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Category Archives: graphic design inspiration
Inspiration: 10 Crafty Looking Websites
In the slick, pixel-perfect world of the web, designing with texture and crafty styles can really make a site stand out. Be it hand-drawn elements, paper textures, or illustration, a little craftiness can bring a whold new dimension to a website design. Here are some examples to use for inspiration!
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5 Tips For Beating Designer’s Block
The dreaded blank page of the sketchbook (or blank pasteboard in your favorite design software)… it sits and taunts you, and the longer it stays empty, the harder it is to start. Here are five ideas to help you get started when ... read more...
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Inspiration: Line Drawings In Design
Drawing and design go hand in hand. Many of us sketch out ideas by hand before we start and often talented designers at both manage to use illustration as the basis of a good design. Today’s inspiration post looks at pieces that incorporate line drawings as an integral part of the design.
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Inspiration: Single-Color Designs
Full, glorious color can draw attention, but sometimes a well designed one-color piece can be even more powerful. Maybe you’re sticking to black or one spot color to keep printing costs down or maybe the business’ branding calls for the subtlety of a single-color design. Today’s inspiration piece looks at ... read more...
Color Inspiration: Yellow
Our graphic design inspiration posts take on many themes including format, style, feeling, and color schemes. Today’s inspiration post focuses on visual pieces that have the ... read more...
Inspiration: Cartoony Designs
We’re going to wrap the week up on a lighter note again with a little design inspiration to help get those ideas flowing. Today’s inspiration comes in the form of cartoony-style designs. Using playful styles such as these can create an air of approachability and ... read more...
Inspiration: Vintage Posters And Advertisements
Today’s source of graphic design inspiration is a collection of vintage posters from around the world. We frequently see vintage styles come back into style or revisited by modern designers–sometimes with a modern twist and sometimes ... read more...
Inspiration: Illustration In Design
Graphic design and illustration go hand-in-hand. Many of the skills overlap and many designers who do both like to integrate illustrative elements into their designs. Today we’ve rounded up a few examples of designs that use illustration as a key element in order to provide a little ... read more...
Inspiration: Minimalist Graphic Design
It takes a lot of talent to be able to subtly and beautifully communicate complex concepts and emotions with a minimalist design. At it’s best, minimalism is about stripping away all that is unnecessary and presenting what’s left in an attractive and engaging manner. ... read more...
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Color Inspiration: Green
This is the third in a series of posts that provides inspiration by collecting works from a variety of mediums that all use the same dominant color. We’ve already seen blue and red. Now ... read more...