what to post on social media in April April’s Pinterest Business report for trending keywords and searches is (unsurprisingly) focused on stay home activities. Life has changed drastically for so many of us, and brands that can pivot their messaging and are sensitive to that fact will be the ones that continue to build a […]

Stock Photos for Trending Searches on Pinterest

For Spring we’re loving lighter, flowing, feminine fonts. This has drawn us to italicized, script, decorative and light-bodied fonts. A step away from heavier and bolder fonts and embracing something a little more delicate. If these fonts are vastly different from your brand fonts, think about a brand refresh if you’re totally heart-eyed over these […]

10 Fresh Font Finds For Your Brand This Spring

The perfect photos for your ‘stay home’ posts     Let’s face it, you’re probably thinking about more important things than what to post on social media right now, like how to keep your kids entertained + educated (let us know if you have the answer to that) and if you have enough toilet paper! […]

Stay Home Stock Photos

mAximize your blog posts by creating graphics that will help you get more traffic from social media As a business owner it’s important to create quality, free, and useful content for your community to add value and build trust. At the same time you want to create content that has longevity, so that you can […]

How to Repurpose Blog Post Graphics for Social Media

“In a world with an increasingly short attention span, 2020 will be all about ultra minimalism that strips away all the excess.” – Patricia, Fancy Girl Design Studio   In our previous two blog posts we shared with you our top predictions for Stock Photography Trends in 2020 and Popular Color Palette Trends in 2020, […]

2020 Graphic Design Trend Predictions

This year it’s all about opposites. Neutrals will continue to be popular, but bold colors and gradients will also make a comeback. Here at Haute Stock, we’re always excited to see which new colors are going to be popping up in the creative world. A new color palette can inspire a design series, a photoshoot […]

2020 Popular Color Palette Trends

Our top predictions for what’s Haute in stock photography in 2020 Our job at Haute Stock is to always keep a pulse on what’s hot right now and what’s up-and-coming in the design and photography world in order to create fresh & relevant visual content for our members. We’re always paying attention to current design […]

2020 Stock Photography Trends

Using the right fonts is key ingredient for creating effective designs. Fonts can help emphasize key information, set the tone and add different levels of interest to your graphic. Just read the following words and tell me your brain didn’t just read each one differently…. SALE, sale, sale! All the same font, yet making the […]

10 Fonts we Love for Creating Sales Graphics & Why They Work

in this video tutorial we’ll show you how to create animated sales graphics for instagram stories Sales season is almost upon us and that means it’s time to start creating your marketing and promotional graphics to slay your sales! Specifically, we’ll be showing you how to create animated Instagram Stories graphics for your sales & […]

How to Create Animated Sales Graphics

It can be exciting to start designing ads for your Black Friday/Cyber Monday and holiday sales, but before you head to Canva or open up Photoshop, there are a few important decisions you need to make. 1/ Decide where you’ll be posting your sales graphics The platform you post on will determine the dimensions and […]

3 Must-Dos Before Designing Sales Graphics

don’t stop this scroll! In this tutorial we’ll teach you how to record your own scrolling video (think a video showing off your website revamp, sneak peak of an upcoming release, or anything you feel like showing off in depth!), and then add it to the screen of a desktop mockup image in order to […]

Video Tutorial: Scrolling Video Mockup