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  • How to Use Textures in Photoshop
    PLUS Illustration

    How to Use Textures in Photoshop

    Illustrator and designer Willian Santiago teaches you how to create different textures in Photoshop Programs like Photoshop open the door to infinite digital illustration processes, such as adding effects and textures created using traditional techniques. Textures, in particular, can add a rich layer of detail that make your drawings have more of an impact. In this tutorial, illustrator and designer Willian Santiago (@williansantiagodg) will show you how to use different textures in Photoshop to bring your creations to life. Watch the video below:

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  • 10 Tips to Market Yourself Better on Pinterest
    Marketing

    10 Tips to Market Yourself Better on Pinterest

    Natalia Escaño shares some simple tips to boost the position of your pins among the top search results Pinterest is one of the most visual social networks, with a search power comparable to that of Google, but basing its content strategy on aesthetics and being a tool to find inspiration. This makes it a handy tool for creatives, artists, designers, illustrators, photographers, and even companies who want to share their products differently. Natalia Escaño (@nataliaescano) is a designer and illustrator and one of the most prominent Pinterest influencers in Spain, with more than a million followers and a portfolio of clients that includes brands such as L'Oréal Paris and Disney. As a great connoisseur of this platform, at both a user level and business level, she knows what it takes to stand out with attractive, eye-catching, and extremely visual content that will surely resonate with the audience. Here are the 10 fundamental tips from Natalia Escaño to improve the SEO of your Pinterest pins:

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  • Find Inspiration for Your Next Tattoo
    Illustration

    Find Inspiration for Your Next Tattoo

    Discover the trajectory and references of Chilean tattoo artist Polilla Tattoo Edward Lorenz's Chaos Theory states that small decisions can have profound consequences in our lives. Florencia Landaeta, better known as Polilla Tattoo (@polillatattoo), is living proof of this. After her husband — back then her boyfriend — gave her her first tattoo, the graphic designer became interested in this discipline and found a calling she continues to follow to this day. Moth fell in love with the trade, which allowed her to keep her interest in drawing. Three months after that first session, she held her first tattoo machine.

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  • What Is Ikebana?
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    What Is Ikebana?

    Discover the ancestral Japanese art of arranging flowers and the best-known styles Ikebana, also known as Kado, is an art form that uses floral arrangements as a medium, following pre-established rules and symbolism. In Japanese, the term means both "to give life to the flowers" and "floral arrangement". The other denomination, Kado, means "the path of flowers."

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  • Flash Ends: The Rise and Fall of The Internet’s Most Loved and Hated Software
    3D & Animation

    Flash Ends: The Rise and Fall of The Internet’s Most Loved and Hated Software

    The history of the multi-billion dollar software that transformed the internet and forged a gaming universe, only to become one of its most hated softwares In the late 90s, two tech entrepreneurs decided to turn their failed drawing software into an animation program for the internet. Charlie Jackson and Jonathan Gay had thought that PenPoint-technology, tablet and stylus drawing and writing technology, would be the next big thing. They were wrong. "I think we sold two copies", Jackson told Ars Technica. "And one was to the architect who was designing Bill Gates' house".

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  • 20 Illustrators You Should Get to Know in 2021
    Illustration

    20 Illustrators You Should Get to Know in 2021

    Domestika's Instagram followers share the artists that have surprised them in 2020 Social networks are bursting with creative talent waiting to be discovered. This rings especially true for illustration, an art form that, increasingly, helps us connect with our own tastes and deal with difficult circumstances with humor. You simply can never follow too many illustrators on social media, and that's why we have created a list of artists you need to discover before the end of the year. Willian Santiago (@williansantiagodg) A vibrant and explosive color palette is the hallmark of this Brazilian illustrator who combines digital and analog techniques in his works.

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  • Domestika Diary: Jessica Dance
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    Domestika Diary: Jessica Dance

    Miniature model maker Jessica Dance takes us through her daily routine and creative process in the Southdowns, UK Jessica Dance (@jessica_dance) is an artist, designer, and coach who creates miniature models. Her unusual approach to design and making has led to collaborations with a host of global brands, including the BBC, Vogue, and Volkswagen, on jobs ranging from editorial design and animated adverts to interiors and installations. In this Domestika Diary, Jessica shares the daily routine that has enabled her to stay healthy, creative, and successful:

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  • 5 Free Make-up Classes for Photo Shoots
    Photography

    5 Free Make-up Classes for Photo Shoots

    Available for a limited time only, these classes will teach you make-up techniques for a photo series Make-up often plays a fundamental role in the creation of a photograph. Whether you’re working on a self-portrait, artistic photo series, or fashion shoot, the right look can save hours of post-production work. We recommend that everyone working both in front of the camera and behind it learn the basics of working with make-up so that they can efficiently solve any problems that might arise on set. These five free classes will guide you in what you need to know, whatever your studio role. Free Class: Make-up for Conceptual Self-Portrait Photography In this class, from the Conceptual Self-Portrait Photography course, photographer Krishna VR shares some simple tips for doing one’s own make-up. The expert explains how she has learned different techniques online. In this lesson, she advises how to match skin color and avoid a lengthy post-production process.

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  • The 10 Funniest Lorem Ipsum Generators
    Design

    The 10 Funniest Lorem Ipsum Generators

    "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." Forget the boring classic fake text and use one of these instead. A Lorem ipsum, as you probably already know, is a text commonly used in design and layout, which allows you to check that the spaces are well distributed and the fonts work correctly. It is a Latin passage extracted from a text by Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum. However, you don't need to stick to it in your projects. New fake text generators are constantly popping up and can help you give your designs a twist, even for provisional text boxes that are not meant to be read. If you are one of those who wants to have fun with Lorem ipsum, here are some ideas: Strangeripsum Our obsession with Stranger Things, the Netflix show that dusts off our eighties memories, has led us to Strangeripsum, a Lorem ipsum generator inspired by some of the show's scenes.

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  • 10 Great Television "Bottle Episodes"
    Film & Video

    10 Great Television "Bottle Episodes"

    This formula works! Check out this selection of great bottle episodes that have shaped television history The term "bottle episode" refers to a type of episode in a television series that has particular characteristics: –The episode focuses on a particular problem, usually being faced by one character. However, all the other elements of the series become entangled in this problem. –The episode usually takes place in one location. –Production is kept simple. There are no effects, perhaps no soundtrack, no props, just the characters and a conflict, which develops through dialog and long scenes.

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  • Krizia Robustella’s Upcycling Tips to Renew Your Sportswear
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    Krizia Robustella’s Upcycling Tips to Renew Your Sportswear

    Get inspired, learn to customize your sports garments, and create stylish clothing through upcycling Barcelona-born Krizia Robustella (@kriziarobustella)has been working as a fashion designer for over ten years. Her mother was a fashion wholesaler and named her after the Italian fashion brand she had seen in Vogue in the 70s. Her fate was decided on that day. She presented her recycled 90s tracksuits in the Ego de Cibeles catwalk in 2007. The press called her style Sport Deluxe. From that moment, her collections have been part of the Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion Week and the 080 Barcelona Fashion. She also sells them in her shop in the Catalonian capital. Read on to discover how she creates two sports outfits out of an old sweatshirt, using upcycling, and see a gallery of her pieces.

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  • What Is the Color Wheel?
    Design

    What Is the Color Wheel?

    You've probably heard a lot about this tool, but what exactly is the color wheel, and how does it work? The color wheel is an important tool to get to grips with when you begin a visual art. To put it simply: if colors were words, the color wheel would be the alphabet–it’s what you need to speak this language well.

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  • Free Download: Guide for Creating Conceptual Images
    Design

    Free Download: Guide for Creating Conceptual Images

    Explore the different techniques and materials to create posters with an extraordinary communicative force When a poster transcends its informative function and becomes a form of artistic expression, its true design unfolds. Graphic design studio 12caracteres (@12caracteres), founded by Samuel Aznar and Miguel Frago, specializes in creating graphic solutions with a strong visual impact mainly in poster form. They shared this guide with Domestika on how they generate images and shape surprising concepts.

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  • 8 Interior Design Trends for 2021
    Design

    8 Interior Design Trends for 2021

    Discover how our homes will look next year: the return of long-gone pieces of furniture, the new role of industrial designers, and the unexpected role of walls Juan Pablo Fuentes studied industrial design at Diego Portales University in Chile in the late 1990s. Since then, he has founded several studios and built his own design space, COMODO, the first in Chile dedicated to producing, manufacturing, and marketing the so-called new national design. He was also the School of Design's director at the University of the Americas, which connected him to Latin America and Europe's design world. As a designer, @juanpablofuentes can study every aspect of an object: aesthetic, functional, economic, and social. His work enriches this skill at the editorial project Nuevos Creativos Chilenos, through which he focuses on product design, clothing, and graphics. His global vision is also nourished by the National Design Space, the first design gallery in Chile, a place that he shares with other partners and to promote, disseminate, and market serialized or limited design pieces sourced from local talent.

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  • 15 Contemporary Designers Working with Prints
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    15 Contemporary Designers Working with Prints

    Be inspired to create unique and charming clothes with the beautiful print work of world-renowned fashion designers Julia Pelletier (@julia_pelletier) is a textile designer who has specialized in silk screen printing, drawing, and teaching for over 15 years. In her Domestika course, she will teach you to combine creative techniques to design unique garments. Creating art that you can wear is a great way to show off your style and personality. Before you get started on your creation, she encourages you to look to some of today’s most creative contemporary designers working with prints for inspiration. Find the list below:

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  • How To Cut a Movie Trailer
    Film & Video

    How To Cut a Movie Trailer

    James Edgington takes us behind the scenes at one of the top movie trailer agencies in Hollywood For as long as he can remember, James Edgington was always drawn to working on feature films. After moving to London in his early 20s, he landed a job as a runner at a post-production company working on prime time British television shows, such as The X-Factor, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and The Jonathan Ross Show. Back then, James wasn’t yet aware that an entire industry dedicated to cutting movie trailers existed: “I just thought that the director or the film editor cut the trailer”, he says. It wasn’t until a few years later, when he was invited for a trial shift at the Editpool–a trailer agency based in the UK capital–that he discovered it was possible to make a career out of specializing in this particular branch of video editing.

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  • Hilma af Klint: The Fascinating Story of an Abstract Art Pioneer
    Art

    Hilma af Klint: The Fascinating Story of an Abstract Art Pioneer

    Ahead of her time, this artist created hundreds of enigmatic paintings where the invisible became visible. Unseen for many years, her work has now vindicated her as one of the pioneers of abstract art It was 1935, and Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky wrote a letter to his New York gallery owner, where he claimed the authorship of his first abstract painting: a piece painted in 1911. “Without doubt, it is the first abstract painting in the world (...) it is, in other words, a historical painting”, said the letter. Nonetheless, in Sweden, in 1906, a woman called Hilma af Klint had already been painting abstract compositions in which line, color, and geometrical shapes had been the main subjects. However, her story and her contribution to abstract art remained unknown until the 1980s, when an exhibition taking place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) finally vindicated her role. Why doesn’t her name resonate when we think of this art movement? What happened that kept her prolific production unknown, unlike Mondrian, Malevich, or Kandinsky’s works? Here is the fascinating story behind one of the pioneers of abstraction.

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  • Domestika Challenge: Kseniia Guseva Embroiders a Building in 30 Minutes
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    Domestika Challenge: Kseniia Guseva Embroiders a Building in 30 Minutes

    See if embroidery artist Kseniia Guseva can embroider a building in the centre of Madrid in just 30 minutes Embroidery is a slow and meticulous process… but not today. For the latest installment of our Domestika Challenge series, we’ve put international embroidery artist Kseniia Guseva’s (@faimyxstitch) skills to the test with a 30 minute embroidery challenge in Madrid's iconic Plaza Mayor. Kseniia Guseva (@faimyxstitch) has been embroidering every day since 2016, creating stitchwork cityscapes—an interest shaped by the architecture of her hometown of Saint Petersburg. Her talent and commitment as an embroidery artist has garnered her an Instagram following in the hundreds of thousands but she’s never faced a challenge like this before: stitching a building in just half an hour. Want to see how she did? Check out the video below:

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  • What Is Photogrammetry?
    3D & Animation

    What Is Photogrammetry?

    Discover more about this 3D creation technique and how it is applied to video games, VFX, and more We are living in a technological era in which humans are able to generate 3D objects and environments that are difficult to distinguish from reality, demonstrated by the most cutting-edge video games and movies. This is done using different methods, and photogrammetry is one of the most common and most interesting of them. To help you get to grips with this technique, which is often used in the VFX and video games’ industries, here are the essential points you should know according to 3D artist David Chumilla (@amnoon), who has worked on projects like Forza Horizon 3, Need for Speed: Heat, and Call of Duty: Black Ops IV.

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  • 10 Illustrators to Discover in 2021
    Illustration Teacher

    10 Illustrators to Discover in 2021

    Spanish Illustrator and Domestika teacher Puño introduces us to some inspiring illustrators with unique styles from around the world Earlier in the year, I wrote a post in the Domestika blog called ‘Puño recommends,’ in which I shared some of the illustrators whose work is a source of inspiration. Some of them are featured in this article to inspire you with their work, whichever your drawing or illustration style. Click on their name highlighted in red if you want to learn more about them. JooHee Yoon South Korea JooHee Yoon’s work is an exemplary demonstration that traditional and digital techniques can live together in harmony. They create a perfect symbiosis in which the digital evens out the rough side of the traditional processes, and at the same time, enhances their essence.

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  • 5 Watercolor Time-lapses That Will Inspire You to Paint
    Illustration

    5 Watercolor Time-lapses That Will Inspire You to Paint

    Paint and water embrace in these inspiring works by five watercolor artists Watercolors are a world of possibilities–you can explore infinite subjects using this medium. These five time-lapses are proof that water, when mixed with paint, is mesmerizing. The following five artists show us how they each create a piece at great speed. Watercolor portrait, with Carlos R. Casado (@carlosrodriguezcasado) Carlos R. Casado mainly uses watercolors for caricatures. Carlos uses watercolor's unpredictability to his advantage when he draws and paints well-known characters. Here, he shows us a different way of working with watercolors to what we are used to seeing.

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  • Learn How to Create Cartoon-Style Characters for Free With Ed Vill
    Illustration

    Learn How to Create Cartoon-Style Characters for Free With Ed Vill

    Access Ed Vill's Domestika course for 72 hours for free and learn the steps to create amazing cartoons, from the first sketches to final digital illustrations using Procreate Cartoon characters are an inexhaustible pool of fun stories and great comedy. They're incredibly versatile, the perfect fit for pretty much anything, from short stories all the way to profound social critique. They can give identity and personality to any brand, and they are a great resource when working on advertising projects. The illustrator and character designer Ed Vill knows how to draw them perfectly and, in addition to teaching you the essential tools, he will share every secret trick to make it easier to bring your characters to life using Procreate and the Apple Pencil. Starting December 22nd, and for 72 hours only, you can access the Domestika course Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate for free. You will begin by learning how to design a cartoon-style character that reflects a brand's personality using the popular illustration app. You will then work on translating it into different media, both digital and physical, to use it for advertising purposes.

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  • Make Your Digital Fantasy Portraits Sparkle in Photoshop
    Illustration

    Make Your Digital Fantasy Portraits Sparkle in Photoshop

    Learn how to make your digital portraits sparkle in Photoshop, with Bearbrickjia The final touches that we add to an illustration can completely transform the end result. Take your digital portraits to the next level and make them sparkle. Karmen Loh (@Bearbrickjia) is a digital illustrator whose surrealist style fuses fantastical worlds with everyday reality. In this video, she reveals how to make your portraits shine in Photoshop. Watch the video below:

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  • 5 Design Trends to Look Out for in 2021
    Design

    5 Design Trends to Look Out for in 2021

    Discover which trends will impact photography, editorial design, and typography in 2021 Silvia Fernández Palomar, also known as Silvia Ferpal, is a designer and artist with a well-trained eye. She won the 2019 National Design Award for the young designers category; has worked at companies such as Ogilvy & Mather, Paseo, Designit Madrid, and Designit New York; and is a design teacher at IED. While Silvia believes that our perception of trends is subjective, when you listen to her make observations, you start seeing how new patterns emerge where you hadn't noticed them before. Her opinion, she says, is based on requests from clients, the projects she’s recently worked on, and her personal judgement. "The important thing about trends," she warns, "is to use them as a guide. These are, for her, five trends that will make an impact on the design world in 2021.

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  • Work Out Your Instagram Color Palette
    Marketing

    Work Out Your Instagram Color Palette

    This tool will show you which colors you use the most on your Instagram profile Color can be a window to your personality and an essential tool to create visual harmony. Use it correctly, and you'll be able to convey emotions and messages in a much clearer fashion. It doesn't matter if your Instagram account is personal, professional, or you are representing a brand: if you take color seriously, you need to explore Color Kuler, a service that analyzes the most prominent colors in the images you post on your feed, giving you a good idea of what palette represents you, and greater control over what your profile looks like. Try this tool, discover the colors your followers associate with you, and compare it with others.

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  • Free Download: Miniature Christmas Embroidery Patterns
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    Free Download: Miniature Christmas Embroidery Patterns

    Decorate your tree with unique embroidery and make this Christmas an even craftier holiday In the hands of Silvia Peligro (@silviapeligro), the artisanal work of embroidery gets distilled into tiny, beautiful pieces. This type of small-scale craft is perfect for creating unique decorative pieces for your Christmas tree. Today, the Mexican embroiderer shares six patterns that you can use to make beautiful handmade ornaments to decorate your house with this Christmas. You can download Silvia Peligro's miniature Christmas embroidery patterns at the end of this article.

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  • Crochet Tutorial: How to Read a Pattern
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    Crochet Tutorial: How to Read a Pattern

    Learn how to read the symbols on a crochet chart and understand a pattern, with Steel and Stitch Crochet charts, patterns, and their symbols can be intimidating to anyone starting out. However, they are a lot simpler than they might appear. In this tutorial, Emma Friedlander-Collins, also known as Steel and Stitch (@steelandstitch), explains how to decode a crochet chart, explaining what each abbreviation and symbol means and and how to use this helpful tool in your next design.

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