Archive : Graphic Design

Movie posters have the unique assignment of presenting a memorable graphic that will represent the movie from the big screen to all sorts of merchandising opportunities. And while some movies have cute little creatures or scary aliens to turn into toys and key chains and what have you, others must rely...

I am commonly asked questions related to fonts, usually by web masters or aspiring designers who are hoping to find out the name of a specific lettering from a poster, advertising campaign or similar. Sharing this kind of information is one of the perks of the Internet. It gives us wider access to materials...

There was an era when being a designer meant you owned a lot of paper, a bunch of fancy pens and had to work in a studio, be it yours or your company’s.  These days everything has gone digital and paper and pens have merged into a computer, and a studio is just about anywhere.  But somewhere during...

BigStockPhoto was founded in Davis, California, in the fall of 2004 and quickly grew into one of the Web’s leading royalty-free stock image communities. In 2009 BigStockPhoto was acquired by Shutterstock, the biggest subscription-based image library in the world. BigStockPhoto adopted a fresh...

VectorPack.net and the FanExtra network are putting now at your disposal a great Mega Design Bundle which contains over 1000 design elements. The bundle is worth $446, but this week you can have it for only $29. The offer is limited to this week, so make sure you purchase it now. The Mega Design...

CAGE, an online collaboration tool that allows agencies, design teams and freelancers to share and present their work for creative review, will launch public beta today. CAGE was first released as an invite-only private beta during SXSWi in March. While in private beta, CAGE attracted a number of...

A good infographic takes plenty of time, effort and inspiration to craft. This post is an attempt to give you ideas for the form and implementation: it lists 10 most interesting examples of informational graphics about money. Each infographic is an example of a different infographic type: can you name...

Facebook has over 400 million users and half of these users utilize face book every day. The fact demonstrates how much important face book has become in the lives of common to business oriented people. An average user normally spends almost 13.3 hours per month on face book which is an average of about...

Web surfers are usually impatient people. If a site is hard to understand because the links aren’t clear, they will immediately click away. Website navigation is a key element for determining a website’s effectiveness. To be effective, website navigation should first be easily understood by the...

Are you new to logo design? Or, perhaps you’re an experienced designer who wants to branch out and learn more about creating logos? Although designing logos is in some ways similar to other types of design work, there are many, many things you’ll need to keep in mind… Below, we’ve put together...

It is a proven fact that color affects our moods and thoughts, making color extremely important in a website’s design. Certain colors will have different meanings, depending on whom you talk to, but when researched and used well, various color combinations can help increase a visitor’s interest...

The flexibility and scalability of vector graphics has been appreciated by web designers for a long time now; today no professional starts a new project without having a large stock of them on his hard-disk. In fact, one could go on to say that if it wasn’t for vector graphics then web designers...

Banner designing is associated with internet world since the evolution of the interconnected world. It is one of the most competitive online industries.  Designer always strike on the most creative ideas to make their ad a perfect hit in attracting the online searchers in real time. For all Web designers...

If you happen to stumble on a university websites, you are normally will not get impressed by its design and layout. With a lot of professional people dwelt in the universities, it has been a tradition to have a lot of information to be found to a certain university website. And if you work as a freelance...

Logo design and creation is a big part of any designer’s trade, and being able to whip up a decent logo will ensure that you always have the skills needed to do those bread and butter jobs that keep food on the table. For this tutorial I will be showing you how to create a cool logo from start to...

Now that we all live in a world where we’re surrounded at all times by marketing logos and people trying to sell us something, sooner or later you’ll start to recognize the fonts used in those logos and to get a feel for what you like and don’t like if you want to create a...