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Video Production Tips from the Professionals

Learn Video Production Tips from the Professionals. Everyone seems to be creating video content now—unfortunately, not everyone knows how to create good video content! With a few video production tips from the pros, however, you will be well on your way to making some awesome videos. Here are our best pro tips for video production. Want to learn more video production with hands-on instruction? Visit these pages: BS Degree: Digital Video Production… Read More

6 tips on how to create fun TikTok videos as a creative professional.

TikTok is one of the leading social media platforms in 2020 due to its original content, clever use of trends, and a high chance of visibility. Many songs have gone viral due to dance challenges, humor challenges, and unique montages. What has also increased is the visibility of artists. Whether you are a graphic designer, web designer, digital illustrator, 3D modeler, or video editor, you can get your art and… Read More

Festive Holiday Fonts

When you live and breathe design, one of the best things about the holiday season is festive holiday fonts! There are about a metric ton of them out there, too. Here are our favorite festive free holiday fonts, so you can get your holiday projects and cards working in time to beat Old Saint Nick to the punch. Beyond Wonderland Created by Chris Hanson, Beyond Wonderland is free for both… Read More

7 WordPress Themes We’re Loving

Because WordPress is definitely the most popular CMS platform on the web, the WordPress community is huge. That means that there are thousands and thousands of developers, designers, and writers—not to mention millions of users—who are all part of the evolution of the WordPress platform. The result is lots of amazing free WordPress themes, and here are the 7 free WordPress themes we’re loving the most right now. Hemingway Hemingway… Read More

Ultimate Graphic Design Toolkit for Beginners

Whether you’re a considering going to school for graphic design and want to learn more or design is your passion and hobby, this ultimate graphic design toolkit for beginners is chock full of free resources you won’t want to miss out on. You can download and use each tool in this kit, and we’ve provided a clear explanation of how each one works and how and why to use it…. Read More

14 Tools Every Graphic Designer Isn’t Utilizing but Should Be!

Welcome to the post where we celebrate the unsung heroes of the graphic design world. These are the 14 tools that every graphic designer isn’t utilizing—but should be! Yes, we all know about the Adobe Creative Suite and the other major players, but what about the underrated tools that get left out in the cold? Here they are, the 14 most underutilized graphic design tools that can help you transform… Read More

10 Tips for Producing Your First Video

Producing your first video can be intimidating, and even scary. There are tons of articles and tutorials out there, and lots of them call for serious equipment and skills. Our advice to you, however, is this: your first video isn’t supposed to be perfect, so just take the plunge and get it done. Check out these 10 tips for producing your first video, and you’ll be way ahead of the… Read More

Typography 101: A List of Sites to Find the Perfect Font

The true design aficionado knows how crucial typography is to high-level artistry and creative design. It’s not always easy to find the perfect font, however. Here is our list of the very best typography sites for finding fonts for all uses and other typographic resources. Creative Market Creative Market is an online marketplace where members of the community can offer up their own font designs. Every week the site offers… Read More

5 Tools Every Web Developer Should Use

There are so many fantastic tools out there for web developers right now that it’s pretty tough to limit a list like this to only five! Even so, here are our picks for five tools every web developer should keep handy. Whether you’re just getting your feet wet as a web developer or you’re an experienced pro, these are awesome tools you can use every day. GitHub GitHub is a… Read More

15 Best Graphic Design Blogs to Follow

Whether you’re a graphic designer looking for inspiration, a student hoping to sharpen your skills, or just someone who loves graphic design, there are some truly great graphic design blogs out there right now. Here are the 15 best graphic design blogs to follow right now, and a little bit about what they have to offer. Friends of Type For updated designs every day and all original features focused on… Read More