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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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Photographer Focus – Juliana Nan
Juliana Nan is a photographer from Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, who is highly talented with macro and landscape photography. She uses a Nikon D300S and D50, and all the water droplets and reflections in her photography are real, not added through Photoshop. Her style does involve postwork however, by using filters such as Fractalius, Smudge…
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Free Texture Friday – Simple Concrete
Today’s set of textures consists of five simple but useful concrete images. They’re perfect for 3d modeling and rendering or just adding a subtle hint of texture to your designs. Thanks for the continued support in 2011, here’s to providing plenty more useful textures in 2012. Have a good New Year!
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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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Inspiring Examples of Reflection Photography
As we approach the end of the year, it is common to look back and reflect upon the events of the past year. Both from a personal development standpoint and a global perspective, reflecting on the past not only gives us a better sense of the present, but it also allows us to understand and…
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Free Texture Friday – Subtle Grunge
Today’s textures are a highly useful collection of subtle grunge images created by mixing various paper, concrete, and grunge textures together in photoshop. They’re perfect for adding just a little bit of vintage or real-world feel to your designs and illustrations. Enjoy and happy holidays!
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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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Festive Christmas Photography
Christmas season is upon us, and with the holiday only about a week away, I thought it only fitting to do a post on festive Christmas photography. For any holiday, photographers have a great natural selection of concepts to choose from, and Christmas is no different. From sparkling lights to glittering ornaments, the crisp cold…
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Free Texture Friday – Vintage Paper 3
It hasn’t been too long since I last released a set of paper textures on here, but they’re just so useful and ubiquitous I thought I’d share a few more with you guys. These textures are perfect for adding a vintage feel to nearly any design, illustration, or scrapbooking endeavor. Hopefully you can find some…
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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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Surreal Photographs & Photomanipulations
Surrealism is technically a philosophical and cultural movement, but most people know it as a style of art that features the extraordinary or unexpected juxtaposed against an otherwise normal looking scene. Surrealism takes reality and bends it into something that is, well, surreal. Perhaps the most famous Surreal artist was Salvador Dali, whose “The Persistence…
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Free Texture Friday – Bokeh
The holiday season brings a lot of joyful things to the world, one of my favorites: christmas lights. There’s something incredibly nostalgic about them, they remind me of the cold days of winters’ past. These bokeh textures were made by taking out of focus pictures of a set of christmas lights. Hopefully you guys can…
