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Learn to Create Collage Typography

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open mind. I always find that being noncommittal toward the [...]

Free Vector Pack 15 Sampler

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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We just released brand new collection of high quality vectors in Vector Pack 15! It includes @oliverbarrett's suggestion for Arabesque, a mind bending collection of Op Art, a detailed sequel in Ornate 2, Graffiti, Fashion, Dee Jay and some authentic Architectural Design Elements.

Vector Freebie: Ornate Flourish & Pattern

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Vector Freebie: Ornate Flourish & Pattern

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: It’s Monday, and that means another taste of upcoming Vector Set 14. And this one is particularly tasty! First of all, none of these ornate images are recycled from low-resolution stock. We’ve created each one from scratch and have baggy eyes to show for it. It might be hard [...]

Jeff’s Moleskine Round 2

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Here we are again with another round of scans from my Moleskine. Not much to say about these other than I was just having some fun drawing skulls and things. I was using just a regular ball point pen, which to my surprise, works great in these books. I [...]

Free Go Media Wallpapers

Friday, May 30, 2008

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We went through some of our old artwork from the past two years and decided to make a few free wallapers for you. They’re in a bunch of sizes and some for widescreen monitors. Just go to our freebies page and scroll down to download the wallpaper of your choice. Check em out:

Ornate Lettering Tutorial 2

Monday, March 3, 2008

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This tutorial I wrote on Ornate Lettering is now available for free on Computer Art’s website.

Intricate Patterns in Illustrator

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This tutorial will show you how to create intricate patterns in Illustrator super quickly. Stuff that would take you hours to draw manually with the Pen Tool takes just seconds when you use this technique. This tutorial is special because it was written by a guest author. His name [...]

Ornate Lettering Process

Thursday, November 1, 2007

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’m going to show you the process as to how I do my ornate lettering. This is a new design I did for Stone Sour that utilized this technique. Now right off the bat, this is not a step by step tutorial. It’s more of a look behind the [...]

Create an Old-World Look in Photoshop

Monday, September 17, 2007

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Our friends over at PSDtuts.com wrote a nice tutorial on using some of the Arsenal freebies to create an old-world style look in Photoshop. I thought our readers might learn a little from it so I thought I’d post a link to it here. Check it out: Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop