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50 Years of Government Spending in One Graph

Design matters. Design educates. Design makes a difference.

Posted in Artists & Designers, Course Related, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design Theory, Information, Mad Props, Persons of Interest

Study Graphic Design! For Free! At Home! In Your Spare Time!

University has its place, but without self-education we are lost.

Posted in Amusement, Color Theory, Copywriting, Course Related, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Design History, Design Theory, Drawing, Editorial, Education, Fiddling & Time Wasters, Mad Props, Packaging, Persons of Interest, Portfolio Workshop, PrePress, Repost From Cited Source, Resources, Scholarship, Space, Stock, Stuff To Do, Technical Geekery, Tutorial, Typography, Useful Code, User Interface Design, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession, Web

Retro Illustration Tutorial

“To achieve a retro effect, try drawing your lines with the Brush tool and then cross-hatching back over them with the Eraser tool.”

Posted in Artists & Designers, Color Theory, Design History, Drawing, Packaging, Repost From Cited Source, Tutorial, Typography, Visual Concepts

Sewn Sentiment

Therese Sennerholt has a thought.

Posted in Artists & Designers, Copywriting, Typography, Visual Concepts

Ryan Andrews, Sarah and the Seed

Please read this excellent, graphic novella, er comic.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Cleverness & Wit, Copywriting, Drawing, Fiddling & Time Wasters, Mad Props, Persons of Interest, Repost From Cited Source, User Interface Design, Visual Concepts