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Sep 11, 2018

Dribbble Meetups in August continue to strengthen the community

Check out all of the community building activities that took place at Dribbble Meetups this August!

Sep 10, 2018

Adobe’s Head of Inclusive Design Matt May shares his ten favorite shots for inclusive design

Adobe’s Head of Inclusive Design Matt May shares his ten favorite shots for inclusive design. Take a look!

Sep 7, 2018

A handbook on growth for your business

Growing a business is difficult, but there’s a new resource to guide you on your way. We took a look at The Growth Handbook from Intercom this week, read more.

Sep 6, 2018

Chloe Jackson's fun and colorful workspace

Bristol-based motion designer and illustrator, Chloe Jackson, gives us a tour of her quirky and colorful home studio. Chloe also shares her favorite aspects of freelancing and why she prefers not sticking to a specific routine.

Sep 4, 2018

Dribbble Interview: Designer Maya Ealey on getting inspired by other creatives

San Francisco-based designer and illustrator Maya Ealey believes the best way to get inspired is by talking to and building community with other creative people. Maya also shares when she feels most productive, how she gets her best work done, and what design means to her. More in our latest Timeout video.

Sep 3, 2018

Inspiring and bold illustration, animation, and typography

We are always sharing work that we love from our community on Slack, but last week we had an absurd amount flooding in. Dribbblers created and shared a lot of very bold, bright illustration, animation, and typography work. Get inspired!

Aug 31, 2018

The new, improved, and incredibly handy Streamline 3.0 icon library

Any design project that needs icons just got a lot easier. The worlds largest icon library, Streamline, has had an update and is now an even more powerful resource. Read more and head over to the site to glimpse the new features and icons.

Aug 30, 2018

Elen Winata's freelance design lifestyle

Meet Singapore based designer and illustrator, Elen Winata. In this article, Elen talks about her favorite places to work, the most productive hours of her day, and keeping a healthy work-life balance.

Aug 29, 2018

How to grow your social audience as a graphic designer

Senior Product Designer, Al Power shares his advice on growing your social audience as a designer and the benefits that follow. He takes us through his personal journey and shares specific tips that worked for him when developing his design career.

Aug 28, 2018

The woodblock, risograph, and photography work of versatile designer Harry Diaz

Meet Los Angeles designer and illustrator Harry Diaz, currently working digitally as well as with photography, woodblocks, and risographs, oh my!

Last week we announced a new size limit for shot uploads, and we’re now seeing big, beautiful shots all across the platform. We pulled some together for some awesome Monday morning inspiration for you. Take a look!

Aug 24, 2018

Women Who Design, a powerful new Twitter directory

Women Who Design is a Twitter directory of accomplished women in the design industry created by Jules Forrest.

Aug 23, 2018

Nguyen Le's inspiring and minimal home office

Step into the beautiful, minimal home office of Australian based designer, Nguyen Le. As a father of two children and a full time freelancer, Nguyen shares the adjustments he’s had to make to his schedule and his methods for optimal productivity.

Aug 22, 2018

More Pixels and a Perfect Crop

Introducing high-res shots to best show off your work.

Aug 22, 2018

Starting a side project: The story of Color Hunt

Read about how designer Gal Shir turned a simple idea into a successful side project.

Aug 21, 2018

Dribbble Interview: Pablo Stanley on the value of aesthetics and using comics as inspiration

In a new Timeout video, Pablo Stanley explains how aesthetics can help communicate the value of a tool or product. He also shares where he finds inspiration and how vacations and downtime helps him explore new ideas—making him more productive at home and at work.

Aug 20, 2018

Adobe Creative Director Brian Yap shares his 9 favorite shots

Adobe Creative Director Brian Yap has always been excited by Illustration, and even more specifically illustration with animated elements. Technology today is allowing illustration to come alive in smaller ways than animated features, whether it’s an animated gif or full, augmented reality experience. He shares examples that have fun with how we view illustration in new and exciting ways.

Aug 17, 2018

Breaking Into Startups: a podcast about people in tech from non-traditional backgrounds

Listen to Breaking Into Startups, a podcast highlighting the stories of people working in tech from non-traditional backgrounds.

Aug 16, 2018

Ana Hill's dining room office set-up

Mexican illustrator Ana Hill shows us her home office set-up and shares how a blend of flexibility and routine in her schedule helps her to be more productive.

Aug 15, 2018

11 awesome Dribbble Meetups hosted by designers in July

In July, over 500 designers attended 11 Dribbble Meetups in 6 different countries. From a luau themed meetup in Atlanta, to a live design quiz in Wroclaw, check out all of the fun activities that took place at the July meetups and get inspired to host your own!