Posts Tagged "Graphic design"

Daily Inspiration #404 January 12, 2010 This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. via Daily Inspiration #404 | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials.

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+.

40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections October 23, 2009 Graphic Design, Photoshop There are hundreds and thousands of Photoshop brushes available to download for free. Were do you start looking? How do you find that particular brush that you need to complete your latest design project? And most importantly, were are all the the high quality or even hi-res brushes? In this design resource round-up we have compiled a list of the best Photoshop directory resource sites and also compiled a list of the best PS brush collections. If you can’t find the brush that you need here, give up, because it can’t be found (or, I may have missed it). via 40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections : Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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25 Cool Digital Photography Tutorials, Techniques and Effects August 28, 2009 Graphic Design, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorial The list of cool digital photography techniques and tutorials is endless, you can even find 10 completley different methods to achieve the same effect. Which is the best? It really depends on the photographer and there level of expertise. In this post we have listed our own personal favorites photography techniques with tips tutorials to help you recreate the effect. You will find tecniques for the currently in vogue HDR, Tilt-Shifting and Lomography to the less common and diverse Sabatier and Escher effects. Which ever effect you use, your images are going to look cool and unique. via 25 Cool Digital Photography Tutorials, Techniques and Effects : Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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30 Artistic and Creative Photoshop Poster Tutorials November 13, 2009 Graphic Design, Photoshop, Tutorial Although posters as a concept have been used for many centuries, in traditional art years, poster design is a relatively new. It has only been in the last 100 years that poster design has been elevated and recognized as an art-form, and has gained the kind of popularity that no other design category can rival. Below we have rounded-up the our favorite Photoshop Poster Design Tutorials, ranging from, movie posters, adverts and events in a variety of styles. via 30 Artistic and Creative Photoshop Poster Tutorials : Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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6 Reasons Why You Should Do Personal Design Projects

December 18th, 2009 by Isaac Gube There’s a misconception that creativity is always on: that either you have it or you don’t, or that if you produce great work once, you’ll always be able to produce great work. Now if only that were true, right? The truth – and I think most creatives will agree – is that the creative juices that lubricate and facilitate the flow of unique and effective ideas sometimes dries up and you need, from time to time, to refill and ferment those juices before it’s once again ready for public consumption. via 6 Reasons Why You Should Do Personal Design Projects.

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The Best 40 Photoshop Text Effects from 2009 December 18, 2009 Graphic Design, Photoshop, Tutorial On Monday past we published the post 49 Most Creative Photoshop Tutorials of 2009, a collection of the best artistic tutorials for Photoshop from this year. As a follow up to that post, today we have The Best 40 Photoshop Text Effects from 2009, a collection of diverse and unique effects and type treatments that will add a little extra to your next design. via The Best 40 Photoshop Text Effects from 2009 : Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design * By Vitaly Friedman * November 8th, 2007 * Design, Fonts * 283 Comments Advertisement The importance of typography in design can’t be overestimated. The accuracy, precision and balance of geometric forms can give letters the elegance and sharpness they deserve. Besides, elegant fonts can help to convey the message in a more convenient way. In fact, while there are many excellent professional fonts (we’ve presented some of them in our article 80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design) there are literally thousands of free low-quality fonts which you would never use for professional designs. via 40 Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design - Smashing Magazine.

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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