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Make Claude build a colour palette with a story: one photo, 5 place names, 5 one-line stories
Study Pinterest refs, make a photo in ChatGPT, then let Claude Design pull colours from it: a place name and a story per colour, fonts, a poster and a tote.
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8 rare design styles and how to make them: thermal, Risograph, cyanotype, halftone and more
Thermal, Risograph, 1-bit dither, concrete poetry, cyanotype, halftone, pixel sorting and neon. Photoshop steps and settings for each, plus one AI prompt.
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How a booklet takes shape: a 6-step design process for an organisation's newsletter
Using a youth service centre's newsletter as the example: sort the content, set the grid, illustrations, colours and fonts, then check before print.
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InDesign layout in 6 steps: an event poster from blank document to print file
Document setup, CMYK swatches, the main image, a hand-lettered title, a timeline and PDF/X-4 export: an A4 event poster that's ready to print.
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Hand-drawn look in 3 tricks: ink lines, simple characters, crayon color clash, plus an AI prompt
No drawing skills needed: wobbly ink lines in Procreate or Illustrator, a 3-shape character, crayon colors offset 4 to 6 px, and AI art turned into vectors.
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Make your poster move: 10 motion effects with AI-written HTML + CSS
Line-drawn logos, page flips, floating, typewriter text and more without After Effects: give AI a reference, describe start, middle and end, get HTML + CSS.
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