Designer profile: Jen Harely
Meet Jen Harely and check out her incredible poster designs. If you’re like me and can’t get enough, more inspiration can be found on her site jenharley.com. Jen Harley – USA 99designs handle: jenhar Projects won: 5 How did you get started in design? I taught myself how to use Photoshop and Illustrator for fun. I never received formal art education …
Like challenge: Like your favorite designs and tell us why
Recently, we asked 99designers to express their love to fellow peers by clicking the Like Button on their favorite designs via our site. Winner from the last Like challenge Ricky Asamanis’ winning whale design is the ofFISHial favorite, with 40 likes so far! Check our Community Favorites Pinterest board for more most-liked designs. What the community had …
Playing with numbers: 10 logo designs you can count on
Most people will agree that good design features good typography. While it’s easy to focus on the ABCs, lets not forget about the 123s. Whether you spell them out or use the digit itself, numbers can add a whole new dimension to your designs. These designers prove designing with numbers can be as easy as …
Understand color theory with these 7 facts
Color is everywhere – in nature, in cities, in stores, online. We’re so used to it we often don’t notice it’s even there, until we suddenly come across a black and white movie on TV. Then we remember how good it is that we have such a colorful world. For that reason alone, if not …
99designs tours one of the oldest type foundries
After a busy week in the office, 99designs’ San Francisco branch decided a Friday afternoon field trip was in order. We clocked out a little early and drove over to SF’s Presidio — a beautifully wooded former military base — to spend the afternoon touring Arion Press, home to one of the country’s oldest and …
Designer profile: azanti
Meet Adrian Nita — he began logo design at age 15 and has been killing it on 99designs since 2009. Not only is he a great designer but an awesome leader. Just recently, Adrian helped lead a 99designs Meetup in Bucharest, Romania. Adrian Nita – Romania 99designs handle: azanti Projects won: 52 How did you get started in design? Since …
Olympic mascots contest: the gold, silver and bronze winners
We put out a call for Olympic mascots and the community answered! With all sorts of characters; each representing something special about your country. This contest was all about finding a way to incorporate meaning into a design, so the finalists were chosen for a combination of the design’s creativity and execution, as well as …
3 strategies to help you get noticed in the design industry
Some designers are extremely successful. Others linger in mediocrity for years. Most of them have difficulty getting noticed at all. So what makes or breaks a famous designer? Like in most businesses, it’s all about branding and building a name for yourself. And like in most businesses, it’s not easy. Read on to see what …
99designs needs your help! Vote for our SXSW panels and send us to Texas
SXSW hosted a 99designs T-shirt design contest in 2010, winning design was done by bloc. 99designs has reached some major milestones since our 2008 launch from winning the People’s Voice Webby in 2010 to successfully launching more than 155,000 contests to date. We owe our success to our remarkable community – we wouldn’t be where we are without your help! …
Good typeface: the font behind Facebook
Some of the biggest brands are based on outrageously simple design — infuriatingly so, at times. “I pour hours and hours into a logo,” you think, “someone else merely tweaks a font and winds up producing one of the most iconic designs in history.” Facebook, for example. Simplicity can be deceptive, though. Sometimes the right …
