Wireframing is the most important part of the web designing concept without which the designing of an attractive and purposeful website is impossible. Many web designers do not laid emphasis on this step of web designing and skip this major phase which unbalances overall functionality of a website after the completion of final design. Wireframing is an important concept of web designing which gives an overall view of the proposed web designing model and helps in converting information architecture directly into an appropriate design.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Creative Logos For Graphic Design Inspiration
Logos are important to all businesses. They give potential clients a snapshot of the company: what it does, its values and its sensibilities are all reflected in a good logo. It is one of the few things that companies will put on everything from business cards to white papers, so it has to reflect the business perfectly.
This is the another inspiring and creative collection of logos for graphic design inspiration. Earlier we are showcased thousands of business logo design, that gives you creative ideas for your branding or visual identity projects. Today’s we are gathered creative logos created by professional designers from all over the web.
Graphic Design by Les Produits de L’épicerie
Great selection of projects by French design studio “Les produits de l’épicerie”
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Problems in Graphic Designing that Need to Be Avoided
Graphic designing is a kind of visual communication that makes use of a word, symbol, or any visual item and designs it in a way to communicate the underlying message of the design to the public. Graphics designs might be created by grouping together visual images, texts, words, different sized shapes, color combinations, layouts, lines, and dot patterns. A graphic designer plays with these elements in a productive way so as to convey the philosophy and idea of its client effectively to the target population. A graphic designer actually gives life to a clients’ concept. He creates graphic designs that are truly reflective of the client’s product, brand or business.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Ways for Graphic Designers to Improve Themselves
No matter what industry you work in or what position you hold, there is always scope to improve yourself not only for your own self-improvement but also to ensure that you stay ahead in the game especially with all the cut-throat competition that we see all around us. It is what keeps us on our toes and urging to keep abreast with the latest trends in business.
The same case applies when it comes to being a successful Graphic designer as well. When it comes to working in an industry where the environment is technology driven and trends keep changing by the minute, it is imperative that a web designer always be prepared to meet the challenges that comes his way and for this, he has to continuously keep updating and learning about all that is happening in the field of web designing.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
5 Graphic Design Mistakes To Avoid
When I was younger I used to assume that if a sign was hanging up in a public space it must have passed a rigorous editing and testing phase before being let out the creative studio door. To my naive eye storefront signs, roadside billboards and corporate building logos were authoritative by virtue of someone having spent lots of money to have them professionally printed. I have since learned that my early thinking was quite misguided.
Nowadays I see graphic design in a different light. I recognize a clear distinction between sign material and sign content. A beautiful plank of expensive vintage timber can, sadly, play host to an unexceptional design.
Friday, April 5, 2013
InDesign Graphic Design Tutorials
The traditional ways to perform desktop publishing is replaced with the help of the modern and great software of InDesign which is proudly developed and announced by the topmost and leading company of Adobe. When you check this software, you will see that Adobe InDesign provides you the best prospect for the absolute completion of the assignments correlated to the print Media for the most usable platform of Mac OS X and Microsoft. InDesign utilize gorgeous page layouts for the basic goal of printing multiple things including newspapers, books, flyers, posters and more. The working of this amazing software is based on the art of typography (usage of stylish fonts) and advanced approaches of printing that are utilizing in recent times. For publishing a large number of printed materials, InDesign is used by different types of groups, businesses and even by single persons as well.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
15 Fresh Freebies from Dribbble
Designers always need new elements to make each of their projects look amazing. And this is why it’s important to have a lot of resources to count on. This is why today we gathered some fresh freebies from dribbble to give you some new options for your next project. From icons and player widgets to login forms, UI kits and more, we have a lot of well designed freebies for you. Click on the images to go to the project’s page to download it and learn more about each design.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Photo Manipulations by Sulaiman almawash
Suliman ALmawash is a graphic designer and digital artist from Kuwait who works on photo manipulations. He uses Photoshop, Adobe After Effect, EDIUS in his creations.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
10 Design Tutorials You Don’t Want To Miss
Graphic designers are a generous bunch, so much so that many give away their design techniques in the form of tutorials so that others might be able to similarly create compelling designs. One would think that telling others how to design might not be the best career move; however, designers have found that sharing their secrets creates the type of karma that leads to exceptional (and lucrative) design careers. Feel free to thank the designers behind the following 10 new design tutorials you don’t want to miss.
Graphic Design by Agata Roszkowska
Agata Roszkowska is our next source of creative inspiration. With an MA in International Relations at Warsaw University, Agata satisfied the urge for a career change after signing up to study graphic design at Shillington College, Manchester. Now working freelance, she is always looking to build on her growing experience in graphics, branding and web design.
‘I’m a positive person with a creative attitude towards life. I am a little bit of a latecomer when it comes to Graphic Design. It took me quite a while to realise that I was the creative type, and after completing an MA in International Relations at Warsaw University, I wasn’t looking forward to another 3 – 5 years of studying. I discovered Shilington College and decide that that was it … and it was! I met great people, gained amazing skills… and finally I can do what I really love.”
Innovative Graphical Images and Art Projects Using your Trusty Office Printer
It’s probably safe to assume you have a printer whether it be at home or in your office. Advances in personal printers have made them affordable to almost everyone and even the very cheapest options can produce high quality images.
More often than not the printer is used to print out documents. Occasionally they may be used to create a birthday invitation or ‘Have you seen this dog?’ posters for a wayward pet.
But many end users don’t realize the creative potential hiding in the printer sitting innocently on their desks. With a little imagination and some freely available tools, you can turn your printer into a creative powerhouse!
Refills for printer ink and cartridges are readily available and you can also get some extraordinary results by using textured or colored paper. Your local stationery shop is sure to have a mind bending array of different colored papers to form part of your next masterpiece.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
24 Beautiful and Creative Typography Graphic Designs for your inspiration
Typography is very important for graphic design, you can see creative typography design in Advertisements, logo designs, Print designs, package designs and web designs. Here we have added 25 beautiful examples of creative typography designs for your inspiration.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Beautiful Illustrations by Christopher Haines
Christopher Haines is a designer from Australia, with a passion for art and design. He’s got some great work in his portfolio, and we would like to share it with you.
Free Web UI Kits For Graphic Designers
Fresh & free UI Kits for designers & developers. User interface design is the first thing our users see on our websites. UI Kits or design elements play a very important role in web interface designing. UI design involves a lot of creativity, inspiration and motivation along with the people-skills necessary to communicate effectively with clients.
Today freebie is 12 fresh and free UI kits for web and graphic designers. It includes all UI design web elements in PSD format, Some elements available in vector and can literally be scaled to any size.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Graphic Design books to get you started
A collection of well written graphic design books that present the world of visual communication and her beauty. They will get you started, no matter if you are studying by yourself or at school, on how to: understand, research, create and implement your design.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Exceptional Typography and Graphic Design Posters by Faried Omarah
Faried Omarah is a senior architect, graphic designer, and typographer from Cairo, Egypt. We recently found his exceptional typography and graphic design posters on Tumblr. We feel that his work is unique and should be shared. While some might think that these poster are dark and gloomy, we believe they provide a unique perspective on different ideas. Have an open mind while viewing them, we hope you enjoy!
7 Great Resume Tips for Graphic Designers
So, you’re a graphic designer, and you have some amazing skills and talent to offer a potential employer. How do you stand out from all the other graphic designers applying for the position as well though? How do you create a resume that will actually get you a call back? Here are seven great tips that will help your resume shine.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Lovely Graphic and Print Design Inspiration
Searching for design inspiration takes a lot of time if you browse galleries because you will not find only high quality design works, but also some that are simply average, or below. Having a few sites who create articles by curating the design galleries is a must. You will save time that you can use to create that beautiful design your client wants.
A graphic design project may involve the stylization and presentation of existing text and either preexisting imagery or images developed by the graphic designer. For example, a newspaper story begins with the journalists and photojournalists and then becomes the graphic designer’s job to organize the page into a reasonable layout and determine if any other graphic elements should be required. In a magazine article or advertisement, often the graphic designer or art director will commission photographers or illustrators to create original pieces just to be incorporated into the design layout. Or the designer may utilize stock imagery or photography. Contemporary design practice has been extended to the modern computer, for example in the use of WYSIWYG user interfaces, often referred to as interactive design, or multimedia design.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Creative Graphics Design Inspirations
The Art Times shares graphic design inspirations with quick look of their creation process. We have collected some of marvelous creative Graphics Design inspirations from great designers around the globe.