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73 Essential Logo Design Tips and Their Sources

October 28, 2009 by Douglas Bonneville

We collected some of the best logo design tips from the top logo designers and other resources on the web. We sorted them, got rid of overt overlaps and now present to you, dear graphic design enthusiast, the final results. We have here one of the densest, pithiest, and most tip-ladden post on logo design you are going to find. Follow these tips, and you’ll be on solid ground with your design efforts. Ignore them at your own peril.

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The Best Monitor for Graphic Design

October 20, 2009 by Douglas Bonneville

Apple just released the all-new iMac 27-inch today, along with a 21.5-inch. The 24-inch model has been retired.

The new iMac monitor is crazy good for graphic designers for several reasons:
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50 Sketches from a Graphic Designer

October 16, 2009 by Douglas Bonneville

Drawing is fundamental to graphic design. Habitual drawing increases the skills of logo designers, page layout designers, and typographers alike. When a designer “makes do” by not sketching on a routine basis, the designer in some ways in shortchanging his or herself. Yes, designers absorb a lot of information from other designers and can “get by” by in the appropriate sense copying the great work of others. But, as some point, all the great design work we should and do borrow from, comes from the hard work of some designer with a good foundation in drawing.
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Filed Under: Drawing, Graphic Design

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