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How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 5, Final Presentation Techniques

Josh Borja - Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Though its the bulk of the work, creating impact with your logo isn't just about crafting a great design - it's about how you present it. After all, you are trying to win a design contest and first impressions count. Find out how to best showcase your entry to the client. Read more

How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 4, Simplicity For Scalable Design

Josh Borja - Tuesday, January 5, 2016

You can certainly work intricacy into your logos, but at the end of the day they need to convey a message in a flash.If you can balance intricate design details with a clear, instantly recognizable message, your logo has done its job. Find out how to achieve that in this DesignCrowd guide. Read more

How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 3, The Importance Of Typography

Josh Borja - Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Fonts are just as much a defining part of a good logo as the colors and illustrations used. When you're looking through your font collection at the start of a new project, ask yourself what each font says to you as you flip through. The font you use must be consistent with what the brand wants to convey. Read more

How To Design A Logo - Expert Designer Guide Part 2, How Color Affects Emotion

Josh Borja - Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Different colors and shades have different effects on people. Though we can predict how most people in a cultural group will respond, these effects can vary from person to person and culture to culture. Here are a few basic color psychology rules to guide your messaging. Read more

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

How Joining The DesignCrowd Community Can Help Fast-Track Your Design Career

Josh Borja - Monday, November 30, 2015

Some people are sceptical about becoming involved in bidding contests for design work, but here are a five things I picked up from being part of the DesignCrowd community that helped fast track my career. Read more

How To Reproduce Your Logo Design in Digital Format For Presentations

DesignCrowd - Tuesday, November 24, 2015

If you manage any area of your business' branding, you'll know how important uniformity, appearance, and execution is to making the right impression. Here are some tips on how to reproduce your logo design on digital presentations. Read more

Origins Of Symbols And Patterns - The Japanese Seigaiha Symbol In The Modern Context

Rachel Wheatley - Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Rachel Wheatley looks at the origins of symbols and patterns we constantly see in the sphere of design. In this first installment, she looks at how the Japanese seigaiha symbol has become popular in the past few decades in Western design, especially in t-shirts, signs, interiors, fashion and in other facets of design.  Read more

Design Using Adobe Illustrator – How To Use Different Brushes And Opacity levels For Shading

Danielle Tarroza - Thursday, November 5, 2015

Adobe Illustrator is one of the staple tools for anyone wanting to create beautiful vector art and illustrations. In this guest article, Danielle Tarroza explains three ways to use basic features to create shading in the popular design program. Read more

Typographic Terms Every Designer Should Know

Divya Abe - Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Fonts and typography may not appear like the most complicated design challenges out there, but they're a lot more technical than you think. Having a rudimentary understanding of the elements of typography, as well as knowing their names, can help you be more precise in your application and evaluation of typography, and give you some neat dinner table trivia. Read more

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