Motivation Monday #006 - Food Coma

As the majority of us recover from a prolonged food coma brought on by Thanksgiving festivities, enjoy this week's Motivation Monday, fueled by the culprit itself!

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10 Things You Didn't Know InDesign Could Do

InDesign is a program that is essential to almost anything related to printing. The program is pretty straightforward but there's always tips or tricks that you don't know.

This article goes through 10 different items in InDesign that will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of your project. Check it out!

fred design : http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2010/03/archive/10-things-you-didnt-know-adobe-indesign-could-do/

How To Create A Circle Polyorama

After thousands of people were begging to know how it was done, I managed to find a tutorial about creating a circle polyrama. You'll need a digital camera, Photoshop and Bridge to complete this, but it looks like it's definitely something that's really easy to pull off.

Pxleyes.com : http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/1544/How-To-Create-A-Circle-Polyorama.html

Motivation Muesday #00? - Circular Thinking

Motivation Muesday is a rare event, occurring once every time that I forget, are too busy, or otherwise don't make a typical Monday Motivation post.

So here are some designs involving circles, and have a happy Muesday!

http://www.buamai.com/image/7170

Create a Frugal Coupon in InDesign

Vectortuts has a tutorial on how to create an interesting and enticing coupon for everyone. Embrace the inner extreme couponer and try out this tutorial.

Vectortuts : http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-a-coupon-in-indesign/

Create a Loud Slab-Serif Poster in InDesign

Computer Arts brings a tutorial to make a poster with a big voice for whenever you want to make a bold statement. InDesign and its layout tools make this very easy to do.

Check out the tutorial and break out the Rockwell!

Computer Arts : http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/create-impactful-slab-serif-poster

Motivation Monday #004- Mnmlstc Mve Pstrs

This week's Motivation Monday showcases several minimalistic movie posters that use negative space to create an enticing focal point that is classic and demonstrative of the film in question. Some posters styled like this won't make sense if you haven't heard or seen the movie before, which is kind of a disadvantage.

You can learn a lot from these if you want to experiment with negative space or even just studying how the visual tone of a poster can influence the mood it has.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Minimalist-Movie-Posters/763138

10 Common Mistakes in Logo Design

This article by Smashing Magazine focuses on errors in logo design, however a lot of it can apply to the rest of the graphic design field. Throughout your time as a designer, you'll sure run into these stumbling blocks. Make sure you have the knowledge to dodge them!

Smashing Magazine : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/25/10-common-mistakes-in-logo-design/

Motivation Monday #003- A Cornucopia of Inspiration

This fall, you might be itching to make a few designs that are relevant to this season and with Thanksgiving coming up in a few weeks, there's only a small amount of time before Christmas takes over. 

Check out a few logos and designs involving cornucopia and a couple other Thanksgiving-inspired symbols. 

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Turkey-Run-2011/3346597

Create a Geometric Self Portrait

A geometric style can look very clean cut and mature, and if you supplement that with a subdued color scheme, it can take on a soft playfulness to it. 

Brush up on your Illustrator skills and try out this tutorial.

VectorTuts : http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-create-a-self-portrait-in-a-geometric-style/

Creating a Crazy Cool Logo with Illustrator

Fun and colorful logos really catch a person's eye and can be very inviting to their target audience. Combining that with a smooth circle motif makes for a logo that can be very striking and interesting. This is another good tutorial for practicing with the pen tool and getting a basic feel for Illustrator. Check it out!

Abduzeedo : http://abduzeedo.com/creating-crazy-cool-logo