It does not matter how creative and efficient you are within Illustrators environment. It doesn't even matter if you have 50 years or even 5 days graphic design experience… there is always room to learn a new technique. (more…)
Web design is a fairly traditional art, very rarily do you discover a site thats breaks from the conventional and makes you think – WOW! It is the brave and creative designer who breaks away from convention, and truly does use there browser as a blank canvas and creates something original and beautiful.
What a great year it has been for design related articles. So many new blogs, new blog writers, great content, great resources, a lot of inspiration, it really has never been a better time to be a designer. Read more »
Being able to design artistically is a gift, no doubt about it. You can learn all the theories and study all the art of the great artists, and it will not make you an artist, it is something you have to have been born with. In today’s news we have collected five recent articles that showcase the art of amazing graphic designers, and I am sure you will agree they are amazing.
There is one thing web designers are always in need of and that is good high quality inspiration. In today’s news we have collected the best recent articles with amazing, and sometimes exciting, inspirational web designs. One of the new trends in web design is the “one-page-contact-portfolio” web design style, a style that is gaining more and more popularity, and is featured prominently in this post.
The hardest sub-category of graphic design is the the design of a logo. A logo needs to encapsulate the essence of a product/organization as well as being instantly recognizable. A very, very difficult combination to achieve. You only get one chance to design an effective logo, it has to be right first time, as to constantly change the design can be counter-productive and decrease a products value.
In todays news we have collected the best recent logo inspiration posts.
This post is to be of inspiration and a guide to overall good interface design, we will ultimately focus on one important aspect of graphic user interface design that helps users interact with your site and enter areas that require login credentials.
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When it comes to movies, the advertising poster is your porthole to what you can expect from the actual movie (or, what the studios want you to expect). One of the most popular genres is horror.
Horror seems to generates the most imaginative of posters. Have a look at the Saw posters, they are simple, but very creepy, certainly effective and they make you curious. Whereas the Cannibal Holocaust poster tells you exactly what you are going to get, gore, gore and lots of gore. Below you will see 29 amazing examples of the various types of horror movie posters.
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As a web designer you must stay up-to-date with trends and techniques. A good way to do so is to subscribe to web design blogs and get updates regularly. In the following list, you will find some great web design blogs that publish showcases, techniques, tutorials, resources and in-depth articles. If it is your first visit on Design Reviver, I suggest that you also subscribe to the blog’s RSS feed.
Social media sites are a great place to exchange all kind of ideas or meet new people, they are also a goldmine for designers and creative people searching for inspiration. In this article I share a few ways that I often use to find inspiration through social media sites.
Web designers typically turn to other websites for design inspiration, but sometimes it is good to look at other mediums to get a different perspective on design. One of my favorite alternatives for inspiration is poster design. By looking at great posters, you can learn a lot about composition, typography, and use of color. Read more »
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