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  • 5 Websites with Free Mockups For Brand, Image and Packaging Design
    Design

    5 Websites with Free Mockups For Brand, Image and Packaging Design

    Discover thousands of editable templates for your packaging designs on these websites Find mockups and reference files that will help you adapt your own designs: no matter if it's for stationery, packaging, or merch, its variety will allow you to take your creativity wherever you want for free and easily. GraphicBurger Raul Taciu is a self-defined Photoshop addict. He created this platform to share his passion and make a wide variety of editable .psd files ready to be integrated into your design ideas. All mockups are royalty-free for both personal and commercial use, and no credit is necessary for creators who contribute to the international creative community’s database.

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  • Top 10: Typefaces from TV Series
    Typography, Calligraphy and Lettering

    Top 10: Typefaces from TV Series

    Appreciate ten of the best fonts from series throughout TV history We often remember a television series for its shocking scenes or endearing characters. Their theme tunes can take us back to the first time we saw them. Here we have compiled ten of our favorite fonts that accompany that helped define these shows. The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) A classic series that laid the foundation for fantasy, science fiction, thriller, and horror television. The unmistakable logo invoked a sense of anguish and mystery, of course, accompanied by Marius Constant's musical score. Fonts: Bernhard Mod., Venus

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  • Domestika Diary: Nathan Jurevicius
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    Domestika Diary: Nathan Jurevicius

    The multidisciplinary artist shares his process for working at home and finding inspiration in the everyday Working from home can sometimes feel like it limits your creative opportunities, especially if you’re used to looking for inspiration in the outside world. But just because you’re stuck indoors, doesn’t mean you have to suffer from a creative block. Nathan Jurevicius (@nathanjurevicius) is—among other things—an illustrator, toy designer, author, creative director, and concept artist. His colorful characters, lushly imaginative worlds, and diverse projects (which include glass sculpture collaborations with IKEA, a film, toys, and graphic novels, and more) are all a testament to his boundless creative energy. In this Domestika Diary, he shares how he deals with the challenges of working from home and how he manages to find endless inspiration no matter where he is.

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  • 5 Essential Courses for Getting to Grips With 3D Design
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    5 Essential Courses for Getting to Grips With 3D Design

    Discover 3D design apps for architecture, creating characters, illustration, and social media Being able to create, design, and manipulate three-dimensional graphics are skills that are incredibly sought-after across a range of professions and disciplines. Developing your knowledge and experience in these areas is essential if you want to work on projects relating to design, architecture, content creation using different formats, and digital communication. Learn more about 3D design with these fellow artists and specialized studios. Introduction to 3D Design and Printing, a course by Agustín “Flowalistik” Arroyo Learn the step-by-step processes of 3D design, modeling, and printing to give shape to your ideas and develop your own projects with Agustín “Flowalistik” Arroyo.

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  • Domestika Creatives: Petra Eriksson
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    Domestika Creatives: Petra Eriksson

    We spoke with digital artist Petra Eriksson and explored the colored universe of her illustrations Petra Eriksson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but her career has taken her to Malta, Dublin, and, finally, Barcelona. Despite originally studying fine art, her wish to use art as a practical vehicle to "solve problems" led her to the world of graphic design and editorial illustration, where she has experienced a meteoric rise thanks to her personal style. This distinctive aesthetic has seen her work appear in publications like Vice, Buzzfeed, and The New Yorker, and on the cover of Mackenzie Lee's book Bygone Badass Broads, a collection of celebrated women's stories and biographies. Petra Eriksson welcomed us into her Barcelona studio to talk about her career, her rise, and her approach to art. Watch our interview in the video below:

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  • Illustration Tutorial: Coloring With Watercolors
    Teacher Illustration

    Illustration Tutorial: Coloring With Watercolors

    Learn how to apply color to your illustrations quickly and easily with Paula Bossio A good way to bring your illustrations to life is by coloring with watercolor. It is a very flexible technique that allows you to give your illustrations a unique style. If it fits your aesthetic, it is worth taking the leap and experimenting with it. If you are ready to try it, the graphic designer, illustrator, and author Paula Bossio (@paulabossio) will explain in this tutorial how to quickly and easily apply it to your drawings. Get your sketches ready, and let's go!

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  • 5 Tips For Taking Creative Photographs Without Leaving Your Home
    Photography

    5 Tips For Taking Creative Photographs Without Leaving Your Home

    Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda present “Visual Stay-rytelling” and inspire you to create within the walls of your home Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda are a creative duo with extensive experience working with top international brands such as Facebook, Netflix, and Disney. They have thousands of followers on social media, especially on Instagram. Earlier this year, they took part in our Domestika Live: Visual Stay-rytelling, sharing details of their creative process. Their work mixes architecture with photography; the way they approach new projects is sure to give you ideas for how to fulfill your creative potential without even leaving your house.

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  • The Best Types of Shots You can Take with a Drone
    Film & Video

    The Best Types of Shots You can Take with a Drone

    Director of photography Yeray Martín Perdomo shows you how to film outdoors with a drone A drone allows you to capture scenes that would be impossible or extremely costly to film using traditional methods. They can be used both indoors and outdoors to achieve stunning sequences and tell engaging stories. Yeray Martín Perdomo (@yeray_martin_perdomo), director of photography and filmmaker, has used them in more than 50 countries to approach remote tribes, jungles, and volcanoes. Here, he will explain the type of shots you can take when flying a drone outdoors and when it is best to use them. Wide Shot A shot that gives you a general overview of a specific area. The movement has to be very linear and smooth. You do not want it to be static, but it is convenient to move very slowly because it will always be easier to accelerate a sequence than to slow it down.

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  • Challenge: Illustrate in Procreate with Just Two Colors
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    Challenge: Illustrate in Procreate with Just Two Colors

    Samuel Rodriguez, an illustrator specializing in Procreate, has just ten minutes to, using two colors, create a digital illustration To say that Samuel Rodriguez (@samrodriguezart) is an illustrator focused on creating portraits would be an understatement: the American artist has made a name for himself by cultivating a unique style in which the human face is fused with typography, all through the digital drawing tools of Procreate. With clients from a wide variety of backgrounds, Rodriguez's work hangs in museums and features on the covers of various publications. But will he be able to overcome the Domestika Challenge? In this case, we asked him to create a digital illustration in Procreate with a time limit of ten minutes... using only two colors. Find out if he succeeded in the video below:

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  • How to Create a Decorative Tassel
    Craft

    How to Create a Decorative Tassel

    Learn a quick way to create tassels to decorate clothes, jewelry, and accessories with Binge Knitting Binge Knitting (@bingeknitting) is a duo of designers and weavers made up of Bárbara Bremer and Carolina Herrera. They knit all kinds of fashion and home accessories with traditional crochet or crochet and needle techniques. Both infuse in their pieces with a contemporary vision of design and sustainable fashion.

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  • What is Negative Watercolor Painting?
    Illustration

    What is Negative Watercolor Painting?

    Find out what watercolor in negative is and how to use it to create light and depth in your illustrations Unlike other painting techniques, with watercolor, you can’t use white paint to add light and depth to your illustrations like you can with oil or acrylics. Instead, you must learn how to manage the white of the page on which you are painting to your advantage. One of the most effective ways to do this is by painting watercolor in negative: leave principal elements of your illustration unpainted so that they jump out at you. Instinctively, the most important elements of our paintings seem like the parts that we should be painting most. Painting in negative turns that idea on its head requiring you to paint everything but the object you want to highlight. Examine the picture below:

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  • Top 10: V&A Illustration Awards
    Illustration

    Top 10: V&A Illustration Awards

    We select some of our favorite entries from this year’s shortlist and winners One of the UK’s most prestigious illustration competitions, the V&A Illustration Awards were established in 1972 and celebrate art across four categories: Student Illustration, Book Cover Design, Book Illustration, and Illustrated Journalism. To celebrate this year's competition, we have selected some of our favorite entries from the 2020 shortlist. Open to UK residents, those who have had work published in titles within the UK market, or who are attending university in the UK, the competition takes place annually and is free to enter, generously supported by the Enid Linder Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Memorial fund. Each winner receives £3,000, and the overall winner of the competition is awarded the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize of an additional £5,000. The student runner-up receives £2,000. Given the level of talent and the number of entries, just to be shortlisted is a huge achievement. Here are some of our favorite entries from this year’s shortlist. You can see the shortlist and winners in full here.

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  • Typography Tutorial: Tips for Choosing the Perfect Font
    Teacher Typography, Calligraphy and Lettering

    Typography Tutorial: Tips for Choosing the Perfect Font

    Discover the keys to choosing the most suitable typography for your editorial project with Violeta Hernández Choosing the ideal typography for a project is, for many, the most complicated aspect of editorial design. There is no one perfect typography that can do everything, or universal rules that limit the options available to us, which can make our work very complicated. That's why Violeta Hernández (@soyvioleta), graphic designer, artist, and illustrator, has given us a series of tips to help make this important decision and choose a typography that fits and contributes to our projects. Learn these keys in the following tutorial:

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  • Discover Your Creative Type
    Marketing

    Discover Your Creative Type

    Empathy map: a simple exercise to grow creatively and professionally with Marcelo Tas It doesn't matter what your specialty is: we all have creative prejudices that, if we don’t know about them, can block development of our projects, as they distance us from objectivity. For Marcelo Tas (@marcelo_tas)–journalist, scriptwriter, actor, TV presenter and director–knowing your creative inclinations is fundamental to understanding your audience and communicating with them in the best way. Here, he shares a practical and simple exercise that will help you to find it. This exercise is ideal for communication projects that need to identify their audience. It is also useful for getting to know yourself as a professional.

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  • What is Crewel Embroidery?
    Craft

    What is Crewel Embroidery?

    Discover the characteristics, materials, and origins of this embroidery technique Crewel or crewelwork embroidery is characterized by the use of thick wool instead of delicate threads, as in other types of embroidery. This technique is at least a millennium old, and can be found on decorative objects such as tapestries and curtains, as well as luxury clothing. Recently it has been incorporated into contemporary embroidery in pieces such as cushions, clothing or decorative embroidery for walls. Origins The origin of the word is uncertain, but it comes from the name of a special type of wool that is used, which tends to twist. The Bayeaux Tapestry, or Queen Mathilde's Tapestry, is one of the oldest known pieces, and was embroidered in the 11th century. It recounts the events of the Battle of Hastings. This impressive piece has about 70 scenes from the battle, and is approximately 68 meters long.

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  • Domestika Diary: Emma Hanquist
    Illustration

    Domestika Diary: Emma Hanquist

    The Swedish illustrator shares her daily routine and how she incorporates creativity into her everyday Editorial illustrators face an interesting creativity challenge—not only do they need to consider the practicalities of page design, but they also have to create images that are visually striking and contribute to a larger conversation. Emma Hanquist is a Swedish illustrator who specializes in editorial illustration and who has also worked with brands such as Airbnb and Spotify. In today’s Domestika Diary, she talks not just about her daily routine, but also the places where she finds inspiration, and what she’s doing to foster her children’s creative habits.

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  • 5 Instagram Marketing Courses
    Marketing

    5 Instagram Marketing Courses

    Discover the best tools and strategies to better position your brand on the social network Due to its growing number of users and the constant implementation of new publishing tools, Instagram is now one of the most popular platforms to promote personal brands, products and services among all kinds of audiences. Learn how to create narratives, curate content, define visual strategies and measure the response from your audience with 5 experts in Instagram marketing. Brand Strategy on Instagram, a course by Julieta Tello Learn what storytelling is and how to build your brand around it with Julieta, a marketing strategist specialized in engagement on the social network. Generate content with measurable results and discover how to create a successful and professional strategy to gain followers.

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  • Creative Tools: HTML
    Design

    Creative Tools: HTML

    This is how the language websites are built with came to be All the websites you have visited share a similar basic structure. Regardless of their complexity, they are built with programming languages ​​that make a site have large or small fonts, bright colors, drop-down menus, or videos. This is how the first, and still the most-used, website building language, HTML, came to be.

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  • Download These Exercises and Learn How to Draw the Female Body
    Illustration

    Download These Exercises and Learn How to Draw the Female Body

    7 drawing exercises by Violeta Hernández for practicing the female figure The best way to learn to draw and improve your technique is to practice with different exercises. Violeta Hernández (@soyvioleta) is an illustrator and designer that frequently draws inspiration from the feminine and the organic, fascinated by the perfection of nature. Here she'll share a series of exercises that will help you improve your technique when drawing the female anatomy.

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  • How Did Digital Illustration Begin?
    Illustration

    How Did Digital Illustration Begin?

    From engineering to tablets, digital illustration has come a long way Digital illustration is part of the mainstream. But, not long ago, it was something that few artists used in their work. How did those artists start using computers to design? How did digital art become what it is today? In the video below, we review a brief history of the technique that is now vital to the creative process of countless makers and artists. Don't miss it!

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  • What Is Packaging Design and Why It Is So Important Today
    Design

    What Is Packaging Design and Why It Is So Important Today

    Discover the fundamental principles of packaging design Packaging was initially created as a utilitarian item–its sole function was to conserve a product as best as possible. However, soon the appearance of packaging also became crucial: packaging needed to attract buyers and drive sales. Today, these continue to be the two main ideas that all packaging designers work around. How did packaging come about? Packaging began to be developed at the same time that advances in technology and transport were being made, meaning food could be stored for longer and travel further. As more and more new products arrived, so did new types of packaging, printer technologies, and marketing techniques that set out to make products grab people’s attention. When it comes to graphic design, something similar happened. The art and culture trends can be seen reflected in packaging from different time periods. Memorable packaging Here are some examples of iconic packaging that show off the trends of the time. The Tiffany Box In 1887, Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of the jewelry brand Tiffany & Co, chose the turquoise blue that would become emblematic of the Tiffany Box. The box has since become almost as iconic as the engagement ring inside. In 1998, the color “Tiffany Blue” was registered as a brand and listed in the Pantone color system.

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  • Free Download: Textures for Caricature Projects
    Illustration

    Free Download: Textures for Caricature Projects

    Illustrator Jorge Arévalo shares a bundle of textures that will give your illustration projects a professional touch Jorge Arévalo (@jorgearevalo) is a Spanish illustrator who, since the end of the 90s, has seen his work published in countless international best-selling titles, such as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Esquire. His most popular works are the standout characters he creates for “La Luna”, a supplement of the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo–they make up an important part of its identity. Arévalo has authored several books, including “Portraits”, an award-winning compilation of portraits from the worlds of cinema, music, and fashion. As a creative director, Jorge has teamed up with such brands as Cartier, Sony Ericsson, BBVA, Kodak, Westin Palace, and many more.

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