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Design Trends: Self Portraits

Peruse the design showcases, and you’ll see one illustrated portrait after another of and by your favorite designers. It’s amazing how different they all are — and how each seems to reflect the personality of the designer. How would you illustrate yourself?

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Beautiful Design Resumes & their Matching Portfolio Sites

It seems like most design resumes are too hot (so over-the-top creative that they are hard to read) or too cold (boring old Microsoft Word); this batch is just right. Bonus resume tips have been included at the end of the post!

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The Obama Logo Process

In honor of our President’s appearance on The Tonight Show, I thought I would link to this insightful article on Logo Design Love, showing the creative process behind the famed Obama logo.

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Weekly Web Favorites

As I’m doing research for Creative Opera, I come across lots of design-related websites, photos, and blog articles that I think are inspiring, educational, or just plain entertaining. I thought that I would start bookmarking those pages, and posting the links weekly for my readers. Here are my favorites for this week.

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Advice from the Real World: Studio One Eleven

Have you ever wondered what design firms are looking for when they are interviewing? Creative Opera has reached out to design professionals, asking for advice and guidance.

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6 Things You can Do Now to Help Guarantee that You will have a Design Job after Graduation

The choices you make while you are still in school can make all of the difference after graduation.

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