2024 has ushered in a new golden age for movie poster aesthetics, with a clear nod towards the exuberant and illustrative essence of the 1980s. This resurgence has seen the promotional material for the highly anticipated sequel to "Joker" draw widespread admiration from both audiences and graphic designers. "Joker: Folie à Deux," expected to hit theaters in October 2024, … [Read more...]
This Designer Has The Most Epic Reply To Anyone Who Asks Him To Photoshop Their Pic
Are you tired of those flawless, picture-perfect Instagram influencers who look like they just walked out of a glossy magazine? Well, say hello to James Fridman, the man who turns those airbrushed dreams into hilarious reality checks. While most people see Photoshop as a tool for enhancing beauty, James sees it as an opportunity to create an epic meme. So, grab your selfie … [Read more...]
Why Most Brand Logos Look The Same Nowadays
Minimalism is a major trend in logo design nowadays with most brands stripping their logos down to a simple wordmark in a sans-serif typeface. These minimal, type-only logos look clean and are legible across all devices and screens, from mobile phones to smart watches. But have we reached a point where the personalities and characteristics of one logo are indistinguishable … [Read more...]
I Photoshopped My Ex-Wife Out Of A Family Pic, People Are Saying It’s The Best Photoshop They’ve Ever Seen
Twitter user Courtney Maloney, whose parents are divorced, posted a picture of her family on one of her social media accounts. Her dad wanted to repost the photo but didn't want his ex-wife in it. He Photoshopped her out with meticulous precision and shared the picture on his Facebook. Courtney, impressed by her father's Photoshop work, posted the before-and-after photos in … [Read more...]
Artist Offers To ‘Remove Your Ex’ For $10 Per Photo, Gets Flooded With Requests
Ever wanted to remove your ex-boyfriend from your graduation day photograph? Or your ex-girlfriend from photos of your Hawaii trip, or that epic concert you went to? Artist and make-up enthusiast @hexappeal will remove your pesky ex from your fondest memories for just $10 per photo. After offering her services on Twitter with a sample before-and-after photo, @hexappeal … [Read more...]
This Guy Did A Horrible Photoshop Of A Flat Tyre To Skip Work, People Say He Should Be Promoted To CEO
We've all thought of creative ways to take a day off, but this guy takes the cake. In a tweet that went viral with over 150,000 likes and 28,000 retweets, Twitter user @PapaBoardslide revealed that he once Photoshopped a flat tyre on to his car just to get out of work. He also described it as the "proudest moment" of his life. What makes it funnier is that the shadow of the … [Read more...]
This Free Online Tool Resizes Any Image To Over 50 Sizes In Just One Click
The team at video editing app Promo has come up with a useful online tool that resizes any image to over 50 web and social media sizes with the click of a button. Simply upload your image or enter its url, and the app gives you a preview of what your image will look like across different formats like profile photos, cover photos, stories, newsfeed images, ads, email headers, … [Read more...]
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 them all the more … [Read more...]
Cool, Disney-Style Animations Of Logos Of Popular Social Networks
The students at Motion Design School in Kharkov (Ukraine) have come up with a series of gorgeous animations of logos of popular social networks, messaging platforms, and portfolio sites. The list includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, Pinterest, Snapchat, Skype, Reddit, Tumblr, Flickr, Behance, Dribbble, Slack, and Telegram. The challenge was to create the … [Read more...]
8 Types Of Graphic Designers On Social Media, Which One Are You?
Do you critique Facebook’s UI every time they change it? Do you unfriend people who use Comic Sans? Or are you the ‘Hashtag Bomber’ who drops 20 design-related hashtags with every status update? Design resource site Pixelo has come up with a fun series of illustrations that list the different types of graphic designers on social media. Check them out below and tell us which one … [Read more...]
25 GIFs That Show What Don Draper And Mad Men Would Be Like In Today’s Ad World
Mad Men Integrated is a hilarious GIF series by New-York based copywriter James Connolly that shows what Don Draper and his crew of the ’60s would be like in today’s jargon-heavy digital advertising world. Draper would pitch Snapchat campaigns to clients. Peggy would write banner copy and come up with emoji ideas. Pete would present tweet graphs and Lane would, of course, … [Read more...]
This Designer Has The Best Reply To People Who Ask Him To Photoshop Their Pics
Looking for someone to Photoshop your photos? James Fridman is the man. The master designer can make you look slimmer, taller and fitter in an instant. He can also remove unwanted people or add famous monuments in the background so that you can show off to your friends. Check it out below. … [Read more...]
Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Mood Of A Film
Color sets the tone and mood of a film before any of the actors have even uttered a word. Directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski used a green tint in The Matrix (1999) to create a mood palette that was suggestive of the early monochrome computer monitors. Yellow was used in Kill Bill (2003) to depict Uma Thurman’s character’s madness and instability. Romantic comedies use pastel … [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 5 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...]
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...]
Brilliant Travel Ads Want You To Explore The World In Person, Not On Social Media
Advertising school Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) in Brazil has come up with an impressive print campaign for CVC, one of Latin America's biggest travel agencies. The ads show logos of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as windows through which the viewer can see the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Christ the Redeemer and the Statue of Liberty respectively. The tagline reads "The … [Read more...]
Two Comedy Writers Are Creating Brutally Honest Parodies Of Ads We See Every Day
London-based comedy writers Aaron Gillies and James Menzies create hilariously profane parodies of regular advertisements and share them on a Twitter account titled We Fix Your Adverts. Using Photoshop, they replace (or ‘fix’) the original taglines with their own one-liners that are a marketing team's worst nightmare. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
This Device Tweets A Complaint To The Govt. Every Time A Car Runs Over A Pothole
Panama is a modern city but the roads have more holes than swiss cheese. To highlight this infrastructure failure, news channel Telemetro Reporta installed special devices inside potholes that tweet a complaint to the Department Of Public Works every time a car runs over them. They also had a special segment on the TV news show to present the complaints and spread … [Read more...]
“If Only You Checked Your Breasts As Often As You Check Facebook” – These Breast Cancer Ads Are Ingenious
DDB Singapore has come up with a witty campaign for the Breast Cancer Foundation by leveraging social media in more ways than one. The three-ad series shows the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram logos tweaked to resemble the shape of a hand touching a breast. The tagline at the bottom reads: "If only you checked your breasts as often" with supporting body copy urging women to do … [Read more...]
Watch The Insane Amount Of Money Tech Companies Are Making Every Second
Penny Stocks Lab has come up with an incredible infographic that shows you how much money Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and other technology companies are making every second. To give you an example, in the time it took to create this article, Apple had made more than $4 million in revenue, followed by Microsoft ($1.7 million), Amazon ($1.6 million) and Google … [Read more...]
This Incredible Infographic Shows What’s Happening On The Internet Every Second
Here's a fascinating real-time infographic by Penny Stocks Lab that shows how quickly data is being generated on the internet every second. To give you an example, in the 15 mins it took to create this article, 10,000 Twitter accounts had been created, 2 million hours of YouTube video had been watched and Google had made $1.5 million in ad revenue. What's happening since you … [Read more...]
“Never Judge An App By Its Icon” – 20 Famous Sayings Rephrased For Today’s Digital World
Check out these web 2.0 (or is it 5.0 now) versions of famous sayings, perfectly applicable for today's digital times. Thanks to Doghouse Diaries for this cool graphic. Use the comments below to add more to the list, once you're done. … [Read more...]
This Designer Created A Brilliant Video That Explains How Social Media Makes Us Lonely
You've probably come across research findings explaining how social networks make us lonely, but none of them would be as beautifully crafted as this animated clip by motion designer Shimi Cohen in Tel Aviv. … [Read more...]
Out Of Original Ideas? Not To Worry – Use Social Media
Check out this hilariously satirical video that explains how to make social media marketing even more effective - by not putting any effort into it at all. … [Read more...]
Symbols and Special Characters for Facebook, Twitter, Google Chat, Gmail etc.
Make your updates, tweets and mails stand out! Here's a comprehensive list of symbols and special characters for your posts, chat, mail and more. … [Read more...]