Retro fonts: history, examples, and modern interpretation pt. 2
Nostalgic typefaces are trendy and more varied than ever. Discover the story behind vintage typography from the 60s to the XXI century.
Retro fonts: history, examples, and modern interpretation pt. 1
Curious about the diverse world of nostalgic fonts? Keep reading to explore typography from the early to mid-XX century.
Inside Icons8 illustration lab: 2024 trends unveiled
A list of what comes next in digital art from a professional point of view. And how we are using this knowledge in our illustrations.
Can you get a decent icon design with only a photo reference?
Read about the creative experiment on one icon design and learn how differently people see the same task.
2023, how was it? Icons8 recap of the year
Tons of new graphics, 5 whole new products, a lot of proudly made features, and some fun facts about us from the whole year's experience.
Behind the scenes of Human Generator: UI tricks
Here’s how the user experience of the product was optimized to eliminate unnecessary load on the generative model.
Pandora’s box of design: remaking a plugin icon with Midjourney, Blender, and Figma
This is how we turned AI-generated abstract pencil holders and magic cubes into an icon design that makes sense.
Creating a cartoon with Midjourney: the story of the Move your ass video
We challenged Midjourney to turn Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD into human characters for our animation about UI/UX design apps.
Face Swapper against document forgery
With AI tools, anyone can do miracles with digital images. In the wrong hands, miracles can turn into black magic. This is why and how we strive to prevent it.
2022 highlights: tons of fresh graphics, a stock with adjustable images, improved Lunacy, and much more
Icons8 2022 is wrapped! It's time to recap some of our design highlights. Here’s what we accomplished this year, with links to see it all in detail.
Is photography dying in 2024?
In the article, the author reviews the popular photography cliches and problems of modern photography, with a big bunch of photo examples.
Lunacy as a business explained
Open-process instead of open-source; lean architecture, no exit strategy, and other points for why we will never be sold to anybody.
Building image search for an icon stock: how it works
What's under hood of our search by image technology? Not only machine learning.
Training AI to know what you actually need to clip
Easy, hard, and impossible: how we develop Background Remover, and what's the most challenging? (Spoilers: it's not about drawing around your hair).
Is there a life after Figma? Is it Lunacy?
Lunacy to get import from Figma. One of the most demanded features comes out right in time.