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3D Photoshop Object Projects and Tutorials - Part II

January 28, 2010 – 6:20 am

More 3D for Fun and FunctionIn our last article we presented some nifty examples of what you can do with Photoshop in creating your own 3D objects. There are literally thousands of PS objects that you can download from the Internet, but the process of making your own Photoshop 3D items is not only fun [...]

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Graphic Design and Effective Messaging - Part II

January 7, 2010 – 6:17 am

Graphic Design Is Messaging
Although the artistic merits of good graphic design is at the forefront of what a graphic artist does the real backbone behind the design is the effectiveness of the message you are trying to communicate to the viewer.
In our last article we quoted Marshal McLuhan saying, “The medium is the message” or [...]

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Graphic Design and Effective Messaging - Part I

January 5, 2010 – 4:14 pm

The Medium Is the Message
Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase “The medium is the message.” McLuhan was considered one of the cutting edge media theorists of his day and realized that the “container” of the message or the medium influenced how the final message was perceived.
As graphic artists it is important to understand and use this [...]

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Over $10,000 in Prizes Being Given Away in Design Group Writing Project for Charity

November 6, 2008 – 11:13 pm

To celebrate Just Creative Design’s 1st birthday (November 7th), Jacob Cass has been working hard to put together a massive project for hisreaders, the design community and charity. There is a total of 66 different prizes worth exactly $11,000 all up so there will be 66 lucky winners. 100% of all proceeds will go to the Blog Action Day Poverty Fund.

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Huge Roundup of Typography Blogs, Resources, Articles, Galleries, & Tools

September 1, 2008 – 11:05 am

A collection of Typography blogs & resources, Typography articles, Typography showcases, and Typography tools and then categorized them for you in this article.

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A New and More Accurate Search Engine for Finding Free Clipart

May 27, 2008 – 9:56 pm

As graphic designers, we are always on the hunt for quality free clipart images to use in our designs. The problem is that often searching for clipart often brings back very inaccurate search results. Well, thanks to one of my friends, I have found a new site called Find Free Clipart which will make my life much easier the next time I search for clipart online.

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Podcast for Freelance Graphic Designers

April 26, 2008 – 11:57 pm

Lindsay Marsh, owner of Marsh Graphic Design has created several audio and video podcasts she calls the Freelancer. They cover various topics related to the freelance graphic designer. She plans on doing these pretty regularly and from what we see there is a lot of potential here. I suggest you check them out.
The [...]

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Hot in Graphic Design - A Superb Guide to Designing With Black

March 7, 2008 – 7:20 pm

A Superb Guide to Designing With Black
Many of the people who visit All Graphic Design are Graphic Designers and many of you are Web Designers. If you are a Graphic Designer, than you most likely know that many things can go wrong when sending your files to be printed. For one thing, colors never look [...]

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Hot in Graphic Design - Find Out if You are a Lousy, No Good Graphic Designer

March 6, 2008 – 6:54 pm

Find Out if You are a Lousy, No Good Graphic Designer
Hey, I bet you think you are the best Graphic Designer around, don’t you?! Well, if you are brave enough, you should take a look at an article which will hit you where it hurts (if you are doing any of the 13 tell tale [...]

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Hot in Graphic Design - Examples of Good Graphic Design Portfolios

March 5, 2008 – 6:43 pm

Examples of Good Graphic Design Portfolios
This is a post on Astheria Design Blog that is in response to a previous post called “˜My Last Portfolio Sucked, Yours Might Too”˜. This articles includes pictures and links to Design portfolios that were designed with a goal in mind. All of these design portfolios have one thing in [...]

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