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Inbox Brief #1

Welcome to the first issue of Inbox Brief, the newsletter from Goodbrief! I’m happy that you’re here. In this newsletter, I’ll share some cool design tips, resources, and custom practice briefs that will help you take your design skills to the next level.

💡 Design tip

Sometimes adding a drop shadow to an element that already has inner shading can make the edge look muddy.

Adding reflected light (or “bounce light”) to that bottom edge will help keep the outline of the shape well defined.

Three rounded rectangles. The first only has an inner shadow, the second adds a drop shadow and the third adds reflected light along the bottom edge.

This emulates how light works in real life! Light often reflects onto an object from the surface it sits on, creating a lighter area at the edge.

A photograph of some eggs on a white background, with labels indicated the different sections: light, shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow.

🛠️ Tools and Resources

Same Energy is a visual search engine by Jacob Jackson. You can search by keywords or by image. The best part: clicking on an image will delve deeper down the rabbit-hole, showing you more images that match the same visual style.

📄 Today’s Brief

Today’s brief is to create a new logo for the beverage company Fizz & Flora.

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As always, I would love to see what you create. Feel free to send the result to hello@goodbrief.io (or just reply to this email!).

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Happy designing,

Manu