Graphic Design

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1737

Thursday 17 April 19:51:53 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 » The Psychology Of The Cereal Box Design

Thursday 17 April 19:30:10 UTC 2014

Why is it that cereal boxes for kids are often designed with quirky colorful mascots that seems to stare back at you? There could be a reason for that according to a new study. Whimsical and fun as they may seem but Cap’n Crunch and the rest of the cereal box mascots (or spokes-characters as they are called) may not … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Professional Unbounce Landing Page Templates

Thursday 17 April 18:08:19 UTC 2014

In case you didn’t know, Unbounce lets marketers build high-converting landing pages without I.T. 1-click publishing, A/B testing and a suite of best-practice landing page templates. If you need a landing pace with a high conversion rate, these 20 professional Unbounce landing pages will be very useful for you. We selected some of the best Unbounce landing pages we could … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Logo Design: Halftone

Thursday 17 April 17:41:29 UTC 2014

We keep going through our weekly journey checking out great logos! We're thinking ahead and we want to find new topics, good ones, to share with you guys. Last week we featured wordmark logo and today we're featuring logos with halftone! Every week we search through our favorite galleries: Logopond and Dribbble. Both are a great communities for designers everywhere. Also, … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Interview with Chez Meka

Thursday 17 April 16:36:18 UTC 2014

It has been a while since I discovered the work of Chez Meka thru their partners 123Klan from Montreal. Meka it's a really skilful and remarkable illustrator with a great influence from underground cultures such as punk rock, motorcycles, tattoos and skateboard. We had a recent chat with him and here's the complete interview for your appreciation. You can reach Meka … [Link]

You The Designer » 10 Essential Books for Graphic Designers

Thursday 17 April 16:30:10 UTC 2014

Are your RSS and Twitter feeds cutting it for your Graphic Design inspiration? Trying to look for a way to resolve things with a messy client? YouTheDesigner list what we feel are 10 essential reads if you’re a Graphic Design practitioner. 01. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – $06.46 Author: Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) … [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » 47 Strikingly Creative Examples of Business Card Designs

Thursday 17 April 15:41:00 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAThere should be no question that branding is crucial to the success of any business. Instant logo recognition feels good and it helps build an audience around your product or service. A company business card would be useful when attending conferences, parties, or even happenstance meetings with old acquaintances. But if you really wish to stand out from … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » French Girls: Take Selfies, Get Six Fingers

Thursday 17 April 14:38:33 UTC 2014

Here’s an ad for an app called “French Girls,” which promises to turn your selfies into drawings. Isn’t that handy?* Thanks to MLS, who spotted this disaster on the Apple app store. *Yeah I know. I can’t resist a good pun. Or a bad one, for that matter. The post French Girls: Take Selfies, Get Six Fingers appeared first on … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Oil & Acrylic Portrait Paintings

Thursday 17 April 12:58:10 UTC 2014

A collection of portrait paintings done by Canadian painter Jace Kim. Each portrait is mysterious and has and raw in such an awesome way, it's almost like faces are being born out of a mix of raw lines and colors. Enjoy! For more from Jace Kim visit behance.net/apologies. Oil & Acrylic Portrait Paintings Tags: portraitpaintingoilacrylicpaul0v2&#~ blog [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 5 fundamentals every web designer needs to understand

Thursday 17 April 9:15:20 UTC 2014

We all know intuitively what makes a website look bad: overused bevel effects, corny clip art, overcrowded layouts. These annoyances are easily corrected by developing with design fundamentals in mind—the same principles used by professional designers and artists alike. Great websites bring together form and function. In fact, well-designed websites are seen as more credible, according to a Stanford study and … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Animal Logos Construction

Thursday 17 April 5:20:08 UTC 2014

Designing visual identities and logos is all about simplifying the form until you get the basic shapes that represent the form. There are several ways to do that, and it's pretty common to try to create basic geometries to simplify an icon to it's purest form. Tom Anders Watkins has a really cool project illustrating this process called Animal Logos Vol … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Examples of Well Designed Contact Pages

Thursday 17 April 3:07:52 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAOften, with websites, the contact page is one of the most neglected pages on the site. Once everything else has been designed it’s pretty easy to just put up a contact page with an email address on it and let the user do the rest of the work, but that’s an approach that lacks elegance. Good contact pages … [Link]

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