Graphic Design Link Picks
resources from newsletter #0087 & #0088
Article written on Wednesday, 22 Aug 2018
Who doesn't like to look at beautiful pictures? Everybody does so that's what we are going to do in this weeks update. Wait there's more… a dive into animation and something about new beginnings. In need of some free mesh gradients? The good folks of lstore.graphics have 100 of them ready for you to download. There's also a comprehensive case study from Meagan Fisher in this weeks resources. Enjoy!
iPhone Photography Awards | 2018 Photographers of the Year
The first and the longest running iPhone photography competition. Be sure to check all the categories at the bottom. Beautiful inspiring shots!
100 Days of Motion Design
How Tiantian Xu taught herself to create 50 pieces of animation in 100 days. This article describes her creative process, the tools she used, and a reflection on the project.
Design Tips: How to Create Illustrations for IT Blog
There are numerous goals which can be achieved with custom illustrations. Graphic designer Yaroslava Yatsuba has some experience and shares tips and practices on creating blog illustrations.
The key lessons I learned creating a popular Design System
"A design system is a tool for empowerment, not a weapon to control design". The creator of the Atlassian design system shares his knowledge.
Free Mesh Gradient Collection
A collection of 100 free mesh gradients coming in a plethora range of formats like Sketch, AI (Adobe Illustrator), .eps, .jpg and .png. They are high quality so go have a look and download.
Helping Behavioral Scientists Create Behavior Change for Good
Meagan Fisher shares a comprehensive case study detailing the design of two digital research platforms.
“Make it Pop”: How to not suck at giving feedback
This post is about how you can level up your feedback skills by providing good creative feedback, but these principles can extend beyond just creative feedback!
How to Make a Dot
A non-definitive guide on how to make a strokes-intact dot for outline style icons in Adobe Illustrator.
