Font Bundles.net Help cut the cost of Graphic Design
Font Bundles.net – a premium font bundle distributor has risen up in recent months from a relatively unknown entity to a popular main player in the Graphic Design industry. By breaking the mould with ideas such as Auction Font Bundles and with their Free Font of the Week concept they seem to be digging in […]
25 Sketch Freebies for Web & Graphic Designers
Anyone who’s been keeping up with design news should know about Sketch. It’s a tightly-focused piece of software with an emphasis on UI design. The program is developed for OS X by Bohemian Coding with a palette of tools that mirror Photoshop and Illustrator. Although the program is meant for interfaces you can build anything including icons and simple graphics.
This gallery includes 25 freebies released for Sketch. Although not everyone is using Sketch, many designers are jumping onto the bandwagon because it’s cheaper and easier than Adobe products. These freebies provide a deeper look at the design process and offer some great tools for newbies just getting into the software.
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28 Free Typefaces for Web & Graphic Designers
Custom fonts are useful not just for graphics design, but also to use in your own websites via CSS @font-face. All of the free open source font families are easy to find and quick to include on your websites. But graphic/web designers also know the importance of choosing the right fonts in your mockups.
I want to present a small collection of interesting web fonts you can download for free use in any project. These are a great choice for web designers because you can easily setup your logo and heading text without needing to sacrifice much in the HTML/CSS conversion. Additionally you can produce the other web-safe font filetypes by using a service like Font2Web.
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28 Inspirational Typographic Designs
Here at DesignM.ag there have been plenty of examples of astonishing typography in design, and we are bringing you yet another batch. In the following post I will be sharing with you 28 inspirational typographic designs.
Showcase: Sports in Graphic Design
Sometimes you can learn a lot about a designer based on the type of work that they do. Designers that are sports fans often integrate their favorite sports and/or athletes into their work. In this post we’ll feature some sports-related work for your design inspiration.
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Getting Started with Graphics Design for the Web
Graphic design is such an engrossing topic because it requires an enormous amount of time and practice to learn. This is similar with web development, but coding is often seen as more logical and straightforward. Design has structured guidelines, but it is much more of an art than a science. You should learn these basic guidelines and understand why certain graphics or colors work together before starting to breaking those rules.
If you have passion and perseverance then nothing can truly stop you from becoming a great designer. The first step is to recognize how the process works and where your energy needs to be focused. I want to share my thoughts about graphic design for website layouts and offer a few bits of advice for anyone interested in the field.
28 Fresh E-mail Newsletter Designs for Graphic Inspiration
Webmasters are often wise to consider running a small e-mail newsletter. There are tons of free systems such as MailChimp which automatically collect subscribers and send out messages for you. But one aspect which does require some work is the design and layout.
Most e-mail messages are written in basic HTML code. Campaign Monitor is a great website which collects tips and tricks for building outstanding newsletters. Below I have collected 28 totally fresh e-mail designs for some great inspiration. If you know of similar layouts please let us know in the discussion area below.
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20 Examples of Graphic Icons in Web Design
A long time ago the Internet wasn’t such a new technology. Websites were merely static text on a page, barely even interactive. Over the past 20 years we have seen a dramatic improvement in design styles and theming for the web. These techniques often incorporate fancy icons into their layout format. These icons can help to delineate navigation links, sidebars, or even offered services. And I’ve collected 20 examples of these designs into a beautiful inspiration gallery!
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