A designer's font collection is one of their most prized possessions. Thousands of typefaces are considered, but only a select few make it into the arsenal.
In this collection, we share 9 of our favorite dirty, grungy, and...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2012 in Roundups
This week's design roundup is jam-packed with tutorials, inspiration, and freebies.
Some of our favorite tutorials include an amazing glass egg, decaying metal sign, and shiny gold trophy. Scroll to the end and you'll get some...
Posted on Jul 18, 2012 in Inspiration
Working as a designer can be tough, especially if you are your own boss.
Staying motivated while keeping track of everything you have to do can sometimes become overwhelming. It's tempting just to work for someone else so you...
Using real life elements in your designs is a great way to add interest without spending hours creating something from scratch.
This tutorial will show you how to create a realistic picture frame and poster using layer styles...
Posted on Jul 13, 2012 in Roundups
This week's design roundup is full of great tutorials, as well as some inspiration.
Test out your raster skills with Photoshop and Pixelmator tutorials, and try your hand at some slick little vector icons using Illustrator....
Posted on Jul 08, 2012 in Roundups
This week's design roundup is short and sweet.
It features a beautiful letterpress tutorial and a colorful, typography based poster effect. Also, if you are trying to figure out whether to charge your clients hourly rates vs....
Posted on Jul 06, 2012 in Text Effects, Tutorials
Photoshop brushes provide a quick and easy way to add a handmade look to your designs.Some of the most popular brushes are watercolors, acrylics, and other types of paint.
Transforming traditional art media into a digital form...
Posted on Jul 03, 2012 in Articles
Typography can be a tricky beast to tame. There are so many fonts, so many rules, and so many ways to break those rules.
A lot of finding out what looks good and what looks like crap comes from experience, but there are some...
Posted on Jul 02, 2012 in
In case you missed the giant banner at the top of the home page, everything in the Design Panoply store is 50% off until midnight on the 4th of July. That means you only have two days left to stock up on some original design...
Posted on Jun 29, 2012 in Roundups
This week's design roundup features an amazingly detailed digital art tutorial utilizing some crazy-cool techniques. There are also some great tutorials, including a Harry Potter text effect, vector lips creation, and the...