29 Free contextual alternates fonts Filter Options Era89's Birthday FREE Photoshop Styles by KoolGfx on deviantART Chromeography - photos of emblems, badges, logos on cars & other objects 25 Free PSD Templates to Mockup Your Print Designs No matter whether you’re presenting designs to a client or showcasing your latest work in your portfolio, taking the time to present your work can really boost its value and shows how the design works in its intended use. This collection of free PSD templates makes it easy to showcase your stationery & branding designs, business card and posters & leaflets in realistic settings as if they had been professionally printed and photographed. Mockup PSD templates tend to use Photoshop Smart Objects to allow the end user to edit the design featured within the layout. Open up the file and find the appropriate artwork layer then double click the Smart Object layer’s thumbnail to edit the built in .psb file. Once you’ve added your own artwork, save and close the file. When you return to the mockup document you’ll see your own designs have been transformed and positioned into place within the mockup layout. Stationery or branding mockups are great for showcasing a complete corporate identity.
100 Free Fonts You Should Be Using In 2015 The perfect font is hard to find. Here at Canva, we know how difficult and time-consuming it can be to search for the perfect fonts every time you need one for a design project. So we’ve done the hard work for you, compiling a showcase of the best typefaces from 2015 and recent years. You’ll find them organized by category (sans serif, serif, script, and display/decorative) with links to where you can download them for your own use (Did you know you can now upload your own fonts to Canva?) Sans Serif 01. Features: humanist design (more organic, calligraphy-inspired, horizontal movement for easy reading); seven weights plus matching italics and small caps. Great for: advanced typesetting; books and articles. Find it at: Huerta Tipográfica; download the companion serif version at Font Squirrel. 02. Features: contemporary yet classic design inspired by early 20th-century signage in the Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires; recently updated with extra weights (but no italics). 03. 04. 05. 06.
Create Dimension With Gradients in This Abstract Poster Design Let's play with Linear Gradients in this abstract poster design. Fire up Adobe Illustrator (I'll be using Illustrator CC 2014) and get ready to doodle out some rainbows, curving arrows, and paisley-like splash designs. Create a New Document. It's your call on the size. Use the Rectangle Tool (M) to draw a large light gray rectangle over the Artboard. The white banner-like shapes in the background of the design are fairly simple. Copy (Control-C) and Paste (Control-V) the banner-like shapes so you have six of them placed in a V over the artboard. Draw a circle with the Ellipse Tool (L). To apply a Drop Shadow to the circle group, Select it and go to Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow and add the following attributes: Mode: MultiplyOpacity: 40%X Offset: 0.08 inY Offset: 0.04 inBlur: 0.1 inColor: Black Use the Pencil Tool (N) to draw curving, paisley-like designs around the dimensional disc. In total, I drew 14 of the white splash shapes. Once again, we'll apply a Drop Shadow to the design.
¿Y si los logos estuvieran diseñados con caligraffiti? Streetbranding Tipografía ¿Y si los logos estuvieran diseñados con caligraffiti? Streetbranding ¿Imaginais que comenzase una tendencia de hacer logos con caligraffiti? «Streetbranding, no es un proyecto», explica Juanjo Rivas, «es un ejercicio de reflexión por la tendencia que vivimos hoy día de insertar el lettering mediante brushpen en logos, identidades con letterpress, etc. Juanjo Rivas (San Pedro Alcántara, Málaga) estudió diseño gráfico en Granada, donde ahora ejerce como diseñador gráfico, ilustrador y profesor de tipografía en Estación Diseño. Forium –una fuente inspirada en los triforios góticos– y Lousiane –una tipografía decorativa para títulos y composiciones, presentada con motivo de la Ampersand Conference 2013– son otros trabajos tipográficos de Juanjo Rivas que el diseñador pone a disposición en descarga gratuita. ______ +info: juanjorivas.com
How To Make a Cool Cinemagraph Image in Photoshop No doubt you’ll have heard of the term Cinemagraph since it exploded onto the Internets. Originally coined by Photographers Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, a cinemagraph is a clever revival of the classic animated GIF. It combines features of video and photography to create a the illusion of a still image but with cool motion effects. Let’s take a look at how to create your own animated GIF cinemagraph by playing around with Photoshop’s animation tools. Some of the best cinemagraph examples can be found on the creators’ own website. As the popularity of the cinemagraph grew we began to see mobile apps such as Cinemagram emerge, which allows the easy creation of amateur cinemagraphs using the device’s built in camera. Cinemagraphs require some kind of motion, so while the final image looks much more similar to a photograph than a video, we need to begin with actual video footage. Use a tripod. Alternatively you could always play around with existing stock video footage. Download this file
GE Zodiac, Regular Dingbats - Esoteric 1.0 Copyright © 1998, Graphx Edge, all rights reserved Contains 25 characters in Download contains 3 files. Character Map Tuts+ Free Design & Illustration Tutorials Sign Painters, recuperando el oficio de pintar palabras Tipografía Sign Painters, recuperando el oficio de pintar palabras Sing painters es el título del documental en el que los directores Faythe Levine y Macon Sam realizan un homenaje a ese bello oficio que es el de pintar palabras. Hubo un tiempo −para algunos no tan lejano ya que perduró hasta llegar a la década de los 80−, en la que los escaparates, murales, pancartas, carteles, vallas publicitarias, incluso las señales de tráfico estaban rotuladas a mano, con pincel y pintura. En 2010 los directores Faythe Levine y Macon Sam, junto con el director de fotografía con Travis Auclair, comenzaron a documentar el trabajo que desarrollan estos profesionales dedicados de pleno a reactivar estos métodos consagrados durante décadas. Sing painters cuenta también con un libro publicado por Princeton Architectural Press en noviembre de 2012 que incluye el prólogo de Ed Ruscha, artista legendario del lettering. _____ +info: signpaintermovie SIGN PAINTERS (OFFICIAL TRAILER) from samuel j macon on Vimeo.
TUTORIALS Be sure to check out my latest tutorial currently posted on Design Instruct, Create a 3D Coffee Cup with Illustrator and Photoshop. In this tutorial I will show how to create a 3D coffee cup in Adobe Illustrator, add a design to it, then apply it to an advertisement. continue… In this tutorial, you will learn how to design a minimalist brochure with a gallery layout. continue… A great way to make text stand out is to give it a little pop. continue… There are many types of effects that you can add to your flyer advertisement. continue… Check out my latest tutorial at Design Instruct; Vintage Photo Effect in Photoshop where I show how to create a vintage look to your photos. continue… There is a lot of typography-based artwork recently with more people getting their hands on 3D programs. continue… Have you ever tried your hand at t-shirt design or are you an expert in the field? continue… continue… In this tutorial we are going to create a clean retro-looking badge/burst in Adobe Illustrator.
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