Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. Today, we focus on the emerging trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Deposit Photos. The infographic features the top 11 graphic design trends to look out for in 2019, with examples. These include 3D design, fluid shapes, retro visuals, neon colors, … [Read more...]
Less Than 1% Of People Got A Perfect Score On This Color Test, What About You?
UK-based vision care company Lenstore has come up with a tricky little quiz that tests your ability to perceive color and distinguish shades. The test comprises of 10 multiple-choice questions that ask you to pick the lightest, darkest, or identical colors, and complete hue orders. Out of several thousand participants, only 1% were able to answer all 10 questions … [Read more...]
Top 15 Logo Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. Today, we focus on the top logo design trends with the help of this excellent report compiled by Logo Lounge. Gradient breaks, contour stripes, spot drag, quarters, and highlights, are some of the key trends this year. Logo Lounge has referenced actual brand marks and included … [Read more...]
Top Design Trends For 2019
Graphic designers Loredana Papp-Dinea and Mihai Baldean from Milo Themes have compiled a comprehensive and extensive list of 2019 trends in graphic design, UI/UX design, typography, branding/logo design, motion graphics, and packaging design. They've listed visual examples of each trend and its subcategories, using contemporary work created by leading designers and … [Read more...]
Top 8 Logo Design Trends For 2019, Explained With Simple Graphics
Previously we featured the top 2019 trends in graphic design, web design, colors, and images. In today's post, we focus on the top trends in logo design. One of the most interesting trends we've seen recently is responsive logos - logos that adapt to the device they're being viewed on. For example, imagine a responsive Nike logo. On a desktop website, the complete logo is … [Read more...]
32 Beautiful Color Palettes With Their Corresponding Gradient Palettes
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Mr.Pugo is a handy Instagram account that shares beautiful color palettes (with hex codes) and also their corresponding gradient palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best ones in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, and current design trends. Check them out below and tell us your favourites in the … [Read more...]
3 Designer Friends Created An Alphabet Series Using Logos They’ve Designed Over The Years
Three graphic designers, colleagues, and friends, Alex Tass, Dalius Stuoka, and Deividas Bielskis decided to put together an A-Z alphabet series made from logo symbols, lettermarks, and monograms they've created over the years. All three designers have been in the industry for over 10 years, and have worked with a variety of clients, brands, and agencies. For this project, … [Read more...]
31 Beautiful Gradient Logos For Design Inspiration
When Apple launched iOS 7 in 2014, it not only changed the face of UI design, but also branding, graphic and logo design. Skeuomorphic interfaces and glossy app icons were out. Flat design, vibrant colors and gradients were in. In 2016, when Instagram came up with a bright new look and multicolored logo, a vast majority of its users hated the vivid gradients and demanded the … [Read more...]
43 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Awsmcolor is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. At the end of every month, they feature the top nine palettes for that month. If you create something exceptional using their palettes, you can get featured on their page as well. We've shortlisted … [Read more...]
Top 12 Graphic Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, web design, colors, and images for 2019. In today’s post, we focus on the biggest graphic design trends with the help of this handy video by GraphicMama. 2019 is all about vivid colors, bold typography, open compositions, and alternative art. Expect to see more use of three-dimensional geometric shapes, dreamy color … [Read more...]
41 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Colours.cafe is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. They also hold design challenges in which users have to use a specific palette to create illustrations and calligraphy. The best works are then featured on their page. We've shortlisted some of … [Read more...]
Veteran Artist Brilliantly Explains The Use Of Color In Movie Poster Designs
James Verdesoto is an artist and creative director who has designed iconic posters for movies such as Pulp Fiction, Ocean's Eleven, Training Day, Girl, Interrupted, and more. In this video for Vanity Fair, Verdesoto explains the role of color psychology and trends in movie poster design. He discusses the use of certain colors and palettes in specific genres, with relevant … [Read more...]
Shutterstock’s Top Creative Trends For 2019
Shutterstock has released their 2019 Creative Trends Report, based on billions of image, video, and music searches and downloads from more than 1.9 million creatives. The report comprises of three sections - major trends, rising trends, and global trends in 20 countries around the world. The major trends include Zine Culture, 80s Opulence, and Yesterday's Tomorrow. The … [Read more...]
How To Copy Colors From An Image And Apply Them On Another Image In Photoshop
Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with a brilliant tutorial that shows you how to extract colors from an image, and replicate them on any other image. Learn how to generate a color palette from an image, and apply that palette to another image using curves and gradient maps. Unmesh shares some useful tips and techniques to effectively match the … [Read more...]
Beautiful Color Palettes Of Countries From Around The World
Luxury travel specialists Sovereign have come up with a series of color palettes of 18 popular destinations from across the globe. The objective was to highlight the range of unique colorscapes that can be seen around the world. Each palette consists of 20 colors that were derived from iconic locations in that country. The palettes are a reflection of their culture, … [Read more...]
How Good Is Your Eye For UI Design Details? Take This Quiz And Find Out
Seattle-based UX designer Alex Kotliarskyi has come up with an interesting visual quiz that tests your UI knowledge and attention to details. Titled Can't Unsee, the web-based game presents two choices of iOS interface designs, and asks you to pick which one is correct. You earn coins for every correct answer. The game is divided into three rounds (easy, medium, hard) of … [Read more...]
Top 13 Logo Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, color, and web design for 2019. In today’s post, we focus on the latest logo design trends with the help of this handy infographic by online logo maker Logaster. A major trend we’ve seen over the past few years is logo simplification - the removal of excessive details from the composition. Logo design seems to be … [Read more...]
300 Beautiful Color Gradients For All Your Design Needs
Vibrant colors and gradients are one of the major trends in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays. To make life easier for designers everywhere, Paris-based graphic designer Leo Simon has compiled a set of 300 beautiful gradients into a Photoshop gradient file (GRD), available for free. We've shortlisted some of our favourites from Leo's collection and shared them below with … [Read more...]
How To Turn White Into Any Color In Photoshop
You can change the color of any object in Photoshop by creating a hue/saturation adjustment layer, and using the sliders and the eyedropper tool (here's a one-minute tutorial on the same). However, when the object is white, a hue/saturation adjustment layer doesn't convert it realistically no matter how high you turn up the saturation. In this handy tutorial, Photoshop … [Read more...]
Top 15 Graphic Design Trends For 2019
Trends are movements in design that have gained mass enough usage that they become recognizable as a trend. They might have started off slow and been coming on for a number of years before they gained enough momentum to be considered a trend. Very few things in design have never been done before so some of these trends feel like they're referential of earlier movements of … [Read more...]
What Logo Styles Do Consumers Trust Most?
SurveyMonkey and infographic maker Venngage surveyed over 1000 adults living in the U.S. on what logo styles they trusted the most. The respondents were shown a series of logos for imaginary companies in six different industries: Jewellery retail, education, financial services, law firm, news/media, and technology. Six variations of each logo were presented: Icon dominant, … [Read more...]
Top 10 Graphic Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top web design and logo design trends for 2019. Today, we focus on emerging trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by 99designs. The infographic features the top 10 graphic design trends to look out for in 2019, with relevant examples of each trend. These include 3D typography, asymmetrical layouts, evolved gradients and … [Read more...]
Shit Clients Say – 13 Most Unforgettable Quotes
How many times have you had a client send a list of "final" changes AFTER they've approved the design? What about when they ask you to find an image from Google, or copy someone else's logo, or when they tell you to deliver designs by Monday after briefing on Friday? We all come across unreasonable client demands on a daily basis, but the folks at BeeWits have a dedicated … [Read more...]
Top 10 Web Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top graphic design and logo design trends for 2019. Today, we focus on emerging trends in web design with the help of this handy infographic by 99designs. The infographic features the top 10 web design trends to look out for in 2019, with relevant examples of each trend. These include black-and-white palettes, serif typography, organic shapes, … [Read more...]
Top Logo Design Trends For 2019
Previously, we featured the top graphic design trends for 2019. Today, we focus on emerging trends in logo design with the help of this handy infographic by 99designs. The infographic features 9 key logo design trends to look out for in 2019, with relevant examples of each trend. These include variable logo design, new age geometry, negative space, minimalism, and more. … [Read more...]
7 Biggest Graphic Design Trends For 2019
Design trends are an important aspect of marketing for businesses and entrepreneurs. Using the latest design styles, imagery, and typography makes your brand appear contemporary to your customers, market, and competition. For designers and creatives, staying updated with the latest visual trends is even more important because you should be able to provide them to your … [Read more...]
Simple, Useful Design Tips For UI/UX Designers
'Sparklin Design Tips' is a series of short, useful UI/UX tips by New Delhi-based digital agency Sparklin, shared every Tuesday on their social media channels. Using before-and-after mockup images, the team at Sparklin explains good UI/UX practices with visual examples, making them easy to understand and comprehend. Whether you're a newbie or a seasoned designer, these tips … [Read more...]
Top Graphic Design Trends For 2019
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. 2019 is all about finding a sense of order and beauty amidst all the chaos. Complex gradients and abstract geometry will remain prominent across design mediums. Expect to see more implementation of evolved patterns, broken grid layouts, brutalist design, isometric and … [Read more...]
2019 Color Trends: The World’s Most Popular Colors
Shutterstock has released its 2019 Color Trends report based on data from billions of image searches on their platform. By collapsing pixel data and hex codes, the team at Shutterstock was able to see what hues their users are downloading most frequently. Using this information they've compiled a visual report of the top three universally popular colors, as well as local … [Read more...]
Designer Uses Beautiful Gradients And Abstract Shapes To Describe Meanings Of Words
UK-based graphic designer Evgeniya Righini-Brand has come up with a fascinating project titled “Gradient Studies” in which she uses vibrant gradients and abstract shapes to visually describe the meanings of various words. For example, the visual for the word "flow" is an abstract liquid shape with multiple gradient meshes in blue and white. The visual for the word "energy" is a … [Read more...]
8 Biggest Graphic Design Trends That Could Dominate 2019
2018 was all about big, bright, and bold graphic design. Brands vied for attention with the use of vibrant colors and powerful typography. These trends will continue to dominate in 2019, with more and more brands implementing vivid colors, complex gradients, duotones, bold fonts, and geometric shapes in their designs. Expect to see more vibrant hues, futuristic color … [Read more...]
This Handy New Tool Shows You Color Palettes Of Artworks From Different Eras
Kentucky-based graphic designer Brandon Shepherd has released a handy online tool called Color Leap that showcases a collection of color palettes used in paintings and artworks throughout different eras in history - from ancient Egypt to the 1960s. The tool consists of 180 palettes spread over 12 different time periods. You can select any time period, browse through … [Read more...]
This Brilliant New Tool Is Like Google Search For Colors
Swedish digital studio Future Memories has launched a brilliant new tool called Picular that lets you search for colors by keyword and displays a range of colors based on the top 20 Google Image search results for that keyword. For example, if you search for ‘ocean’, Picular analyzes the top 20 Google Images for ‘ocean’ and displays the most prominent color in each image and … [Read more...]
Learn In One Minute How To Change The Color Of Anything In Photoshop
Did you know that you can use the Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer in Photoshop to target a specific color in your image and change it to any color you want? In this handy one-minute tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you a simple technique to change the color of any object in your image by using the hand tool in the Hue/Saturation Adjustment … [Read more...]
Learn In One Minute How To Make Skies Gorgeously Dramatic In Photoshop
Did you know that you can use Adjustment layers and the Blend If mode in Photoshop to enhance skies and make them look more dramatic in your photos? In this one-minute tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you a simple technique to add details and definition to clouds by using Adjustment Layer, Mask, Brush Tool, and Blend If: Underlying Layer. … [Read more...]
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