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Starting out as a freelancer can be kind of thrilling. On the one hand it is incredibly scary to do it alone and manage an entire business. On the other hand you now get to work on your own schedule and on projects you are truly passionate about. Because of the growth and popularity of freelancing
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Discover top Art Deco fonts and decorative typefaces. Featuring beautiful fonts from professional lettering artists inspired by the Art Deco period. What Does Art Deco Mean? Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture, and design that started in France before the beginning of World War I during the 1920s. It represents a combination
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Photography is not always just about the photo. Whether it’s for promotional purposes, or for a shareable social media post, you may want to put text over your image while editing. You can’t just use any font with your photos; you will need to find something that fits with the style and feel of your
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Houdini is a 3D animation software that includes some powerful tools – powerful enough to be used in top-selling animated movies! In this article, we will take a look at some of the features of Houdini, and what sort of big-budget projects it has been used in. SideFX Company Background via SideFX Houdini is
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Social media is an amazing tool for marketers everywhere, as it’s a great way to engage with and advertise to customers. And it can have great ROI. But the biggest challenge is often proving that ROI to management and being able to show that your efforts are working well. That’s where social media tracking tools
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Natalka Dmitrova is a talented illustrator and designer from Ukraine. She has a BFA in Graphic Design and over 6 years of experience in illustration/design working with clients such as Martini, Kimberly-Clark, L’Oréal, Auchan, Kotex, and more. Natalka specializes in creating custom illustrations for mobile apps, advertising, magazines, games, and packaging design. She has even
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Adobe Photoshop can produce some amazing works of art, if you have the know-how. It is also great for generating unique and interesting text effects that catch your attention. We’ve compiled this brief list of the best and most fun text effect tutorials online. These tutorials dive deep into using layer effects, brushes, and more
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Taking accurate and aesthetically pleasing images is the job of architectural photographers. The goal is to show off a building, structure, cityscape, or constructed environment in an attractive way, while still keeping an accurate representation of what it is. Architecture can take many shapes and forms. In this article we’ll be highlighting a variety of
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(C) Blender Foundation, www.blender.org Every once in a while, you come across a piece of free software that has no business being free. Blender is one of those. The Blender project is a powerful, open source 3D creation suite that enables users to work on every aspect of 3D work. This includes modeling, animation, game
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When it comes to photo editing, the first thing that some people gravitate toward is making space-inspired Photoshop manipulations. Often it’s very easy to create an impressive-looking space-themed image in Photoshop, making them an easy draw for beginners. But, the more advanced artists creating work in this area can make some truly impressive pieces. These
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