Next time you’re invited to one of those “Ugly Christmas Sweater” parties, wow the crowd with your knowledge of snowflakes, sweaters, and other Christmas icons. Enjoy the following yuletide facts, and have a very happy holiday.
Typographic Images to Inspire You
Wow, these super-motivational images would be great to wake up to every morning. Or, how about putting them right above your desk? Sigh, doesn’t cool typography make everything better? You bet. Go get ’em, Tiger!
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A BUN TRACK MIND: LOVING THE HOT DOG
July is a big month for the hot dog. Not only is it a staple at most Fourth of July cookouts, but July 23rd is International Hot Dog Day. But, why tell you what you already know?
The point is, we love hot dogs (yes, even veggie ones). We love them so much that we can’t stop thinking about them. It seems everywhere we look, we see hot dogs.
Welcome to our world …
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It’s a Tie: Fun Facts for Father’s Day
Stumped for a Father’s Day gift? Consider that solid (or striped) stand-by, the tie. Not only do ties make sweet presents, but there’s some impressive trivia about the neck-hugging marvel that just may surprise you. Some of these fun facts are proudly presented in our infographic below. Happy Father’s Day! Images used in this post: …
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The Memes of Spring
From Cristin Burton, Bigstock’s graphic design guru, who’s clearly had enough of winter: Here in New York City, the poopy winter is just winding down. Spring is finally here! I can hardly contain myself. I’ve already reorganized my closet, and my flowery dresses are at the ready. I also created some Spring Memes to celebrate. Hope you like them.
Now, if you’ll excuse me … The sun’s shining! It’s spring! I wanna go outside! AAAAAAAAAAH!
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Tutorial: Creating a Grunge-like Effect in Adobe Illustrator
By Karl Rosencrants This blog post was updated by Cristin Burton on June 29, 2015. One of the more popular design elements these days isn‘t actually an element at all – it’s really just destroying the elements you already have in your design! Simply put, grunge. We have all seen tutorials on creating grunge elements…
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Tutorial: Using Symbols in Adobe Illustrator
When you have a piece of artwork which you may need to use multiple times, shave minutes off your design workflow by turning it into a symbol and utilize the power of the symbolism tools in Illustrator. Symbolism tools allow you to manipulate copies of your artwork in different ways so you can use them…
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12 Great Design Sites About Sketchbooks
If you read our earlier post, Why Do Designers Still Use Sketchbooks?, you know how important sketching is to graphic designers. Even with all the computer tools available to us, sometimes you just need a blank white page and a pencil to work out a creative idea. For more inspiration, here are a few sites…
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Six Quick Ways to Cultivate Inspiration
Photo © Brian Kelly/Bigstock When Art Is Your Passion But Also Your Business As graphic designers, we often enter this creative field as a result of our hobbies and off-the-wall way of thinking, as opposed to the more Left Brain career fields like accounting or medicine. However, combining artistic sensibilities with the very real-world need…
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How To Keep Designing in a Tough Economy
Five Tips to Stay Ahead Photo: © Steve Gardner/Bigstock Studies have shown that more design professionals are turning to stock imagery. From a pragmatic standpoint, this makes sense, as we are facing a tougher economy and must find innovative ways to stretch our budgets. In the spirit of producing more with fewer resources, we’ve listed…
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