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28+ Best Retro & Vintage Logo Templates for 2025

Logo Templates / 20 Jan 2023

28+ Best Retro & Vintage Logo Templates for 2025

Designing the perfect logo for a brand or business is a long and difficult process that requires a lot of time. You have to wait for inspiration, figure out a layout, come up with symbol and icon designs, and go through many drafts to get it done.

What if we tell you that you could cut all that work in half and still design a professional logo within minutes? Yes, it’s possible thanks to logo templates.

In this post, we’ll show you how easy it is to make a great retro logo or a vintage logo using pre-made logo templates. We’ve handpicked lots of high-quality templates for you to download.

These templates are designed by professionals. They are just as good as a logo made by a design agency. You can download, edit, and use them with your own business or design projects. Scroll down and see for yourself.

10 Best AI Art Generators & Tools in 2025

AI Tools / 19 Jan 2023

10 Best AI Art Generators & Tools in 2025

The terrifyingly rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is a controversial and a hot topic these days.

For a long time, we knew that someday AI would replace most of our technical jobs. But we never imagined AI technology would be able to be creative and design art just as good as a human being. Recent advancements in AI systems prove us wrong.

When an AI-generated art piece won a prize at the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition, people got mad. But should you be mad about it? Isn’t it a good thing to see advancements in technology?

Let’s look at this topic positively and explore how you can take advantage of AI rather than let it eventually replace you. We’ve found several amazing AI art generators to help you to achieve this goal.

How to Be a Freelance Graphic Designer in 2025: A 10 Step Plan

Business / 16 Jan 2023

How to Be a Freelance Graphic Designer in 2025: A 10 Step Plan

Do you have dreams of ditching your day job and becoming a full-time freelance graphic designer? Start putting your plan in motion.

Most freelancers start with graphic design as a side hustle, but with determination, business planning, and a solid work ethic, you can build as much business as you want to create a sustainable career.

Here are 10 steps to help you get started. (Trust me, I’ve tested them all in my decade as a freelancer!)

5 Logos We’d Love to See Redesigned in 2025 (And Why)

How to Design a Logo / 13 Jan 2023

5 Logos We’d Love to See Redesigned in 2025 (And Why)

Sometimes a logo just doesn’t work. It happens to everyone from startups to major brands. (You’ll definitely know when you see these logos.) Maybe it’s too complex. Maybe it’s too generic and similar to other logos. Or maybe it’s just not dating in a timeless way.

So, we collected five logos from established brands that we think are in need of a redesign this year!

See if you agree with our takes on these marks. Logos are famously subjective—you might have a completely different opinion!

20+ Best Free Portfolio Website Tools & Templates in 2025

Software / 10 Jan 2023

20+ Best Free Portfolio Website Tools & Templates in 2025

Do you need a portfolio website right now? There are a variety of online tools and templates that can help jumpstart the process so you can feature your work online quickly.

This list is packed with options that provide free plans to help you get started. (Note that many do also offer paid options with the ability to customize or add premium features.)

Here are a few tools that can help writers, designers, photographers, artists, or pretty much anyone get their portfolio online this week.

35+ Inspiring Personal Portfolio Websites in 2025

Inspiration / 9 Jan 2023

35+ Inspiring Personal Portfolio Websites in 2025

I just love digging around portfolio websites for design inspiration. You can learn so much about the personality of a designer from the way a portfolio looks, and the interactions therein.

A portfolio site is also a great playground because it gives you the creative freedom you can’t always express with a normal client project.

Here, we have a roundup of personal portfolio websites that can impart a dose of instant inspiration. Explore new ideas, design trends, and themes that you can take and use in your own projects.

How Much Does Logo Design Cost in 2025?

How to Design a Logo / 7 Jan 2023

How Much Does Logo Design Cost in 2025?

When considering how to design a logo, one of the most common questions has nothing to do with the creation of a brand element. It’s about pricing. How much does a logo design cost?

The answer is pretty complicated and depends on a lot of factors. Today, we’re going to look into logo design costs (and benefits of a professional design). Even if we can’t narrow down an exact price for you, this guide can serve as a starting point.

It should help you get a feel for the different price brackets of the options you could choose, and set off on the right path!

12+ Best Free Stock Video Sites in 2025

Graphics / 6 Jan 2023

12+ Best Free Stock Video Sites in 2025

Need video? From moving images for your own website, to b-roll for clients, having a solid place to find quality stock videos is a must. Today, we’re going to help you “stock” your toolkit with ten places to find amazing, free stock video for a variety of projects.

We are giving you basic information about using stock videos from each vendor; make sure to check specific license agreements before using any stock image or video. These can vary quite a bit, and it’s worth making sure that any video use is a good fit for your project license-wise!

Wondershare Filmora 12 Gives Creators More Freedom

Reviews / 6 Jan 2023

Wondershare Filmora 12 Gives Creators More Freedom

Video editing is easier and more cost-effective than ever for creators with Wondershare’s Filmora 12. The easy-to-use video editing software is designed with all the features you want, plus a budget-friendly price.

Here, we’re going to take a look at Filmora 12, its key features and tools, and how it might work for you in video projects.

Read on to find out if Filmora 12 might be a good contender for your next project.

25+ Most Useful Affinity Publisher Tutorials (+ Reviews) in 2025

Affinity Publisher Templates / 5 Jan 2023

25+ Most Useful Affinity Publisher Tutorials (+ Reviews) in 2025

Affinity Publisher is a powerful design app available for Mac and Windows. It’s a standalone tool that is made for creating printed projects, such as magazines, brochures, posters, and other collateral pieces.

Use it to combine images and other graphic elements to create outstanding layouts for publishing. Whether you are new to Affinity Publisher or not, great tutorials can help you master specific or general skills to help you make the most of the tool. Here, we’ve collected some of the best to help you jumpstart projects.

40+ Best MailChimp Email Newsletter Templates (Free + Premium) 2025

Email Templates / 4 Jan 2023

40+ Best MailChimp Email Newsletter Templates (Free + Premium) 2025

MailChimp is the most popular email marketing software available today. Thanks to its generous free plan, many businesses choose MailChimp to start their email list. But, are you using the best MailChimp template for your newsletter?

If you’re seeing a decline in email opens or click-through rates, the design of your newsletter might be to blame. A properly designed email newsletter can not only improve CTR and email opens but also help generate more sales as well.

In this post, we feature some of the best responsive email newsletter templates you can easily use with MailChimp to create more effective emails to promote your business and products. Plus, a few tips for choosing a MailChimp template to help point you in the right direction!

25+ Most Helpful Affinity Designer Tutorials (+ Reviews) in 2025

Affinity Designer Templates / 2 Jan 2023

25+ Most Helpful Affinity Designer Tutorials (+ Reviews) in 2025

Affinity Designer is a vector or raster app. It’s a competitor to Adobe’s Illustrator and allows you to design various elements for print or digital publication.

It’s part of the Affinity package of design tools made by Serif. Use it to do anything from making a business card to mock-up an app. Affinity Designer is made for Mac iOS, Windows, and iPad.

Here, we’ve collected some of the best for everyone from beginners to more seasoned pros, a mix of video and written tutorials. It’s a great place to start for upskilling with your first steps in Affinity Designer!