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Sep7No Comments
One ”web 2.0″ look is the reflecting icon. The clean, crisp look of these attractive images makes clicking through a website’s navigation fun. Here’s how to make one of those neat icons. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug30
Better Titles with Adobe Illustrator
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects; Tagged as: gradient, Illustrator Tutorials, outline, text effectsNo Commentsby Chad Neuman
One of the coolest aspects of Illustrator’s Text tool is its flexibility once the text is outlined. You can then edit the text just like any other Illustrator path, moving the letters around and even the lines and shapes around. -
Aug30
Make a Pirate’s Map with Adobe Illustrator
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, text effects, warpNo Commentsby Chad Neuman
Learn to create warped text that is still editable on top of another object by creating a pirate’s map. -
Aug30No Comments
by Chad Neuman
Text layout doesn’t have to be boring. Designer David Carson became famous using unique typographic effects, one of which was flowing text in an unusual way. In many magazines, text not only conveys information but joins the photos and colors to become art and part of the style of the magazine as well. Here’s a way to thread text on paths, which has many possibilities once you get the basic concept. Let’s thread text on path shapes to create unique magazine layout designs. -
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Magazine Design with InDesign, part 2 of 3
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design -
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Magazine Design with InDesign, part 1 of 3
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, Magazine Design; Tagged as: Illustrator Tutorials, InDesign Tutorials, live trace, pagination, publication design -
Aug26
Using Public Domain Images for Art
Filed under: Illustrator Tutorials, Tracing; Tagged as: art, Illustrator Tutorials, pen, public domain, tracingNo Comments
by Chad NeumanYou can use photos to trace over in Adobe Illustrator to make some unique effects and vector art. But if the vector art resembles the original photo to the average person, then you run into copyright issues. For example, when submitting vector art to Istockphoto.com, if you trace your vector art over photos, you’re supposed to include the original photos used and they should be taken by yourself or someone who let you use their copyright.
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