As creative people we are always looking for that spark of energy or that person who’s work never fails to get our heads thinking in a new and more creative direction. I have profiled eight people who I always look towards in inspiration for both product and graphic design.
Brian Hoff is a one of those folks in the design community that make logo design look effortless. His logos are sleek and elegant. A fantastic acid test for a logo is how well it displays in black and white. Given that Brian’s logo gallery is entirely in black and white, yet looks stunning, I’d say he gets an ‘A’ on that test.
Picasso’s Blue period spawned some amazing pieces from within the artist’s self-proclaimed torment of that time. In my Blue period, I have created some abstract vectors all containing a certain geometric-ness.
3D text effects are a growing and awesome design trend. They can add angles, lighting and interest that many 2D text effects can’t bring. Here is an awesome Showcase of 3D Typography that was put together a little while back by Angie Bowen. I’ve also been seen and been inspired by tutorials like 3D Text on Fire and this Fresh Text Effect.
About three weeks ago we announced a giveaway from the awesome folks at SnobbySlice. Thanks to everyone who participated.
John Resig and the jQuery team recently released Sizzle, a new CSS selector engine as a spin off from the jQuery project, announcing its release when jQuery 1.3 was made available for download.
It’s no secret around here, that I like letterpress design, and think that it’s a growing trend (and it would seem that I’m not alone on that. I even wrote a tutorial on how to achieve the look in Photoshop.
An article about a captchas place on today’s websites and some more user-friendly alternatives to using one.
It is very common with big typography in web design nowadays. There are also a lot of free fonts you can download and use. I have collected fonts, which I think is very beautiful and fits perfect f…
In today’s YTD post we discuss the importance of web promotion for graphic designers with David Airey, the famous brand identity designer, blogger and internet marketer extraordinaire.
Hi there. In the following tutorial you’ll learn to create a simple hippo face. It’s made with simple tool like the Ellipse Tool, the Rectangle Tool and the Rounded Rectangle Tool. Also for som…
Hi there. In this first tutorial you’ll learn to create an illustration of a fountain pen. It is more of an advanced tutorial but I tried to make it as detailed as I could. Hopefully you’ll und…
In this tutorial we will use Adobe Illustrator CS4 to create a speaker/music icon inspired in Windows 7 style.
Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from a…
Publicizing an event or promotion can be an overwhelming experience. On top of the logistical planning and organizational details, there is the most intimidating task of “getting word out.”
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