Topic Archives

Graphic Inspiration

Looking for some graphic design inspiration? Here you will find inspirational galleries and articles, covering all aspects of graphic design.

View all Design Inspiration collections

10 Album Covers for Eye-grabbing Color Scheme Inspiration

10 Album Covers for Eye-grabbing Color Scheme Inspiration

Inspiration

A great color scheme can really make your visual design stand out. Often times the difference between an eye-grabbing design and a bland one is the color combination. The same…

10 Beautifully Designed Infographics for Designers

10 Beautifully Designed Infographics for Designers

Inspiration

Infographics have been a part of human communications since the invention of the first “writing” utensils. Cave paintings, rock carvings, and sculptures have been found to integrate both images and…

Musical Poster Designs – The Old, the New, the Good and the Bad

Musical Poster Designs – The Old, the New, the Good and the Bad

Inspiration

Musical theater is a pretty old art form. As time has moved on, so has the graphic design of their posters. For some musicals, the changes are highly dramatic (no…

40+ Retro Video Game Posters & Artwork for Nostalgia

40+ Retro Video Game Posters & Artwork for Nostalgia

Inspiration

The gaming industry has undergone some mindblowing changes in just a few decades. It seems like only last year that Super Nintendo games were skyrocketing into stardom. Yet now we’re…

Creative Video Infographics for Design Inspiration

Creative Video Infographics for Design Inspiration

Inspiration

We live in a complex world with complex ideas, concepts, and issues. As such, sometimes a complex problem can be better understood with the use of creatively designed infographics rather…

Video Game Nostalgia: 50 Vintage SNES Official Game Artwork

Video Game Nostalgia: 50 Vintage SNES Official Game Artwork

Inspiration

The Super Nintendo was released in Japan during November 1990 later coming to the United States in 1991. The console has seen over 700 game titles released since its birth…

20 Visually Stunning Music Videos from Japan

20 Visually Stunning Music Videos from Japan

Inspiration

Obvious but true: inspiration is crucial for visual designers. You get new ideas, you positively influence your style, and your imagination feels energized and revitalized. Not often explored, but music…

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

Inspiration

The flat design trend is fairly shaking up all aspects of the graphic design industry. We are entering a new era of simple and minimalistic modes of communication in which…

Helvetica Superheroes – A Minimalist Alphabet of Superheroes

Helvetica Superheroes – A Minimalist Alphabet of Superheroes

Inspiration

Let’s admit it: typography is awesome, isn’t it? If you really are serious about making the internet (or anything with written words for that matter) better and more beautiful place,…

The Fantastic World Cup Posters from ESPN

The Fantastic World Cup Posters from ESPN

Inspiration

World Cup excitement is rising. Recently we came across (via Business Insider) the work of Brazilian artist Cristiano Siqueira who was hired by ESPN to design posters for all of…

Retro-Style Poster Series of the World Cup Golden Ball Winners

Retro-Style Poster Series of the World Cup Golden Ball Winners

Inspiration

The next Fifa Football World Cup is just around the corner and fans are preparing themselves for the big event. The atmosphere has been building up for four years and…

The Redesigned World Cup Posters by James Taylor

The Redesigned World Cup Posters by James Taylor

Inspiration

With every FIFA World Cup we get to see the arrival of a brand new official poster. These World Cup posters have always been designed to represent the competition, by…

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

Inspiration

Typography is the Jan Brady of graphic design – it doesn’t generate the rabid excitement of color nor cooing over flashy images. But typography can’t be ignored – in its…

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Inspiration

Creativity knows no limits. No matter what your medium of expression is — paper, glass, or the digital screen — if you are creative, your talent will be visible in…

Why & How to Write Better Graphic Design Tutorials

Why & How to Write Better Graphic Design Tutorials

Inspiration

For every single quality graphic design tutorial out there, another 50 just plain suck. They’re poorly written, use bad graphics, are about bad graphics, or just altogether skip important steps….

A Quick Look Into Evocative Typography: Trends & Examples

A Quick Look Into Evocative Typography: Trends & Examples

Inspiration

Evoking emotion in your viewers can be hard, but typography gives you the advantage of words. Unlike plain old drawings, you can use words or sentences to give the viewer…

World Cup 2010 Posters Inspired by African Pattern Heritage

World Cup 2010 Posters Inspired by African Pattern Heritage

Inspiration

There are now only eight weeks left until the kick-off of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This is the first time the greatest sporting event in the world…

The Beautiful Digital Light Painting from Tony Ariawan

The Beautiful Digital Light Painting from Tony Ariawan

Inspiration / Photography
123