The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- How Designers Use Visual Metaphors To Change The Way We Act And Feel
But, annoyingly, these management-speak types might be on to something. Thinking outside the box might actually make us more creative, according to the latest research into visual metaphors and their influence on how we think and feel.Tags: Design
- My 3‑step guide to client pitches that convert like crazy
It wasn’t until I got very specific about what I was after that I began attracting more specific types of clients.
Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance
- Textured Type Techniques (Away from the computer)
Learn three analog techniques for creating textured typography: hand-cut type, transfer-textured type, and type with a chalky or hand-drawn look.Tags: typography. design
- Textured Type Techniques (Away from the computer)
Learn three analog techniques for creating textured typography: hand-cut type, transfer-textured type, and type with a chalky or hand-drawn look.Tags: typography. design
- 40% of all ebook author earnings go to self-published ebook authors!
- A Peek Inside The Boudoir – A Photographer’s Guide To Better Boudoir Photos
Having photographed weddings and events for 15 years, in 2008 Steinberg decided to shift directions to make the art of boudoir a major focus. She says it was time for a change. “We knew it was a risk, but the market was at a turning point regarding both interest and acceptance for this style of photography.
Tags: photography
- InDesign CC 2015 New Features
Get access to the latest features of Adobe InDesign CC. New Mercury Performance System improves performance and speed on common tasks. Only in Creative Cloud.Tags: InDesign
- What’s New in Photoshop for Designers [Video]
The 2015 release of Photoshop CC is full of great features for graphic designers and illustrators. New features include Artboards that allow you to create multiple layouts in one Photoshop document and Linked Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries where when a change is made to an asset, you and your team members have the option of updating it across any Photoshop, Illustrator or lnDesign projects where it’s used! Here I give a rundown of these features and more, all starting from a layout created on a mobile device.
Tags: Photoshop
- 6 Simple Tricks for Building A Strong Writing Habit
Do you ever feel like your writing life would be so much easier if only you could stay inspired?Tags: Writing AmWriting
- Step-by-Step: Install Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 and Keep Previous Versions – Pariah Burke
How to update to Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 without uninstalling previous versions.Tags: CreativeCloud Photoshop InDesign
- What you need to know about installing the new Creative Cloud apps rolling out today
Adobe has changed the default installation routine and system requirements for Creative Cloud desktop apps. Check out the details before hitting install.Tags: CreativeCloud
- What’s in those Terms & Conditions none of us reads? One man read them and tells all.
Alex Hern decided not to do anything for a week – unless he’d read all the terms and conditions first. Seven days and 146,000 words later, what did he learn?
Tags: Privacy security
- Hack Brief: Password Manager LastPass Got Breached Hard
EXPERTS RECOMMEND PASSWORD managers like LastPass as the easiest way to generate unique, strong security codes for every one of your online accounts—which sounds great, until that password manager itself is cracked, potentially offering attackers access to all the accounts it was designed to protect.
Tags: Hack privacy security