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30 Awesome Black and White Logo Designs

Many people call Logo design a form of art, and we couldn’t agree more. Logos can be inspiring and uninspiring, they can be simple and clean – or busy and tacky. One of the rules of logo design say that a good logo is one that can stand out well also in black and white. This time we’ve chosen to show you some truly great logos that actually are made black and white to begin with!

These prove what true logo design is all about; a clear message and a good and clean execution.

Enjoy!

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Great Free Photoshop-Files for Your Designer Toolbox

In this colletcion we’ve rounded up a nice collection of Photoshop (.psd) files that are shared for free by the authors over at deviantART. These are an excellent way to get inspired – or maybe you’ll find something here than can help you develop your skills. Maybe you have an ad idea that you’d really like to fit inside the screen of a Mac to see what it looks like before spending all those hours of work finishing it?

The possibilities are many and it’s great to see how many choose to share this great pieces of work with everyone else. In addition to this collection – make sure to keep browsing the deviantART-community, as new additions are added daily.

Remember to read the artists comments before implementing these into your work, though many of them are completely free for any use

iPad Template

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Become a Master of Typography with 25+ Great Tutorials

This time I’ve put together a variation of different typography-related tutorials for you to practice your skills. Most of these are Photoshop tutorials, and some also include a couple of other programs.
These typography-effects can show you some new tips and tricks to use in all kinds of designs, from backgrounds to web-design and more. Get ready to fill up your design toolbox with a couple of new tricks!

Milk

Here you will learn to create a font in illustrator to then mix it with some images in Photoshop. A funny and versatile effect that can be applied to many different kinds of liquid as long as you have photos to use!

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