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Famous Brand Logos As You've Never Seen Them Before

Famous Brand Logos As You've Never Seen Them Before

Jane Murray - Monday, September 7, 2015

A company logo might just be the most important design a business has to settle on. They're supposed to be the public face of the company, and represent its values, purpose and personality. That's why we're so in love with playing around with company logos. This post takes some of our favorite entries to company logo contests and puts them into one convenient list of amazing designs. 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

4 Reasons Why Research Will Make You A Better Designer

4 Reasons Why Research Will Make You A Better Designer

Divya Abe - Friday, August 28, 2015

Being a designer is about more than just talent. Research is an essential part of the design process, as it refines your vision, informs decisions and helps you better translate your client's ideas into reality. Without research your horizons would never expand and you'd never know about the latest tools at your disposal. It's pretty simple, really: research makes for better designers. Find out why and how to do it now! Read more

Design Contest: Minions Take Over the World

Design Contest: Minions Take Over the World

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 27, 2015

With Despicable Me 3 in a cinema near you, minion fever has taken over the world again. Giant inflatable minions rolling down highways in Ireland and there have been other sorta unsettling sightings of giant minions running amok. So we launched a photoshop design contest inviting our designers to create graphics that showed us what minions taking over the world could look like. Check out the pics now! Read more

If Famous Logos Were Honest

If Famous Logos Were Honest

Hanna Schenkel - Friday, August 21, 2015

There's a saying that "beauty is only skin-deep", and that not only applies to people. Companies often spend thousands, if not millions, on branding that reflects an impeccable public face, despite being less than perfect behind the scenes. Inspired by the corruption scandals engulfing FIFA and with tongue in cheek, we asked our designers to give big brands a makeover to reflect their behaviour. Read more

Interview: ArtTank

Interview: ArtTank

Jo Sabin - Monday, August 17, 2015

Khent Rick Tobil, who in DesignCrowd circles is better known as uber-successful ArtTank and is ranked 9th in our designer global rankings, was born and raised in the Philippines, but now lives and designs in Regina, Canada. In this interview, Khent admits he's obsessed with AMC's The Walking Dead TV show, shares his inspirations and his tips for those new designers just starting out. Enjoy! Read more

10 of the Best Productivity Apps for Designers

10 of the Best Productivity Apps for Designers

Divya Abe - Monday, August 17, 2015

Being a freelance designer can be a pretty daunting task, not least when needing to organize your workflow and manage deadlines. Thankfully technology has much to offer in terms of apps and programs to simplify your life. Here's our picks for the top 10 apps that'll help you streamline your design business! 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

Top 25 Free Fonts of 2015

Top 25 Free Fonts of 2015

Divya Abe - Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Any designer knows a great font can make or break a design. Graphic and digital designers love free fonts. To make our designers' jobs a little easier in this article we've curated 25 must-have 100% free fonts including Aileron, Bauru and more hot fonts from 2015 you can put to good use in your design projects.  Read more

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