Friday, May 7, 2010

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

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