10 Design Inspirations for Creating Posters
Poster design is one of the most exciting things to create for a professional designer, although it is also one of the trickiest. Aside from making the poster print look attractive and compelling, you have to be sure that the final design is able to convey the message that the clients want to share with [...]
How To Optimize Your Print-Based Portfolio
Print portfolios are not dead. While an online portfolio certainly is extremely important in today’s digital age, a print portfolio is still equally important for showing that you know how to design for a project that will be sent to an online printing company. Many clients know that there is a difference between a web [...]
20 Lovey Dovey Vectors for Valentines
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 [...]
20 Thematic Chinese New Year Posters
According to the Chinese zodiac, the year 2012 is the year of the dragon. The New Year celebration will extend from January 23rd to February 7th. Of course in 2013 it will start on February 10th since the Chinese calendar system is based on the lunar cycle. Whenever the celebration starts, it lasts for 15 [...]
18 Best Food Print Ads for Poster Inspiration
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 [...]
15 Free Retro Patterns for Eye-Catching Designs
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 [...]
Roundup of Superhero Movie Grunge Posters
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 [...]
16 Photos That Show Strength in Black & White
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 [...]
11 Simple Postcard Designs That Work
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 [...]
10 Websites For Everything New, Cool & Inspiring
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 [...]
Simple Ways to Achieve A Psychedelic Design in Photoshop
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 [...]
Psychedelic Basics: An Overview
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 [...]
16 Brochures You Don’t See Everyday
Brochures are an excellent marketing media for informing clients of products, services, or company, but they can only do their job when clients are intrigued enough to open the cover. Most designers know the vital importance of capturing attention with a smashing design on the cover and stunning graphics and layout throughout the rest of [...]
14 Typography Posters You Will Love
As I scoured the net for new typography posters and typography treatments, I realized it doesn’t take much to identify an effective typography poster or treatment versus a bad one. There were hundreds of examples and anyone could have easily selected those with awesome typography treatments mixed with nice illustrations and color however I had [...]
27 Stunning Illustrations
There is no argument how top design software these days allow for faster image processing and manipulation. But the talented human eye for detail and creativity, the mind for concept formulation, and for some if not most, an actual hand to sketch these illustrations into life are more vital factors that contribute to the eventual [...]
Unique Gift Ideas For Your Valentine
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and you’re stumped on what to get your better half. Here are some gift suggestions ranging from the simple, the clever and the sweet. From a book, an iPhone dock, delectable cakes in a jar to customized postcard printing and unique calendars, these little tokens will sure be appreciated and [...]
20+ Free Valentine’s Day Brushes
After taking in your fill of roast beef, turkey, an assortment of pies and all that holiday food, we are back in the season of roses, chocolates and romance. As designers, it is that time of year once again when we have to come up lovey-dovey postcards, greeting cards or posters and flyers for V-day [...]
30+ Breathtaking Sunrise Photos from Around the World
We are always awake to experience and adore sunsets. But how often have we marveled at the sunrise? Here’s a compilation of amazing photos of sunrise all over the world. Close enough to be considered a postcards collection of sunrise shots, I hope you enjoy this quick ride around the world as much as I [...]
And Another List of Inspiring Business Card Ideas
How can we ever tire of the creativity possessed by tons of business cards online? Here is a list of newer business cards ranging from letterpressed, stamped, recycled, folded and breathing examples. And yes they all fit in your wallet! Tam Cargo Business Cards Creative Cards Lettercakes by Grace Niu Swink Business Cards by SwinkInc [...]
Lovely Package: Inspiring Packaging Design
Beautiful packaging is as noticeable as beautiful clothing or fine jewelry. The outer display of items within can be arguably just as important as the actual item itself, since many will first reach for the most appealing package on the shelf before handling all the rest. Lovely Package is a website which displays the most [...]
20 Reasons Why I Love Vector Art on Websites
The incorporation of vector illustrations has truly taken both online and printed media to a whole new level. It has the power to take out the formality and plainness of an otherwise monotonous design and instead offer a certain dose of playfulness to any marketing medium. Its versatility visible in almost any type of media, [...]
12 Awesome Monochrome Websites
Gone is the era when monochrome designs are frowned upon. Vector illustrations, photoshop backgrounds and textures, brushes and exciting typography have all paved the way for a monochromatic makeover. If you’re thinking of trying out this design palette, here are some websites to inspire you. BFish Bruno Souza Carsonified Demain J’arrete Denise Chandler Hokusai Kanella [...]
Fantastic Floral Textures and Brushes
Floral textures can liven up your designs, no matter what medium you choose. Now, I’m not big on flowers but floral brushes and textures are a guilty pleasure. Without further ado, here is a collection of floral textures and brushes that appeal to my design palette. Hawksmont Floral Brushes II Summer Floral Wallpaper Floral Pack [...]
26 Stupefying Abstract Light Brushes
Here is a collection of mind-blowing abstract light brushes that can add color and character to your designs. Perfect for use on brochures, posters and other promotional materials, these brushes may very well be the dash of color and light your design needs. Should you have more abstract light brushes to add to the collection, [...]
