Design Art

At first, I liked the rhythm of a freelancer's life. But after another project that I forgot about as soon as I got the money, I wanted to change something about my work. I wrote out my skills and aspirations and chose a new path. I didn't just want to get paid, but to do something meaningful. It was at that moment that I decided to give up future orders for a while and prepared a step-by-step plan to achieve my goal of becoming the product's chief designer. Beginning Without a decent portfolio, I managed to get a new order several times a month...

In 2017, I spent a lot of time with designers attending events, speaking to small audiences and answering comments and numerous questions on the blog. In addition, I was able to get to know the leaders of several large design teams, which helped me to find the answer to a question that has tormented me for a very long time: what distinguishes good designers from successful ones. Having analyzed the success stories and failures of modern designers, I have identified 4 obstacles that prevent the designer to reach a new, including international, level...

Yuko Shimizu, having saved up money, decided to quit her job at a large Japanese corporation and enter an art school in New York City, eventually becoming a world-renowned illustrator, who has collaborated with Microsoft and the New York Times, and even with the icon of graphic design Stefan Sagmeister. Yuko Shimizu's works are on Gap T-shirts, Pepsi cans, Visa billboards, covers of the London edition of Penguin, New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Time... It didn't happen overnight: It took Yuko 3 years to collect the money needed to move and study...

This publication is unlikely to open up anything new for experienced designers with experience, but for beginners, it will be very useful. We will talk about the common mistakes made by novice designers. Also during the article, some useful advice will be given, which should help beginners to make their first works as qualitatively as possible and to make them pleasant to the eye. The first mistake And it would be desirable to begin the story with the most actual and widespread problem which is...

-Our brain is capricious. It generates thousands of ideas, then it gives out trite cliches. Brothers MacLeod - illustrator and animator Greg and screenwriter Miles - wrote the book "Create your own universe", which told how to create a swarm of sparkling ideas, write books, draw comics, invent stories and scripts. Below are 7 techniques to quickly awaken creativity. -But, therefore... The creators of the animated series "South Park" Trey Parker and Matt Stone shared their technique of building a storyline...