10 Great New Graphic Design Posts
A collection of the latest graphic design resources, adobe tutorials, inspirational posts and more from all around the graphic design community. Enjoy!
Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
The Museum of Arts for the Arts (MofAA)
The Museum of Arts for the Arts (MofAA) was established to be the leading virtual art and image museum in the world, and currently holds one of the largest and most prized collections of images known to man; from Daguerreotype to Hubble, from Lascaux to Warhol, MofAA holds some of the most famous artists and art objects from the art world.
Four New Fonts From ThinkDust
Alex Haigh is graphic designer with a great portfolio of work including identity designs, print designs, digital art and typefaces. He is also part of the young and dynamic studio called ThinkDust which specializes in branding, graphic design and new media work.
Free Calendar Icon Set
A new calendar icon set has been released on my graphic design forums! Simply head on over the design forums to download the free calendar icon set, and don’t forget to register and take a look around! The forum is a great place to meet other designers and have your work critiqued!
The Typographer’s Typeface Bible – FontBook
Typography is an essential aspect of design life, and choosing the right typefaces for projects is an ongoing battle! Wouldn’t it be nice to have a reference book of typefaces to refer to when searching for that perfect font? Well FontBook is the type bible for designers, typographers, studios, publishers, historians, and anyone else interested in digital type, but its more then just a reference book.
Daily Design Inspiration Via DesignFlavr
CSS galleries are sprouting up all over the place, but not many websites cover the entire design spectrum like DesignFlavr Does. They showcase Flash Websites, CSS Websites, Illustrations, CG Art, Advertisements, Photo Manipulations and much more on a daily basis. The entire site is neatly organized by categories, tags and even by colors! You can also subscribe to their feed to get the latest inspiration in your rss reader.
What the Duck – Excessive Use of Filters Comic
Aaron Johnson over at What the Duck was kind enough to send me a link to his latest comic strip which I thought was pretty funny and you can view below. He publishes new strips relating to design on a regular basis, so keep an eye out!
LiveSurface Model Set
LiveSurface is well known for its great blank templates which can be used to showcase your work. They have many different sets available including a billboard set, food set and a booklet set.
Free Icons Galore!
I recently stumbled across this free icons website that has a large collection of high quality icons for download. The quality really amazed me and there are over 15 different categories to choose from. As usual make sure to take note of any usage terms before you get excited and start downloading a bunch of free icons!
A Professional Way of Sending Large Files
As designers we handle computer files all day long and some of these files can be extremely large in size, especially when working on high resolution projects such as posters. Once you are done designing the files usually go to either the client or the printer. Often the files are too large for email, and uploading via FTP isn’t really a great solution because you are using up your bandwidth and disk space. Then you still need to send an email with a download link.
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