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Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline

Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer. A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. There are plenty of resources available in which you can learn graphic design on your own. Don’t set your expectations to high at first, as it will take enthusiastic study for years to become great. You can do it though!

60 Highly Clever Minimal Logo Designs

Depending on the flavor of your business, your logo may appear big and flashy, bold and colorful or just plain simple and clever. In this roundup, I’ve turned the spotlight towards the more simple and clever logo styles that leave a strong impression. As simplistic as they may appear, there is genius behind these 60 highly clever minimal logo designs. http://bluefaqs.com/2010/04/60-highly-clever-minimal-logo-designs/
Feb 07 2011 Advertisement Brushes for Adobe Photoshop are known to be one of the most used add-ons since they don’t just enhance your designs, but also help give your works a new, fresh and stunning look.

80 All-You-Need Photoshop Brushes - Noupe Design Blog

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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/11/the-ultimate-collection-of-photoshop-custom-shapes/ Photoshop users are able to benefit from the vast amount of high-quality resources that are freely available to the community. Brushes get a lot of attention, but custom shapes are also extremely useful in the right situations. Finding a custom shape that has already been created can save you some time and headaches in your design, and fortunately there is a very wide variety of custom shapes available. This post highlights 80 different sets of custom shapes (over 2,500 individual shapes) in several different categories. If you plan to download and use any of these shapes be sure to check to terms and conditions set by the creator of the shapes. 1.

The Ultimate Collection Of Photoshop Custom Shapes - Smashing Magazine

10 Free Vintage Fonts

http://www.webdesigndispatch.com/10-free-vintage-fonts/ Last week we featured some cool vintage type examples that we found on Etsy so this week, I thought it would be a good idea to gather up some just as cool free vintage fonts similar to the ones shown in the post. These free vintage and retro style fonts are great resources to keep on hand for those old school design projects. Download these fonts and don’t forget to organize them into a vintage font category so you can easily bust them out when needed.