Tag Archive | "vector"

Black Friday Sale: $15.00 Off!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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Black Friday Sale: $15.00 Off!

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey designers, why wait around for Cyber Monday? We’ve got deep deals on design files at the Arsenal starting this Friday, November 27th! Here’s what to do: When browsing, find a Complete Set that tickles your fancy. Examples are Set 17 [...]

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Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh

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.

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Mac Vector Apps

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Mac Vector Apps

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Our recent “Blank Canvas” post asked the question: “Adobe Or Not?”. As a followup, here’s a quick web roundup of some alternative vector graphics software applications for Mac OS X. These applications vary in price from free to about $100, and each offer some nice [...]

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Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: If you aren’t already familiar with Von Glitschka’s art, you should be. An ‘illustrative designer’ as he’s coined it, Von’s work is a tour de force in the vector art world. Flexible and versatile in both style and technique, Von’s unique talent shines through in [...]

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Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

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 [...]

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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What you will learn In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to create a vintage, retro-modernist poster in Photoshop. You’ll also learn some vintage coloring techniques, retro photo effects, and some cool 3d typographic effects. You’ll also need Adobe Illustrator to create vector paths [...]

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Using Transform Again in Illustrator

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Using Transform Again in Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This shortcut will help you in many different instances in Illustrator when you need to repeat a transformation. I use it most when I am trying to repeat a shape over and over again at an even interval. First create a shape [...]

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Go Media’s Rapid-Fire Illustration Technique

Monday, August 24, 2009

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Go Media’s Rapid-Fire Illustration Technique

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Go Media’s Rapid-fire Illustration Technique Hey Designer and Illustrator faithful! It’s time for another wicked tutorial from your brethren here at Go Media. I had a particular project I was working on recently that I thought would make a great tutorial. The technique I would like [...]

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Lineform 1.5.1 (Mac Vector Graphics Software) Released + Discount Code

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Lineform 1.5.1 (Mac Vector Graphics Software) Released + Discount Code

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Freeverse has just released Lineform 1.5.1. Lineform is a low-cost vector graphics software program for the Mac, for those designers out there on a budget. Here’s the new stuff: Fixed Undo to include function names Fixed text fill [...]

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