Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
Do you remember having bedtime stories read to you as you grew up? Remember your parents telling you tales about fairies, princes and princesses, knights, dragons and all those wonderful characters born of pure imagination? Several of these stories were even made into movies and cartoons that captured our young minds… These fictional characters have played a significant part in our childhood memories. Who could forget the classic stories of Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and so many more?!!!
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Getting noticed in a busy street or crowded hallway isn’t easy, but the reward of reaching millions of consumers has possessed marketers to come up with some amazing and ridiculous outdoor advertisements. Today’s post looks at 11 of the most creative outdoor ads around the world (according to us). Click on the image to see the original high-res images at adsoftheworld.com
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Comic books are close to many of us designers’ hearts, since these are likely our first encounters to the amazing world of art. These days, they continue to become even more sophisticated and expressive from when we first experienced them as kids.
So to keep your inspiration going, I’ve collected a series of breathtaking comic book cover designs, both past and present. I hope they remind us all of that rush of exhilaration when we bought our first, freshly printed comic book, and motivate us to inspire the same feelings in others through our own works of design. Enjoy!
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Whap! Like a flash of satori, your company letterhead should be a slap in the face of consciousness. The whole point is to grab your readers’ attention by the throat on first contact, then make them beg for more in the long run. Considering the chronic short-attention span of a generation raised on cable TV and the internet, this is saying a lot.
I’ve gathered 83 of the most eye-popping letterhead designs so far to illustrate my meaning. Albeit the designs are stylistically distinct from one other, this showcase is a marriage of cutting-edge creativity and effective brand communication. Enough said. Just scroll down these letterhead designs and enjoy!
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In the pre-Photoshop days, designers used classic designs and hand drawn art to make some of the best movie posters of all time. Image editing software helps a lot with the creative process now; but today’s digital artists can still learn a good deal from studying vintage poster designs that worked, and still do.
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Movie poster designs have always intrigued me. Although the studios often spend millions in dollars for advertising a movie, for some odd reason we have a hard time seeing good poster designs. We figured it would be necessary to highlight the movie posters that actually turned out great. We’ve collected 38 awesome poster designs from random films and movies, regardless of year, genre, popularity or language.
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Ever come across a really cool coaster and wonder, “Am I drunk or is this coaster really cool?” Well here is your sober chance to take a look at some clever and creative coaster inspiration. We’ve rounded up 30 coasters that would definitely liven up any bar top or table.
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The art of graphic design is continually evolving with society, fashion, technology and politics. Our styles and colors are inspired by everything around us and in turn, we can see snapshots of our evolving culture in the designs of the recent past. Taking a look at 2 years of magazine covers from major publications, I collected 20 contemporary magazine covers that I appreciated.
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This is the ultimate logo inspiration post packed with 25 amazing logo collections. Many designers put together collections of their logo designs each year or a few times a year depending on how many they do as a way to showcase their work and inspire others. We have searched Behance.net for the best logo designers and their logo collections. If you ever need inspiration when it comes to logo design this is your go to post! Did we miss your logo design collection? Show us in the comments!
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Animals have always played a huge part in business branding. Sometimes an animal is used because of what it represents such as a bull representing strength or a sheep being synonymous with sleep. Other times, an animal is simply used because its in the business name or works well in representing what a business is about. So if you ever have to create a logo for a business and an animal is to be included, you will love this round up of some of the best animal logo designs on the web.
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If you are reading this blog you are probably really into design and if you feel like showing off your love of design check out this collection of t shirts for graphic designers. Perfect for wearing at design school, in the office or around town these tees will let people know what you love to do. The one thing I found funny while searching for tees designers would like, is the crazy amount of ampersand (&) tees I came across! I guess this is a universal symbol for graphic designers haha! Anyways, if you know of any cool tees I missed please show us in the comments.
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I’ve always been a fan of cars (even though I own a truck!) so its always fun to look at custom and concept car designs online. I like to see where car designers think automotive styling is going. Unfortunately most concept car designs become much more boring looking when they go into production, but as the years go by, car designs do seem to get closer and closer to what we view as futuristic looking now. Anyways here are some sweet new car designs (not all concepts, some are just cool car inspired designed) from the design community.
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Typography has always been a fundamental aspect of design, but many designers are now making type the centerpiece of their designs. Not only is typography becoming the design, but type is being pushed to the limits by being used in cool new ways such as 3D typography. Designers have been dabbling in 3d typography effects for a while, so here are some new type projects you may not have seen yet form the online design community.
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Photoshop gurus never seem to stop working, because every day I run across dozens and dozens of exquisite new Adobe Photoshop design examples. A lot of designers get stuck with doing corporate style designs and a great way to vent your pent up creative energy is to work on some creative Photoshop designs. Looking at these Photoshop examples can be really inspiring for both new and professional designers and its always interesting to see what the latest trends are!
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Halloween is creeping closer and closer and that means movie studios are releasing some cool new movies! I’ve always been a huge fan of zombies, so I’m excited to see the new Zombieland movie coming out October 2nd starring Woody Harrelson. In honor of what I hope turns out to be a very good movie, are some frighteningly good zombie photos taken by a variety of photographers. Hope you enjoy this early Halloween inspiration treat!
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