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- How to create type effects with InDesign
In the screenshot above (click on the image to download the PSD), you can see the type I have decided to work with shown larger. I’ve put in grabs of the specs on each line, so you can see I have already done a few tweaks. Then I went in and ma…
- Designers: Why Writing Your Own Copy Helps
Designers tend to freak out when they hear the word “writing.” That’s not my job, someone else will get paid to do that – right? Well, not always. Sometimes, the writer is you – or perhaps, if it isn’t, it should be.
- Photoshop Tutorial: Smooth Skin
This tutorial will show you how to edit people’s faces to smooth out their skins, just like how models are edited in magazines..
- Here’s An Insightful Warning About The Way Human Desires Are Met So Easily Online
Mr Harris is no absolutist or ageing Luddite. Instead he makes a more cautious argument, following in the footsteps of writers like Nicholas Carr, whose book “The Shallows” had a powerful impact on our understanding of the way the internet is r…
- 4 Glaring Signs You Need to Take the Freelance Leap
Along my six year journey through one full-time and two-part time jobs, the following signs led me to finally make the leap. If any of these resonate with you, the edge of the cliff might be closer than you think.
- How to Create Seamless Watermark Patterns in Adobe Illustrator
Watermarks play an important role in protecting your artwork. Generally, we do not give much attention towards a watermark’s appearance and use a text or a Logo to get the job done. A well designed and properly executed watermark can really protect the artwork without actually affecting its appearance. The best way to do this is pattern making. In this tutorial, we will cover two different watermark designs using the same pattern making technique. Let’s get started!
- How to create realistic 3D hair and fur
CG artist Rouhollah Toghyani shows how to model a cute creature with fluffy hair and fur ready for animation.
- 5 Impressive [Web] Photography Styles and How to Nail Them
Though web content can take on many different forms – from text to graphics and video, it’s clear that photography is one of the web’s dominant forms.
- Making The Best Of A Bad Situation: Planning For Business Bankruptcy
Nobody starts a business planning on going on filing for bankruptcy. But sometimes, despite our best efforts, businesses do not thrive. If your business has gotten to the point that you are considering filing for bankruptcy, there are some th…
- 22 best iPad art apps for painting and sketching
Make stunning art on the iPad with these top tools! These powerful painting and drawing apps can help you start creating iPad art today!
- Use Google Ventures’ “Note and Vote” Method to Make Group Decisions
People’s opinions can quickly derail a meeting and stop the group from making a decision. Google Ventures has a technique to get to good decisions in 15 minutes, which they call the “Note and Vote” method.
- Here’s What Google Search Will Look Like in 10 Years
From its meager beginnings as a student search engine project called BackRub at Stanford University, to the powerhouse search engine that is both a noun and a verb in one, Google’s path has been one of growth and constant adaptation with the times.
Examining the path of that history provides some interesting insights into what the world’s most popular search engine will probably look like in 10 years.
- EDU How Computer Technology Will Transform Schools Of The Future
The answer is probably some combination of rank incompetence, institutional conservatism, and perverse incentives. It’s a mess, but the good news is that it’s going to change — a lot — soon. The situation as it stands is fundamentally unsustainable, and new titans are emerging from the startup world, ready to wipe the floor with traditional academic practices. Today, we’re going to be talking about the five biggest ideas that are going to change education more than you’d believe.
- Evaluating the Benefits and Drawbacks of Coworking
The solution to both problems is a coworking facility. The concept is pretty simple: Put together a group of people who all freelance, rent out a desk for a low price, put in shared facilities such as a conference room and receptionist, and you’re good to go. This keeps the costs down for renters, gives you a professional environment to meet clients and provides human interaction. It’s the best of all worlds, right?
- 50 Designers Answer 5 Questions, Provide “Important” Answers
Right now, there are 51 tiny interviews on this website. And other interviews are coming soon. Each tiny interview consists of 5 questions and 5 answers. I ask the same 5 questions to every designer. Important questions. Short answers.
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- How to make your design event 100% carbon neutral
Kyoorius Designyatra founder Rajesh Kejriwal reveals how India’s biggest design conference is putting its money where its mouth is.
- How To Write The Perfect Email For The Mobile Inbox
With such a small window to keep things contained within, it sometimes seems difficult. Below are seven tips from MakeUseOf to help you with writing the perfect email (or text, or Facebook message, or Snapchat message, or…) for the mobile inbox.
- How To Write The Perfect Email For The Mobile Inbox
With such a small window to keep things contained within, it sometimes seems difficult. Below are seven tips from MakeUseOf to help you with writing the perfect email (or text, or Facebook message, or Snapchat message, or…) for the mobile inbox.
- What Is The Cloud? (Besides the misused premise for a summer box office flop?)
The Cloud. It’s a term that gets thrown around a lot these days – so much so that its definition seems to have been diluted over the years. What is the cloud, exactly? Why does it matter if we know about it? And what does it mean for us?
- The Neuroscience of Motivation
Strengthening your positive emotions and weakening your negative ones can have huge benefits for performance. Here’s why.
- 50 Tips For Starting Your Own Company
Starting your own business isn’t easy. You not only have to come up with the company’s vision, but also the marketing plan, raise startup costs, find investors, register your business — there’s a whole lot that can go wrong if you’re not organised. So if you’re thinking of starting up your own company, this list of 50 tips should set you on the right course.
- 50 Tips For Starting Your Own Company
Starting your own business isn’t easy. You not only have to come up with the company’s vision, but also the marketing plan, raise startup costs, find investors, register your business — there’s a whole lot that can go wrong if you’re not organised. So if you’re thinking of starting up your own company, this list of 50 tips should set you on the right course.
- Can you identify these 10 popular typefaces?
Can you tell the difference between Arial and Helvetica? Or Courier and Geneva? Put your skills to the test in our fun typography quiz.
- Design Vs Art – The Difference And Why It Matters
Design versus art. What’s the difference, and how does it affect your career as a designer? We all know there is a difference, and those outside our industry might not be able to see it. Your parents, for example, might refer to you as an “artist” even though you are a professional designer.
- Calibrate & Maintain Your MacBook Battery For Best Performance
As your MacBook ages, your battery performance decreases — that’s just a fact of life. But if you correctly calibrate and maintain your battery, it’s possible to improve performance and put off replacing it for as long as possible.
- Comics Sans for Cancer posters: top designers get down with the font we love to hate
Designers have revelled in the chance to use Comic Sans with impunity for this poster project to raise money for Cancer Research.
- Delightful Posters Show Creative Ways Of Forming An Ampersand
These posters are created daily and they show creative ways of forming an ampersand, like using a pair of hands or two sunny side up eggs.
- The 15 best places to find free vector art online
Looking for free vector art? Joanna Zhou reveals sites that make it easy to track down high-quality graphics to meet your needs.
- Researchers make color-shifting surface modeled on squid
Devices that parallel biological materials make for one-second color changes.
- What makes a good font and why we need new ones
Monotype’s Dan Rhatigan discusses why we need new fonts and what makes a good typeface.
- The 20 Best Free Photoshop Scripts
You already know about Photoshop Actions – well, Photoshop Scripts can do so much more! We’ve rounded up 20 of the best…
- Is This The ‘World’s Prettiest Face’? Artists Combines Maxim’s ‘Hot 100′ Into One Woman
Vibe then went on to fuse the faces together using the cup system as shown below. The above picture was the ultimate result after numerous rounds of combination using photo-editing software.