Patterns in Illustrator
We have been doing a lot of work with patterns in Illustrator recently and I thought I would share some of the things we learned and re-learned. The easiest way to make a pattern is to just drag your...
View Article3 Key Rules To A Professional Email Signature
This morning, I received an email to my office inbox with a bizarre and fairly obnoxious signature. Is this really the signature that this person uses at the bottom of all outgoing email communication?...
View ArticleFind All Open Paths in Adobe Illustrator
A few weeks ago, I was working on an illustration and I noticed that the Divide function in my Pathfinder palette was not working the way it was supposed to. After a little troubleshooting, I found out...
View ArticleInDesign Dimensions Include Stroke Weight?
One thing that has driven me crazy about InDesign is that by default, unlike Illustrator, the dimensions of an object include the stroke weight. So if you draw a box that is 1″ x 1″ that has a 1 pt....
View ArticleTutorial: Subtle Web Backgrounds Using Photoshop Texturizer
Subtle web background textures are extremely popular in current web design. They can be used to give a site depth and and add richness in a way that isn’t too overwhelming. I’ve been really into using...
View ArticleTutorial: Tilt Shift Photography
I have an obsession with small things. Starting at a young age, I can remember building tiny cities and farms with my brother with wood blocks and small plastic figurine pigs. I continuously checked...
View ArticleCalligraphy with Illustrator
Sometimes calligraphy brushes in Illustrator just don’t cut it. As much as you may try, a brush style in Illustrator just can’t mimic the flowing hand drawn style we crave. In the past, Illustrator was...
View ArticleFun with Trigonometry
To find the direction from one object to another, we need to use some trig functions. First we need to know the positions of those objects. Then we can find the change in X and Y. From there we can...
View ArticleDrawing Cars with Adobe Illustrator
In my last blog post, I mentioned my obsession with identifying cars. And, if you have read some of my earlier blog posts, you will see that I am also a little obsessed with Adobe Illustrator. As a way...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Easy Tool for Pinning a Web Page on Pinterest
Pinterest lets me bookmark all types of inspiration, from color palettes, to free font finds, to typography design. But one thing that I’ve been unable to do successfully is to pin a web design....
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