a vintage black and white photograph of a magician and his female assistant, who is surprised to have an have an egg in her mouth

Using Generative Expand - Photoshop

Whatever you may think about Artificial Intelligence and its growing place in…

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a vintage magician poses in black and white

How to Find Tints and Blend Colours - Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator's Blend Tool is an extremely useful element of the software;…

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Graphic Design Magazines

With office work coming back into fashion, many of us must also endure the…

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a bowl of colourful jelly beans sits on a timber floor

A Colour Psychology Primer

There are few visual elements that can elicit a subliminal reaction more than…

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a magician stands in his apartment, with a wand in his left hand and a rabbit in his right.

Generating QR Codes – InDesign

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…

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a vintage black and white photograph of a woman casting a spell on a young assistant

Using Mathematics in Adobe Software

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…

by James

a vintage black and white photograph of a magician and his female assistant, who is surprised to have an have an egg in her mouth

Arranging Items in a Circle – Illustrator

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…

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a detail photograph of a number of old bill posters, with tears in the paper revealing the posters behind

21 Fantastic Free Fonts for Designers

I have personally spent more money than I care to admit on fonts. Do I regret…

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Amazing (and Free) Resources for Designers

As with just about everything, the internet has completely skewed the world of…

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