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Video Tutorial: Reviewing Adobe Illustrator’s Extensive Gradients Toolset

Posted by Adrian Taylor on October 3, 2012 · Comments Off

While vector based artwork lets designers take advantage of small file sizes and lossless scaling it can also be limiting when trying to add depth and richness to a design. Adobe Illustrator offers a plethora of gradient tools that can help artist produce more organic and vivid pieces. This extended video tutorial covers a wide variety of topics including basic [...]

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Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques

Posted by David Mottram on December 7, 2011 · Comments Off

In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits! Your hands are the original digital devices — Lynda Barry People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration. Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. [...]

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The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design

Posted by Jon Savage and Simon H. on October 3, 2011 · Comments Off

Texture is becoming integral to design. It’s gone beyond being a trend — it’s now a simple and effective way to add depth to a website. Wielding the power of texture is a great responsibility. It increases the effectiveness of websites and [...]

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An In-Depth Study Of Symbols In Illustrator CS5

Posted by Tara Hornor on September 16, 2011 · Comments Off

For drawing and painting digital illustrations, Adobe Illustrator is a favorite among designers for many reasons. One of the reasons is some of the amazing time-saving features that come with it. The Symbols feature in Illustrator does just this: it saves valuable [...]

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Examples And Tips For Using Illustrator’s Warp Tools

Posted by Tara Hornor on July 28, 2011 · Comments Off

Adobe Illustrator is one very useful program for creating vector artwork. The tools and features available in Illustrator make it easy to create digital illustrations, whether from scratch or by tracing a photograph. But this is not all Illustrator can do. Businesses can create impressive graphs using Illustrator’s Graph tools. Marketers can use the impressive [...]

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Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator

Posted by Tara Hornor on February 15, 2011 · Comments Off

Typography is not only an all-important aspect of design, it is also an art form in and of itself. Choosing the right font, the perfect spacing and even the correct shape of text can be an important factor as to whether a project fails or succeeds. Although Illustrator is not really used for multiple-paged projects, many would agree that it is one of the most powerful applications [...]

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Productive Web Design With… Adobe Illustrator?

Posted by Vincent Le Moign on January 17, 2011 · Comments Off

Admittedly, Adobe Illustrator is often most certainly not the first choice that comes to mind when it comes to Web design. Fireworks and Photoshop are used much more often, and there are some good reasons for that. Still, although Illustrator has traditionally been used for drawing illustrations and logos, you can use it to design layouts and user interfaces, too.In fact, in my opinion, [...]

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Product Template, Sizes, and File Format Check list for Preparing Document for Offset Printing

Posted by admin on December 28, 2010 · 1 Comment

Product and Template Sizes The products offered for ordering online cover about 80% of what our customers typically request. We may be adding to this list in the future, but for [...]

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Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator

Posted by John Rainsford on December 7, 2010 · Comments Off

Getting t-shirts printed is an ideal way to promote your business, organization or event. They are a promotional item that people can actually use, and they have the added bonus of being an advertisement for you. In this post, Adobe Illustrator will be used to create a three-color screen print using a fictional company logo, and have it set up to allow a screen printer to easily print [...]

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Illustrator’s Live Trace: Sketch to Vector

Posted by Sharon Hart on November 15, 2010 · Comments Off

In this post we will take a drawn design, scan it and clean it up in Photoshop, then trace it using the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. Live Trace was introduced in Adobe Illustrator CS2 but is still a powerful tool available in Illustrator CS5. This process really gives an artist the freedom to digitally experiment with drawings of any kind. The vector art it produces can be [...]

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