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Adobe Font Finder
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Fonts. What designer doesn’t have too many? And we are always on the hunt for more. The internet is a goldmine for fonts, but it’s not always easy to find just the font you’re looking for. It’s always good to have another [...]
Continue ReadingArt Files: Illustrator’s Missing ‘Collect for Output’
11. February 2010
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Plenty of designers out there do their design work not in InDesign, but in Illustrator. If you’re among those, you’ve no doubt been confounded by the lack of a “collect for output” feature in Illustrator. Enter Art Files from Code Line Software. [...]
Continue ReadingDesign a Vintage Poster, Part II
6. November 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Welcome to part two of designing a vintage poster. If you missed part one, be sure to catch up! Last week’s tutorial covered most of the heavy lifting: concept, color, and composition all took place in Illustrator using elements from Vector Set 16. [...]
Continue ReadingVectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh
30. October 2009
When an artist is given a choice about creating a photo-realistic image on the computer, their first instinct would be to turn to any of the raster-based image editors, such as Photoshop. However, what if they were told that they needed to create this photo-realistic image in a vector-based image editor? Amazingly enough, with the advent of the "gradient mesh" feature, the creation of a photo-realistic image is completely doable in Adobe Illustrator.
Continue ReadingDesign a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16
30. October 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction When you think about the design process, what comes to mind? I believe it is the combination of thoughts, mixed with emotions and pure forms that capture a person’s attention. We are all part of this thing called “madness. ” [...]
Continue ReadingTutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop
21. October 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something unique that would [...]
Continue ReadingDesign A Killer Fashion Model Poster
14. October 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction: This tutorial will show you how to make a killer Fashion Model Poster using basic Photoshop functions like Layer Styles, Vector Masks and Filters like Motion Blur. At a time when there’s more DOWNLOADING of source material than actually USING it, this tutorial [...]
Continue ReadingCreate a 3D Vector Labyrinth
7. October 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A Square Foundation Let’s start off by creating a new document that’s 1024×768. Name this first layer “Maze.” Then, take the Rectangle tool and draw a 50×50 square. Give this square a 10px black outline and no fill. Then align it to the center of the [...]
Continue ReadingPantone In Your Pocket
6. October 2009
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Pantone has recently released myPantone, a new color guide app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The $9.99 app allows you to choose from these PANTONE color system libraries: PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM (coated, uncoated and matte) PANTONE Goe (coated [...]
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- Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
25. February 2010
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