8 Typographic Tools to Memorize

 It explains itself. To see the website I got this from, go here.

Great Package REdesigns

Some of the before brands of these items were absolutely hideous before they were redone. I think its good to look at this stuff to see if what you're working on is going in the right directions.

I'm glad these guys all went into a different direction

Good photoshop tips

Always know youre photoshop, it can get you out of pretty much any sticky design situation. visit here to see all of them.

Easy, Awesome, Pattern Making Machine

One great skill to have is to know how to make a stencil. It's a great way to make an impact, to make patterns, create vector objects on a tangible surface...

Here are some great stencils I came across

Its so tiny, so amazing... just because it looks so good and its done so perfectly.

Color Trends are Important to follow

Its always good to keep up with color trends. It will make whatever you're making more appealing and probably get better feed back, yes everyone has their own color preference but there ARE color trends out there and people do meaningfully or inadvertently follow them.

Here is a color trend from cosmoworlds.

and here are Pantone's choices

Great ways to represent yourself

As we are doing this annual project, I was researching what other designers were putting out there and here are a few that I really liked. this is where you can find all of them.

I personally really like the box cut outs. I'm pretty into packaging as of now but that could change...

More Logos, They're always good for inspiration

It's important for a logo to stick in the consumer's mind... and to help that, it should be catchy.. kinda like an oxymoron. It doesn't have to be, but it helps

my favorites are the schizophrenic one and the office strategies one

Single Page and "POP" websites I really Enjoyed

Portfolios are nice to market yourself to the online community but what if you need to give a little push and shove towards a product, feature, something special you want people to get into. The easiest way to do that is with viral advertising, or something like a single page website that is dedicated to that one thing. You have to make it fun, bright and... let me say it again, FUN

This one just looks yummy and I like the texture in the background

I gotta love the cows, I'm from Wisconsin

Like I said, nice and interactive... personalized

I liked this one because I thought that I could make my website kind of like this to match my annual. good find!

Portfolio Websites I really enjoyed

It is quite important to have an impressive portfolio and its also important to see what kind of portfolios are competing against yours. Here are a few pages that I thought were worth sharing.

I liked this one's language, thumblog..

I just liked this one cause it was different; only looks fake because of the lack of crease.

And this one below is my favorite, its quarky and personal.