Need placeholder images? Meet Lorempixel

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Armando J. Perez-Carreno

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You are designing a website, poster, magazine article – or any other content for that matter – and just when you get to assign images and text to their respective positions you notice your client hasn’t sent any of the media you asked for two weeks ago. I know,…

Designing for screenprinting is a nuanced art that requires a delicate balance between creativity and technical precision. To ensure your designs come to life vibrantly and accurately on fabric, it’s crucial to consider several key factors throughout the design process.

First and foremost, vector graphics serve as the foundation for successful screenprinted designs. Vector-based graphics, created using programs like Adobe Illustrator, retain their crispness and clarity regardless of size. This is essential for screenprinting, as it guarantees sharp, clean lines that will reproduce faithfully onto fabric.

Need placeholder images? Meet Lorempixel

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You are designing a website, poster, magazine article – or any other content for that matter – and just when you get to assign images and text to their respective positions you notice your client hasn’t sent any of the media you asked for two weeks ago. I know, I’ve been there and for some it happens more often than not.

Enter Lorempixel

The placeholder image creating machine webservice. The frustration of having to scour the Internet for temporary images that you will end up removing anyway is a thing of the past. Now you can simply ask Lorempixel for any image size and it will throw a random image ready for all your placeholding needs.

If this wasn’t enough to be grateful for, the service also allows for parameters such as “sports, nature, food, etc” and it will give you the placeholder images relating to the topic you need. It will even give you a black & white image if you so desire.

Examples you can test:

Get a random image 180 pixels wide by 280 pixels
http://lorempixel.com/180/280

Get a sports based random image 180 pixels wide by 280 pixels
http://lorempixel.com/180/280/sports

Get a food based random image 180 pixels wide by 280 pixels in Black & White
http://lorempixel.com/g/180/280/food

Lorempixel RandomLorempixel SportsLorempixel Food BW

Visit their website at http://lorempixel.com to find out more. Their work is based on the famous lorem ipsum text generators that people worldwide use to create dummy text for their designs.

Have you tried anything like this before? Share your experience, comment below!

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