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Famous Logos Designs that use Geometric Shapes

By Shumi Perhiniak October 28, 2019

A lot of the most famous logos designs use geometric shapes which make them easy to recognise and more likely to stand the test of time but why?

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8 Obscure Yet Awesome Photoshop Techniques

By Emily Melling October 23, 2019

Discover 8 Techniques which will help you create stand out and attention grabbing design work. Ready to find out more?

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Illustrative Work by Jake Alexander

By Emily Melling August 6, 2019

We recently got to know Graduate Jake Alexander to talk about his illustrative work and his winning entry to The Macmillan Prize 2019.

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Discover the best Godzilla fan art

By Emily Melling July 16, 2019

Take a look at the best Godzilla fan art on the internet. Created for a competition hosted by Talenthouse for Warner Bros.

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How to draw a Vampire

By Emily Melling February 18, 2019

Discover a full work-flow for drawing and styling a vampire character in Adobe Illustrator CC 2019.

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Jungle Book vs Mowgli – CGI animals

By Emily Melling February 5, 2019

See a direct comparison between the same set of characters produced differently for two live action films.

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Self-Portrait in Illustrator – Red Dead Redemption style

By Emily Melling January 21, 2019

A work-flow for transforming yourself into a Red Dead character using a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator!

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Top 5 iPad Pro Accessories

By Emily Melling January 9, 2019

Discover our 5 favourite accessories which can help improve your productivity, ensure you are comfortable and customise your workflow.

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Procreate Pocket 2 App Review

By Emily Melling December 3, 2018

We have been using FiftyThree’s new mobile app, here’s what we think, how much it costs and some tips for using it yourself.

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18 Great Gifts for Designers

By Shumi Perhiniak November 23, 2018

Designers are a picky bunch and we can be very tricky to buy for (sorry about that.) This is something we are well aware of at YES so have decided to create this list.

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