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  • 5 Free Classes to Learn UX Design for Beginners
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    5 Free Classes to Learn UX Design for Beginners

    Get started in UX design and get to know the world of digital usability One of the biggest trends in web design, whether for websites or for apps, is UX design, our user experience design. This simply means that all design decisions are made with the users' needs at the center. These 5 experts in UX design will help you to discover basic principles of this discipline to make your digital projects have a high impact. To watch each class, just click on its title in red. Enjoy!

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  • 5 Courses to Perfect Your 3D Modeling and Design Skills
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    5 Courses to Perfect Your 3D Modeling and Design Skills

    Learn how to use different programs and techniques to improve your 3D design and modeling skills The world of 3D design and modeling is so broad that the possibilities are truly endless; that means that you can choose the software and style that bestfit your creativity and skill level. Whether you are taking your first steps or improving your 3D modeling and design skills, these five online 3D modeling courses will inspire you to reach new levels in your professional career. Low Poly Character Modeling for Video Games, a course by Daniel Gutiérrez The low poly style is one of the most attractive contemporary aesthetics in video game creation, animation, and illustration. The objects and characters created with this technique show clearly defined polygons and flat faces but achieve an emotional impact nonetheless. Daniel Gutiérrez teaches you how to make them perfect in this course.

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  • The Importance of Observation When Drawing Birds
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    The Importance of Observation When Drawing Birds

    When depicting plants and animals, careful observation is essential. Here are some tips for drawing birds Nature illustrator Antonia Reyes Montealegre (@antoniapajarito) is passionate about birds and their diverse anatomies, something she loves to capture in her drawings. Nothing’s as good as looking out to the treetops and capturing the essence of the colorful birds that live in them. It is necessary to focus on details to recreate a realistic picture of nature. For this reason, we must learn to observe these creatures.

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  • Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for AVID Media Composer
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    Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for AVID Media Composer

    Discover the basic keyboard shortcuts of one of the most-used video editing programs on the market AVID Media Composer is one of the most complete, professional, and stable nonlinear video editing software available. A well-known name in the editing industry, it is mainly used by professional video editors worldwide, but casual and non-professional users will also enjoy its advantages. Speed and efficiency are the primary skills of a good editor, and as you progress in your use of AVID Media Composer, you will realize that there's a significant amount of time to be saved once you learn some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts. Below, we have compiled some of the basic ones for Mac and PC to get you started.

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  • 5 Watercolor Artists Whose Work Will Inspire You
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    5 Watercolor Artists Whose Work Will Inspire You

    Be inspired by the work of these contemporary watercolor artists Few are lucky enough to grow up in a house whose walls are plastered in art. So, when it comes to launching your own creative career, you’ll need to seek out your own inspiration. Isabela Quintes (@isabelaquintes) –an illustrator and painter specializing in botanical watercolor painting–did exactly this. Quickly she found that one artist led her to another, and so on, and soon she had built a network of influential references. Today she shares five of her favorite watercolor artists with the Domestika community. Ana Victoria Calderón (@anavictoriana) Mexican artist Ana Victoria Calderón inspired Quintes to first experiment with watercolors. Calderón uses a diverse color palette that expertly mixes darker and lighter tones. She also shows off her technical versatility mixing in acrylics and employing tricks using salt.

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  • What Is a Counterbrief?
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    What Is a Counterbrief?

    Andrea Galvez and Martín Bedoya, from FIBRA branding studio, show us the methodology they use to create an efficient counterbrief To understand the role of the counterbrief in a branding project, it is important to first remember the concept of the brief: a document or process with essential information and instructions on how to create a brand. From this document, the design process is born. The brief usually comes from the client, the counterbrief is the designers' answer to everything requested and, according to Andrea Galvez and Martín Bedoya from FIBRA branding studio (@fibra_branding), it is the most crucial step in their work process. It is through the counterbrief–the first delivery made to the client–that the project script and the refinement of the initial ideas are defined.

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  • Challenge: 3 Fun Ways to Stimulate Creativity
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    Challenge: 3 Fun Ways to Stimulate Creativity

    Art director, graphic designer, and illustrator Rogério Puhl tests out his own challenge and surprises himself with the results Since he was a teenager, Rogério Puhl had always dreamed of being an artist. At the age of 14, he enrolled at Chapecó School of Arts in Brazil. After discovering the world of digital illustration at the age of 18, he began a career in advertising, and went on to work for some of the most successful agencies in Brazil: AlmapBBDO, DM9DDB, Africa, Ogilvy, WMcCann, Young & Rubicam, and more. His portfolio includes projects for clients such as MTV, McDonald's and Red Bull, and he has created copyrighted murals around the world. Thanks to many years of experience, Rogério has lots of tips on how to get your creative juices flowing. In this challenge, the artist shares three ways to keep your mind active. The exercises can be carried out anywhere using whatever tools you have at hand. Not only will you have fun but your brain will also get a workout. Rogério was in fact very surprised with the results he got when he tried it out himself.

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  • Free Download: Template for Making Origami Envelopes with Cartoncita
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    Free Download: Template for Making Origami Envelopes with Cartoncita

    Cartoncita, who specialize in origami and scenography, show us how to create origami envelopes and mini boxes Estela Moreno Orteso is the founder of Cartoncita–a studio workshop specializing in creating objects, spaces, and decorations out of paper and card. Their clients include big brands such as Vespa, Samsung and Hermès. In her live, Estela will show us how to create an eight-sided envelope, which is called a “tato” in Japanese, and a small box using the millennium-old art of origami. Here you can download the templates for free:

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  • Download Over 15,000 Comic Books for Free
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    Download Over 15,000 Comic Books for Free

    Comic lovers can now access thousands of high-quality gems from the Golden Age Are you a comic book lover? An illustrator curious to explore character and background designs popular before the Sixties? Or simply interested in researching historical commentary through graphic storytelling? In that case, the Digital Comic Museum has a massive treat in store for you. A vast archive of pre-1959 comic books in excellent condition, uploaded by users, has been compiled by the museum and keeps growing. The comics are available under public domain restrictions and fully downloadable. All entries have been meticulously checked by the site’s moderators and administrators to avoid copyright infringement, and contributors are encouraged to keep on entering new scans adhering to the rules.

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  • What Is Zentangle?
    Illustration

    What Is Zentangle?

    Learn about the abstract pattern drawing style that will help you relax and refine your mark-making The term Zentangle comes from the words 'zen' (the Buddhist meditative philosophy for balancing the mind) and 'tangle'. The goal of this art practice is to achieve calm. It was developed as a concept in 2004 in the United States, from the minds of Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Zentangle is a style of drawing, mainly abstract, that uses repetitive patterns and represents an artistic method of relaxation for many.

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  • 12 Creative Ideas For Your Stationery Design
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    12 Creative Ideas For Your Stationery Design

    12 creatives from the Domestika community share the designs they've created for brand stationery If you are working in branding or brand identity design, or are interested in working in this field, you will know the importance of a brand’s stationery. Despite living in a world where everything is digital, printed material is still standing its ground as clients try their best to stand out from the crowd. Read on as 12 creatives from the Domestika community show you ways to produce stationery designs for different brands, in mockup version or printed, and inspire you to start your own projects. Click on the red titles to access every entry in detail. 1910, by HUMAN (@human_) This was part of a brand identity project for a Mexican restaurant in London. The contemporary design draws from elements from traditional Mexican culture and a color palette inspired by the work of architect Luis Barragán. Learn more about this creative studio in the course, Principles of Concepting and Branding.

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  • 20 Watercolor Paintings by Ana Victoria Calderon's Students
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    20 Watercolor Paintings by Ana Victoria Calderon's Students

    Check out these projects of the Domestika community made with the watercolor painting technique Ana Victoria Calderón (@anavictoriana) is a painter and illustrator, who has found watercolor one of her favorite means of expression. She is inspired by elements of nature to create illustrations that you can also find applied to all kinds of products.

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  • The Story Behind "Accidentally Wes Anderson"
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    The Story Behind "Accidentally Wes Anderson"

    We spoke to the creator of the popular Instagram account who has just launched a bestselling book for adventurers Accidentally Wes Anderson was created for adventures and explorers. It is a book brimming with beautiful photos and intriguing narratives for curious beings. Each photo looks like a frame straight out of a Wes Anderson film. Yet these are not film sets. They are authentic spots that you can visit, all over the world, and each spot has its own unique and enchanting story.

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  • 10 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts to Work Faster in DaVinci Resolve
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    10 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts to Work Faster in DaVinci Resolve

    Speed up your workflow when editing video projects with these shortcuts New controls and tools are constantly being added to video editing programs, making them more complex and creating the need to keep track of such tools. DaVinci Resolve, one of the most popular post-production video editing suites around, is one such program. For this reason, video editors must get familiar with basic keyboard hotkeys to keep their work flowing. If you are not using them already, check out the following 10 essential DaVinci Resolve shortcuts to get started:

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  • 7 Masters of Graphic Design Share Their Industry-insider Secrets
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    7 Masters of Graphic Design Share Their Industry-insider Secrets

    Get to know these legendary international graphic designers and discover their industry-insider secrets Just like any other creative discipline, the key to graphic design is practice. Listening to and learning from the best of the best will help you to perfect your daily output. These 10 graphic designers from our Domestika Masters series share their experiences to help you develop your own library of references and reflect on the role of a graphic designer. Domestika Masters: Milton Glaser Not many designers have been able to say that they have produced several works that are considered iconic all over the world. However, US designer Milton Glaser (1929-2020) was one of them. Founder of New York Magazine and creator of the I ❤ NY logotype–to give just a couple of examples–Glaser was a gamechanger in the history of design.

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  • 5 Online Courses to Become a UX Designer
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    5 Online Courses to Become a UX Designer

    Learn basic UX Design principles and concepts to start your projects like an expert After the technology boom and the widespread of digital devices everywhere, UX Design has become an essential discipline for all types of industries. If you want to impress your clients developing new apps and websites, these experts will teach you their secrets to become an expert UX designer:

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  • Domestika Diary: Olga Prinku
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    Domestika Diary: Olga Prinku

    The creator of flower on tulle embroidery takes us on a walk through the British countryside, where she finds inspiration and flowers for her creations Olga Prinku (@oprinku) is a designer and maker who created the flower on tulle embroidery technique, where she embroiders dried and handpicked flowers onto tulle. A trained graphic designer, Olga adapted her design skills to her botanical surroundings to create her unique and elegant style which has seen her collaborate with Swarovski, Anthropologie, and Ruth Eaton London. In this Domestika Diary, Olga shares her florally-inspired daily routine and creative process with us:

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  • Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Animate and for animation in Photoshop
    Web & App Design

    Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Animate and for animation in Photoshop

    Designer and animator Pablo Cuello shares the most popular shortcuts for animating with these software packages To achieve spectacular animations, you do not need complex resources. You can recreate frame-by-frame animation using a couple of tricks to make your design process a lot easier. Designer and animator Pablo Cuello (@pablocuello) shares the most common shortcuts in Adobe Animate and Adobe Photoshop to save time when creating effective animation work.

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  • 5 Textile Artists with Unique Styles You Should Follow on Instagram
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    5 Textile Artists with Unique Styles You Should Follow on Instagram

    Get to know some of Koral Antolín’s favorite textile artists In recent years, thanks to some excellent representatives around the world, textile art has been revamped. Textile artists who incorporate traditional techniques with contemporary experimentation have been creating unique and incomparable pieces. Designer, embroiderer, and art director Koral Antolín (@koralantolin) is one of these artists. She creates handcrafted textiles that embody her love for linear drawing and embroidery, with resulting painterly effects.

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  • # 2MDomestika: The Creativity Challenge Winners
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    # 2MDomestika: The Creativity Challenge Winners

    A selection of outstanding designs to celebrate 2 million creatives on Instagram We are now 2 million Domestika creatives on Instagram! All kinds of artistic and creative projects have been shared on our platform with a common purpose: learning together. To celebrate, we invited the community to reinterpret the Domestika logo using any medium: drawing, illustration, animation, embroidery, or whatever method they preferred, according to their unique experience at Domestika. A few of our teachers shared their interpretations here.

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  • 5 Free Classes to Learn How to Make a Mood Board
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    5 Free Classes to Learn How to Make a Mood Board

    Learn to plan your creative projects like an expert with these lessons For any type of creative discipline, the planning and conceptualization of ideas is an essential moment in the development of projects. In these cases, the mood board is your best ally. By learning to make yours, you will be able to have visibility of your ideas and translate them in an orderly manner. Below 5 creative experts in different disciplines share with you practical advice to create your own mood boards. To watch each class, just click on its red title. Enjoy!

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  • What Is Social Listening?
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    What Is Social Listening?

    Get to know this marketing tool that will help your social media accounts grow Perhaps you have recently heard the term “social listening”–it’s becoming more and more popular in the world of social media. It offers a valuable view of your audience as well as the direction of your brand. Learn how to implement this practice in your digital marketing strategy to obtain positive results for your personal brand or your customers.

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  • 3 Domestika Teachers Share Their Favorite Courses
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    3 Domestika Teachers Share Their Favorite Courses

    Get to know the Course Lists tool with the help of expert teachers from different disciplines If you are looking for your next Domestika course to try, but are still undecided, you’re likely to find our Course Lists tool useful. It allows you to create and edit lists of your favorite courses from your profile page. Below, three teachers share the lists of courses that they have curated according to their personal and professional interests.

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  • 5 Creative Ideas For Promoting Your Work
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    5 Creative Ideas For Promoting Your Work

    Discover these top tips for making your work stand out and showing people what you do As creative professionals, we need to be able to balance intense periods of creation with the time needed to promote what we create. Knowing how to sell your work and show off what you do to secure more clients or gain a loyal following is essential. It’s how you’ll expand your horizons and get jobs, commissions, and opportunities to collaborate. Designer and lettering artist Martina Flor (@martinaflor) shares tips so that you can promote your work and connect with potential clients:

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  • Three Ways to Mix Watercolors
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    Three Ways to Mix Watercolors

    Learn three methods for mixing watercolors to create different colors and effects, with Alex Hillkurtz One of the many reasons for watercolor’s popularity is the freedom and experimentation that it affords. Beyond the technique you use when putting brush to paper, the way you mix your colors offers an opportunity to add your own personality to the page. In this video, storyboard and watercolor artist Alex Hillkurtz (@alexhillkurtzart) shows three easy methods for mixing watercolors to create different colors and effects.

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  • 10 Basic Typography Design Principles for Creating Memorable Logotypes
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    10 Basic Typography Design Principles for Creating Memorable Logotypes

    Learn to use letter shapes to communicate beyond what your words spell out Typography is a crucial element in logotype design. Using shape, not only can we communicate verbally, but we can also channel the brand’s personality visually. Elias Mule (@elias_mule) is a graphic designer specializing in branding and typography. In this blog, he walks us through 10 basic typography design principles for creating memorable logotypes. They can be applied to any style of typography, whether that be with or without serif, italicized, monospaced, or display (which is often applied to logotypes). 1. Skeleton This is the internal line that defines the basic structure of your letter. It exists for the same reason that a human skeleton does, anatomically speaking. According to Elias, it’s a great starting point for working out how to connect your letters and define aspects such as height and width.

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  • Free Download: Botanical Punch Needle Pattern by Caro Bello
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    Free Download: Botanical Punch Needle Pattern by Caro Bello

    Graphic designer and artist Caro Bello teaches you how to create a gorgeous botanical design using a punch needle Caro Bello (@carobello) is a graphic designer and artist specializing in punch needle whose work has been featured in publications and exhibitions such as OHLALÁ magazine and the 2019 edition of Casa FOA. In her Domestika Live, she will teach us how to punch needle a gorgeous botanical design. Here you can download the free pattern she will be teaching.

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  • A Brief History of Book Covers
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    A Brief History of Book Covers

    Discover how book covers evolved over the centuries with Silja Götz In the beginning, books were leather-bound, made to fit someone's library. Only in the 19th century, images started to appear on covers to give us an idea of a book’s content. Silja Götz (@Silja) is a German illustrator who has worked with press clients like The New Yorker, Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Die Zeit, Outdoor magazine, and more. Her book cover illustrations adorn the books of publishers like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Gräfe und Unzer, and Doubleday. In her Domestika course, she reveals the secrets of conceptual illustration to create eye-catching book covers and tells us how book covers evolved over the last century.

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