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This is a place to discuss topics about visual or graphic design. Requests for photoshopping or free work go on /wsr/ - Worksafe Requests or /r/ - Adult Requests as appropriate.

#/gd/ @ irc.rizon.net
#4chan-gd @ irc.freenode.net
http://graphicdesign.wikia.com/

>What literature should I read to get into graphic design?
The sidebar on the /gd/ wiki has plenty of book reccomendations.

>What programs do I need to get started?
-Vector
Adobe Illustrator
Corel Draw
Inkskape

-Bitmap
Adobe Photoshop
Gimp

-3d
Blender
Cinema4d

>Which program is the best for X?
It's usually subjective if you pick a program in each of the right categories above. Use vector programs if your making a logo/icon/illustraton, use bitmap programs if you're messing with a photo or stock image. Gimp, Inkskape, and Blender are free alternatives and have the same function as the paid programs but the paid programs tend to be used more in a professional enviroment.

>What font is used in this image?
Try these sites before posting a tread asking for fonts:
http://whatthefont.com/
http://www.identifont.com/identify.html
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AZEN Snipshot
guys rate my messaging app design
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20250326_124614
What can be the value of this types of design? What is the standard amount I can get for this?
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Luigi Trial
photo1
Do with it what you want
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Fountain_pen_writing_(literacy)
Is it retarded to use fountain pens?
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How's GIMP 3.0?
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What font did I use?
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I made a few tradwave images on GIMP several years ago and I want to get back into it, but I can't for the life of me remember what font I used. Can you recognise it?
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Evangelion UI
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i just love oh love oh love the UI in evangelion
i want more of it i NEED more of it ughhhh WHO ELSE LOVES THIS, ITS PERFECT
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First day in graphic design
fucking kill me
>all women but me and this fag
>tattoed goth oversocialized whores abound
>if not that, then they're retarded tumblr users
>if not that, just retards all around
>IF there is another guy, it's some fag who wants to draw tatoos or tranime
I want to fucking kill myself. I have to do trade school classes to escape military conscription but after the first day, i'd rather go to the fucking army or commit suicide. I can't stand being around these worthless nobodies who think they're going to change the world. I don't plan on pursuing graphic design because it's a dead profession but I did have a passion for it and was autistic about typefaces and logos way back when. AI just had to roll around just as I was planning to pursue it as a profession. I had to go through with it because as I said military and because I don't want to work a wagecuck job if I can help it. You get gibs for being a student too so that's another plus. but I know i'm going to piss away 2 years of my life for nothing.
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file
How do I cope knowing that the best logo ever is ruined by a retarded ideology?
Nothing comes even close to the swastika. It makes me depressed to the point of giving up logos completely.
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ducks
Best FICTIONAL sports team logos?
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1724755814650884
Go, fix their designs
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Screenshot 2025-01-21 003505
I can get used Eizo ColorEdge CG2420 for like half of the price with 4600 hours of screentime, Official site says its half of guaranteed screentime, so I need somoone with bigdick experience energy to say something
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Screenshot 2024-12-04 221252
Any Feedback?
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Ai used on one of the biggest events in Detroit in years.
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Super disheartening to see this. Any designer could have done an illustration, any number of local artists could have created a piece for this event. It's a seminal event that marks the reopening of Detroit’s Michigan central. Truly monumental moment for Detroit, highlighted by the crazy opening concert directed by Eminem and it wasn't worth getting a person to do the poster? Very sad.

This is one of those moments in the history of ai that I will look back on with genuine disgust.

A soulful event with a soulless AI facade.
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GOCbADnaMAA32Cc
Might be a dumb question, but how do you go about designing something like this?
I assume it's through Illustrator but do you manipulate the texts in the way you want the font to be or do you get the font already made before hand? I've seen accounts give out "free fonts", so I'm a little confused.
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seeking mentor
18_chinese_graphic_design
I've been designing on and off for close to 9 years pretty much purely as a hobby and occasionally freelancing when i needed extra money but ive had an idea for a studio recently and im slowly laying down all the groundwork, i am in over my head a bit, so im here looking for a mentor or someone with real skin in the game that i can learn from, i do work 40 hours a week on top of this but i will be reliable and try to learn as much as possible, i know this is probably a long shot or will be seen as gay but hmu with contact info if you're interested i guess idk where else to look for someone like this yet (pic urel)
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s6gd5f4g6
WHAT ELSE DO EMPLOYERS WANT??

I can't believe that I spend my whole day, reading your terms, answering your questions with long ass paragraphs (which is redundant since the info is already in my resume). spend hours making a short video presentation, which has to be one take, so about an hour to memorize and get it right. Uploading documents and self identification shit, making a couple of graphics to show my abilities, have to kiss ass and be presentable, all for a job that I don't even want in the first place. I HAVE to work for you because I don't want to Die of hunger!! "Why you want to work for us?" I don't. Nobody does.
I have a decade of experience, wore many hats, making me overqualified for the position, speak three languages and you still won't hire me. "Not good enough" What the fuck.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT???
I studied for you, I've wasted my life in 9to5's for you, dedicated all for job security and still not good enough!
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Black-wood-sarcophagus
Why were Egyptians so good at graphic design?
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F4BMH6iWQAA-zr8_orig
What is a good color
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High DPI print filter
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Don't know if anyone has any info on this but I love zooming into 600dpi scans of magazines and album covers, and was wondering if there was a filter I could use in something like GIMP to apply to high-resolution digital images I have saved (bonus points if you know the album of picrel)
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GXzvJciXkAAUbor
Explain yourselves, /gd/.
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SANDISK rebrand
What were they thinking?
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Coalition of the Global North
Can somebody make a better looking version of this? You can Include parts of South America or Australia (places that are far from the equator). You can change the color.
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red stripe
What's the meaning of the red stripe?
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Screenshot from 2024-12-04 12-34-28
Which of these is purple and which is violet? You're my only hope, /gd/.
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Shimeji Simulation v01.cbz-000
What are the low level jobs in graphic design that I should aim for to get some kind of experience and a modest salary? My knowledge amounts to mastering Photoshop and being able to draw somewhat competently. But I'm just looking for any kind of gd related job that actually offers salary.
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GhIUvr6
What do these people do to the fonts so they look so good? The default font looks crappy and generic but they just add some border and it looks good. But I can't get the same results myself with Illustrator
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Car Wrapping
vivaro van signing
So Im looking to get my van wrapped up for my plastering business located in the Netherlands. I have been working on this design lately. The business name translates to: Plaster Corner. The business name AND products already imply for a design with squar (plastered)wall like shapes. So for the sides i made a square like shape in white space, so my logo can be placed in full color. Which im pretty happy about. For the backside im trying to get the following hierarchy, Attracting interest -> contact details ->logo. Im having a hard time on the backside of the van which feels a little cheap for now.

I could use a opinion outside of my (supportive) friends and family. Am i going in the right direction or do i miss out with this design as a whole.
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The "google images puts you first" race of vector stock image protection is just sad
pixel-art-style-purple-gradient-background-vector-8473853-1994234231
pic related was my search on duckduckgo for "vapowave gradient pixel art" (NOTE NOT EVEN THE CORRECT SPELLING)

and there you have it. a watermarked "Oh you need this gradient thingy I made in about ten seconds and slapped a big VectorStock® on it and called it a day waiting for the eventual "busy but clearly too busy to ever dejpegnoise your malarky lengths of what exactly?

You see this shit? Its a jpeg of something that could be more easily generated with slight to little (which is already eons above the average graphic designer) effort in MSpaint. (not dogging paint btw, that was an actual good for humanity win by microsoft with that genius softwae)

no im talking about the endless brainless revolting race to exploit peoples laziness on google images. What? So I need to pay to use your fucking checkers? Give me a fucking break with your art degree on your wall bitch.

now in the next post, you will see, after many sharpen layers and some color curve adjustments, just what im talking about, this shit is so psychologically primal subversion tactics it makes the amount of jpeg noise hurt my SOVL OI VEY
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img-2025-03-14-08-09-50
is this the peak of Alegria/flat design?

is there anything more 'stunning and brave' than this?
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Google Chrome Gives up on ‘Compact Mode’ Experiment Jan 9, 2025
Why is modern UI design stealing usable space by making massive paddings around everything and massive buttons?

Surely they focus on touch screens but why they ignore desktop users needs?
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IMG_7749
Best books on understanding visual pleasure and aesthetic? Something that would explain how to best utilize color, perspective, and design on a space, plane, or canvas
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gunsiveshot_small2
hi /gd/!
i need help deciding which of these two options is better. left or right?
also, are there any elements i should add to make this more interesting? something at the bottom negative space maybe?
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CHQRLIXCCX
made this poster that i think is cool, non of my friends think is good tho, should i just delete Photoshop?
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Graphic Designer Brazilian Friend
glitch-colorful-skull-dark-art-4k(2)
Dear friends, I am a Freelancer working here in Brazil. I can offer good and cheap labor for you to sell abroad. We can negotiate to be good for both sides

-First time using 4chan
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IIT
2advanced-2002
Early 2000s webdesign
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1726946332820
No one noticed this.
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B4A93987-19EE-4760-8EAF-774C2BCBEF42
What is the next big aesthetic wave after Flat Design going to be? How much longer will Flat Design last?
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Fuck Graphic Design
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I feel like I’ve wasted 15 years of my life, and my career has led me nowhere. At 35, I should be at my peak in terms of earnings and health, yet I’m a nobody. I keep ending up in shitty companies where I’m expected to do everything while getting paid less than gate keeper. For the past 10 years, I’ve designed websites, logos, mobile apps, print materials, books, t-shirt prints, labels, packaging, product photography, social media content, 3D designs, modeling, animation, and simulations. If I had focused on one thing from the start, I’d be an expert in a specific field by now and making decent money. Unfortunately, the harsh truth is this: if you are able to do anything that means you are good at nothing. When there are job listings for simple graphic work, they don’t want someone with 5+ years of experience. If they do want someone with 5 years of experience, they expect an expert in one particular niche. Today, no one even wants to spit in my direction. No one is looking for a 35-year-old guy who has done everything (but nothing specific) because they have 100 young, dynamic grads fresh out of college to choose from. The competition in the big city is just too strong. For the past 5 years, I’ve been working from home part-time, and somehow manage to pay the rent. The MS diagnosis broke me. Depression, no friends, far from family, always making excuses. If it weren’t for my wife earning well and help from my in-laws, I’d have nothing. It feels like everyone around me is doing fine, earning well, and building great careers - except me. I’m feeling down, I’m sick of this fucking city and its weather. I just needed to get this off my chest.
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buff winnie the pooh diesel patches the big gay
Adobe Premiere Pro vs Adobe After Effects, which ones better?
Adobe After Effects as much more complex effects, although the UI is absolute dogshit
Adobe Premiere Pro is relatively standard and simple
Although After Effects has dogshit installation issues where you have to install 6 million .dll files for it to even function
So
Adobe Premiere Pro wins
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images(76)
Best fucking console UI of all time, everyone and even their grandmas knew how to use this thing.
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Nice adopts idiot
art adopts
Ocs adopts are the stupidest fucking thing ever, why would i pay 85 fucking dollars for an oc when i can just steal it from you for free??? like, okay sure buddy
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finalists
I hate democracy.
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Tablet-ass design.
Tablet ass website design akin to FOV
I have finally found the best analogy for how it feels to use tablet-like website design for desktop for non-design people.

Yes this just another "I refuse to change to new Reddit, old Reddit till I die" post. But this applies for so many other websites that I can rant forever so won't.

Using Imagus extension for the image mouse hover functionality.
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1200px-Vimlogo.svg
I force myself to use Vim because I like the logo so much.
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/gdg/ - Good Design General
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Talk about designs that are /gd/-rated kino.

Share your favorite designs you think are good and tell us why they're good or ask for feedback.

>Tools
https://toools.design/
>Type inspiration
https://anothergraphic.org

>Random inspiration
https://behance.net/
https://dribbble.com/
https://designspiration.com/
https://cosmos.so/
https://savee.it/
https://soot.com/
https://are.na/


>Random design principles
https://principles.design/

>Books
"The Fundamentals of Graphic Design" by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris"Grid Systems in Graphic Design" by Josef Müller-Brockmann
"The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" by Edward R. Tufte
"Thinking with Type" by Ellen Lupton
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Flow animated movie
Flow
All the Blender critics out there need to explain yourselves on this one. Also provide links to your own work that is better than this.
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CARI
Give me some good reasons why CARI is not a good source of information for design and why should be avoided like the plague . They do some research at least unlike aesthetics wiki in which makes things up. If they are bad what can be done to fix it?
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ClipboardImage
How can I make this effect?
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1740554086062950
How do you create these types of memes?
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Digital tattoo sketchbooks
hq720
Probably not the most appropriate place for this question but I am looking for a gift for person with art degree background who wants to venture (try out) tattoo design.

The person is not using a pc or ipads/galaxytabs

What would be the best digital sketchbook/epaper for doodling beginners with solid styluses. Price range up to 500 buckaroonees or even cheaper with no additional caveats like OS that cant be upgraded.

It looks like the market is oversaturated with crap but I see no inclination to buy sn ipad pro for 2k
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Font Share Thread
fontshare
Request and share non-free typefaces and identification of typeface samples.

> Previous thread

>>429862

> Older threads

archived <dot> moe/gd/search/subject/Font%20Share/

> Font identification

Before you request, do your due diligence by running your font sample through a font identifier;

whatfontis <dot> com
fontsquirrel <dot> com/matcherator (be sure to enable the myfonts setting)
myfonts <dot> com/whatthefont

If you're not getting a clear read then put your sample in PS, separate the letters and colour it to be pure black on a white background.

> Font requests

First of all, check;

vk <dot> com/board178186634
graphicex <dot> com

> Uploading

catbox <dot> moe is great for uploading small-sized zips containing fonts, especially since it doesn't expire.

If somebody helps you then pay it forward!
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Thoughts on this design?
Banking app
I started with graphic design on 2020 on and off. I am not a professional, I have never seen a single video or tutorial about graphic design. I made this with photoshop. I plan to work at low level companies full time, for an extra 30k a year, since my job in finance works overnight.
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20241118_155935
Which one do you like the most?
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Passive money making, I guess.
eye
I have 25,000 images like pic related. Old timey engraved images. I found them in old books from Internet Archive before it went belly up. I cleaned them, vectorized them, converted them to backgroundless PNGs. Where can I sell them? I'm trying to get 250 - 300 USofA dollarinos a month. Etsy? What image service should use? Do they even exist anymore?

Also, you have a freebie in pic related.
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I replaced 4 different "Artists" (lol) with AI
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I was pumping out tons of different designs to choose from, and my manager loved em and asked me how I do it, and I showed him my workflow with AI. A few weeks later, my 3 coworkers in graphic design got fired, they were apparently too slow and still did everything manually, lol retards. Adapt or die. I even got a 20% raise.
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Anyone know where I can Pirate After Effects?
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Wanting to try messing around in it but obviously don't want a trojan or some Indian scammer gaining access to my computer. Wondering if Pirate Bay is still alright. I still use my pirated Photoshop 2015 and Illustrator from there and only had one hiccup with getting locked out from adobe.

Yes I am a criminal. I love being a criminal.
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What do you guys think of my 4chan video essay thumbnail?
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622716e774a10c92f2ae07a3
what is a good logo competition with winners so I can borrow ideas for my band logo?
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prosthetics installed on his body
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I'm making some characters. One of them has prosthetics installed on his body.

I need reference images to draw this connection between the prosthesis and the human tissues.

If the image is of a prosthesis in the healing phase, that's better.

It can be an arm, leg or any other prosthesis. Thanks.
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poster design
ilha das flores
Trying to do a poster for a movie i like. I know it doesn't look good, but don't know why. What is missing? How can I improve it?
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Time for the elephant in the room
Gay_Pride_Flag.svg
It's ugly. It's the ugliest shit you could possibly make.
99% of homophobia is due to this abomination. If the gay flag were cool, if the colors actually complemented each other, if it had some cool lesbian animal symbolism or something like that people would LOVE the gays.
I try to tell this to people but they're in denial
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nJhyKxL
(YOU) have 120 IQ
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Advices on this ?
250219_logovariation
Hey, i'm working on the dev of a small clothing brand. I'm formaly trained as an industrial designer, but wanted to give a try and challenge myself. It's a slighlty modified Bibliophile Script font, but the more i take a closer look to the heart integrated to the "B" the more it seems odd or a bit floating. What would be your advices ?

Thanks :)
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Mid-to-Late 2000s
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ITT: We post mid-to-late 2000s graphic design styles, visual trends, and aesthetics.

Anything between 2005 and 2012 (or anything that is reminiscent of that era) is welcome here. THIS IS NOT A Y2K THREAD. DO NOT POST Y2K HERE.

Previous: >>445568
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ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg
Should I learn Photoshop or Illustrator first?
I know both are practically essential, but which is better to learn first?
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Z8LwdVgdjJ_2LTBc0WhxvMG7spkTYC1llDxMB-RO10o
Perfection.
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Holy Alexian Empire
pls rank from best to worst
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Frosty Editor
Frosty Editor
The models don't appear, why?
How do I fix it?
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Nsfw art request standard?
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So im new to the board, and ill cut to the point, I've been trying to grow as a nsfw artists, i started a little bit before ai started. Sometimes I don't feel motivated to draw, and i accept requests from ppl to expand, and I don't really care what I draw, as long as I can take it as a challenge, with a limit of drawing rape, gore, ect. But I've accepted drawing futa, trap, and loli, but I've been feeling like drawing loli might be a arrow to the knee in my reputation, the worst part is that it was the most popular illustration i did by the amount of likes.

I know that it's fictional character and there are a lot of popular nsfw artists who just draw stuff like that on the side and just never get shit for it. What is your opinion on this guys
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1263708120
what is the "science" behind Vice City art style which adds so much sovl to it. Is it just a color palette? It has that 80-90s japanese cartoon vibes in in
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smile
Screenshot 2025-02-03 195819
smile have a good day smiley smile
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17380875049260262
How can I change a certain color but only in a certain area?
I want to change the black to white.
I tried Color Exchange in Gimp but the results sucked.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE A GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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Then you should know that at the current year of 2023 graphic design is pretty much dead. I was a professional gd for almost 10 years working in both studios and on my own and I can't really find a job anymore. It's not even because of AI to be honest, its because of how the industry works and how bad the corporate environment has become.

There's still web design, 3D and VFX/motion design(primarily 3D too) and if you want something similar or easy to transition then chose one of those but I'm not sure for how long they will be relevant themselves because of the AI which is basically a final nail in the coffin of gd. Of course there are and will be exceptions and maybe you will get lucky to find some obscure local business that needs you, but if you are young and looking for a career in the future you should stop consider becoming a graphic designer. This profession is dead.
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hhh
This is what you see when you close your eyes and start rubbing them with your hands.
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Graphic Design Books
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Hello /gd/ can you please tell me what are some good books on graphic design? I have to come up with a design for a website and I'm not used to designing things.
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Tileable Background Images
background
I would like to use a seamless tileable image as the background for a website. What are some good options to choose from?
Pic related is the type of thing I'm looking for, it's the background from YTMND.
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Any of you designers ever learn frontend?
hackin
I've spent years doing UI, UX, and graphic design. I want to start building some web stuff myself, but I'm daunted by the steep learning curve. HTML and CSS come pretty easy, and I understand the fundamentals of flex. Jumping into this side of things isn't so bad.

But I'm daunted as shit by JS. Suffering through the initial Hello World tutorial sounds brutal, and even beyond JS, merely setting up and maintaining a workspace (vscode, the terminal, installing packages, git, etc.) looks painful.

Anybody know of a decent video course with a tolerable instructor and a focus on modern techniques (flex-centric, good JS framework)?
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non-art is death
What are you doing to combat corporate non art?
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frutisoy jak
>frutiger is bad and soulless
I like it. 2000's were better
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Humptydumptysnacks
What do you guys think of the Logo for Humpty Dumpy? Is it a good logo and does it need a redesign?
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IMG_5242
Hi awesome graphic designers, recommend me a carpet for this room (preferably circular)
I was thinking a simple yin-yang or Lina Cavalieri but it‘d probably be ugly af
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Firefox Logo
FirefoxLogoCustom
I made it better, can still use some work though.
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71fBICPBk0L
desperately looking for patch mockup psds
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Need some help identifying this specific font
font finding
I was browing through the internet when I found a VHS presentation of a cartoon. It had a really cool font and I want to find it!
It was also used in a flash site and the menu of the DVD promoting it.
It's not Press Start 2P or 04b11, I checked. Not matter where I try to look, I can't find it anywhere.
Does anybody know what exact font this is? Thanks!
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xss
First time doing graphic design, how did i do :D
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album art
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I've been designing this album artwork. don't think I can top this, all things considered.
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IMG_7793
can someone change taros hoodie to red? i'm pretty sure it's supposed to be red
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ddf237aeea247ea8d5d556fe00bd4999
what's the name of this design? how does one achieve the composition and the colors in illustrator? is it even in illustrator since it's made in early 1900s.
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image_2024-01-22_223314126
who the hell designed the 4chan banners, they are so simple yet so fun

share some of your favorites
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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
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Architectural renderings
Screenshot_20250115_184259_Chrome
How do you even make awesome renderings like picrel?
All of mine look like poor video game renders.
Will be grateful for any and all helpful ressources you could point me to.
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just kiss her
I do collage art.
1/?
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Is Tracy Ma a hack?
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Former designer at Bloomberg Businessweek and The New York Times. Now, she does "design goodness" for Homer, Frank Ocean's design magazine.

She apparently got ahead being a minority woman who makes designs that "challenges the power old, white men have over every day [non-white] people," and people laud her for it.

Is she the real deal or just a DEI LARP?
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Screenshot 2024-10-09 125409
This link is down, does anyone have a copy of fonts.zip from the pinned thread?
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1707602965903564
How do you get over creative block in design? I used to have no issue churning out poster after poster just for practice but for the past few months, I can barely even start on a project let alone finish it.
I feel creatively bankrupt and thought a break would help but I still just have absolutely no ideas coming to mind and hate everything I start to put together.
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1714471518871742
how do i nail the early 00s magazine advertisement look?
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Terry Wallpaper
Up and coming Graphic Designer, do I have what it takes? I primarily dabble in wallpapers and I'm finally going to school for a degree which is a story I'm sure people on here have heard a hundred times but I'd like to hear some feedback
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I need font flame help.
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Looking at how I can make flames round text similar to the image attached. I'm unsure if they are hand drawn round the front "hippie movement" or if they used something else to generate them.
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Not entirely sure how to ask this, but does anyone know how to create this type of shape/joint/ligament in Photoshop? I know this specific image is probably just a typeface, but I wanted to do the same kind of shape to create two (connected) text boxes. Any help would be much appreciated! Maybe this element/style has a specific name I can research?
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this image is uncanny for some reason i feel disturbed
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PHOTOSHOP UNKNOWN GRAY COLOR PROBLEM!
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I set my project to RGB mode, and I’ve made sure I’m not just selecting the layer mask!
However, I still can’t get Photoshop to change one color (in this case, black) to another color (gold).
I’ve tried everything I could find online, but nothing is working so far!
Please help!
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character design
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what rules/ guidelines are there to make a good character design?
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great article on design history and trends
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A lot of perspective that CARI misses entirely-

Knowing Your Design History is Crucial to Aesthetic Innovation

>"When design and context are inextricably linked, it is good. When design detaches from its context, we are left with cliches, embarrassments…deaths. Wild’s Great Wheel of Style plays out as design oscillates from the intriguing to the unimaginative. It’s a helpful reminder for designers and design students today: if you borrow from a certain style, it’s important to know where that style came from, as well as the social and cultural contexts that gave that style its rise."
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Printing posters
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Europoor here, where can I find high resolution .tiff images to download and print some posters for home? Looking for some pic related posters, ukiyo-e, etc. Thanks.
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Book covers
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I made these book covers for two hypothetical academic books. It's both the front cover and the back cover. Any criticism will be helpful. You can also post book covers that you find inspiring.
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R8 my graphic
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tried my hand at designing a book cover, how did i do? based on a real novel but i changed the names
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Ideas for Yard Sale Poster
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I have a yard sale coming up and I am planning to put posters up everywhere to advertise it. What are some things I could do to make a genuinely interesting poster design for a yard sale? I know this is probably a silly thing to ask for advice on, but yard sale posters are always so boring and simple. I genuinely think having a poster that is fun/interesting to look at could make a difference.
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Need Help with project
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Does anyone have a rotating animated solar system project in Maya
I just lost all my work due to a crash and my boss needs something like it promto
It doesn't need to be textured so does anyone have a file?
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Calling vs E-Mail
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I heard that calling companies and annoying them with your stuff is what you have to do to get a foot in this industry

I don't get it personally. Why don't people take E-Mails seriously, they just ignore it. Why is making a call so important, what makes it so different?
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How bad are these? Can they be saved?

I'm not really a graphic designer. I thought it was good enough but I showed it to someone and they didn't even get what it was supposed to be.
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Logo design
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Can anyone give me some ideas for a logo design with the word vivafication in it
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what do you think of my asian album cover?
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hey friends, what do you think, any opinions? i tried to remember as much asian as i could so that the cover could look as artful as possible. it's just a compilation of awful tracks i made over the decades and i wasnt even in asia i was in pittsburgh and whatever, but i was, however, asian
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Need help Identifying this font
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I was watching a Minecraft ARG video when I saw this font (the image) and I liked it
Does anyone know what it is? I think its a bold variation of something
Thanks!
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how to master the basics of composition, color and typography. give book/video course recommendations
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Need help with facebook banner for my aunty's small business, im trying to meet SEO requirements by having it be seeable in in mobile devices (meaning that a fraction of each lateral side will have basically no relevant info)

am i over doing it?
i know the amber must be in the center, but then how do i integrate the whole "amber sale" thing smoothly?

a square is too rough, and a circle is not consistent with the brand's jewelry-like patterns aesthetic.
white is blends too much with the background, and black looks cheap, any graphic design principle i am missing?
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Advice on logo
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I need a logo for company Botanic Artsy, it basically sell plants. I need suggestion for fonts, color schemes and logo. I'm really confused.
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I'm trying to recreate the distress on this text. Any ideas? I tried with some difference clouds at first but realized it's very grid like on the original, not so random.
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Illustrator is making a beeping sound whenever I select a white object.
It only started this morning. I don't know what happened.
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