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Nov 17, 2020

Redesigning cliches: How to choose stock imagery for the 21st century

Stock images can make a real statement about your brand’s values, global perspective, and social priorities. In this article, learn how and why to choose stock images that accurately reflect and serve humanity.

Nov 16, 2020

9 Tips To Keep You Sane When Working With Multiple Clients

'Proactively' Finding New Commissions ✨

Learn how to relieve the stress around juggling multiple client projects so you can effectively grow your business.

Nov 12, 2020

Podcast Art 101: Tips For Creating Stand-Out Podcast Cover Art

Guerlain Olfaplay

They say to never judge a book by its cover, but books—and podcasts—need eye-catching cover art if they’re going to capture the attention of people browsing for new content. Your podcast’s cover art should be immediately recognizable and stand out from the millions of other podcasts out there.

Nov 10, 2020

How to become a self-taught graphic designer

Creating process.

An outline of the steps you need to take in order to become a professional graphic designer without going to school.

Nov 9, 2020

Create Your Personal Branding Strategy in 4 Simple Steps

Gold ✨

In this guide for freelancers and entrepreneurs, learn how to create a recognizable brand that will help attract better, higher-quality clients.

Nov 6, 2020

Moodboarding 101: How to create useful moodboards for your design projects

Brand Process: Moodboards

Creating moodboards is a vital step of the design process. Here’s how to build the most effective moodboards to help all your project stakeholders get on the same page.

Nov 2, 2020

How Freelance UX Designers Can Use Today’s Tech Tools To Succeed

One Hub

Here are 5 ways to boost your career as a freelance UX designer in 2020.

Oct 26, 2020

How to optimize your design portfolio to get hired—Advice from a design mentor

Stay Home, Stay Positive

Design Mentor Nick Cuda shares his top tips and advice for using your portfolio market yourself as a hireable design professional.

Oct 22, 2020

5 useful typography tools you never knew you needed

Fun With Fonts

If you’re a designer who loves to find, collect, and experiment with fonts, add these incredibly useful typographic tools to your workflow!

Oct 20, 2020

A step-by-step process for creating responsive logo designs

Testmo sketches

Want to take your logo design expertise to the next level? Learn how to design responsive logos. In this guest post, go behind the scenes with the team at Unfold as they share their process for designing responsive logos based on a real client project.

Oct 14, 2020

Sustainability by Design: 5 Ways to Greenify Your Packaging

Rethink — Food Box

Learn why it pays to make the switch to more sustainable packaging, plus five great options to help greenify your designs.

Oct 13, 2020

10 Incredibly Useful Tools For Remote Creative Teams (A Designer's Picks)

Online Meeting Illustration

A designer shares a list of her favorite online tools for remote creative teams.

Oct 2, 2020

10 awesome Figma freebies you can download on Dribbble

Break In Between Work!

A collection of free Figma design assets created for designers by designers. Download free design templates, kits, icons, and more.

Sep 24, 2020

6 things you need to design a strong brand identity system

Recital  Brand Guide

Designing a brand identity for yourself or for a client? Here’s how to get it right.

Sep 23, 2020

How to market yourself as a freelance graphic designer

Build Campaign ✏️

Learn how to use ads, social media, and other essential marketing tactics to build your brand and sell your product or services.

Sep 21, 2020

Avoid These 5 Red Flags in Your Design Portfolio

Build

A list of the most overlooked portfolio mistakes that discourage potential clients and employers from contacting you. Plus, how to avoid them!

Sep 18, 2020

How to create dreamy color blurs (an Adobe Illustrator tutorial)

Color blur

Ever wonder how designers create those blurred grainy gradient effects? Here’s a mini Adobe Illustrator tutorial that breaks down the process.

Sep 16, 2020

The Web Designer's Guide to Conversion Rate Optimization (and why it matters)

App Success

You’ve designed a beautiful website. But now that it’s launched, is it just existing, or is it performing? Learn how to adopt a conversion rate optimization (CRO) mindset and how it can take your design expertise to the next level.

Sep 14, 2020

Enhance your creative workflow: The MX Series for digital creatives

As a digital creator, investing in the right products designed to suit your workflow is a must. Here are two new products on the market that we highly recommend!

Sep 10, 2020

Landing Page 101: How to design a landing page that converts

Collab.

Landing pages can be one of the most important parts of a website—and mastering landing page design can set a designer apart from their competition. Here are eight simple tips for landing page success.