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Creating a Vintage Ski Poster Design with Illustrator® CS4 – Vector Plus Tutorial Dec 23rd in News, Plus by Neal McCullough We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to create retro illustrative designs, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This one will have you adding those subtle touches that will take your work to the next level! Author: Neal McCullough Hi there Vector Enthusiasts! I just started out this year as a Freelance Illustrator under the name of Hand Drawn Creative. I’ve worked for over a decade as a Graphic Designer/Illustrator throughout the UK and over the years have gained a lot of experience in creating eye-catching vector illustrations for the advertising industry. This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques I'd describe this as an intermediate level tutorial and throughout the process I'll show how you how to add a little Art Deco glamour to your illustrations by making subtle use of the Gradient and Transparency palettes in Illustrator CS4, as well as introducing an aged paper feel with clever use of texture resource files. Tutorial Details * Program: Illustrator CS4 * Difficulty: Intermediate * Estimated Completion Time: 4 hours via Creating a Vintage Ski Poster Design with Illustrator® CS4 – Vector Plus Tutorial | Vectortuts+.

Fresh Free High-Quality Icon Sets * By Paul Andrew * September 16th, 2009 The most important aspect of designing an individual icon is that it has to be instantly recognizable, you have to know its function, and you need to know exactly what it is. If you are designing a set, the actual design becomes a lot harder, the designer has to face two initial challenges: each icon they design has to be individual and distinctive from the other, and, they also have to have similar features to show that they are related, completing the set. Not an easy task. Perhaps that is why we love those small indispensible graphical images so much, it’s an appreciation of the hard work, creativity and talent of the designer. And to think, all those hours spent in front of a laptop crafting these little marvels, and then, allowing everyone else to download them for free. To all icon designers we say: “thank you”. In this post we present a round-up of fresh high-quality icons that are available for free download and (sometimes only for personal) use. Please make sure to read license agreements before using icons in your designs – they can change from time to time. You may be interested in the following related posts: * 50 Fresh Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design * 50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets via Fresh Free High-Quality Icon Sets - Smashing Magazine.

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