FYI Monday: Funky Typography by Luke Lucas

FYI Monday Typography Inspiration by Luke Lucas

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.

Luke Lucas is a 35 year old art director, designer and typographer from Melbourne, Australia. I’ve come across Luke’s typography works a multitude of times and figured it was time to finally feature him on the blog. While he’s not only a type guy, Luke enjoys this sort of work best. So it comes as no surprise that you mostly find funky, fresh and clever typography design in his portfolio. After all, why would you promote the work you didn’t enjoy doing as much as something else. For more inspiration make sure to visit www.lukelucas.com or say hi on Twitter @_LukeLucas. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Vibrant Illustrations by Charles Williams

FYI Inspiration Monday Illustration by Charles Williams

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.

Charles Williams is a freelance illutrator / designer based in London, UK. Under the moniker Made Up Charles works for clients such as GQ Magazine, Adobe and Nike to name only a few. I’m most impressed with the portrait illustrations, they’re simply stunning. Charles’ type treatments are fantastic too. For more inspiration visit Charles Williams on Behance or follow him on Twitter. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Beautifully Minimal Designs by Mark Brooks

FYI Monday Minimal Design Inspiration by Mark Brooks

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Mark Brooks is a Spanish graphic designer and art director who’s divided his career between New York and Barcelona. Anyone following this blog will know that I love good minimal design. So when coming across Mark’s beautifully minimal work I had to share it with you. I’m particularly fond of the “Star Grid” series in which he uses only stars, arranged in different sizes and densities to depict the faces of celebrities. This is only a small selection of his work. For more inspiration make sure to visit Mark Brooks’ portfolio. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Dark Character Designs by Sebastien Feraut

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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Sebastien Feraut aka NIARK1 is a freelance graphic designer / illustrator based in Paris, France. His main focus is on character design, which are always highly detailed, whether it’s digital vector work or traditional paintings. There’s no doubt that Seb is extremely gifted, a fact which saw him land a lot of big clients. Find below a small selection of his work. For more inspiration make sure to visit Seb’s portfolio at www.niark1.com + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Vintage Minimal Graphic Design by Nathan Shinkle

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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Nathan Shinkle is self-proclaimed creative professional from Indianapolis though he’s worked under the titles of graphic designer, artist, interactive designer, t-shirt guy… to name just a few. Recently he’s been swept up by Adidas where he works as Senior Designer. Nathan’s work has a very minimal vintage feel to it and reminds me of artists such as Scott Hansen, with the difference that he leans more towards the illustration side of this style. I hope you enjoy Nathan’s gorgeous artwork as much as I do. For more inspiration please visit his portfolio. You can also find him on Twitter. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Explosive Graphic Design by François Leroy

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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
François Leroy is a French graphic designer working and living in Paris. His work is very busy and mixes a lot of different elements to give it an explosive feel. As you can see from the examples below he’s paying a lot of detail to his art, whether it’s photo manipulations or typographic designs. For more inspiration please visit François’ online portfolio at graphic-travelling.com. You can also find him on Twitter. + Continue Reading

FYI Monday: Gorgeous Illustrations and Typography by Rodrigo Francisco

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This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series.
Rodrigo Francisco is a 20-year old illustrator from Brazil. He’s currently at university. His main focus is on graphic design and typography with all of his works having a playful element to them. For more inspiration please visit his official site as well as his Behance portfolio which features case studies. Let us know what your favourite piece is. + Continue Reading

15 Varied Inspirational Flyer Designs

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Flyers and leaflets are invaluable print media used to promote merchandise, services, causes and events. These media are powerful and cost-effective, depending on when, where and to whom they are distributed, and most importantly, on how these print ads are designed.

In this article, we will be focusing on some of the best flyer designs on the web and what elements or principles from them can be personally helpful to you in the future.

Of course, there are no standard rules. One approach may work for you but not necessarily for everybody else, and vice versa. But it will be worth your while to know what works for other designers. You can eventually formulate your own approach altogether from there.

So hold on to your seats and take a look at these great flyer designs. + Continue Reading