, gradients, and bold typography. Duotone effects and double exposure images will remain prominent across design mediums. Expect to see more implementation of isometric design, custom illustrations, … View Post ▸
A’ Design Award Releases Rankings Of Countries That Have Won The Most Design Titles
The World Design Rankings (WDR) have released the current ranking of countries based on the number of designers that have won the A' Design Awards. The countries are represented by the participating designer's nationality and the rankings are based on the current aggregated scores of participants between 2010 and 2017. … View Post ▸
How To Successfully Present Logo Designs To Clients
How do you show logo designs to clients? Do you just email multiple options and let them choose the one they like? Do your clients ask for excessive revisions? Do they often change their minds after you show your designs? If the logo is the product, the presentation is the packaging. In this video, Ben Burns, digital director at California-based creative … View Post ▸
Designer Brilliantly Explains Why The New F1 Logo Is A Success, Despite What Everyone’s Saying
Is the new Formula One logo good or bad? Award-winning designer Chris Do reviews the new F1 logo with an in-depth look at its history, design brief, application, and reasons for change. He also discusses why it's important to view logo launches and rebrands from a business point of view rather than just aesthetics. Watch below. … View Post ▸
12 Visual Hierarchy Principles Every Designer Should Know
Visual hierarchy is the arrangement and presentation of design elements in order of their importance. It influences the order in which the human eye perceives the information that is being displayed. A simple example would be a business card - the name of the organisation is usually the most prominent element, followed by the name of the card holder, job … View Post ▸
Funny Agency Memes That Designers And Creatives Will Relate To
You know the feeling when a client asks you why the button in your mock-up JPG isn't working. Or when the account manager tries to brief you on a Friday at 6 PM. How about the mornings when your creative director walks in with a constipated look on his/her face and you know he/she's going to take a dump on all the work you've done so far? The Incumbent … View Post ▸
17 Memes Every Graphic Designer Will Relate To
Having a long day at work? Boss giving you a hard time? Client being a prick? Then indulge in some meme therapy and brighten up your day. Memes stimulate the release of endorphins in your brain, which reduces stress levels and makes you forget about work problems and deadline-related anxiety. In a study of more than 150 working professionals, scientists … View Post ▸
Photoshop Master Creates Stunning Images By Combining 5-6 Different Photos Into One
Ukrainian digital artist Viktoria Solidarnyh is a Photoshop wizard who has mastered the art of photo manipulation and composition. She combines multiple images (that look like they won't blend together) into one surreal, dream-like visual that doesn't look like a composite. Viktoria takes 3 to 5 days to create one artwork. She uses Photoshop, Lightroom, … View Post ▸
Amazing Typographic Portraits Of Celebrities Made Using Their Movie Titles And Lyrics
Sean Williams is a Canadian illustrator and creative director known for his typographic portraits of musicians, actors, and pop culture influencers. Each type design is hand illustrated and uses text from the celebrity's movie titles, song lyrics, or famous quotes, to create a recognizable face of that person. The list includes Audrey Hepburn, Beyonce, … View Post ▸
Designers Share Valuable Advice They Would Give To Their Younger Selves If They Could Go Back In Time
If you could go back in time and give advice about the graphic design profession to your younger self, what would it be? Redditor Chrisbscotland asked this question in r/graphic_design and here are some of the best replies. … View Post ▸
Telecom Company Transforms Human Voices Into Unique Chocolates For Loved Ones
In the last 15 years, voice communication traffic has fallen by approximately 50%, primarily due to the impact of messaging apps. NTT Docomo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, wanted to remind people of the emotional importance of voice communication in any relationship. … View Post ▸
Photoshop’s New ‘Select Subject’ Tool Lets You Select People And Objects In Just One Click
To select people or objects from an image in Photoshop, designers use either the Pen Tool, the Quick Select tool, the Magic Wand, or the Lasso tool. All of these require a certain level of effort. To simplify workflow for users, Adobe has released a new tool called 'Select Subject' in Photoshop CC 2018 that lets you select people or objects from plain or … View Post ▸
The Art Direction Is Amazing In These Clever Ads For Three Mobile’s Unlimited Data Service
Irish mobile network Three Mobile wanted to promote their unlimited data service. They commissioned Dublin-based agency Boys And Girls to create a series of print/web ads that showcased the benefits of unlimited data service for the consumer. Using CG and stock photography, the agency came up with a three-ad campaign that shows a swimming pool, a soccer … View Post ▸
The Most Popular Font Types In America
Venngage is a popular online tool that lets you create free infographics for reports, data presentations, promotions, and more. It is used by over 1 million users and 21,000 businesses worldwide. Recently, they analyzed the usage statistics of 50+ fonts they offer on their platform, to see where in the US certain types of fonts are most commonly used. These … View Post ▸
Designer Turns Popular Gadgets Into Letters Of The Alphabet, And They’re Pure Awesome
Brazilian designer Vinicius Araújo has come up with an exceptional typography project which showcases the letters of the alphabet in the shape of well-known gadgets, based on their initials. For example, the letter 'J' has been designed to look like a JBL speaker. The letter 'C' is based on the industrial design of a Canon Camera. The letter ‘L’ has been … View Post ▸
8 Types Of Clients You Never Want To Work With
Which type of clients do you find the most difficult to work with? The design experts who think they have an eye for design? The penny pinching visionaries with tiny budgets and huge expectations? Or the workaholic clients who work round the clock and expect you to do so as well? GetCRM has put together a relatable infographic that lists the eight types of … View Post ▸
What Hollywood Movies Look Like Without Visual Effects
In the old days, what you would see on a movie set would pretty much be what you saw in the final movie. With modern technology giving us the capability of computer generated imagery (CGI), all you need is a green screen and a couple of props. Because of this, movie sets nowadays look completely different to what you see in the final movie. Fame Focus has … View Post ▸
Guy Creates Spoof Ad To Sell His Girlfriend’s Crappy Car, And The Price Goes Up 300 Times
Max Lanman is a writer and director based in Los Angeles, California. When his girlfriend needed to sell her 1996 Honda Accord, he decided to help her out by putting his skills to use and creating a professional commercial. He hired an entire creative team - an actress, a cinematographer, stunt driver, voice artist, music composer, and a sound designer. Max … View Post ▸
The Story Behind That Iconic Photo Of Steve Jobs
Albert Watson is an award-winning, widely published Scottish photographer known for his iconic portraits of celebrities. Perhaps his most famous portrait is the 2006 shot of Steve Jobs that is seen everywhere - from print to the internet. It has been used on the cover of the Steve Jobs biography written by Walter Isaacson. It was also the photograph Apple … View Post ▸
Adobe Scribbler Is A Powerful Tool That Can Colorize Any Black & White Image Within Seconds
Have you ever wanted to colorize old black and white photos of yourself or your loved ones? The conventional process involves meticulous preliminary research followed by hours and hours of work in Photoshop. Hundreds of layers of color are added and blended together with precision. The physics of how light works also needs to be taken into account. … View Post ▸
Guy Accepts “Impossible” Photoshop Challenge To Remove A Crane From A Building Photo, Here’s The Result
Never underestimate the power of a Photoshop wizard. Illinois-based photographer Paul Frederiksen posted a photo of the Domino Sugar factory in Baltimore to the /r/photography IRC channel but he wasn't happy with it because a crane was obstructing the view. He wanted a clear shot of the building but the crane had been parked there for months and wasn't … View Post ▸
Short, Useful Design Tips For UI/UX Designers
Steve Schoger is a multidisciplinary designer based in Kitchener, Ontario. When he finds time off from running his design and illustration studio, he curates 'Little UI Details' - a Twitter collection of short, useful design tips for UI/UX designers. Steve's tweets cover different elements of UI design and also include before-after mockup images that make … View Post ▸
Designer Brilliantly Explains Why 7-Eleven’s Symmetrically Flawed Logo Is Not A Design Error
If you've never noticed it before, 7-Eleven's logo uses a mix of upper and lowercase letters (ELEVEn). Also, the 'E' doesn't align with the top edge of the 7 and the center alignment of the logo is off. The design community is abuzz on this topic after a Reddit thread brought these capitalization and symmetrical imperfections to light. … View Post ▸
Adobe Cloak Is A Powerful Tool That Can Remove Any Object From Your Video
Have you ever wanted to remove unwanted objects or people from a video? The conventional process involves editing each frame individually and then stitching them back together. This process is time-consuming and doesn't generate the required results in most cases. To make life easier for everyone, Adobe is working on a tool called 'Cloak', an Adobe … View Post ▸
Brilliant Social Experiment By Burger King Shows How People React When They See Someone Being Bullied
According to NoBully.org, 30% of school kids worldwide are bullied each year. Bullying is the number one act of violence against young people in America today. Burger King wanted to speak up against bullying during National Bullying Prevention Month (October). They hired child actors and set up a hidden camera social experiment called "Bullying Jr." in … View Post ▸
This Clever Photoshop Trick Helps You Remove White Edges When Cutting Out Images
One of the common problems when cutting out an object from a light background is the presence of a white edge or halo around the object. This can be an issue if you want to use that cut out on a dark background. You want your cut out to blend seamlessly with the background and not look like a rookie job. … View Post ▸
Beautiful Images Of Everyday Objects Organized By Color
Caroline South is a photographer and content-creator based in West Sussex, UK. A graduate of the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Caroline loves to paint, draw, and craft artwork using natural or 'found' items. She spends a lot of time exploring the Southern Coast collecting pottery and sea glass which she often uses in her photography. … View Post ▸
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, … View Post ▸
Burger King Trolls McDonald’s With Epic Marketing Stunt At ‘IT’ Movie Premiere
Stephen King's 'IT' stars a frightening clown that reminded Burger King Deutschland of their competitor McDonald's mascot. So they decided to turn the film's pre-premiere in Germany into the longest running ad for Burger King. … View Post ▸
10 Typography Mistakes That Novice Designers Make
"Typography is an art. Good typography is art." - Paul Rand. Toronto-based designer Meagen Higginbottom, who runs design blog Forth And Create, has shared a list of 10 common typography mistakes that make your designs look amateurish. These include improper kerning and leading, stretched fonts, lack of contrast, using too many fonts, and more. Even if … View Post ▸
150 People Were Asked To Draw 10 Famous Logos From Their Memory, And The Results Are Hilarious
The logos of global brands like Apple, Starbucks, and Adidas are seen and recognized by billions of people every day. Their logos have become iconic to the point that they create an instant brand association in the minds of consumers. But how well do consumers know the exact shape and colors of these famous logos? … View Post ▸
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