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| Who could ask for more? A comprehensive archive of beautiful book covers, searchable by author, genre, publisher. Excellent links, a interesting and sharp-witted blog and a small specialized bibliography. Technical-general. |
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| Design is ubiquitous, like taxis. Surf the left-hand column for News, Hot Jobs, Site of the Day and the interviews of The Front Seat. Join the community for free; paid membership gets you a personal profile. Technical-general. |
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| Fun, varied, hip, intriguing. Lots of interesting sections: products, graphics, fashion, architecture, digital, arts. Don’t overlook the buttons at the top of the screen, such as the database and directory. Technical-general. |
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FONTS - Discover them, recognize them, download them |
| Typographical characters, like people, have an anatomy, a body, a history. They belong to families, to hierarchies. Get to know them through Thinking with type, fascinating even if you’re not a graphic designer or art director. If you wish to pursue the subject, move on to I love typography and discover that typography is everywhere, once you learn to see it. With Identifont, find out which fonts you like but don’t know how to identify. To download quality fonts for free, visit Dafont, or Typenow, where you’ll find all the fonts of contemporary pop culture. |
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PHOTO RETOUCHING - Tricks for pros and tips for everyone |
| He can make any face more beautiful, but he’s not a makeup artist. He can flatten stomachs and reduce hips, but he’s not a plastic surgeon. He can reveal a person’s soul, but he’s not a priest. Read the story of Pascal Dangin, the world’s best photo retoucher, as told by the New Yorker. Borrow from your favorite painters the magic of light and color and transpose it to your own photos with a Photoshop technique. And if that’s still too complicated, try a site that offers an immense quantity of effects, insertions and retouchings with a single click. |
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| By inserting tags in the Visual Search engine, you’ll fine images with new combinations of form, color and luminosity. Select subtle nuances of color and fine images similar to your own sample. General. |
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| Articles, interviews, a section for people looking for and offering employment, a forum, surveys and the opportunity to publish your own work and discover useful links (bottom of screen). Interesting and up to date. Technical-general. |
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| Transmitting information using visualization is a way to better communicate. An extraordinary Australian blog explain how to do that, underlining the prolific conjugation between creative design and information visualization. General. |
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| A full professional course for learning everything about photography: from lighting to composition to the more technical aspects. You can discuss each lesson in the heavily frequented forum area. Technical-general. |
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| The photographic archive of Life Magazine, administered by Google. More than 10 million historic photos of current events, show business, politics and much more, which can be easily accessed from a dedicated page. General. |
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| Logos crowd the physical and mental landscapes of the entire Western world. This site is a goldmine of information, history and documents for inventing a new logo that communicates something and is utterly unique. General. |
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| Bimonthly American journal of visual culture and design. Read the main articles of every issue, written in a lively and user-friendly way. The job search section is interesting. Technical-general. |
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| Vectorial graphics is a rather surprising field, a sort of parallel universe. This online magazine describes that universe, as it should, largely through images. Every issue is downloadable. Technical-general. |
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| How does one make a lithograph, an etching, a screen print? This online project from MoMA shows how artists from Gauguin to Picasso to Warhol have used printing techniques to create works of art. General. |
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| The characters invented by graphic designers, illustrators and artists are spreading through the worlds of advertising, art, tv, street art and publishing. To the extent that their creators are forging a new global language. General. |
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| Essential for every junior art, useful for everybody. A table illustrating the best 98 font, completed with author’s name and date. Keep an eye and print it. General. |
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