If you have an iPhone and you are reading this blog than you will love these iPhone wallpaper designs for graphic designers. We have searched all over the Internet for the coolest iPhone backgrounds for graphic designers, featuring themes such as Apple, abstract, fine art, photography, FireFox and more. Check them out!
Your portfolio is your main weapon as a graphic designer. You sharpen it as you age, you always keep it close by your side and it helps your survive by bringing you new work. If you are a graphic designer you probably have an online portfolio website — if not, you should create one as soon as you can so you can use these cool new and free design portfolio icons!
In honor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa soccer games, I have put together a collection of some wicked soccer inspired designs for all you designers and soccer fans. Being an Italian American, I am rooting for both USA and Italy, but I am also looking forward to seeing how Brazil does and hope to see Ronaldinho (my favorite player) playing. If you are not familiar with him check out some of his top goals and be AMAZED.
If you want to learn how to design amazing icons quickly, icon tutorials are the best way. There are tons of great free icon design tutorials available on the web and the sites below have some of the best ones. Icons are usually designed in Photoshop or Illustrator and the tutorials below cover a variety topics such as how to create web design icons, illustrator icons, desktop icons, glossy icons, folder icons and much more!
The main tool of graphic designer is the computer and that means there is going to be a lot of time spent in the computer chair. With so much time spent in one area, why not make it as comfortable, healthy and green as possible? I spend countless hours on the computer, so I love to get outdoors whenever possible. This inspired me to think of ways to bring the outdoors inside and to make my office a little more eco-friendly and comfortable to work in. The ideas below are simple, affordable and will help turn your office into an indoor paradise!
Mother nature has always been a great source of inspiration for graphic designers, especially the creatures that inhabit our world. Many creatures over time, have become associated with certain attributes such as strength, agility, freedom, love, bravery and so on, which makes them perfect symbols to use in graphic design projects. The amazing ways designers integrate animals into their work never stops amazing me, so check out these very cool examples of animals in graphic design below.
Every year the passes, the web is becoming more of an important place for graphic designers. Just a few years back you could get away without having a web portfolio, but today it really is a MUST-HAVE. Competition for full-time and freelance jobs is insane and if you don’t have an online graphic design portfolio you are going to potentially miss out on life-changing opportunities.
When it comes to Photoshopping, political figures are a prime target and Sarah Palin is no exception. During sensitive campaign times Photoshopped photographs can actually have a large impact because they become so viral and sometimes all it takes is post on a blog or site for it to spread like wildfire across other blogs, social networking and photo sharing sites.
Adam Woodhouse is an amazing graffiti artist and digital designer based in London. He is well known for his personal digital graffiti style work that has become very popular in the design community. He has been featured in many art and design magazines, mentioned on countless blogs and his artwork can be seen all over the web.
A graphic designer’s most important possession is his or her’s graphic design portfolio. This is something that will be an important part of your career for as long as you are a designer. It will constantly change and evolve as you graduate design school, apply for new jobs and better yourself as a designer.
