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? You are interested in web design? Meet some of the trends we see in the website design.

When we talk about design and screens? Visuals it is what rules! A large image, full-screen, is the best asset that we can use to communicate in detail what the Web offers.

This year we will replace the words and images as many sites are doing it.

And if the images enthrall us? To say about the videos? This resource is being used increasingly: short videos that provide a brief synopsis of the web, some played on loop from the home.

Thanks to HTML5 is possible to raise a website to a never before thought, animations and fantastic user experience multimedia design.

We have a clear trend of using the scroll in navigating a website, especially in the homepages.

Probably one of the main reasons is the increase navigability from mobile devices.

When we go to a site from a tablet or phone, clicking on a button and hope that link us to another page can be very tedious.

Users expect to be able to move on one page and find all the information they need, especially mobile users from the world.

It should also be mentioned that another trend that comes with the scroll is adding aggregate to surf the web, as in the case of Boldking animation in which the animation is beginning as we go down on the scroll.

? Who does not like to listen to, read or watch a good story? Another trend of the websites has to do with the ability of these to tell the story of the brand, product, service to which the site belongs.

And if there is a possibility that the user can be part of the story through interaction? Much better! We are used to the standard model of menu on Web sites, it is one of the elements that has had fewer changes and users are already used to them.

However, the increased use of mobile devices gives us a new trend in site design desktop: the use of hidden menu we use for mobile design, simplifying visualization.

Typography is one of the key elements of good design.

While we want more pictures than words, the few words we say should be easy to read, attractive, with a quick display on the first page.

• The flat design continues in force! He is wearing the crown design since a couple of years and will keep his position, fortunately, since this type of minimal design promotes a very effective communication.

This trend is especially found in icons, menus and illustrations.

With the trend Responsive Web Design at its peak is expected to facts only to mobile sites are disappearing and finally almost everywhere fit Responsive philosophy.

It is increasingly common to find in a home page with buttons ghost or transparent buttons.

These buttons work very well, especially on pages that use photographs or videos in the background.

A marked trend, which has probably given rise to the others, is the search for greater speed and performance of websites.

?Why? Simple, better user experience can generate more conversion.

Therefore, designers and developers continue to investigate new ways to create attractive websites always taking care items using, looking at the weight and speed.

Remember that if you want to start creating your first website, you can enter our courses HTML5 and CSS, CSS3, Responsive Web Design and JavaScript accessed by devcode.

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Athi Patra Ruga, night of the long knives, 2013.

inkjet printing Archival in Photorag Baryta Edition of 5150 x 190 cm 2013.

Courtesy artist and Whatiftheworld athi Patra Ruga is rapidly becoming one of the artists Searches in South Africa.

He was named as one of the 100 best artists under the age of 33 in ‘Younger than Jesus’ Phaidon, his work has appeared on the cover of the magazine Art South Africa and was featured prominently in the recent 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London.

Patra-Ruga works on a wide range of genres, questioning fashion, performance and art.

His work is extremely bright and colorful, with prints and textures that intentionally collide.

In The Future White Women of Azania Saga, his most recent solo exhibition in Cape Town, I explore the ideas of utopia and dystopia in the context of post-apartheid South Africa.

With its bold styling and its underlying sense of humor, perfectly merges history, pop culture and mythology, creating a body of work that deals with controversial issues in contemporary culture.

Daniella Mooney, Steps to Eleusis Demeter and, 2014.

9 varieties of wood, 193 x 262 x 50 cm.

Courtesy of the artist and Whatiftheworld working predominantly in sculpture and installation, Daniella Mooney effortlessly manages to combine monumentality with the ephemeral, the natural and mystical.

She uses materials including wood, stone and glass in their work, emphasizing the relationship of humanity with these different media, creating a reverence for the natural world.

The beauty of his work belies the complex ideas of mythology and narrative exploring.

Everything considered: light, sound and space play an integral role in its facilities.

With two solo exhibitions to date, we can expect to see more of the attractive and thoughtful Mooney work in the future.

Dineo Seshee ballot, pallets / a small part of all, 2013.

28 drawings.

acrylic on acrylic paper.

14.

8 x 21 cm each.

Courtesy of Stevenson.

Sheshee Dineo Bopape has lived and worked around the world, studying in South Africa, Amsterdam and New York.

Integra drawing, painting, performance and installation in their artwork on layers, based on their own experiences to explore issues of gender, identity and race.

Its facilities are bright, gaudy and full-bodied.

She creates an immersive environment in their art work combining video with untidy objects.

Each object refers to a deeper meaning, but a clear explanation always remains out of reach.

Bopape works invite the viewer to attribute their own interpretation to their deeply personal explorations.

Georgina Gratrix is ​​known for its distinctive paintings, but thanks to ongoing collaboration with Warren Editions in Cape Town, also has an impressive collection of prints.

His loose and playful style, with thick layers of paint IMPase, is instantly recognizable.

Gratrix explores notions of celebrity, personality and pop culture in relation to the history of painting, with themes and titles graciously made a gesture to contemporary life.

Represented by SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, she has participated in numerous exhibitions in South Africa and abroad.

Hasan & Husain Essop, Freedom Fighters, 2014.

Lightjet C-print on archival paper.

115 x 145 cm.

Edition of 5.

Courtesy of the artists and Goodman Gallery.

Artistic collaborators and twin brothers, Hasan & Hussain Essop already have a lot of work at the age of 29 years.

They use photography to create stories and characters tell a story in each image.

They describe their work as exploring stereotypes of East and West, two cultures that loom large in their daily lives.

They use their personal experiences to inform images, while at the same time invite the viewer to explore their own preconceived ideas.

His work is a personal exploration of the many cultural indicators relevant to their lives as part of the young Muslim community in Cape Town, critically examining the meaning in many cultures around them.

Jody Paulsen, Manhunt International, 2014.

Felt, 4.

5 x 2 m.

Courtesy of the artist and Brundyn +, Cape Town A relatively newcomer Jody Paulsen is the youngest artist in this list.

After graduating with a Master of Arts in 2013, Paulsen has been making a name since, through art and fashion.

Exploring consumerism and the culture that surrounds it, Paulsen creates vibrant layered collages of felt with contrasting colors, with many recognizable logos and brands.

Paulsen clear fascination with fashion and brands is evident, demonstrated through its collaboration with the South African Adriaan Kuiters label for a collection that is exhibited at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

As an artist at the beginning of an exciting career, and Jody Paulsen is a person you have to look.

Kemang Wa Lehulere, The Grass is Always Greener on The Other Side, 2014, Installation.

Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, United States.

Courtesy of Stevenson.

Kemang Wa Lehulere works with drawing, installation and performance.

Use these means to explore the personal and the historical, focusing on the unreliability of memory.

His works can be monumental or small, ambitious and impermanent.

Used in many of his performances to represent the excavation process, simultaneously discovered and destroyed.

When performing the same work, consider their personal narratives, while the viewer is implicit in this mutual discovery and destruction of a file.

Looking at the past and the future and the impermanence of both the work Wa Lehulere forces us to look at the narratives that we signed and believe.

Widely collected and exhibited in art fairs around the world, the monumental works of Lionel Smit remain popular.

His great portraits combine realism with creating expressive brand and bold color.

Cut faces Smit portraits often look directly at the viewer, her strength augmented by bright colors and thick brush marks.

Bronze sculptures Smit evoke the same force as his paintings: ‘Morphous’, recently exhibited at CIRCA in Johannesburg, is a huge bust two-headed woman.

Smit translates the expressive brushwork of his paintings on the surface of bronze, and texture of the sculpture echoes his iconic style of painting is done.

Chosen as the face of the BP Portrait Awards in London in 2013, Smit’s work is so celebrated internationally as in their country of origin.

Mohau Modisakeng, Ditaola V, 2014.

printing inkjet Epson UltraSmooth.

150 x 200 cm.

Edition of 5 + 2AP.

Courtesy of the artist and Brundyn +, Cape Town Mohau Modisakeng is a young South African artist who tries to directly address the historical problems of racism in South Africa.

Working with sculpture, video and performance, the artist often appears in his own work.

His work is highly symbolic, using fabrics, land and armaments to refer to colonialism and conflict.

He shuns non-contentious issues in the South African and African society, but uses his art to challenge and draw attention to them.

Bravely forcing his audience to confront issues of identity and race, their work is powerful in its symbolism.

In addition to exhibiting extensively in South Africa, Modisakeng has exhibited in art centers around the world, including New York, Basel and London.

Nandipha mntambo, Destinyies Entwined, 2014.

rawhide resin, polyester mesh, waxed cord.

Left: 190 x 140 x 55 cm.

Right: 181 x 143 x 57cm.

Courtesy of Stevenson nandipha mntambo has exhibited extensively in South Africa and internationally, his sculptural works have captured the imagination of audiences around the world.

Born in Swaziland and based in South Africa, Mntambo works with personal ideas of history, heritage and culture.

She is best known for works that use cowhide, where he actively subverts traditional cultural practices associated with this medium.

Modeling the skin on the female body, creates mystical sculptures that allude to a physical body while pointing to the lack of one.

A Mntambo likes to play with attraction and repulsion that evokes the cowhide on the viewer.

Instead of reading his works in simplistic terms, as merely cultural or feminist explorations, she encourages ambiguity in the reading of his works.

For such a young artist, she already has a body of work well established and will certainly continue to be a leading figure in the art world.

You must Agree with our booking conditions and our privacy policy to continue I have read and accepted the booking conditions and the privacy policy The friendliness of Its people and the great little coffee and cake stops in the middle of the mountains are tempting in Themselves, and a chilled beer on the seafront at the end of a long ride adds panache to any cyle trip.

But it’s the ease and hassle-free nature of This Island, Already fully set-up for tourism and the emptiness of the out of season That really Begins to draw the crowds.

No matter your level, age, expertise, type of holiday, nationality .

Mallorca is pretty near perfect for a cycling holiday at anytime of year Between January and November.

The 312 Mallorca Challenge, as it’s name suggests, is a huge loop around the circumference of the island Entire, all 312km of it.

A massive achievement in itself, the race draws pros and amateurs Thousands of, some serving as training for the season’s big sportives.

There are 225 km and 167 Also km options under the same event, Which Takes place every year in April.

Other big cycling challenges to look out for are the half Alcudia IRONMAN 70.

3 in May, the triathlon Mallorca in Colonia Sant Jordi Also in April / May and the Challenge Paguera Triathlon in October.

Mallorca has over 1200 km of well-maintained roads.

You can not cycle on the motorways but there are tracks and country lanes, secondary roads Between the villages and coastal routes That combines spectacular Mediterranean sea views With technical rides, around the whole island.

You can climb up onto the steepest peaks of the Tramuntana mountain range, along the sheer drops of craggy coastal routes and over the flat plain Which Makes up the center of the island.

Out of season the temperatures drop, the holiday tourists return home and best of all, the roads clear of rental cars and exhaust fumes, leaving them clean and clear to cycle on.

Locals are careful drivers and tend to go slow a combination of little inner city motorway and driving experience, livestock on the country lanes, chatting and tractors blocking roads and neighbors Often general slow living and relaxed attitude to life.

The upsurge of cyclists visiting Mallorca has meant the island has started to invest in ITS road network, and as a consequence now have not only good roads, but well routes signposted, so your cycling holidays in Mallorca can be easy to organize and fully independent.

Self-guided cycling holidays in Mallorca are made possible thanks to comprehensive and accessible and fully marked cycle routes all over the island.

Having Said That, you can join a training camp Simple past or an Organized cycle tour, joining other like minded individuals, pooling knowledge and expertise and sharing in the fun.

Speak to the folks at our pro-cycle-hire shop on the hotel premises for more info on how to join a group ride.

Possibly the single MOST attractive About cycling in Mallorca thing is it’s balmy Mediterranean climate.

While the UK and the rest of Europe are still covered in ice, sleet and rain, making cycling not only a drag but dangerous too, Mallorca Awakens to the New Year with bright blue skies and dry empty roads and the season’s first cyclists begin to arrive around then.

With an average 300 days of sunshine a year, cycling holidays in Mallorca are best out of season are sure to When You enjoy warm sunny days in the middle of winter.

The weather is milder, still warm, sometimes hot positively, but bearable and far better for long days outdoors on your bike.

Have Cycling hotels started to pop up all over Mallorca, especially in the north of the island, around Puerto Pollensa, catering to the specific needs of cycling groups and training camps visiting the island to Prepare for the cycling season.

Hotels, villa rentals and self-catering apartments, as well country as hostels and luxury sport hotels offer Specialized cycle training holidays, with added services Aimed at the holiday cyclist airport and bike transfers, bike hire, safe lock ups and mechanical assistance, training camps , spas and gym facilities, nutritionally balanced meals, all added benefits of opting for a more pro cycling approach to your accommodation.

Choosing a good hotel in Mallorca sport is the key to Ensuring You have a safe and functional base for your cycling holidays in Mallorca.

Declared World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2011, the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range runs parallel to the western coast of Mallorca, forming the backbone of the island.

Its highest peak, the Puig Major stands at 1445 m, followed closely by Puig Massanella at 1364 m.

ITS cycling or small sections length is no mean feat cycling.

The route, Which extends from Andratx in the south west to the Cape of Formentor in the north east, is 150 km long and About Allows the more extreme ample room to test cyclist Themselves and Their bikes against the mighty Tramuntana.

Leisure cycling holidays in Mallorca are a great way to explore the island and enjoy an altogether new experience in holidays in the Mediterranean.

Whether you are new to cycling, joining a group of cycling buddies, biking with family and kids or a pro cyclist looking for training ground, central the plain have thousands upon thousands of flat, well sign posted roads, hilly in the foothills, rugged along Stunningly beautiful the coast and in the interior.

As a top holiday destination with a an international airport and Hundreds if not Thousands of reasonably priced, regular, short haul, daily Vuelos Europe Throughout the year, Mallorca cycling holidays Makes organizing to the island easy and hassle free.

The growing demand for cycling holidays in Mallorca has inspired a wealth of new cycling shops to open all over the island, with highly professional bike repair and rentals in the north of the island, specializing in quality bikes for hire.

Our bike hire of choice however, you’ve got to be Bruce and Lisda’s Pro Cycle Hire Mallorca shop in Puerto Pollensa.

Apart from letting bikes and kit They Also Organize group rides, and are probably the oldest and MOST rentals company experienced cycling in the area.

Lucky for us, we have a small outlet of theirs in our hotel! Renting a bike on the island is a great way of Avoiding the stress and expense of Transporting your bike on cycling holidays in Mallorca.

Mallorca is not only sunny for MOST of the year and wonderful to visit out of season, but it offers far cheaper rates in the spring and winter months too! Accommodation Lower costs, better deals on flights, bike hire and restaurants.

The roads are empty, the weather is mild and the locals are more relaxed, so if you are thinking of planning your cycling holidays in Mallorca Mallorca keep in mind That out of season is at its best.

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? Only 50% this week! Design schools are full of women, but the percentage decreases when to count how many are placed in the top positions in terms of rankings.

That, however, does not mean that women’s design does not have a significant weight, but rather the opposite some of the most outstanding designs in history have been created by women.

And here we bring a small sample of the most influential women in the field of design.

These are some of the women who have contributed to the way we perceive today the design or currently stand out for their work in this discipline.

Served as disenadora between the 60s and 80s, first more focused on textiles and later making use of photography and typography but their work can not be more current.

With its work, the American designer intended, using the propagandistic language to reflect the viewer.

Their maps, created from strong and inundated with words and typography in each of its nooks colors are their hallmark.

For years I job designing album covers for Atlantic and CBS Records.

In the year 84 he founded Koppel & Scher the study and in 1991 became the first woman to hold a management position in the agency Pentagram.

It represents sensuality and makes from clever use of negative space and optical illusions.

His works, which have appeared in The New Yorker and Vogue and have been used by clients such as BAFTA, Sephora or Penguin Books, among others, have a strength comparable to that of pop-art.

It is one of the most important female figures of Spanish design.

She was the first woman to receive the National Design Award for its work in the field of corporate image, product image and graphic communication campaigns.

Since then he has also been awarded with eleven trophies Laus, the National Prize of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the National Design Award, awarded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Despite his youth he can be considered one of the most influential designers and creative internationally.

After finishing his studies of Fine Arts I make their practices in Pentagram New York and in 2010 began working with Stefan Sagsmeister, who founded the studio Sagmeister & Walsh two years later.

Focused mainly on painting and textile design, this French artist was one of the founders of the collective prestigious Memphis.

Theirs are countless designs furniture and textiles that made this movement celebrated postmodern design.

It is the artist behind one of the most effective and applauded logos of all time.

Carolyn Davidson designed the Nike logo in 1971 when she was still a student and sneaker brand just took its first steps.

The archiconocido ‘Swoosh’ was born in the halls of a university and has become one of the world’s most recognized emblems.

It is a designer, illustrator and lyricist.

His works are mainly focused on the meaning of the word and the way it draws the letters, bearing the word lettering to another level.

Great as Penguin Books and the much acclaimed for his attention to detail Wes Anderson, they wanted to have them work.

Although the legacy Eames this normalment the couple formed by Ray and Charles, on many occasions the importance of the first in creating some of the most iconic pieces, like the Sillon Eames Lounge omitted.

In addition, Ray Charles was responsible for practically all graphic production of the brand.

It is one of the pioneers in the world of pixel art.

I started working for Apple in the decade of the 80s, creating some of the icons and typefaces used on early models of Mac, which were recently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in an exhibition entitled This is for everyone.

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Last updated in 2019 with 40 letterforms more.

I refreshed my old post on special fonts that you can download free.

It is a collection of 80 drawings of the letters that give a modern touch to your creations.

With this collection you can leave the typical “Helvetica” (which incidentally, is paid and you can not use in commercial work if you do not have proper license) and do something more interesting.

And since they are already much more than before I thought it would be good to divide them into three categories: antique or vintage lettering, letters and modern letters or handwritten calligraphy.

Oh, and finally, I would like to write comments in letters chulas more you know and maybe we can include in this list.

I like graphic design.

I can spend hours watching compilation of best work in design.

I like things with a good image.

In free time I’m learning typesetting and Infografica.

And all this helps me improve my work in the field of videos.

I always try to arrange cover for my videos, I make pictures with text or drawings.

I seek strength not only within the image, but in typography that accompany them.

And for that I need a good collection of fonts.

interesting and modern sources.

Sources who live among them.

Many people ask me where you can find those kinds of interesting letters and letters that are modern.

Well, one day I found an article in Russian with 50 best free sources.

I have prepared a selection of all this and I share it with you.

Let’s open collection with more modern type letters.

This type of sources used much for minimalist posters and also are very good to use in Word or Power Point.

They are easy to read and if you need good people to read what you’ve written – I invite you to use modern sources.

It can be combined with vintage titles lyrics and content with modern lyrics.

Well, actually it combined using other features, but I will not be taking classes so I’m not very good.

If you want to deepen the topic I recommend this book Jan Tschichold or Erik Spiekermann Such letters have come with fashion “old”.

Nostalgia makes the “vintage” fashion is still booming.

Although both these letters are no longer used, but a good sign stylized to 80s will always have its followers.

Of course, here the personal opinion can play for or against.

I hope you know when to use and when to use modern designs retro designs.

How important the whole is balanced and enjoyable.

Calligraphic letters are very popular in Instagram or Pinterest.

I would say that such letters default on these social networks.

Many blogger on Instagram using “chulas letters” for their publications.

By the way, this definition – chulas lyrics – at first seemed very curious.

And I did not know that a customer is concerned saying “is that I want a cover with cool letters” considering calligraphic letters.

Of course, I wandered into looking different fonts that I like (rather modern) and could not quite all.

Until I come up with a HandScript.

Bingo! From that moment if someone says “I want chulas letters” 99% refers to handmade calligraphy.

Well, this collection of 80 best 2019 can use special fonts in Word, Power Point or Photoshop installing everything within the system.

And it depends if you use Mac or Windows how to do it will be different.

Of course, if you install it on your computer you can use to prepare publications for Instagram or Pinterest.

I think best lyrics for Instagram would manuscript design.

But remember not to mix in the same cartel more than 3 sources.

Although lately it is fashionable to make a chaos I personally do not like.

As they say, everyone likes .

Hi Oscar! Of course, once installed on your system you can use for any program you have.

My Favorites “Farray”, “Code” and “Ostrich”

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? Only 50% this week! The design takes in our lives much longer we can perceive and often it is necessary to look back and carefully study our influences, the story behind the design, as the profession is perceived from the other side .

just ago we asked a few days echoed the publication of the documentary function and form.

A look at design and innovation in Spain, which gives an overview of the history of design in Spain since the 60s to the present day.

Following that we wanted to compile a series of documentaries available for free online, related to design and creativity, reflecting on all these issues and whose visualization consider indispensable.

It may be obvious to those engaged in this, the definition of graphic design seems to be blurred and not so easy to answer a question, seemingly simple, in a clear, concise and consistent manner.

Franco Monti, graphic designer specializing in branding and lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires, with Marcelo Gabriele, interviewed 37 people, design professionals or not, to question the definition we have of graphic design.

A deep reflection on the role that the digital revolution in today’s society as it affects access information and learning globalized creative disciplines.

PressPausePlay puts on the table the dilemma that arises in a society where culture is completely democratized and anyone can be anything you want to be.

You build that more talent? Or, on the contrary, it contributes to mediocrity in the professional field ?.

The documentary is in English, but you can download and it is not difficult to find subtitles.

Worth seeing.

A documentary series, divided into five chapters, which traces the history, references and products that have accompanied the graphic design in its evolution throughout its years of existence.

The documentary shows the origins of graphic design in Chile, its link with the national industry in the early nineteenth century, its professionalism and we review the current state of this discipline.

There is a small redoubt of society that achieves fashions slipping him, but much of citizens of the Western world are constantly exposed to the whims of trends and sooner or later we ended up getting soaked them and ended up translating them into our dress , eating, listening to music and obviously design.

This documentary talks about the power of influencers.

It shows the dialogue that, as of today, companies establish with the design like this is helping them develop their businesses more effectively thanks to the focus on creativity and planning new strategies that focus on the design and take it as the main pillar.

The documentary shows a variety of case studies and interviews with global market leaders such as Volkswagen, Virgin, Intel and Philips.

The author made this documentary and made it virtually alone as a means to understand and analyze the situation of design in Barcelona, ​​one of the most important cities as far as discipline is concerned.

To understand how the Spanish city had achieved this status has interviewed Mario Eskenani, Fernando Gutierrez, Martin Azua, Astrid Stavro, Pati Nunez, Oscar Guayabero and Marc Panero among others.

More than a documentary is a master class given by the German designer Inge Druckrey, which aims to teach the most important lesson you should learn a designer and first you have to put into practice even before sitting down to work: watch.

Open your eyes to observe is an essential part of the design.

Recorded during the last edition of the festival ‘Design is Future congresstival’, held at the Disseny Hub Barcelona, ​​in the context of the Barcelona Design Week addresses the issue of innovation through design from the point of view of 15 professionals design, showing the importance of design in today’s society.

Is distressing to see how, asking people on the street, with no connection with the design, they do not even give an approximation of what the tipografia.

In return, the author interviewed designers who show their vision on this concept and propose solutions to this global disinformation.

We all know the designs of Alberto heart, but his personal image is something more elusive and displayed rather as an anonymous artist.

The authors of this documentary have spent a week at his home and studio, sleeping, eating, talking and living with and have managed to portray the more personal side of one of the most important designers of Spain.

If you know any other documentary available for free on the web that you think we should add to the link it in the comments list.

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If you got a safe business at street you are looking for people to enter in and shop, whether you’re a clothing store, gifts, spa, restaurant, etc.

Regardless of the type of business certainly poster design or sign outside thereof has a major influence on the ability to attract new customers.

? How often have you stopped walking down the street or driving the car when he saw a poster that caught your attention? Surely more than once.

But clearly it differentiates day today increasingly difficult as competition is very large.

So make the most of the signage or poster of your business strategy will be critical as advertising and marketing.

The poster is an opportunity to “talk” to your audience with a distinctive voice.

When selecting a type of distinctive letter, the right colors, you prune to create and strengthen brand recognition in your local community.

And there are many aspects that influence when choosing the right sign for your business.

Color has an incredible pulling power in the brains of people.

The choice of color or color plays an important role in a cartel well designed.

For example when you think of “Coca Cola” you sure the red color comes to mind, or when you think about “Mc Donald” certainly think yellow colore.

If the big brands are clear, why would you not do the same with your business? Color helps to convey the identity of a brand.

What color do you think is yours? Pensa very well in what color or combination of colors is associated with your brand with your products or services and design a poster potentiated.

The text you choose for the poster of your business, or your brand name must also be attractive and convey what you offer.

As with the colors, there are plenty of tipografias to design the poster for your business, but not all are valid because sometimes the simplicity get more.

All fonts give the viewer some sense and be influenced by it.

Why I chose an easy name to remember and with a letter that read well from any distance.

If you pensas in fonts as a theme that represents your business, then be on the right path.

Also you prune include any graphic element or symbol on the poster for your business that has to do with what you offer directly or indirectly.

If you have a logo with an icon you will choose the icon to reflect on the poster along with the brand name.

And if you do not have an icon you can design a simple one that also identified from any distance.

For example if your business is a cafe a cup of coffee, if you sell sports wear a football, or if you sell playstation or computer games control.

For decades, basic materials for signage and posters were mostly wood and paint.

However, with the passage of time, the materials have changed.

The material you should choose for the poster of your business will depend on a number of factors.

?’Re looking to take a vintage, modern, or classic look? What kind of elements want to include in the poster? Where and how anger placed the poster? All these questions are important before deciding on a specific material.

Today the most economical and effective is the POLYFAN given its versatility, but other materials such as acrylic, glass, aluminum, stainless steel, wood .

Lighting poster your business is something you should evaluate from the start, since will help to emphasize what you want to communicate.

A bright poster is a marketing tool 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year so it is advisable to invest in lighting and so much more effective to design a poster.

Podes choose lighting for your LED sign because it has a very low consumption relative to other types of lighting can be as fluorecentes, and also has many more hours of life.

? Yes, size matters! If you want your poster to be greater the higher visibility is, the easier for your prospects see from any distance.

Always choosing a suitable size to go go where located.

A larger size also facilitate reading your poster.

Do not listen to those who say that posters or physical signaling must take a backseat to enhance digital advertising, both are supported.

Even in the era of Internet marketing and television commercials, outdoor advertising, posters and even physical signaling they have incredible value.

Take your time to develop and design a poster that truly represents your business.

Elegi always a professional team of designers to help you and advise you, as a helping hand never hurts.

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The design work is not just sitting in front of Photoshop or InDesign and let it all arises by magic (of course not).

No one can be a good designer if you do not spend many hours of your life watching other people do, what ideas can absorb, you can bring back to them and you can bring them to you.

It’s like everything in life, in every profession if not enrich your never will advance knowledge (a doctor can never stop studying).

On many occasions I have listed some of the websites or online shops that have liked more in the many hours we spent surfing the web in search of new trends or ways to solve problems we encounter in our day.

‘Good artists copy, great steal, he said Pablo Picasso’.

So today we want to leave a list of blogs must visit for anyone engaged in the world of graphic design.

The list was compiled by Bloglovin.

com and I fully agree with her, so I want to share with you: If we start with blog that takes no update from last October because its author has decided to take a hiatus.

However, the file this blog dates back to ten years and is an ideal place to roll back to the trends that have marked the last decade a look place.

If you need inspiration when creating a logo, this blog is the perfect place: from styles of logos to rework the story of the most famous, including analyzes the symbols that are not strictly logos, but which can take ideas, as the symbols used by bums.

Mr Cup has a very particular style that has managed to have customers around the world.

Use your blog to share their designs with everyone, designs ranging from logos to packaging.

Periodically visit is mandatory for any designer.

The Wix blog design, one of the most popular web tools to prepare web pages in a very sencilla- mixture so fantastic the design and culture, offering everything from interviews with designers, design analysis tutorials different pages Web.

Lead design creativity to real life is one of the great challenges of the profession, and Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman manage it perfectly.

In his blog show a variety of projects of personal decoration, crafts that fit perfectly on any day.

And all with an extremely elegant simplicity.

The variety of the articles of this blog makes your follow-up is mandatory, and it is no wonder that it has become one of the reference publications design world.

News, reviews, illustrations, hints, web design .

a daily visit is the least you deserve.

Creative Market is a community that invites any designer to become a teacher or student, and his blog perfectly captures this spirit.

It is an ideal place to learn about new trends, learn new tools and find different resources, from tipografias to vector designs to use in your work place.

Even it gives you the option to open a store in your website where you offer your services or resources.

This is a gallery which aims to showcase the work of designers from around the world.

It is not only great for inspiration, you can also offer the possibility to let you know, because anyone can submit their work to be shown.

Another one of those blogs that deserves a daily visit.

His publications are tremendously maintained and news publishing have a lot of research behind each of them.

In addition, everyone is invited to participate and have the opportunity to contribute their ideas.

From architecture to interface design, to photography.

Nothing is left out of this fantastic publication.

Minimalist, with a huge presence of the image blog is a fantastic place to look for new ideas if you’re stuck on a project.

In which you can find examples of all kinds of projects, from business cards to labels for beer bottles.

A web in which lost for hours.

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Everyone has a favorite animated character, but how came to life for the first time? A lot of love goes into research and the creation of universally recognized characters.

So today we bring ten great tips all you need to know about designing characters, stunning examples using the Envato Market.

Begin designing a new character is like looking at a blank canvas.

It’s exciting and scary at the same time, and even make him leave urticaria.

Therefore the key to remain calm under pressure, is to choose a theme first.

? What do you want someone to see, feel or immediately understand when you look at your characters? Let that feeling feeds the overall composition of your subject.

Simplifying the issue begins on descriptive one-word answers.

Words like western, retro and futuristic, representing different periods of time.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, words like nerdy, cool or villain, reflect more style and personality.

Already defined the issue, make a list of the details that help strengthen it.

Check each one that applies to your character perfectly.

Close your eyes.

Imagine your character as it passes through every stage of your life.

From the moment they are born in the world until the last goodbye, what kind of life expected to live his character? A background includes all the background information you need to know.

To create one, immerse yourself in researching different places, cultures, professions and more.

Get to know his character is like making a new best friend.

You should know absolutely everything about them so that you are able to transfer his backstory to its design.

All know SpongeBob lives in a pineapple and works as a cook at the Krusty Krab.

? You can see what types of tracks can get these answers? How will affect his character if the US rather than Espana? Or lived in different climates? No matter how silly you feel, answer these questions as best you can, and even add more questions to the list.

If you need more help, start with a place you know.

His character is his baby.

You literally gave birth from his creative consciousness a few minutes ago, so it’s natural that you top with a name accordingly.

? Your character looks like a Sally, Joe or Spot? Baby names are wildly creative these days, so why not be as creative with the name of your character? Investigate the origin, meaning and correct pronunciation to find one that really fits.

And when you finally start to draw, always check back to see if the name is still connected.

Perhaps his character was to look like a ‘Steve’ a ‘Stefan’, so if you need, make sure you have plenty of space available for a nice change of name.

People connect with personalities.

? You see yourself or someone you know in your characters? Like the backstory, be sure to understand the personality of his character, from what they like to kind of jokes they would.

At the end of the day, the more you know, the more it will result in a real good design.

Decide if your design includes a human or animal is important.

It might not be any, and instead be a hippie pink flower, or a friendly futuristic robot.

Not all characters have to be human or the planet Earth.

And depending on your history or application, a human may not be the best option.

After all, humans are pretty one-dimensional, so consider the changes that will come to mind once you choose a new species.

If you still are not sure what species should be your character? Simply create one! For the purpose of not go wrong with the anatomy, you may want to give animals human traits or just for convenience.

But in the end, all the other details depend on you, so have fun exploring and see what can happen.

Although it seems unfair, this juxtaposition purposely let the audience see the main character as its counterpart smaller, more confident leader.

A surprising way to add a distinct personality to his character is to explore different types of bodies.

Because society has certain stigmas attached or features to certain shapes and sizes, we automatically conclude things we know about the character by the way it looks.

Draw a separate character’s body floating head.

Then draw three different body types and align them with the original head.

? Which looks better and why? This example should immediately show you the power to exchange bodies.

But feel free to go against the tide so do not fall prey to stereotypes.

All colors have meaning.

So choose wisely by choosing the mood for your designs.

Bright colors usually interpret as happy and energetic, while darker colors remain stubborn in his mystery.

Red is a safe choice for both anger and passion.

And green is strongly associated with nature and money.

If you do not have a definite color for your character, navigate through them all until you find one that works.

Experiment with colors choosing those who normally would not choose.

Make a really rough pink, or a businessman a blue hair type.

Out of the norm will not only help to enhance their appearance, but also make them more memorable to your audience.

I know wants to keep things simple, but live a little.

Apart from the front and rear poses, try to create some dynamic with a wide range of motion.

You can learn all about how the character feels or what they intend to do to pay attention to your body language.

Apply what he learned from his backstory to create dynamic poses.

A good place to start is to investigate poses through photography.

Generic actions tell us a lot about what automatically comes to mind when a certain word is used.

Relajacion, for example, can show a person lying with her legs crossed, similar to the mouse on the left in the above example.

Create dynamic poses is especially important when a professional work is presented.

Let your characters leap off the screen into the lap of your customers with the same kind of energy they see.

These poses also demonstrate that you have an incredible range of adaptability as an artist, so take advantage of dynamic poses to flaunt his? Extraordinary talent! ? We like to buy? ? Save your money and apply their unique sense of style to fashion your character! One can tell a lot about a character by the way he dresses.

Each character has been created is universally known for his ‘uniform’.

Not to be confused with just work clothes, the uniform of his character is the outfit that generally vera use.

Arme each uniform accurately.

Pay attention to small details like buttons, seams and clothing in general.

Perhaps your character is quite relaxed in comfortable clothes or prefer the opposite with a nice suit and tie.

This adorable gingerbread man, for example, uses simple lines of colorful glase for the outfit.

When all else fails, keep it simple.

After all, you should redraw and paint this character many times, so you might want to choose an outfit that is easy to recreate regardless of the angle.

Expression is the latest communication tool in the design of his character.

If you catch your character at any time of day? That expression would have on his face? To learn more about the emotions of her character, do as the old school and try traditional techniques that artists have applied since the beginning of time.

Sit in front of a mirror and make a dozen different faces that express a wide range of emotions.

Eyes, eyebrows and mouth tend to show emotions quite easily, so study these areas to determine the difference between each expression.

Mastering the emotions takes you one step closer to perfect the character design.

? Before you know it, you will be able to create a variety of expressions in a jiffy! The design has to do with experimentation.

It may be that your character look better with a hat or a completely different outfit.

Use your initial design as a template so that you can try out alternative versions.

Consider getting a second opinion during this step.

Sometimes we’re stuck watching our own work we can not see what is missing.

? Are the colors right? ? I need to redo the hairstyle? A second pair of eyes can catch something you missed it.

As in the previous example, how to create a character in Team Adobe Illustrator shows how to make different choices of characters using the same template.

Another great thing about alternative versions is that you can test your character in different environments.

See what works best according to the right conditions.

Before you go, let’s take a quick look at everything we learned.

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