Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design for 2021. In today’s post, we focus on the latest graphic design trends with the help of this excellent video by GraphicMama. 2021 will be all about 3D design, geometric shapes, custom illustrations, and nature-inspired design. Expect to see more use of 3D typography, gold design, monochrome & duotone, optical illusions, … [Read more...]
Top 11 Graphic Design Trends For 2021
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. And given the state of affairs in 2020, trends in the new year need to be like a breath of fresh air after the chaos. 2021 will be all about putting people first. Expect to see a revival of classic symbolism with aspirational icons and empowering figures. Authentic images and … [Read more...]
8 Useful AI Tools For Designers For 2021
Artificial Intelligence can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. AI design tools can also speed up workflow by taking care of tedious tasks that require a lot of time and effort. Wolvus Technology has come up with a handy list of AI tools that can generate color combinations, remove backgrounds from images, suggest font … [Read more...]
21 Powerful New Features In Photoshop 2021
Adobe has released the newest version of Photoshop CC (version 22.0.0) that comes with exciting new AI features for artists, designers, and photographers. The Smart Portrait Neural Filter lets you control facial expressions of the subject in the photograph. You can even change their head direction, light direction, gaze, and hair thickness. The Colorize Neural Filter can … [Read more...]
7 Graphic Design Trends For 2021
Venngage has come up with a handy infographic that shares the top graphic design trends that will dominate 2021. 2020 has been a rough year with not too many brands taking design risks. The team at Venngage believes that designers in 2021 will focus on invoking a sense of calm, understanding, and positivity in an ultra chaotic world. Expect to see muted color palettes, … [Read more...]
9 Useful Design Tools You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Online design tools and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by finding design assets quickly and performing relevant tasks. Ottawa-based visual designer Ismail Benmbarek has come up with a handy list of (relatively less known) websites that let you remove backgrounds from videos, … [Read more...]
27 Valuable Resources For Graphic Designers
Online toolkits and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources, tutorials, and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by helping you find design assets quickly, thereby reducing project turnaround time. Wolvus Technology has come up with a handy list of websites that let you browse, explore, and download color palettes, icons, … [Read more...]
World’s Most Popular Colors For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, logo design, digital design, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on the latest color trends with the help of this handy image series by Wolvus Technology. The list features the top eight most popular colors of 2020, with their RGB values, hex codes, and sample images of each color. Check them out below and tell … [Read more...]
39 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Are you in the middle of a tough project with a tight deadline? Are your clients giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your creative director micromanaging everything? If yes, then what you need is a healthy dose of meme-therapy to help brighten up your day. Memes stimulate the release of endorphins that create a sense of well-being within the body. In a study of 450 … [Read more...]
Graphic Design Trends For The Second Half Of 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, digital design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy image series by Wolvus Technology. The list features the top 8 graphic design trends to look out for in 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include bold typography, mixed media, … [Read more...]
25 Free Beautiful Vector Gradients For Your Next Design Project
New Delhi-based designer and 3D illustrator Amrit Pal Singh has come up with a free collection of 25 trendy vector gradients inspired by Unicorns. These kind of holographic and multicolored pastel gradients are one of the major trends in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays. Amrit claims that no unicorns were harmed during the making of this product 🙂. Check out the … [Read more...]
8 Free Design Tools To Improve Your Workflow
Online design tools and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by helping you collaborate better, find design assets, and perform relevant tasks. Montana-based graphic/web designer Josh Corbett has come up with a list of free tools that can help you explore color palettes, browse … [Read more...]
Top 8 Graphic Design Trends Of 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, digital design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Depositphotos. The infographic features the top 8 graphic design trends of 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include Bauhaus style, Cyberpunk aesthetic, 3D/2D … [Read more...]
Top 8 AI Tools For Designers
Artificial Intelligence can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with material and inspiration. It can also speed up workflow by taking care of boring and tedious tasks that require a lot of time and effort. Albanian UI/UX designer Dorjan Vulaj has come up with a handy list of AI tools that can help you enhance images, create font combinations, generate … [Read more...]
7 Graphic Design Mistakes That Novice Designers Make
After a few years in the design business, you realize how important it is to get the basics right. Like using the right number of fonts, maintaining consistency among UI elements, using grids, the importance of whitespace, etc. Montana-based graphic/web designer Josh Corbett has come up with a handy list of 7 graphic/UI design 'sins' that differentiate the pros from the … [Read more...]
Top 10 Graphic Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in digital design, logo design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on the most popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Bannersnack. The infographic features the top 10 graphic design trends to look out for in 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include color gradients, bold … [Read more...]
How To Create Color Schemes For Your UI Design Using The 60-30-10 Technique
Selecting the right colors for your UI and applying them effectively can be a tricky task. You want to choose colors that go well with each other and create a sense of harmony within the design. You also want to pick the right accent colors to highlight elements like buttons and call-to-actions. Venezuelan product designer Dan Romero has come up with an excellent list of … [Read more...]
Top 4 Typography Trends Of 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, logo design, digital design, and colors for 2020. Today, we focus on the latest trends in typography with the help of this excellent video by Satori Graphics. 2020 is all about thick, bold fonts, 3D typography, maxi typography, and semi-transparent type. Satori Graphics have included examples of each trend in their … [Read more...]
Top 10 Graphic Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in digital design, logo design, and colors for 2020. Today, we focus on the most popular 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 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include cyberpunk color schemes, ultra thin … [Read more...]
2020 Color Trends: The World’s Most Popular Colors
Shutterstock has released its 2020 Color Trends Report based on data from billions of image and footage downloads on their platform. To discover which colors are on the rise, the team at Shutterstock sorted through their customer downloads and analyzed billions of pixel data from all those images. They then mapped each pixel to their closest hex code and analyzed which … [Read more...]
47 Beautiful Color Schemes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color schemes for your graphic, web, or UI design? SchemeColor is a handy online tool that lets you create, save, and customize beautiful color palettes. You can browse and filter schemes by color or keywords like pastel, rainbow, monochromatic, etc. You can modify the color palettes, and download them in .PNG format. The RGB, CMYK, and hexcodes of each color are … [Read more...]
New AI App Gives You 25000 Free Stock Photos, With The Option To Use Any Face On Any Body
Rosebud AI, a San Francisco-based synthetic media company, has come up with a brilliant resource called Generative Photos - a diverse library of 25,000 high-res stock photos that are free to use*. None of the people in the images are real. All faces have been generated by artificial intelligence. The best part? You can customize the images by selecting any face on any body, … [Read more...]
Top 13 Graphic Design Trends Of 2020
GraphicMama has come up with a handy video that shares the biggest graphic design trends of 2020. They've conducted a deep research to spot the rise in particular trends which have been popular in the graphic design industry. 2020 has been all about innovative typography, 3D realism, metallic textures, geometric designs, and liquid patterns. Expect to see more use of line … [Read more...]
12 Important Design Principles Explained With Simple Graphics
There are no formulas or fixed rules for good design, but there are some basic principles that will help you create design that is functional, effective, and aesthetically pleasing. Technical jargon can sometimes get confusing or overwhelming, which is why Turkish designer Natay Salim has come up with a handy image series that uses simple examples to explain the 12 main … [Read more...]
Top 20 New Features In Photoshop CC 2020
Adobe has released the newest version of Photoshop CC (version 21.0) that comes with exciting new features for artists, designers, and photographers. The new Object Selection Tool lets you make a quick selection of any item in an image by simply dragging a rectangle or a lasso around it. The Select Subject Tool is faster, and makes more accurate selections than the previous … [Read more...]
6 Useful Tips To Help You Create Better Gradients
Gradients are a popular trend in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays, but it's important to know how to use them correctly. Smooth, minimal transitions look great in UIs. Use analogous and monochromatic colors instead of complementary colors. When it comes to text, you can use gradients for headings and quotes, but never for body copy. Venezuelan product designer Dan Romero … [Read more...]
Top Digital & Graphic Design Trends For 2020
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. 2020 is all about looking towards the future, with immersive virtual reality panoramas, zero-gravity layouts, surreal product photography, and vivid, futuristic colors. Expect to see more implementation of realistic textures, astronomy and cosmos imagery, multimedia portraits, … [Read more...]
8 Biggest Typesetting Mistakes That Novice Designers Make
One of the key differences between an amateur designer and a professional designer is the way in which they set their type. Professional designers know how many fonts to use and in what size. They know what the correct line-height is, the optimum paragraph length, the right contrast ratio, etc. Polish designer Tom Koszyk has come up with an excellent list of do's and don'ts … [Read more...]
8 Great Google Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Adobe Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today’s post, we look at some beautiful Google Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, Merriweather and Libre … [Read more...]
35 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Are you in the middle of difficult project with a stiff deadline? Is your client giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your boss micromanaging everything? If yes, then what you need is a healthy dose of meme-therapy to help brighten up your day. In a study of 520 designers and developers, neuroscientists found that memes helped reduce work burnout by upto 64%. They … [Read more...]
39 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color schemes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Ocean.ui is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. They also share font combinations, patterns, and UI elements made using their color palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best palettes on the Ocean.ui page in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Design Call-To-Action Buttons That Get Clicks
A call-to-action or CTA button is an interactive UI element that guides users to take certain actions on a website or application. For example: Sign Up, Book Now, Buy Now, Subscribe, etc. The objective of a CTA button is goal conversation for your website or application. It is the intended action you want the user to take, like buying your product, making a booking, signing … [Read more...]
AI Creates 100,000 Realistic Photos You Can Use For Free Without Copyright
For most design projects and presentations, you need quality portraits of people. Designers often spend a lot of time trying to find images that are free, diverse, and legal to use. To make life easier, Icons8 has come up with a brilliant free resource called Generated Photos - a diverse library of 100,000 realistic faces created by artificial intelligence. None of the … [Read more...]
Colors Used By Famous Brands (With Their Codes)
BrandColors.net is the largest collection of official colors of popular brands. It was created by Design Bombs to serve as a useful reference for brand color codes that are needed most often. The site features over 600 brands with 1600 colors, and the collection is ever-growing. You can search by brand name or color code. We've shortlisted some of the most well-known … [Read more...]
8 Great Adobe Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Google Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today's post, we look at some beautiful Adobe Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list compiled by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, DIN and Neue Haas … [Read more...]
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