Black and gold. A color combination for the ages. It hearkens back to that most elemental; most human search for the warm glow of shining ore against the backdrop of dense, dark, and unforgiving earth. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 30 Exquisite Examples of Black and Gold Business Cards

Good South, a North-Carolina-based husband-and-wife design team, has a knack for producing delightful vintage-themed packaging and logo designs. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Elegant Vintage-Inspired Packaging and Logos

Getting the right image for your project can be pain, or at least it used to be. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 8 More Great Free Stock Photo Websites

Illustration is one of purest forms of creation. Often, It involves nothing but your imagination, your pencil and -- not to mention -- an immense level of focus. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Inspiring Illustrators’ Portfolios we are Excited About Right Now: January 2015

Need to get your hands on some free, high-quality website templates? Check out this awesome site called TEMPLATED. Continue reading...Continue Reading: This Site Has a Ton of Free Responsive Design Templates

It's a classic rookie freelancer mistake: You're just starting out; you're talented but inexperienced; and either in an attempt to lure clients, or out of pure ignorance you price yourself way, way too low. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Increase Your Freelance Rates and Keep Your Clients

This free icon set contains 130 vector icons related to SEO and online marketing. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Free SEO Vector Icons

Coffee has become one of the most popular beverages. There is nothing like waking up in the morning to that wonderful smell. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 30 Beautiful Coffee Packaging Designs

One unit of measurement that digital designers are familiar with and are exposed to on a regular basis is the pixel. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Measure How Good You Are at Guessing Pixels

During the past decade, stock photography's standing has fallen dramatically in the creative industries. Often derided, stock is considered cheap, predictable, cheesy, forced, and unnatural - the list goes on… but is the tide turning? Continue reading...Continue Reading: Stock: It’s What You Do With It That Counts

All web designers know that reducing the file size of their design's assets is a good practice to ensure that their website visitors don't experience long load times, and so their site doesn't suffer the consequences of poor page speed. Continue reading...Continue Reading: A Simple Trick for Optimizing SVG Files

Being content creators, copyrights are very important to us at Design Instruct. We thought we'd do a little research on the Creative Commons licenses to get a clearer picture on how to use each of the Creative Commons licenses. Here's what we've learned so far. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Demystifying Creative Commons Licenses

One way to make your design stand out is by using vintage styles. The following packaging designs are a wonderful source of inspiration. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 25 Inspiring Vintage Packaging Designs

Hand-drawn lettering designs are some of our most favorite work done by creatives. It takes a great deal of patience and skill to really pull it off. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Hand-Drawn Lettering and Typography by Amazing Artists

In the web game Hex Invaders, you're tasked with fending off an extraterrestrial invasion by shooting the invaders with the matching hexadecimal color code. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Save the World with Your Hex Color Code Knowledge

Are you looking for some geometric crystal vectors? This must be your lucky day. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Freebie: Geometric Crystal Vectors

A project by Anca and Vlad of ECSSPERT serves as a fascinating proof-of-concept that shows just how powerful CSS can be. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Popular Logos Recreated Using Only CSS

We love art prints. They are a relatively affordable way to put the best work of the best artists up on your wallls. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Where to Find The Best Limited Art Prints Online

Sans serif fonts are great because of their versatility. They can be used in virtually any context. It never hurts to have a lot of them at your disposal. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 10 Free Sans Serif Fonts Everyone Should Have

Our brains are wired to see patterns easily. Maybe that's why sometimes it's so satisfying to look at pattern designs. Continue reading...Continue Reading: 27 Inspiring Pattern Designs

This freebie contains a set of icons for app UI designs. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Freebie: 100 App Icons

This is the tale of two companies... Company A comes complete with ping-pong tables, a beer keg, climbing wall, Xbox, an unlimited vacation policy, and a fun-filled event calendar.  Company B has none of these perks.  All things being equal, which one would you rather work for? Continue reading...Continue Reading: Why Startup Culture is Bad for Creative Firms

The free photos at the Made in Moments travel blog are beautiful and can be used anywhere you want. Continue reading...Continue Reading: Free High-Res Travel Photos

The world of freelancing makes it seem that you are "free" to do what you like, with whomever you like, and for whichever pay you like. Now, that makes it all sound too good to be true, right? Well, it kind of is, because "easy" is a word you can cross off your list of benefits in this job. Believe me I know, I’m a freelancer! Continue reading...Continue Reading: Practical Tips from an Experienced Freelancer