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Visual illustration of famous authors’ sleep habits and productivity

June 6, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

Ever wondered if some of your favorite writers were early or late risers? Ever wanted to justify your own bizarre sleep schedule? I’ve always been fascinated with the routines of famous creatives. Check out this cleverly illustrated chart from Brainpickings.org and observe how sleep routines may or may not correlate with productivity.

(Created by Maria Popova, Wendy MacNaughton and Accurat)

Filed Under: Art, Graphic Design, Illustration

Beautiful obsidian

June 5, 2019 by Douglas Bonneville

Rainbow obsidian from r/BeAmazed

Can’t stop looking at how beautiful obsidian is! It’s weird how all the beauty is trapped until the rock is broken, for light to interact with.

Filed Under: Graphic Design

A very steady hand

June 4, 2019 by Douglas Bonneville

 

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

How to Self-Promote Your Newly Published Book

February 21, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

If you’ve just now published your first book, you are FINALLY ready to move on to the next big task: marketing and promotion! There are many proven methods when it comes to marketing your book. If you’ve published through IngramSpark or Amazon’s KDP, you’re off to a good start with world-wide distribution to retailers and wholesalers.  Congratulations! Now what? What can you do in addition so you can sell more books directly and cut out the middle-man to reap a better profit? Lets take a look at a few possibilities. 

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

Metadata Basics for Self-Publishers: Fill it all out!

February 13, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

If you’re a soon-to-be first time self-publisher, one thing you need to know upfront is how crucial creating good metadata is for the discoverability of your titles in the book industry. If you do not have good metadata, you simply will not sell your books. You may have valuable content and extensive inside knowledge about a subject, yet your title will go unnoticed if this step in the publishing process is neglected or overlooked – which unfortunately happens quite often by authors.

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

Quick Guide to Copyrighting for Self-Publishers

February 13, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

Copyright for self-publishers

Once you’ve obtained your ISBN numbers, you may be interested in getting a Copyright for your book. This is another important step in the publishing process and can be done while you’re in the process of or even after you’ve received the printed book from whomever your publisher might be. You can relax, however, because any manuscript you produce is automatically protected with the first stroke of a pen. The benefit of registering your work with the Copyright Office is streamlined legal protection should you actually have to contend with a naughty manuscript thief.

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

ISBNs For Self-Publishers

February 13, 2019 by Mary Bonneville

If you’re an author who is looking to self-publish a book you’ll need to understand some of the industry standards necessary for successful publishing and distribution. Purchasing an ISBN number is one of them. In this article we’ll cover all the basics you need to know to get going, so let’s get started!

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

275 Beautiful Wine Bottle Label Designs from 10 Design Blogs

November 21, 2018 by Mary Bonneville

Label design for wine bottles

The harvest is in and it’s a big one! If you were looking for vat full of ripe wine bottle label graphic design ideas, you’ve come to the right vineyard. Roll up your pants and start stomping through this list. You’ll be inebriated with the ideas that flow out, and inspiration will be the least of your worries. There is more incredible design here than you can imbibe in a month!

Marketing wine is all about perception

Ok, down to business regarding what we have picked out for you. First, great wine bottle design is essential for the success of any winery. It’s all about the image. The labels have to be eye-catching and superbly produced in order to stand out with the overwhelming surplus of competition lining the shelves at any given store. The designer must be exquisitely attuned to the top competitors, consumer desires, and market trends in the industry. A great designer for this niche also has to have a good understanding of wine varieties, culture, and region. Being a wine drinker will also score you some points!

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

20 Top Graphic Design blogs for 2018

November 19, 2018 by Mary Bonneville

20 Best Design Blogs for 2018

Once again it’s that season where we round up the best graphic design blogs of the year! And per usual, there are some perennial favorites, and really not much in the way of surprises.

If you are new to the graphic design community on the web, you will find this list instructive. You’ll quickly find your favorites among them, and become devoted fans for sure.

And speaking of favorites, we’d like to give a shout out to David Airey for helping us get going on blogging way back in 2009, and for being an example of what focusing on a niche looks like both theory and practice.

BONUS! Be sure to check out David’s logo-focused blog, Logo Design Love — always a treat!

And without any further delay…the list!

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Filed Under: Graphic Design

Fundamental Navigation Patterns for UX

April 27, 2016 by Douglas Bonneville

Back in the day, we’re happy with drop-down menus and simple HTML markups for web design navigation patterns. Now that user experience is an invaluable criterion in designing a web site, web designers are on their feet, thinking of ways on how to integrate better functionality that promises a good effect on the visitor’s user experience.

Aiming for user experience does not solely rely on one page. In creating a website, we should keep in mind that the main goal is to get the visitors navigate through your website and spend more time on your website. Why? When people leave your website, it increases your bounce rate. As it increases, it is found out that it affects your conversion rates negatively.

One of the reasons why people leave your website is that they can’t simply find what they are looking for. If you notice that the main page of your website has a high bounce rate, you need to look into it as soon as possible. You can blame poor navigation practices implemented on your website as the number one culprit.

In this post, we’re going to share some tips and inspiration for web designers in designing fundamental navigation patterns they can apply in their web design concept.

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Filed Under: Graphic Design, SEO

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