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Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Social Networks

Wednesday 19 March 21:39:26 UTC 2014

I don't use Facebook as much as I used to. But today I logged in to a hideous layout and what looked like ads just pushed in my face. It has gone from a neat social network to a full on advertisement service. I'm fairly disgusted by it and probably won't use it any much longer, except maybe the mobile messaging … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Elegant Website Templates for Professional Photographers

Wednesday 19 March 17:55:41 UTC 2014

If you’re a professional photographer or an artist and you don’t have an online portfolio yet, you are missing lots of great opportunities! To make things easier for you, we selected 20 elegant website templates for professional photographers and other artists as well. These website templates are great portfolios, with clean, minimalist designs. Don’t forget to check out these Portfolio … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » 3D Works by FOREAL Studio

Wednesday 19 March 17:37:53 UTC 2014

It’s really nice to see studios out there with plenty talents on their rows. FOREAL Creative Studio, a German Studio, has a great set of 3D works worth seeing. Check it out! Here you can see a great variety of styles… each one is pretty well done and looks awesome. You may visit their Behance portfolio and their own website for … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » A3 Cardboard print

Wednesday 19 March 17:09:52 UTC 2014

Hi I need to print out 1 box onto an A3 sheet double sided. Anyone recommend where to get this done? [Link]

Smashing Magazine » How To Plan Your Next Mobile E-Commerce Website

Wednesday 19 March 17:06:26 UTC 2014

The O’Neill Clothing store had a nearly 600% revenue increase from going responsive, and Skinny Ties saw a 377.6% increase in revenue for iPhones after going responsive as well. Even Think Tank Photo’s transactions on smartphones and tablets increased by more than 96%… go figure! In this article, we’ll walk through all of the vital steps when planning a highly … [Link]

You The Designer » Redesigned: Lipton gets more Lens Flares

Wednesday 19 March 15:30:31 UTC 2014

Lipton, the infamous tea’s logo is getting a new look and with it is a couple of lens flares to the point that it felt like a J.J. Abrams movie. Lipton, the 40-year old tea brand is giving their 12 year old a real make over in their logo. While there are no big announcements made, the new logo made … [Link]

You The Designer » Featured Artist: Interview with Maike Plenzke

Wednesday 19 March 15:00:14 UTC 2014

YouTheDesigner has the amazing opportunity to interview freelance illustrator, Maike Plenzke. Originally from Berlin, she studied at HAW Design in Hamburg. She’s currently based in Leipzig. Maike has captured the attention of clients such as Penguin Books and Women’s Health Magazine with her colorful and intricate illustrations. You can see more of Maike’s work on her blog and her website. … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Chesterfield Web Developer Coding for Graphic Designers

Wednesday 19 March 14:42:24 UTC 2014

We are a web and development agency based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire with an office in Leicester. We are making the move into pure front end coding as it's what we do best. We are looking for graphic design partners to work with who want pixel perfect coding and development from their designs. I am more than happy to have a chat … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Typography Mania #228

Wednesday 19 March 14:19:32 UTC 2014

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around once a week with the best of Typography design submitted by our users at typography-mania.com, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Submit your typography designs too and be part of this post. Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania Submit … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Clarin: Maybe She’s Born With It

Wednesday 19 March 13:24:08 UTC 2014

Meet Argentinian actress and television personality Mirtha Legrand. Mirtha is having a bit of a bad hair day today, but don’t hold that against her. The original was found here, but it looks like they have fired the person responsible realized their error and removed the image. Thanks for catching it, Geraldine! The post Clarin: Maybe She’s Born With It … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Managing workflow?

Wednesday 19 March 13:08:14 UTC 2014

At the moment I've got too much work on. It's a nice (and somewhat novel) position to be in but one of the knock on effects is that I'm really struggling to manage my workflow effectively and it's becoming a pain in the arse! No matter how hard I try, I end up working on lots of little bits of jobs … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Weekly Apps: AlarmPad, Steller, ASAP54 and more

Wednesday 19 March 13:02:53 UTC 2014

You’ll find here today absolutely beautiful apps, for both iOS and Android. Take a special look at Steller for iPhone and the new Evernote por iPad! For Android my mention goes to AlarmPad. Hope you guys like these apps and all the whole selection too, and stay tuned for the next week! You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter … [Link]

You The Designer » Awesome Social Networks Series of Illustrations by Ivan Belikov

Wednesday 19 March 13:00:29 UTC 2014

Ivan Belikov, who calls himself “Further Up”, is a 22-year old freelance illustrator from Chelyabinsk, Russia. As a child, he spent all his free time by drawing and his dream job was to be an animator because he was very fond of animation back then. He used to draw comics and create characters in his notebooks when he was at … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Printing Methods – Blog Post

Wednesday 19 March 12:43:17 UTC 2014

Hi everyone A new post gone live just now. Printing Methods Explained | Printing Blog | Print Design Blog > By Stationery Direct It's all about what type of printing methods are available, when you use one over the other, and what purpose each method might serve. Keep in mind, I'm not getting into a whole lot of detail for simplicity … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Illustrator CC working area size?

Wednesday 19 March 11:55:42 UTC 2014

Hi, I'm hoping someone will be able to help with this. A sign company that I do some work for are looking to upgrade their dated PC's with Macs and convert from CorelDraw X3 to Illustrator. One thing we have an issue with on Illustrator is the size restriction of the working area. When creating artwork for shop fascias and vehicle … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » GRAPHIC DESIGNER NEEDED for iPhone Application (unpaid/experience)

Wednesday 19 March 11:04:44 UTC 2014

I am a solo software developer seeking a creative and motivated graphic designer for collaboration on an application due for release on the App Store July 2014. The Application will be free to download from the App Store and because of my current (student) status I am not able to to pay a fee, but would hope that value is generated … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 6 design essential ingredients for successful e-commerce

Wednesday 19 March 9:15:21 UTC 2014

With growing numbers of businesses taking their products and services to the web, offering greater reach and accessibility of their wares to their existing and potential clients, we as web designers need to be ready to deliver on their e-commerce web wants and needs. Across the Web we see numerous examples of both ends of this spectrum, e-commerce websites done extremely … [Link]

example » This Week’s Newest & Popular Premier Files

Wednesday 19 March 7:07:45 UTC 2014

Hope everyone had a Happy St. Paddy's Day! This week sure is flying by, so to slow it down a bit, let's take a look at some of the new premium files added in the Shop this past week. Blue Flash UI PSD Kit UI kits are just about the all around, catch all, perfect resource for web designers, and … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Captain America: The Winter Soldier Vector

Wednesday 19 March 6:14:25 UTC 2014

Orlando Arocena put together an amazing vector tribute for the 2014 release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in his Behance profile. The level of details is simply incredible and definitely inspiring. Feel free to check out more of his work as well. It's definitely worth it. For more information about Orlando visit https://www.behance.net/orlandoaroc~ Tags: vectormoviesposterinspirationabduze~ blog … [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » 36 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials on Vector Design

Wednesday 19 March 4:38:46 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAWorking in Adobe software has become the norm for most creative professionals. Photoshop is a huge program and compliments nicely with the entire Creative Suite. But Photoshop is primarily used for bitmap graphics, while Adobe Illustrator handles vector design in a similar fashion. It seems complicated but if you have the time to learn Illustrator it is well … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » 10 Best New Free Fonts

Wednesday 19 March 4:06:15 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAWe’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. After much searching, we found quite a few, but we believe in “only the best” for WDL readers. The fonts we’ve rounded up for this post are absolutely beautiful, and we know that they’ll find a home in many or your projects. Campton 10 Fresh Free Fonts Globar … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1711

Wednesday 19 March 2:24:12 UTC 2014

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo AoiroStudio … [Link]

You The Designer » Tutorial Tuesday: Iron Man Vector

Wednesday 19 March 1:26:50 UTC 2014

Hey Creatives! Welcome to this weeks’ edition of Tutorial Tuesday! We’re teaching you how to make a super-cute vector of the one and only, Tony Stark of Marvel’s Iron Man. This particular design is based of FUNKO POP’S FIGURINES for Iron Man 3. Check out the figurine here! I’ve been really getting into collecting these things and I’ve kick started … [Link]

BittBox » Free Texture Tuesday: Atmospheric Grunge

Wednesday 19 March 1:05:05 UTC 2014

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JUST™ Creative » Brand Basics: The Importance of Having a Brand Platform

Wednesday 19 March 0:11:42 UTC 2014

This article has been contributed by Andy. Some business owners overlook the importance of a brand. They think that because they don’t manufacture a unique, ground breaking product, they can’t be considered a “brand”. Any business out there can be a brand though – right through from massive names like Coca Cola and Nike, to Wholefoods and Tesco. To put … [Link]

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