Category Archives: Adobe Illustrator

Starting a Graphic Design Business: Part II

March 12, 2010 – 9:35 pm

You’re in the Money
In our last post we identified some of the advisors you’ll need on your team as you start a graphic design business.  Lucky for you, the logistical fun doesn’t end there.  Armed with your graphic design education and ready to take on your first project, you’ll first need a pricing structure. Design [...]

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Specialized Fonts for Graphic Designers - Part II

December 17, 2009 – 4:49 pm

The Fonts Go On
Last time we presented some really nice fonts for specific uses and applications.
In part two of Specialized Fonts for Graphic Designers, we are continuing this series by displaying some very creative font designs that are functional as well as unique.
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Underwood Typewriter

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Sooner or later you’ll need to use a typewriter font. There are [...]

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Free Trial Software From Adobe - Part II

November 27, 2009 – 6:00 am

And the Rest Is Here
Adobe trial software is great if you want to test drive a program to see how it works and whether it is suitable for your needs. Trial software also lets you experiment with the program in order to get familiar with a specific creative field. If you are interested in graphic [...]

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Free Trial Software From Adobe - Part I

November 26, 2009 – 12:10 am

The Trials at Adobe
No, we’re not talking about law here; we’re speaking about the numerous free trials that Adobe makes available to the public. The people at Adobe produce many software applications that are used by graphic designers, artists, illustrators, media professionals, web designers, and writers.
Perhaps you’ve always wanted to test drive many of these [...]

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Get Graphic Design Tips and Courses for Free

September 23, 2009 – 12:00 pm

There is an incredible amount of information on the Internet. Sometimes the hardest part about surfing is distilling the good info from the useless or even worse, the wrong info.
If you want to get a few training freebies related to using Photoshop, Illustrator, web design, and yes, even an introduction to basic graphic design, we’ve [...]

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50+ Vector Clip Art Sites for Editable Graphics

June 27, 2009 – 8:30 am

One of the drawbacks of most clip art is that you cannot edit these images in Adobe Illustrator or other vector art programs such as CorelDraw. The other major drawback is that you can not resize rasterized clip art without pixelating them. Because of these two major setbacks, many graphic designers prefer vector graphics and clip art. That is why I have taken the time to put together this list of 50+ vector clip art sites.

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Grunge Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, & GIMP

October 29, 2008 – 11:41 pm

As designers, we have all been collectively designing a LOT of grunge websites, posters, brochures, logos, etc. If you haven’t yet jumped on the grunge train, then you should check out some of these great ‘how to grunge it up’ tutorials for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, and GIMP.

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Productivity Tools for Efficient Graphic Designers to Automate Design Process

September 20, 2008 – 2:41 pm

You will find that a lot of these tools can automate your graphic design process by actually doing the tedious repetitive tasks that slow you down. There are a ton of tools listed here, so make sure to bookmark this page.

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List of Graphic Design Podcasts on Topics Graphic Design, Web Design, Typography and More

June 13, 2008 – 6:46 pm

I have found a load of design related podcasts that I am sure will peak your interests. Just think of it as radio shows geared towards you and your love of design. You will even find Podcasts on Photoshop, Illustrator, Typography, Freelancing, as well as Web Design and Graphic Design.

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List of Vector Conversion Software - 30+ Tools to Turn Photos into Line Art and Illustrations

June 7, 2008 – 10:12 pm

I love Vector Magic, a free online vectorization tool. It is a really cool browser-based tool that can be used to turn a photograph into an illustration. It doesn’t always succeed in getting that look that you might be looking for, but it does a pretty good job. I usually just use it to play around with photos to see what Vector Magic can do with it, but it also can be very useful if you want to convert a photo into an illustration. I started to wonder how many other vectorization tools and software packages there were out there and I was surprised to find out that there are a ton o them. Basically, most of these tools turn Raster / Bitmap / Photo Images into Line Art / Illustrations / Vector Art.

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