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Advertising : Ad Blockers, Yahoo block, rebound, Advertising Needs An Overhaul
Seems ad blockers are a good thing, and it also seems ad blockers are a bad thing. The problem arises when the advertising broker is sleezy and greedy, and the publishers don't have time to pay...
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Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time ... inspiration for artists and visionaries
When James Gurney's Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time first appeared in 1992, it was immediately hailed as a fully imagined world of the caliber of J. R. R. Tolkien's! Gurney's premise — of an...
View ArticleSCAD Students Rising to the Challenge : 3D Paper Product Design
How many times have I raved about folded paper and 3D paper projects? If you're going to fold anyway, why not make it epic? When Yavne, Israel sent me this coverage from the Savannah College of Art and...
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Creative coloring apps for designers and illustrators of all ages
Recently we've had an "adult coloring" thread going, looking at all aspects of grown-up coloring books. Of course with the adult coloring fad, the app developers would jump in on the act. So, here...
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Awesome Photographic modifications and manipulations that defy reality
Gosh ... I've been slowly cleaning out the libraries of images and emails sent in by readers and there are hundreds of unaccounted for images. With many of these, we do not know who sent which image....
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Photographs that capture a moment of life -- at the exact right moment!
OUT with the OLD, and IN with the NEW ... I'm cleaning out tons of images sent in by readers, and here are several collections now merged into one. For a hundred years, the photographer has been...
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Creative Tidbits #201: Trump, Iranian type, Adobe Post, classic signs and more
Kicking off a brand new year -- 2016 -- with creative update number 201 ! I probably enjoy finding these great discoveries more than you do! There's a lot going on so, enjoy and remember : there's a...
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Creative Tidbits #202: anti-drug drive posters, Bikinis, Photoshop Action and...
Rolling into a new year of Creative Tidbits, we're finding these great discoveries and enjoying the creative experience around every corner! Remember, we're always looking for your suggestions and...
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Awesome Steampunk photo manipulations and photo-realistic illustrations!
There are many, many fans of steampunk style which is a large subgenre of science fiction and fantasy. These images have been inspired by technology and aesthetic designs from the 19th-century...
View Article60-Seconds #327 : Who establishes the logo design trends for 2016?
Somebody posted their 'logo design trends for 2016' to a LinkedIN design group, so I decided to follow it. Much to my surprise, they talked about design techniques that have always been in use, and...
View ArticleAd Blockers : people finally had enough and now see no ads! Can you blame them?
We have been following this issue since last November -- and being one of the first sites to begin the cruisade against online advertising back in the 1990s, we're delighted it's finally getting some...
View ArticleAdvertising Update : 2015 trends vs 2016 trends, myths, Super Bowl, GIFs and...
So, this is the issue where we look at the advertising trends predictions. I guess you may have already seen my 60-Seconds on Logo Design Trends, so you know how I feel about predicting trends. So...
View Article60-Seconds #328 : Why do cybercrime spam cartels keep sending the same, tired...
As many of you already know, I've been a volunteer spam fighter since February 15th, 1999. I had a passion about helping keep the Internet clean since developing forums for GEnie, eWorld and America...
View ArticleA New Year and A New Look: McDonald's Global Packaging Launches In Style
Starting this month, McDonald’s restaurants in the United States will unveil new carry-out bags, fountain beverage cups and sandwich boxes. I don't know if this is a hallmark in graphic design, but...
View ArticleCREATIVE Tidbits : Valentine's Do It Yourself
And now for something totally different . . . for this creative surf, I thought it would be fun just to snoop around and see what kind of creative projects others are doing. We found a few : *...
View ArticleVintage Valentine's Cuts copyright free clip art on CD-ROM
We believe, vintage images evolk memories of by-gone days. Mostly created in the Victorian era, these collections illustrate high talent in simpler times -- when artists could afford to spend the time...
View ArticleIn search of Martin Luther King Jr.
Each year, we like to focus on achievements in the visual communications world in celebration of Black History Month. This year we're taking a little different approach in a quest to find creative...
View ArticleDesigners' Concern : Countering the Growing Intellectual Property Theft Threat
Intellectual property theft affects all areas of design and development and the internet has helped it increase dramatically over the past decade. All designers have felt the ping of anger when...
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Hamilton Wood Type and UW-Madison Libraries partner to preserve and expand...
The new year will usher in a new collaboration aimed at advancing the Wisconsin Idea and preserving a treasured piece of University of Wisconsin–Madison history. Beginning in January, the UW–Madison...
View ArticleBetter story telling and visual flow using StoryBoard Artist
Storyboarding is and art, no matter if it's for video, cinema, comic books or other visual sequentials. If you're writing and producing TV spots, educational films, or other promotional motion pictures...
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