Destroying Old Ideas to Make Room for New Ones
Mar 19 2012 5 Comments By Isaac Gube
In a moment of introspection over the weekend, I came to a rather stark realization about the lengths we go through to keep our creations in perpetuity. I examined my views on my own creative efforts and what I do to preserve every bit of control I have over them. Did I like what I saw? The short answer is no.
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Weekend Project: Sketchbook Treasures
Mar 17 2012 2 Comments By Isaac Gube
The weekend, for most people, is a time to relax, unwind, and do things that aren’t necessarily convenient to do during the workweek. For us, at Design Instruct, the weekends offer an opportunity to have a little more fun than usual.
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Introducing: The Best of Design Instruct eBooks
Mar 15 2012 4 Comments By Isaac Gube
When we launched Design Instruct a little over 2 years ago, we had one goal in mind: to publish top quality creative content for artists so that they may do great things with their talent and creativity. Our tutorials were just the beginning.
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20 Typography Designs for Inspiration: March 2012
Mar 13 2012 5 Comments By Isaac Gube
We love typography here at Design Instruct and we’re always glad to see the new ideas artists are working on. Here’s just a few pieces that caught our eye.
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Announcement: The Best of Design Instruct eBooks
Mar 11 2012 4 Comments By Isaac Gube
Over the last month or so, we’ve been working hard putting together an amazing collection of tutorials to be made available for download here on Design Instruct. The most beautiful, most loved, and most informative tutorials we’ve published will now be available in 2 volumes in various eBook formats so you can read and learn anywhere.
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Giveaway: Banners and HTML/CSS Landing Page
Mar 9 2012 12 Comments By JC Parmley
We have partnered up with RightBanners, a trusted online service provider of banners and landing pages, to give one lucky Design Instruct reader not one but two banners and a landing page design with HTML/CSS. The package is valued at $296.
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Rethinking: Competition in Creativity
Mar 9 2012 2 Comments By Isaac Gube
We all have experience with competition. We look at our peers’ work and we evaluate if we’re better or if they’re better and then we act accordingly. Competition is good because it forces any self-respecting creative professional to always sharpen their creative edge which is ultimately great for the creative industries in general because we’ll always be producing better and better work.
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