47 Tutorials for Creating Professional Posters and Ads

thumbAdvertisements and posters are one of the primary markets for graphic designers.  Posters must be eyecatching, professional, and convey an important message about a product, service or event, all while maintaining the viewier’s interest.

Today, we have a roundup of 47 tutorials for creating professional posters and ads.  Whether you’re a beginner in the field of graphic design, or you’ve been doing it for years, there is a tutorial in this list for you.

Special thanks goes to all the talented designers out there who take the time to write a tutorial and share their wisdom with the rest of us!

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10 Sites To Find Free Vectors

thumbLet’s face it, Adobe Photoshop is no longer the only design tool that you’ll need to be familiar with.  Vectors have become increasingly popular as an element in modern graphic design.  However, not everyone has the time or talent to make their own vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator, particularly when starved for time, as most graphic designers are.

Today, we have a list of 10 great sites where you can find free vectors for your design projects.  These sites should be more than enough to satisfy any of your vector design needs, and hopefully increase your productivity as a designer.  Many of them also feature graphic design articles, so be sure to keep an eye out for them.

Thanks for reading!

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10 Amazing Effects from Abduzeedo

thumbFor those of you who are graphic designers but haven’t heard of Fabio Sasso from Abduzeedo, this post is for you.  Fabio is a Brazilian designer from Porto Alegre who is very talented with both web and graphic design.  He started Abduzeedo as a way of publishing and storing some of his work, along with sharing the various effects he uses, and hoping to inspire countless other designers.

Today, it is my pleasure to bring to you 10 amazing effects that Fabio Sasso has written tutorials about.  There’s some great explosion effect, along with some very beautiful, colorful lighting effects, and of course, some great typography.

Enjoy, and be sure to check out Fabio’s blog, Abduzeedo: http://abduzeedo.com/

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The 10 Best Tutorials for Business Card Design

21For graphic designers, having a distinctive and creative business card is essential.  It helps define your identity and also makes a powerful first impression on potential clients.

Today, we have a list of the 10 best tutorials for business card designs.  While using the exact design probably isn’t the best plan for being unique, they do help to show off the various techniques that can be used to achieve the desired effects.

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Daily Image Inspiration #1

thumbWell, I really like doing image inspiration posts, so I’ve decided to make them somewhat more regular.  I started out doing one a week, but then I began doing them on Sunday.  It didn’t make sense to keep doing it as “Weekly Image Inspiration”, so I’m switching to “Daily Image Inspiration”, though there won’t be an inspiration post every day.

Anyways, here’s some more inspiring images for all you graphic designers out there.  These images were collected from FFFFound, Flickr and other sources across the web.  If you stumble across an inspiring image, please leave a link so I can view it and share it with the rest of the viewers.

Thanks everyone, and have a great week!

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