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Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts


Here’s an overview of what you can expect from some of these helpful graphic design tools for web designers: 

1 ) Save time coding, and spend more time designing

2 ) Less unanswered back and forth emails to graphic design clients

Okay, let’s get right on to it! 





If you're a graphic website designer, and would like a website inspector alternative that is more visual, and less code then I definitely recommend you take a look at CanvasFlip Visual Inspector. It's a chrome extension that allows you to visualize temporary changes on a live website without typing a line of code. 


 Amazing Free Commercial Use Stock Image Websites For Book Cover Designs | Breakdown




Whether you're an author designing your own DIY book cover or a graphic designer on a tight budget designing an ebook cover for someone else it is always best to make sure that any image, vector, or illustration you get online is commercial free, and won't violate any copyrights or else you might get you sued for thousands of dollars.


If you are looking for the best websites to use commercial use stock images, vectors, or illustrations on your book cover designs for free then keep on reading. I'll also show you examples of book covers created with images from each specific site. 


How to gain design experience as a self taught graphic designer


One of the best ways to gain some official design experience as a self taught Graphic Designer is by Freelancing.


Freelancing gives you the freedom to work with clients at your own time, and choose which graphic design projects you are comfortable working with. As you are just starting out you might want to take on the smaller projects that you know you can easily accomplish, and then progress onto bigger more complex projects. Why do so?

Psychological thriller book cover breakdown visualartzi


This is a psychological thriller I was inspired to design after reading a seriously twisted story that left me on the edge so I collected my thoughts, hoped on photoshop, and whipped this up:

I’m going to be completely honest here about the chaos that is Designs.net

If you want to learn more about designs.net without my experience I recommend you  scroll to the second half of this post.

Designs.net is a marketplace that allows designers to sell their products, and services for free while connecting buyers with high quality designs.

I was originally recommended Designs.net from a graphic design forum, and was drawn in by the ability to set my own prices, not having to be exclusive (I could sell on multiple platforms so I wasn’t limited), getting quality support, etc…
This platform had a similar concept to creative market (which I love) so I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, and try it out.

Free Video Stock Footage Visualartzi


Are you working on a project, but can't seem to find any high quality video clips for b-roll? Or maybe you want free HD videos that you can use on your video project commercially?

If you want to find high quality video stock footage that you can use absolutely free of charge then keep on reading.





One creative way to market, and bring attention to your books (especially if you are a self published author) is by creating an enticing book trailer. People love entertaining visuals so I'm here to give you some helpful tips on creating a stunning book trailer for your fiction novel, series, etc.