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Font Review: Semidocile Bold

For those looking for a modern and unique OpenType font, a new typeface by John Merrifield will be available soon through Stiff Upper Glyph: Semidocile Bold. Font Review brings out the best of fonts and tells you why you want it.

30 Beautiful Black and White Photos & Designs

Photography 7 Comments

Removing color from an image can emphasize a particular subject just as much as leaving it in color, sometimes more. When you bring an image into black and white, the subject appears stable and secure in one moment of time.

30 Outstanding Examples of Fashion Brands

Logos 5 Comments

Developing design for a fashion company or brand is unique work. When people look at a particular fashion brand, they want a sense of uniqueness and style that must match the style of clothes, but also be able to portray a sense of uniqueness that appeals to their target market. Here’s a look at 30 who do it well.

How To Design Great Mac Icons

Graphic Design 5 Comments

Back in 1973, a couple guys from Xerox thought of a great idea—to use icons for each application on the desktop. Apple too liked this idea, and developed the Mac desktop in an attempt to revolutionize the field of icon applications.

Designing Patterns for Creative Stationary

Graphic Design 5 Comments

So here you are, behind your laptop, you just received an email from your new client for whom you’ve just designed an awesome logo, and boy, is he as excited as you are. Make sure you’ve got the right process and know-how to get it done.

25 Black and White Vintage Cover Designs

Graphic Design 3 Comments

Since the advent of color in any creative work of prints, film, or otherwise, that used only black, white, and gray, gave way to feelings of nostalgia, history, or even retro for onlooking audiences. There is much to enjoy with these seemingly out-of-place pieces of today’s modern and color-centric world.

Tried and True, the Top 10 Brand-Rendered Logos

Logos 12 Comments

Long before you know anything about a company, its logo and name tell you what to expect. Here are ten companies that do it better than the rest.

The Many Tasks of the Mask: Illustration Case Study

Graphic Design 11 Comments

The Many Tasks of the Mask is a graphic design project and self promotion piece that was developed with the intention to bring the viewer through my artistic process and design decisions.

Showcase of Creatively Redesigned Film Posters

Graphic Design 4 Comments

Artists can’t help but be inspired by films and this inspiration often churns out huge amounts of unique and creative work into advertising campaigns, like movie posters.

How to Perfect a T-Shirt Design

Graphic Design 8 Comments

As a designer, we can all relate to the moment when an idea hits you for the ultimate t-shirt design. It’s like an epiphany that takes on a life of its own—but is it perfect? Well, not yet.