Melani Blazun

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Make your color legend better with one simple rule

Kaiser Fung re-orders the legend of a pie chart, using an unspoken convention of data visualization.

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Graphing the economic crisis of coronavirus 2

Kaiser Fung (Junkcharts) reviews a chart about how COVID-19 has caused a historic collapse in oil prices.

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Animated map for total coronavirus deaths over time

For The New York Times, Lazaro Gamio and Karen Yourish use an animated map to show known total coronavirus deaths over time. The height of each triangle represents the count for a Core-Based Statis…

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Polaroid is Back With a Fresh New Look Based on a Classic - Print Magazine

Polaroid cameras are no longer "Polaroid Originals," and they've got some shiny new branding to show off, too.

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Type Tuesday: Degular - Print Magazine

PRINT takes a look at James Edmondson's new workhorse typeface, Degular.

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The Revived Turn-of-the-century Typeface Combining French Elegance + Art Nouveau Frivolity

Name: Romain 20 Designer: Alice Savoie Foundry: 205TF Release Date: March 2020 Back Story: Classy serif revival font Romain 20, by independent type designer and researcher Alice Savoie, has been in the works for eight years now and has finally launched through type foundry 205TF. The idea for t

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Pencil drawing techniques: Pro tips to sharpen your skills

Sharpen your skills with these pencil drawing techniques, for both graphite and coloured pencils.

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The best drawing tablet: Our pick of the best graphics tablets in 2020

Discover our pick for the best drawing tablet, as well as alternatives to suit all users and budgets.

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Is this what iOS 14 will look like? (We really hope so)

Introducing the home screen design concept of dreams.

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How To Use Photoshop’s Object Selection Tool To Make The Most Accurate Selections

The Object Selection tool is one of the most powerful additions to Photoshop, and is available from version 21.0. It uses Adobe Sensei AI to automatically select an object if you make a rough selection around it. It also comes with a host of features that can help you make the most precise selections. In […]

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Graphing the economic crisis of coronavirus 2

Kaiser Fung (Junkcharts) reviews a chart about how COVID-19 has caused a historic collapse in oil prices.

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Sucre Paper #5 – “Anthropology”

Sucre Paper is a print-only independent publication from Copenhagen. The theme of issue #5 is “Anthropology” and features a selection of talented artists: • Juliette Abitbol • Chiara Zonca • Nadia Ryder • Charlotte Robin (exclusive editorial) • Ayo Akinsete • Benj

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Why Did People Start Naming Typefaces After Themselves? - Print Magazine

The key to design immortality (sometimes, anyway): eponymous typefaces.

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Times are definitely changing, the bull market which was one of the longest is over and we are all heading to a global recession. I know this sounds super grim, but in order to help everyone to promote their work, we will start featuring designers from all over the world in a series we call Designer Spotlight. For this one bring to you the amazing work of Micah Lanier. Micah Lanier is a product designer, illustrator and branding expert. He is based in Nashville and you can check out more of his amazing work at:

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Day 18. I am starting to lose count, I would be totally transparent, yesterday it was a hard day to go by. Spring is here and you do miss the time spent outside, hanging out with relatives, friends, and colleagues. But we have the right reasons to stay inside, it's not easy but it's the right thing to do to stop the spread and actually save lives. To regain sanity, I enjoyed surfing on Dribbble and I couldn't help to put together this article for you all.

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One Hour Challenge: Hand-Painted Stripes

Empowering Textile and Surface Pattern Designers

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One Hour Challenge: Alternative Sketching Styles

Empowering Textile and Surface Pattern Designers