Stories—the Design Blog by Dribbble

Nov 10, 2020

How to become a self-taught graphic designer

An outline of the steps you need to take in order to become a professional graphic designer without going to school.

Nov 9, 2020

Create Your Personal Branding Strategy in 4 Simple Steps

In this guide for freelancers and entrepreneurs, learn how to create a recognizable brand that will help attract better, higher-quality clients.

Nov 6, 2020

Moodboarding 101: Build beautiful & effective moodboards for your design projects

Creating moodboards is a vital step of the design process. Here’s how to build the most effective moodboards to help all your project stakeholders get on the same page.

Nov 5, 2020

How to Send a Follow-Up Email After No Response From Your Clients

How many times have you had to deal with unresponsive clients? Here are a few different scenarios that explain why your client might not be responding, plus a few handy follow-up email templates that will help you get the conversation started again.

Nov 4, 2020

25 striking logo color schemes to inspire your branding

Learn how to choose the perfect logo color scheme for your brand. Plus, get inspired by some visual examples of logo color palettes that tell a compelling brand story and effectively communicate a message.

Nov 2, 2020

How Freelance UX Designers Can Use Today’s Tech Tools To Succeed

Here are 5 ways to boost your career as a freelance UX designer in 2020.

Oct 30, 2020

How about some scary good design? 🎃

Happy Halloween, Dribbblers! Get in the spooky spirit and enjoy this curated collection of Halloween-inspired design and illustration. 👻

Oct 29, 2020

Don’t Miss Dribbble's Exclusive Workshop with Aaron Draplin!

Ready to flex your creative muscles and learn alongside one of the most in-demand design practitioners around? Talk shop and learn design with none other than Aaron Draplin in our official virtual Dribbble Workshop! Tickets are available now.

Oct 29, 2020

Free Mockups, Templates & Icons for Your Next Design Project

Check out an extensive collection of digital creative assets made for designers, by designers. Download high-quality mockups, templates, icons, and more for your next design project!

Oct 27, 2020

10 Companies Hiring For Remote Graphic Design Jobs in 2020

Are you a graphic design professional on the hunt for a great remote job? Here’s a list of companies who are currently hiring and looking for creative talent like you.

Oct 26, 2020

How to optimize your design portfolio to get hired—Advice from a design mentor

Design Mentor Nick Cuda shares his top tips and advice for using your portfolio market yourself as a hireable design professional.

Oct 23, 2020

Dribbble's Pump Up Mix Vol. 2 — Mercedes Bazan

Looking for some new tunes to power your creativity? Welcome to Dribbble’s Pump-Up Mix — a monthly Q&A and curated playlist of songs highlighting your favorite designers and the music that influences their creative process.

Oct 22, 2020

5 useful typography tools you never knew you needed

If you’re a designer who loves to find, collect, and experiment with fonts, add these incredibly useful typographic tools to your workflow!

Oct 21, 2020

What To Do If Your Design Work Is Stolen

It happens to the best of us… Your designs get used without your permission. Now what? Learn how to protect your work from copyright infringement and how to get the infringing work taken down.

Oct 20, 2020

A step-by-step process for creating responsive logo designs

Want to take your logo design expertise to the next level? Learn how to design responsive logos. In this guest post, go behind the scenes with the team at Unfold as they share their process for designing responsive logos based on a real client project.

Oct 19, 2020

6 tips to make the most out of your design mentor-mentee relationship

Learn how to build a successful relationship with your design mentor that helps you achieve your goals and advance in your career.

Oct 16, 2020

Customize your iOS 14 home screen with these trendy icon sets

Try these unique iOS 14 icon sets to give your home screen a whole new aesthetic! Each of these icon sets was created by a designer in the community.

Oct 15, 2020

Want a better remote work-life balance? Start doing these 7 things

Learn how to set healthy boundaries between your work and your personal life while working remotely.

Oct 14, 2020

Fresh From Dribbble: A New & Improved Shot Experience

We’re excited to finally share with you a long-awaited update to our Shot Pages! Here’s some of the features we’ve rolled out across the platform—they’re geared to offer you the most practical, engaging, and work-focused Dribbble experience you’ve ever seen.