Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 19 June 2014

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • Beyond You’re vs. Your: A Grammar Cheat Sheet Even The Pros Can Use

    Which is why we’ve decid­ed to cre­ate this list — so you can refer to it when you’re not quite sure, find your answer and get back to writ­ing that awe­some arti­cle you’re work­ing on. It’s a work in progress that I dream of one day being the ulti­mate gram­mar cheat sheet with answers to all of your ques­tions. If I’m miss­ing some­thing you think should be added, let me know! Now let’s get to it.

  • Artist Incorporates 2D Elements Into 3D Renderings to Create Unique Portraits

    Cezar’s art style is also very unique in that he bold­ly incor­po­rates flat 2D shapes and col­ors into his 3d ren­der­ings mak­ing for very strik­ing com­po­si­tions. His work has a very exper­i­men­tal and vision­ary vibe and we’re def­i­nite­ly very excit­ed to see more of Cezar’s unique work.

  • How To Act Like a Professional Freelance Client
    However, act­ing like a pro­fes­sion­al client does not have to be dif­fi­cult. Many free­lancers will attest that a pro­fes­sion­al client can stand out by sim­ply hav­ing good man­ners, and treat­ing them with respect. The ques­tion might how­ev­er be, what s…
  • Why Designers Should Get Paid for Proposals

    And if you real­ly think about it, when clients have noth­ing invest­ed in the proposal-writing process (mon­ey, time, ener­gy, etc.), why should they even care to respond to our proposals?

    It was at that moment when I real­ized that writ­ing long, detailed pro­pos­als — and the entire RFP process in gen­er­al — is a bad gig.

  • A Guide to Creating 3D Text in Adobe Illustrator

    It isn’t always nec­es­sary to use a 3D pro­gram to cre­ate 3D text — they’re expen­sive and overkill if you just occa­sion­al­ly use 3D ele­ments. Adobe Illustrator is more than ade­quate in allow­ing us to cre­ate some 3D objects with some basic shad­ing for our text. In this tuto­r­i­al, we are going to learn how to make some 3D text using Adobe Illustrator, and also dis­cuss tech­niques of shad­ing the text to give it a clean, con­sis­tent, and styl­ized loo

  • JetPack – A Photoshop Workflow Tool, Built for Icon Designers.
    JetPack is a pow­er­ful Photoshop exten­sion that’s been devel­oped with icon design­ers in mind. It fea­tures 4 excep­tion­al­ly use­ful work­flow tools that will not only save you heaps of pre­cious design time but also enhance the entire icon design exp…
  • Adobe Announces ‘Ink’ Stylus and ‘Slide’ Ruler Duo, New Mobile Apps #CC2014
    Adobe today announced the launch of a new suite of mobile apps and accom­pa­ny­ing hard­ware that includes its Adobe Ink dig­i­tal pen and its Adobe Slide dig­i­tal ruler. Previously known as the “Mighty” sty­lus and the “Napoleon” dig­i­tal ruler while i…
  • Mint​.com Alternatives – Is There Anything Better?

    While Mint​.com is one of the most pop­u­lar bud­get track­ing apps out there, it isn’t the only option. From the review of Mint​.com, we’ve seen a num­ber of dis­sat­is­fied users of the prod­uct. In addi­tion, for those who want to go a lit­tle deep­er with their per­son­al finances, in a way that Mint can’t always match, there are alternatives.

  • Mint​.com Alternatives – Is There Anything Better?

    While Mint​.com is one of the most pop­u­lar bud­get track­ing apps out there, it isn’t the only option. From the review of Mint​.com, we’ve seen a num­ber of dis­sat­is­fied users of the prod­uct. In addi­tion, for those who want to go a lit­tle deep­er with their per­son­al finances, in a way that Mint can’t always match, there are alternatives.

  • Cripes! A Social Network Where You Can Brag About All The Stuff You’ve Bought.
    Peep​.me is an app where you just share how much mon­ey you spend. Welcome to the apocalypse.