Presenting: Great Design, Great Designers and Fresh Ideas

I don’t want to write here about some eye-hurting and brain-damiging kind of “great design and ideas”. We all know well that the easyest way of getting attention is – shocking.  But, try to get people’s attention with something  simple, clean and intelligent… Not that easy. Here are some designers and artists that most certainly can do that. Love it!!!

Toothpaste Frosting : Catrina Dulay – In a Perfect World

A Matter of Taste by Fulvio Bonavia

So You Want to Become a Graphic designer?

Yes, but the price of graphic design classes can be barrier to learning design skills. Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school to be a graphic designer. Also, you can often get the same depth of experiencing learning graphic design online .

Graphic design isn’t hard to break into, and, depending on your determination and schedule, you could learn the basics in a few weeks or a few months without being tied to a class schedule. It is also a great way to earn some extra money working from your home.
No matter if you are beginner, or you have already several years of designing under your belt, there is always room to grow and learn how to get better at what you do!

-discover what it is that makes amateurs stand out
-how to avoid mistakes in your own work
-learn the secrets and techniques of Professional graphic designers, illustrators, Photoshop users and artists
-learn how to create graphics, documents and logos…

Here you will find some great material that will get you started with your design education:

Graphic Design School-The Principles of Graphic Design

Graphic Design School – The Elements of Graphic Design

Illustrator Pen Tool tutorials

Vector tuts plus

llustrator’s Pen Tool:

The Comprehensive Guide

by Ian Yates

About.com: Graphic Design

How to Use the Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool

By Eric Miller

Illustration Info

Illustrator Beginner’s Series 2: Pen Tool Basics

By Cory

Tutvid.com

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial – The Pen Tool

video tutorial

5 great Adobe Illustrator beginner tutorials

About.com: Graphic Design

How to Use the Adobe Illustrator Selection Tool

by Eric Miller

Vector Diary

Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days

By Tony Soh

Klethegr8

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tutorial:

Selection Tools

Logolitic

Adobe Illustrator Fill and Stroke Tutorial

Vectips

Quickly Change Fills and Strokes

Grafički dizajn

Gotovo na svakom koraku našu pozornost privlače radovi umjetnika koji putem slika, boja i oblika žele izraziti svoje misli, osjećaje i ideje. Ilustratori i grafički dizajneri umjetnici su koji svoj talent stavljaju u službu komercijalnih klijenata i prenose poruku koristeći kombinaciju tipografije, ilustracije i tiska, te  fotografiju, a u svrhu informiranja ili educiranja. Poruka mora biti oblikovana tako da bude razumljiva i prepoznatljiva, jer dizajn je upravo ono što stvara prvi dojam. Grafički dizajn je djelatnost koja pozdravlja originalnost i dočekuje kreativnost otvorenih ruku.

Grafički dizajneri moraju biti upoznati sa širokim rasponom umjetnosti, medija i stilova, i uvijek biti u toku s najnovijim trendovima, jer dizajn ima tendenciju promjene  isto kao i moda.

Vi ste možda jedan od mnogih pojedinaca koje pogled na logo, reklamu ili možda web stranicu navodi na pitanje kako je to napravljeno.
Iza svega toga stoji grafički dizajner

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