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Mind Blowing Matte Paintings for VFX
Matte painting is a digital art technique that combines digital painting, photographic references and 3D models to create an artwork for compositing into a full VFX scene. Matte paintings form the backdrops for most environments in CG imagery, and also in other VFX projects. Some of the most famous matte paintings are in movies such…
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Spectacularly Designed Logos and Brands
For most people, myself included, logo design is a colossal hassle. There is so much pressure to create the pixel perfect logo that also uniquely fits your business and values, and there is often tough competition in the field you’re in. It’s almost surprising, because in the realm of logo design, almost anything is possible.…
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Ridiculously Cool Advertising Designs
It seems like designers keep getting more and more skilled, and if you look at the design inspiration online from a few years ago and compare it to today’s modern design, there is a noticeable increase in quality and attention to details. Whether it’s using higher quality photography, better CG or just overall more attention…
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10 High Quality Free Script Fonts
Script fonts can be useful in many situations, ranging from a signature to a logo design. One of the popular uses of script fonts currently is to use them as placeholder logos in web templates that are sold on sites like ThemeForest. Script fonts range from the truly elegant and perfectly drawn, to fonts that…
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Awesomely Creative Wedding Cakes
Weddings are one of the most special occasions that someone will experience in their lifetime. A wedding is a ceremony which celebrates the marriage of two people and formally unites them in the eyes of society and the law. Because marriage celebrates the unity of two people, no two weddings are the same. The two…
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Awesome Coffee Package Designs
For many people, coffee is the fuel that gets them through the day. The caffeine that coffee brings, along with the intense aroma of roasting coffee beans, lends itself to a sense of alertness and waking up. Coffee’s health benefits are well known, and some people spend large amounts of money on premium coffee. With…
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Examples of Drop Down Menu Design
Drop down menus are a useful concept for designers. It allows for a complex, more organized and often more intuitive menu structure that can contain a larger amount of content, without disturbing the whitespace or minimalism of a design. Although it’s certainly possible to overuse or misuse drop down menus by adding far too many…
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High Quality Free e-Commerce Icon Sets
e-Commerce websites are always popping up all over the net, and more and more people are looking to sell their products online. However, e-Commerce sites have specific needs ranging from shipping, digital delivery, customer service, and web design. One of the most important things for e-Commerce design is having an intuitive user interface that allows…
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Retro and Vintage Styled Logos
When most people think retro or vintage, they have visions in their mind of low quality design and politically incorrect concepts. On the contrary, retro and vintage styles not only played a major role in developing the current trends in modern design, but they are also alive in well in various types of design. Retro…
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Creative Examples of Ads at Bus Stops
Although more and more advertising these days is done through mass media such as TV and the internet, there are still other ways of marketing a product or service. Traditional billboards along the sides of roads are one way, but another very cool way is bus stop advertising. Since people are stuck waiting for a…
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Christmas and Holiday Logos
Many companies decide to create their own variations of their logo for the holiday season, notably including Google and Twitter. Additionally, there are plenty of companies that specialize in Christmas products and services, so having a logo that matches the spirit of the season goes a long way in marketing. Christmas has some great motifs…
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10 Examples of Brand Identity Development
Developing a branding concept is one of the most difficult tasks for designers. Essentially, a designer has to take a description of the company, product or service, and create a logo design (and potentially web design, print design, brochure templates and business cards) that expresses the concept for the brand. Branding can make or break…
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