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There's still time to get your Christmas greeting cards designed and printed! The key to quick, quality designs is to start with the right resources. Once you have quality stock images and fonts, you can quickly put the finishing touches on the design and send it to the presses. Stock images are necessary for the background of the front of your greeting cards. Some people design with a solid color or a very simple gradient background, but these are not quite as engaging visually. For b... more » -
Poster printing and design for the food industry can present an interesting set of challenges. Not only do you have to connect the brand to the message, but you have to make a connection with the target audience. Whether your goal is to be funny, to make them salivate, or educate your audience, this collection has some of the best posters for any occassion. Mucho Burrito - As Addictive as Crack...by Doug & Serge Frigg -Milfshake by Ruth Advertising Heinz - Seriously G... more » -
Many projects require you to design for mulitple types of mediums: postcards, posters, websites, billboards. You can start with a MASSIVE Photoshop file or instead use Illustrator for your designs. Since typography is central to almost any design, Illustrator is the ideal tool if you are going to be using your design in multiple sizes. (more...)... more » -
Need to add a retro or psychedelic look to your brochures, postcards, posters, and more? Use one of the amazingly free patterns below as a background in your design, or even to add an interesting touch to a single object in an illustration. Just be sure to check out the designer's terms of use before using any of the patterns in a commercial design. Retro Fabric Pattern by Dork Matter Mega Star Patterns by Mel's Brushes Grandma's Flowers by Mel's Brushes 70s retro i... more » -
Whether your marketing efforts for Labor Day sales include postcards, sales letters, emails, or even a simple icon on your website, you are sure to find something from the following graphics. The list below includes icons, backgrounds, photos, and more that are perfect for giving your Labor Day marketing pieces the holiday feel they need for getting customers excited about your Labor Day sales. Keep in mind that some of the following need to be purchased for royalty-free rights. http://www.bi... more » -
Superheros inspire us in more ways than one. Sure, we all wish we had super-powers and could rule the world, but there is something deeper that superheros can inspire in us - that we have something amazing we're capable of accomplishing. Let these super posters inspire you to discover your own superpower. Captain America Blade Fantastic Four Ghost Rider Green Lantern (more...)... more » -
Inspiration is just one step towards realizing that desired design for beginners. The next step is knowing how to commit a concept into multiple layers in Photoshop. For this endeavor, you need top class resources and websites that feature kick-ass tutorials, like these ten sites: PSDTuts, for the uninitiated, might be an incomprehensible letter combination. For the Photoshop and design neophyte, however, PSDTuts is the motherload of PSD and Photoshop tutorials updated regularly. The site... more » -
Both black and white, the opposite ends of the color spectrum, are powerful colors that have strong cultural and psychological associations. Perhaps owing to their strength and the possibility of a black and white print design having an overwhelming presence of either, their use in graphic design is limited. After all, a colorful image or design would seemingly have more effect, and it’s relatively easy to come up with stunningly colorful designs using desktop publishing technology. Lonelin... more » -
Let's face it: Not all of us were given the inborn genius to come up with knockout designs. But that shouldn't stop us from trying, right? One important thing we have to remember is that a good design always begins with a good solid concept. And if you illustrate that idea clearly with a clean uncluttered design, your message will stand out probably just as well as a postcard designed by a professional. Here are some postcard examples to demonstrate. ... more » -
When design gets old, fresh inspiration saves the day. Here are ten sites that can give you that helping hand out of design ennui: New Work (www.ilovenewwork.com) is a straightforward collective-blog-cum-online-portfolio of its members. The new and fresh contents of the site span artistic graphics to furniture design to game concepts and development and everything in between. Drop by and you’ll love the new stuff. Visual News (www.visualnews.com) is true to its URL and its tagline, r... more »
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