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IconsPedia, the Encyclopedia of High Quality Free Icons

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:49 AM PDT

When you are looking for some information, an encyclopedia helps you by providing all-in-one solution for wide variety of all sorts of information that is high quality as well as cost effective and easily accessible. Similarly what if something wonderful happens and all the web designers, web developers or application designers get a free and high quality encyclopedia of icons! Yes, I am referring to IconsPedia, the most complete and comprehensive encyclopedia of icons on the Internet.

IconsPedia provides you an array of over 14000 high quality free PNG, ICO and ICN icons, more than 850 amazing icon packs and an opportunity to feature your self-designed icons to the world. Also, in order to make you icon search more easy and hassle-free, all the icons have been organized in over 20 categories and subcategories on the basis of user requirement. In each category of icon / icons pack both a small and large preview of icon is available along with its detailed statistical information (number of downloads, rating, available sizes and copyright information etc.). Apart from that, although, some icons can be found under certain licensing sections, however, the majority of the sets are free for use in your web design or other projects.

In short, no matter you are looking for cooking related icons, business icons, special icons, social media icons or merely some arrow icon, IconsPedia is the place to go and get the best quality icons from all over the Internet, all for free. To give you a taste of the wonderful icons at IconsPedia, following are some icons and icon packs you might want to take a look at:

Animal Icons

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World Flags

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Important Perimeters of Designing a Winning Event Poster

Posted: 30 May 2012 03:18 AM PDT

Event poster is supposed to grab attention of the viewers. If it is not attractive enough to seek attention, it is of no use. If your poster manages to grab attention of viewers, you are a successful poster designer. It does not matter what kind of event you are planning to advertise. All that matters is if your poster is able to bring people to that event. Mostly posters are created for concerts, conferences or other huge parties. If you are designing one, make sure it stands out in the crowd of other posters. Whenever you are on the road, just take a look around you and you will see a sea of advertisements all around you. So, while designing an event poster always keep in mind that you need to beat all these. While you are working really hard on designing an event poster make sure its worthy of attention.

Although there are a number of online printing services that offer both the designing and printing of your posters, however; making a genuinely creative and effective poster requires much more than that. For those who want their poster to outshine all others on the wall, the following tips will help you achieve that.

Researching is Very Important

Before starting anything, proper homework is very important. So, before you start designing your event poster, you should do a good research as to what your competitors are up to. All you need to do is go out and look at the posters, flyers and billboards on the streets. You don't have to analyze each and everything in those posters. Just a quick scan will do and note down the things that caught your attention. As a designer you should be able to quickly scan the good and the bad things about any design. Avoid the bad things and note down the good things. You never know something might turn out to be really useful for you.

Larger Than Life

As mentioned earlier, event posters are supposed to grab attention so if you keep the size small, it does not matter if you have designed it beautifully. It has to grab attention so it should be huge. Depending on your budget, pick the largest format of a print shop so that your poster can stand out. Do discuss the size of your poster with the designer so that he can design accordingly. While driving or walking, people tend to notice posters which are easily readable. So, if you want to get noticed, make the biggest poster possible.

Bright Colors

Do not go for dull and boring colors. An event poster is supposed to be colorful to show the excitement of the event. So make sure that your poster is printed on a brightly colored paper. Another advantage of having a brightly colored paper is that your text and design will really stand out. Also, try to avoid usage of neon papers because the paper itself will grab all the attention and your message and images on the poster will take a back seat. In this case, your effort and designing, all goes down the drain.

Importance of Graphics

Images are going to be the biggest advantage or disadvantage on your poster, depending on your choice. Your selection of image will play an important role in grabbing attention so try to select good images for your poster. For this purpose, it is highly recommended that you should sit down and work with your designer on selection of images. Also, images need to compliment your poster designs so make sure you select the ones that standout yet compliment your designs.

Readable Font

Font is obviously one of the most important things in your even poster. The text on your poster is giving away all the information regarding your event so make sure it is readable. Stylish fonts look good on computer screens only and if they look good there doesn't necessarily means that they will look good on your poster as well. So, keep the typography simple, thick and readable. Your font should not only be readable but it should be thick enough to be readable from far enough.

Avoid Overcrowding Your Poster

Trying to incorporate everything into an event poster does not mean that you are making it more attractive. Sometimes, too much of information or designing, leads to an imbalanced look. Leaving some white space is way too important so your poster is easy to look at. If it is too crowded, you are only giving viewers distraction. A lot of designing, graphical image or too much of information in content will leave your poser looking way too awkward and no one will bother reading it. Give your viewer some breathing space to read your entire poster. Always remember, less is more.

Promoting Your Company

Event posters are obviously meant to promote an event so that an event's turn out is good however, it is indeed a good way to promote your company. Make sure you have mentioned your company's website address and links for your social networking pages. Now, this information does not have to take entire space on your poster. Text should be readable enough and such information looks good on the footer of the poster. This way you will be promoting your event and at the same time promoting your company as well.

Proper Placement of The Poster

After working so hard on designing an event poster, if you do not put it in a high traffic area, it is of no use. While you are deciding places to place your event's poster, make sure you select the busiest roads of the city. Also, in order to reach out to more people, it should be placed at least one or two weeks prior to the event. Also, keep a check on your placement in order to make sure that even after a week, it is properly viewable. Good position to place your poster would be at road signals because that is where traffic slows down and people have enough time to look and read your poster.

Breaking Down the Rules

Sometimes, in order to come up with the best designs, you need to break a few rules. If you are planning to do something different with your designing, try to do it in a right way. Learn to break the rules in a way that breaking rules ends up being in your favor.

Double Check Everything

Before sending out your posters for placement, make sure your double check the designing, font and most importantly text. Even a small mistake can be a huge turn off for the reader so make sure your poster goes out flawless.

Conclusion

Designing a poster is not that difficult if you follow the correct techniques. You should place small posters related to your event in a row rather than putting up just one. This will help the viewers in reading the entire content. Also, once your event is over always take your posters down. If your posters are still on the road after event has been passed, it will create a bad impression of your organization. So, design an excellent poster and you will actually be amazed to see what wonders a good poster can do to your event.

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miercuri, 30 mai 2012