AI art started taking the world by storm in 2022. And along with both beautiful and disturbing images showing up in your social media feeds, you have likely also seen a lot of debate among artists. While AI art allows anyone to generate art based on a text prompt, artists and non-artists alike have expressed […]
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Artist Feature: Bridget Harvey in her SoWa Boston Studio
Bridget Harvey is a painter, draftsman, collagist, burner of wood, and an aspiring skydiver! We had the pleasure of meeting Bridget when visiting Katie Southworth at SoWa earlier this year, and ever since then we’ve been collaborating and creating. In this post, we’d like to introduce Bridget Harvey to the FilterGrade Community. Bridget is a […]
Continue reading5 Most Common Design Portfolio Mistakes and How To Fix Them
Creating an attractive portfolio is a must for graphic designers, so learn the 5 most common design portfolio mistakes and how to fix them in order to grab your potential clients’ attention! When you first start crafting your portfolio, many questions pop up in your head as you want to make it perfect. It’s understandable […]
Continue readingHow to Make Money Online Selling Templates
Have you ever wondered who made all of those awesome templates on Canva? It wasn’t just Canva employees! Regular people like you and me are able to make Canva templates and make money off of them. Some people even report making $2,000-$5,000 per month doing this. So how do you make money online selling templates […]
Continue readingProfessional Glitch Photoshop Plugin by Vexus
Glitch is a lightweight, Photoshop Plugin that allows you to distort selected parts of your image with a dystopian Glitch effect. With clever area selection tools like Auto select, Glitch leverages Photoshop’s assortment of selection tools to apply your Glitch effects where you want them most. Create vivid and dynamic Glitch effects within Photoshop using […]
Continue readingFree DuoTone Photoshop Plugin from Vexus
Adding duotone effects to your images is a simple way to enrich your images and is used in many popular design styles. FilterGrade offers great Photoshop and Lightroom preset to add Duotones to your images. Thanks to Vexus digital, they’ve designed and built an amazing way to keep control of all your duotones in one […]
Continue readingArtist Feature: Nicholas Cordeiro, aka Dead Cowboy, in his Salem, Mass Studio
Nicholas Cordeiro is a Boston-based Contemporary Mixed Media artist meshing Cubism & Neo-Expressionism to explore Love, Trauma, & Self-Realization. We’ve been hanging out with Dead Cowboy for the past few months filming, creating art, and exploring Boston, so we wanted to share some photos and clips from our time with Nick. In this post, we’d […]
Continue readingTop Tips to Create the Best Online Banner Design
Advertising is the fuel to any business, nowadays, nearly there’s not a single webpage or application that doesn’t show pop-up ads or short videos promoting a brand, a product, or a service, and this is called digital advertising, which is characterized by using digital media channels to communicate with the audience. Online banners are known […]
Continue readingCan You Create a Beautiful Printable Menu with No Design Skills?
Owning a restaurant is exciting and challenging. That’s especially true in these times where a global pandemic has turned just about every restaurant into a takeout establishment. Your restaurant menu and menu template may have been designed for diners sitting at tables, not people ordering online. While we’d like to say there will be a […]
Continue readingHow To Design Your Unique and Awesome Brand Identity [2024]
A company’s “brand” and “logo” are often used interchangeably. But even though a logo can be a symbol of a business, it’s not necessarily the brand. Creating a logo is just one small step in creating a brand design identity. A brand design identity consists of the visual elements of the business, such as colors, […]
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