Graphic Design

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1718

Wednesday 26 March 23:54:18 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. 007graphics … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » Incredible Creative Fonts Bundle with Loads of Extras

Wednesday 26 March 19:30:42 UTC 2014

In the past I’ve always kept away from distressed style fonts for the basic reason that using the same letter twice within any word in your design stands out like a sore thumb as the weathered markings are identical between them. However, I’ve just come across this huge creative fonts bundle on Design Cuts that contains a bunch of incredible … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Lovely Work of Ryan Putnam

Wednesday 26 March 15:18:05 UTC 2014

Surfing the web I ran into something really great today: a really lovely set of vector works by American artist Ryan Putnam. My head exploded on the quality of his pieces… a great set of quality, stylish vector illustrations. And the pop culture references don't stop: from Ghostbusters to Back to the Future, with a little taste of Stephen King and … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Weekly Apps: Cloack, Stack, Krush and more

Wednesday 26 March 15:13:13 UTC 2014

Today we're featuring iPhone, Android and Windows Phone apps! All the names are short but the apps are awesome, take a look on the list: Krush, Cloack, Stack, 9GAG and Cal. Hope you guys like all the whole selection, and stay tuned for the next week! You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe and include #abdz_apps in the … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Free Blogger Templates with Premium Designs

Wednesday 26 March 14:28:18 UTC 2014

WordPress may be the most used blog platform, but Blogger has some really nice features too! If you don’t want to invest in a domain yet and you want to start your free hosted blog, I recommend you to choose Blogger. You can use some really nice, high quality free Blogger templates and also, unlike WordPress, you can advertise on … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Burglengenfeld: Cardboard Politicians

Wednesday 26 March 14:10:43 UTC 2014

Local German politicians, or the worst paperdoll play set ever? You be the judge. Thanks, Stephan! Click here to see the original. The post Burglengenfeld: Cardboard Politicians appeared first on PSD : Photoshop Disasters . [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » What do you think of my desk accessories?

Wednesday 26 March 14:02:02 UTC 2014

Hi! Firstly, this isn't really a critique of my actual art skills (I have approximately zero), but I've some 3d renders and some 'rl' samples of some desk accessories I was thinking of made up. As a bunch of designers I was wondering what you thought: UKBF desk stuff – Imgur I'll be taking some actual pictures later on since the … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Typography Mania #229

Wednesday 26 March 13:43:26 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]

You The Designer » Awesome Web Design of the Week — Dataveyes

Wednesday 26 March 13:30:08 UTC 2014

Data visualization has been around for a long time but it is only now that people began to appreciate a well designed data. In this edition of Awesome Web Design of the Week we are setting our sights on Dataveyes’ beautiful website to fuel our inspiration tank. In an increasingly data dependent world, being able to simplify data into something … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » How much extra to charge for emergency/express project

Wednesday 26 March 12:50:06 UTC 2014

Someone asked me to do a project of leaflet, which they needed for 'a week ago'. Basically it means I had to do this stressful kind of emergency work that required me working long hours after 10 pm to meet the deadline. I was advised to charge extra for 'my stress', but I don't know how much more I should charge … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » motion graphics

Wednesday 26 March 12:43:14 UTC 2014

how do you think motion graphics is valued? [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » Designing for Your Objectives

Wednesday 26 March 11:30:31 UTC 2014

Whenever I’m working with a new client, the first question I ask them is what they want their website to do for them. Often, they don’t know. They just think a website is something they should probably have. Because other businesses have them. But a website is an investment, of both time and money, and from a business perspective, it … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Why You Must Learn To Optimize a Minimalist Landing Page

Wednesday 26 March 11:07:59 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAAs the famous saying goes: “Less is more.” The cluttered look is out. Simplicity is in, providing elegance and producing a type of zen experience for the user, along with a chance for businesses to spotlight key points and elements. But how much is too much for today’s landing page? Let’s take a look at how businesses can … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 50 essential freebies for web designers, April 2014

Wednesday 26 March 9:15:57 UTC 2014

New projects are released all the time that get us excited about the industry we work in. Each month we bring you a list of the very best free resources for the month ahead. This month’s huge new list of diverse elements for designers and developers includes some fantastic freebies for mobile, web and print work; it includes cool scripts, awesome … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Value of motion graphics

Wednesday 26 March 7:21:48 UTC 2014

For research for my final major project, as graphic designers how do you value motion graphics? or do you value it at all? [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » The Rising Trend of Dynamic Expandable Search Fields

Wednesday 26 March 4:54:10 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAAnybody who follows web design trends will know about expanding search fields. These are typically small input boxes or magnifying glass icons which grow in size whenever given focus. As the user de-focuses off the element it’ll usually retract back to the compressed form. I love this idea because it saves a lot of room on the page, … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Project HANDPERSAND by Kyle Steed

Wednesday 26 March 3:44:07 UTC 2014

I believe you guys might know Kyle Steed, he is a super talented designer an photographer from Dallas, Texas. He titled himself a professional doodler and part-time waffle maker. Kyle has always something cool to share and the project HANDPERSAND was a great example of how designers willing to improve their skills should behave. Always trying different things and leaving their … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » The Secret Process of Writing Magnetic Design Briefs

Wednesday 26 March 2:17:16 UTC 2014

*This is a contributed article by Leslie Anglesey. Writing magnetic and effective design briefs is the difference between a successful project and one that stays in the construction phase way past schedule. Your brief needs to clearly and precisely provide the designer with the information they need to do their job. In this article we’ll go over a process you … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1717

Wednesday 26 March 1:54:01 UTC 2014

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Stellar Illustrations by Nelson Dániel

Wednesday 26 March 0:00:20 UTC 2014

There are some comics artists that really stand out of the crowd. Awesome skills and fantastic style are some of the traits of a talented artist, like Nelson Dániel. Nelson, a Chilian artist, is definitely one of those artists worth checking out. Here you can see only a small set of his pieces. For much more of these, you may visit … [Link]

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