Graphic Design Link Picks
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Article written on Friday, 28 Apr 2023
Time for some serious Friday link action. It's been a while since I last did one of these. As always I gathered a few interesting Illustrator tutorials and identity work that inspired me. Everybody ready, so let's go!
How to Draw Flat Vector Lamborghini Car
Another pretty fantastic video tutorial that shows how to create a Lamborghini from an image. You'll use the pen tool, reflect tool, shape builder tool, width tool etc. Excellent steps to get proficient in Illustrator.
SILKAEN Branding Design
Love the elegant light soft approach of the color palette and typography for this skincare brand. The chosen typeface and the little wavy twist visualises the silkiness of the brand so well. Always cool if so much detail is presented, it finishes things off.
How to Create a Honey Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a honey text effect Photoshop style. Everything is explained in so much detail that everyone can create the effect, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.
Camp National Parks Identity Design
As always, Allan Peter's hit the nail again with this awesome design. Such beautiful clever logo design! Love how the letter A becomes the icon and forms the shape of a camping tent with the little flag on top. The badges, with its perfect colors and typography look ace!
PopUp Coffee Shop Visual Identity Design
Beautiful label design approach here with a delicious color combo. What a clever touch: transforming the UP word into a milk jug. Just an overall sweet style that makes you want to buy a coffee at this place.
Bantu Vega Visual Identity & Packaging
Beautiful design style for this plant-based food brand. Love how the color palette is used to its full potential with the many color combo variations. The illustrations and patterns suit so well.
How to Create a Dog Logo Design in Illustrator
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to design a dog logo using basic vector shapes, an art brush, and some effects. You'll also learn how to create and save an art brush in Illustrator.
Create a Flat Design Sneaker from an Image
How to create a vector Nike Air Jordan sneaker from a picture in Adobe Illustrator. This will teach you to use tools like the shapes, shape builder, the pen tool, creating and organizing layers, curvature tool, and more.
Floe Mints Branding & Packaging Design
If these mints taste as "cool and refreshing" as their packaging design, then I'd surely buy a pack. I just love the whole concept and fun tagline, superb colors, typography and illustration palette.
The Winners of 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Contest
Let's look at some beautiful pictures. They are presented in no particular order. Inspring stuff in there!
Moment’s Andrew Pollak on creating international identity systems for Marc Jacobs, Nike and More
Interview with Moment founder Andrew Pollak to hear all about his background, process and day-to-day practice.
Tabler Icons
Over 1500 vector open source icons designed to make your website or app attractive, visually consistent and simply beautiful.
Fonts on Sardines
You may go UGH here but I urge you to take a look. Some classy designs and click them to check out the fonts they used.
What Are Cap Height and X Height in Typography?
In the world of typography, there are numerous terms that are necessary for every designer to know. This article covers two basic terms of type measurement, which are cap height and x-height.
Type Trends 2022
Dig in to learn more about how design reflects society, key trends in typography and branding, and how the creative world is adopting technology like animation, variable type and NFTs.
Winners of the 2022 World Photography Awards
The 2022 edition garnered a whopping 340.000 entries! You can view the entire collection. Inspiring shots ahead.
Schwinn | Brand Identity | Manual
Very nice and extended case study of the rebranding Schwinn bicycle brand. Contains some beautiful illustrations as well.
