Rex The Art Guy

A graphic designer living in the life of visuals. I love green tea and papaya salad! I eat graphic design for breakfast too! Follow me!

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Evolution of pixel art

The earliest pixel art were just simple blocks that look like simple objects. It was started in the year 1972. Later on in the year 1978, the rise of 8-bit pixel began. Better visuals that represent real objects and details can be formed. Some of the iconic applications with pixel of this style is Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It later on goes into more detail and colors till this day, the 3D pixel art that forms the graphic base of attractive visual games such as the Nintendo Switch.

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Bananas of other colors...

Among the 500 varieties of banana that exist in nature, we can even find some red and purple. Red bananas are smaller and more robust than yellow bananas and have a sweet raspberry-like flavor; purple bananas are grown in Southeast Asia and are widely used in cooking.

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3 tips for taking your own photos

Show yourself and your surroundings

Instead of stock photos from sites like Pixabay, that are linked to, for example, your blog, you can take photos of yourself, the work you do and the places you visit as an entrepreneur. I notice that I inspire my social media followers, show what I am doing more, but also introduce new flex workplaces. I challenge you to get started with this!

Create your own image bank

The second tip I can give you is start your own image bank. Anything you come across that inspires you or has to do with your field, take a picture of it. If you cannot immediately use this photo on social media, keep it in a special folder for later. If you do this structurally, you always have photos to make an inspiring post with.

It doesn't have to be perfect

Striving for perfection is one of the pitfalls of entrepreneurs, but I believe that making your own photos for your social media can be learned. By looking at the photos you take every time and improving the photo every time you post. Also check out other social media accounts for inspiration.

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Graphic design tip: Free online design programs

Some options for free online graphic design programs are:

Canva. It is perhaps the best known website for this purpose, it also has an app and a plugin for WordPress. It is very easy to use, it has many free and other paid options.

Piktochart. It is a simple and intuitive design software. You can create infographics, presentations and designs to print as posters. It has hundreds of templates, some free and others paid.

Snappa. It allows you to create online graphics very easily. You choose the dimensions, templates and edit them. They have a lot of free images in stock.

PicMonkey. It allows you to edit photos and design. It is very easy to use to create posts for social networks and advertisements, among other things. You have a seven-day free trial and then you would have to opt for one of the paid plans.

Fotor. It is a photo editor and can also be used to make collages and different designs.

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What do freelance graphic designers do?

The freelance graphic designers do like any graphic designers do. They conceptualise and develop arts graphic and visual materials to effectively communicate so the information contained in books, magazines, advertising, films, packaging, posters, logos, advertising and digital media, such as web pages. Except that they are their own boss and therefore would be more responsible and responsive towards their clients.

Anyone who wishes to become a successful graphic designer, in addition to the aforementioned skills and abilities, must have creativity, an artistic streak, be a retailer, and possess technical knowledge of the area, especially on artistic design programs such as Adobe softwares - Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator and visual effects applications such as After Effects, in addition to handling Microsoft Office.

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This is why soccer balls are black and white

It turns out that the leading ball in this sport was designed for television. For the 1970 Soccer World Cup in Mexico - the first to be broadcast live on television - Adidas created the iconic soccer ball with black and white wedges so viewers could see it clearly on their screens. The black pentagons also helped players and officials to better distinguish the turns and flights of the ball.

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Who is the silhouette of the person in the famous NBA logo?

The silhouette of the NBA logo belongs to the player Jerry West (and not to Michael Jordan as many people think…).

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Why are the flags of surrender white

This symbol of surrender or truce is as old as war. Both soldiers and civilians had white clothing on hand, and since it was highly visible against dark, neutral backgrounds, they waved it aloft as a sign of reluctance to fight.

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A little about Coca Cola logo

Without a doubt, the Coca-Cola logo is one of the most recognized in the world. It has hardly undergone changes over the last 125 years, although it has known how to adapt to the passage of time.When John S. Pemberton created the formula for Coca-Cola in 1886, his friend and accountant Frank M. Robinson suggested this name to him because he thought the two capital Cs would stand out in advertising. He also wanted to create a unique logo, so he opted for the elegant Spencerian typeface, a handwritten calligraphy very in vogue in the second half of the 19th century. As a characteristic feature of the logo, one of the ends of the C stands out in each word, thus embracing the whole.

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Why New York Taxis Are Yellow

In 1907 Albert Rockwell designed a taxi with an innovative 15 horsepower motor at his car company in Bristol, Connecticut. Legend has it that his wife suggested that he paint it yellow and that he did. Two years later, yellow cabs were already roaming the streets of the Big Apple courtesy of the Rockwell Taxi Factory.

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A Famous Graphic Designer: Paul Rand

A notable professional who works for corporate giants like IBM, ABC, Enron, Ford or NexT . In all of them, Rand asserted the principles of the European modernist currents in the United States, combining under the same umbrella Russian constructivism, De Stijl's Dutch deconstruction and the German rationalism of the Bauhaus . Its sober designs are committed to simplicity, without undermining the communicating role of the logo . In his own words, “the design is simple. That is why it is so complicated ”.

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Graphic design tip: Limit the number of fonts

When selecting fonts or letters for headings, subtitles and text, use ones that are simple and effective. It is difficult for the human eye to scan multiple types of fonts, so ideally you should select only two, many use variations of the same family.

One font for the titles and another for the body of the text. More than two can be seen as chaotic. They make readability difficult and make the design look very informal.

When choosing the font, consider font readability . Very nice handwriting can be very difficult to read and will not work for your design. He prefers that they do not have trimmings or ornaments.

Although a very good option is to balance a stylish typeface with one that is legible. The first ones you should use very carefully.

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Woobansketcher

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not sure why but this is catchy...

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Who invented emoticons?

Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist from the US, invented emoticons  to avoid misunderstandings in the e-mails he exchanged with his students.

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Why Are The Simpsons Yellow?

The yellow color of the famous television series The Simpsons has an explanation from the point of view of graphic design : this color is a trick to attract the attention of viewers. This had to be a striking color so that when changing channels, the color would stand out considerably and the viewer would stay watching the program.

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Who is that child in DreamWorks logo?

The silhouette of the child in the DreamWorks logo is that of William, the son of its illustrator, Robert Hunt. 

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Bonfire

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Love the explosion of this flame!