Bigstock is in Austin, Texas at the South-by-Southwest Interactive conference. This morning we watched a fascinating panel featuring one of the top creative directors in magazines, Scott Dadich of Wired. Working with Adobe, Wired recently developed a demonstration of a tablet version of their magazine. (You can see a video of the demo below.) This…
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Scenes from Bigstock’s SXSW Party
Bigstock co-hosted a “Snappy Hour” party Saturday night, along with our parent company, Shutterstock. Hundreds of attendees of the 2010 South by Southwest Interactive Conference joined us a Beauty Bar in Austin, Texas. A big thanks to all who attended the party—it was great to meet you! Here are some pictures of the event. All…
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Visit Bigstock at SXSW in Austin
Photo © Hank Shiffman/Bigstock Bigstock will be at the 2010 SXSW Interactive conference and trade show from March 12 to 16 in Austin, Texas. If you’re there, we’d love to meet you! Come visit us at booth 516 and pick up an invitation to our party on Saturday night.
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Unleash Your Creativity at the New Bigstock.com
We’re pleased to announce the launch of Bigstock’s new redesign. Since December, the team has been focused on a number of exciting improvements to serve you better: An entirely new design focused on clean presentation and ease-of-use A new and enhanced search engine New image sizes with larger previews and thumbnails A “liquid layout” for…
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Explore Bigstock With Our Creative Images Lightbox
To help you get to know the new Bigstock.com, we’ve created several lightboxes showcasing our images. Visit our Creative Images lightbox here. Photo © Vilnis Lauzums/Bigstock
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Explore Bigstock With Our Illustrations Lightbox
To help you get to know the new Bigstock.com, we’ve created several lightboxes showcasing our images. Visit our Delightful Illustrations lightbox here. Illustration © Alvaro Cabrera Jimenez/Bigstock
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Explore Bigstock With Our Backgrounds Lightbox
Bigstock is more than just photos. We also have a huge selection of vector graphics, background textures, text-ready page layouts and more. Get started exploring the new Bigstock.com with our Backgrounds lightbox. Illustration © Kirsty Pargeter/Bigstock
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Why Do Designers Still Use Sketchbooks?
Even in a digital world, the humble sketchbook can help a designer collect ideas. By Angela Cho Many years ago I was preparing for an interview with a well-known graphic design studio. I spent weeks polishing up my resume and perfecting my book. When I got to the studio, the first thing they asked me…
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10 Tips for Creative Success
If you are in a creative field, then you have most likely at one time or another encountered that dreaded feeling: Creative block. Not only is it uncomfortable, but it can make you question the merit of every idea you’ve ever had. However, we can all take comfort in the fact that it strikes even…
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What’s an Inspiration Board?
And how can improve your design work? Photo © Luis Francisco Cordero/Bigstock For those who don‘t already know, an inspiration board (sometimes referred to as a mood board or an idea board) is a collage of images meant to kick-start your imagination or please your muse. Many designers use it in a variety of ways,…
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