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How To Turn Your Own Handwriting Into A Font In 8 Simple Steps

How To Turn Your Own Handwriting Into A Font In 8 Simple Steps

Divya Abe - Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Ever wanted to turn your own handwriting into a font? Guess what, you totally can, and it's totally easy! Your scribbles can be turned into a real digital font ready to be used for all your design needs. Best of all, you can even sell the font to other designers online. What's not to love? Read more

What To Consider When Trying To Achieve Harmonious Coloring In Your Design

What To Consider When Trying To Achieve Harmonious Coloring In Your Design

Danielle Tarroza - Thursday, March 10, 2016

It's well known that color evokes feelings from an audience. It does so much to immediately express an idea, or reaction, before someone even has the chance to define the image and analyse the text. Here's what to consider when creating designs with complementary colors. Read more

Where To Use Handwritten Fonts

Where To Use Handwritten Fonts

Divya Abe - Monday, March 7, 2016

We don't see too much handwritten design around anymore, mainly because it can be tricky to use for responsive design (which nowadays is just about all digital design). But a good handwritten font totally still has its time and place, be it fancy calligraphy or messy block letters. You can even make your own! Take a look here to find out where handwriting can still be a winning design choice. Read more

Typography Trends - How And Where To Use Serif Fonts

Typography Trends - How And Where To Use Serif Fonts

Divya Abe - Thursday, February 25, 2016

Serif fonts are becoming a bit of a rarity for many designers, as they have a reputation for being old-fashioned and stuffy. But a good serif font can still be really useful and relevant, and not all serifs will date your design. If you love a good serif but feel like you never get to use it anymore, have a look here to see where you can totally get away with it. Read more

How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 1

How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 1

Josh Borja - Wednesday, December 16, 2015

In this series of articles, originally featured on brandcrowd, we will explore five guidelines for how to create memorable and winning logos. First up is understanding the number on principle in design - "Be original". Read more

6 Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials for Eye-Catching Book Cover Designs

6 Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials for Eye-Catching Book Cover Designs

Divya Abe - Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Book cover design can be a fun and rewarding job for a designer, if they know how to go about it. If you're interested in expanding your skills and learning more about a unique niche of design work, have a look at these tutorials we've reviewed to give you the best start possible. Read more

Step by Step Guide To Setting Up Digital Illustrations

Step by Step Guide To Setting Up Digital Illustrations

Divya Abe - Wednesday, September 2, 2015

We recently showed you how to take your hand-drawn masterpieces to fully functioning vectors for digital finishing and implementation. Here, we share five steps to create a stunning digital illustration in Photoshop and Illustrator. Don't worry, once you know the process it's really straightforward, so if you get nervous at the thought of flawless digital artworks, read this tutorial, get practicing, and fear no more! Read more

8 Simple Steps to Convert Hand Drawings into Vectors

8 Simple Steps to Convert Hand Drawings into Vectors

Divya Abe - Monday, August 17, 2015

Illustrator and Co are great tools for designers of course, but sometimes no amount of digital innovation can substitute good, old-fashioned pen and paper. Of course, with the majority of design work and team collaboration happening online these days, those beautiful hand drawing will need to go digital sooner or later. Here's a tutorial on how to turn your hand-drawn sketch into a fully functional digital vector. Read more

UI/UX Tips for Mobile App Design

UI/UX Tips for Mobile App Design

Divya Abe - Friday, August 14, 2015

App design revolves around simplicity for user interaction but the visual design doesn't have to be. Will your audience have an immersive experience if your app has a minimal interface or elaborate animations? In this article we share a few basic guidelines based on our experience that will drive the optimal user experience in your app design. Read more

Design Principles: 6 Design Fundamentals to Guide Your Work

Design Principles: 6 Design Fundamentals to Guide Your Work

Divya Abe - Thursday, June 18, 2015

If you're a designer daunted by needing to stick to seemingly restricting rules, try to remember that while they are important, they are under your control, not the other way round. Once you know to play by the rules, you'll discover how to break them deliberately without having your design fail. Here are 6 fundamental elements of design, accompanied by a stunning paper art design series by Efil Türk. Read more

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