With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it is highly probable that lovebirds everywhere are already planning something special for V-day. And on the not-so-sappy side, it is also possible that designers everywhere are now gearing up to work on V-day projects for their clients' valentines marketing campaign with posters, postcards and flyers. In keeping with that, here are 20 creative Valentines-themed vectors that are worth checking out:
Dinner for Two http://vector4free.com/vectors/i...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Got that psychedelic feeling? While the appeal and the concept behind psychedelic art and design can indeed be inspiring, few are actually artistically inclined enough to pull off psychedelic designs from the top of their head. Luckily, for those of us beginners wanting to jumpstart our own foray into psychedelia, there are some simple Photoshop methods to achieve our desired psychedelic effect.
Psychedelic Yardbirds poster design.
Psychedelic Fonts
The text in most psychedelic design...
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What comes to mind when someone mentions psychedelic design? Swirls of color. Puffed-up lettering. The hippie counterculture origins. For modern Netizens the first thing that comes to mind when they hear psychedelic design is its distinct quality of otherworldliness. But how exactly did this style of design come to be?
“Personal Mark” A handprint showing the characteristics of the person it belongs to.
Psychedelic Origins
Perhaps the most telling facet of psychedelic design is the...
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Finding the right PSD template can be quite a challenge and very time-consuming. You may have to wade through hundreds of poor quality templates before finding something remotely do-able. The following list should help you to avoid such an annoying dilemma, since it contains some of the latest and best PSD templates you could find on the Web. The best news? They are all free!
Nature Website Template
With realistic greenery, this template is as organic as they get. The layout is very inno...
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