I recently had a discussion with a friend who’s an interior designer in the process of putting together a new portfolio. While she was telling me about it, and the trials and triumphs she’s come across during the process, I took some mental notes of the points we touched on. I thought I’d share parts of our conversation with all of you.
In this tutorial, we’ll create a cute bird’s nest with a cracked eggshell inside of it. We’ll start by drawing our artwork with the Pen Tool, bringing it to life with the Gradient Tool, and finishing it up by adding shadows and highlights. We’ll use some often-neglected Illustrator tools and features, such as the set of symbol tools in the Tools panel and working with color groups in the Swatches panel.
The task of getting organized can sometimes be a very daunting prospect to those who don’t think of themselves as organizers. Some people love to have a place for everything, arranged in 90o angles, sorted by color, size, theme and cross-referenced.
Some people don’t.
PowerMockup turns PowerPoint into a design tool for sketching wireframe models of websites, web apps and desktop applications. It provides ready-to-use templates for the typical elements of a user interface: buttons, text boxes, menus, tabs, tables and much more. The giveaway includes five "Small Team" licenses, each priced at $119.95. Read on to see how you can win one!
You’re sitting down with people throwing ideas around. You’re writing stuff down more than usual. You’re keeping an eye out for a standout idea that you can roll with. You’re storming that brain. You’re brainstorming.
When it comes to sending files to a commercial printer, there are two types of files you need to know about: vectors and bitmaps. We’ll see what the strengths and weaknesses of each are, and when to use them in print design. We’ll also look at some visual examples of vector and bitmap artwork.
We recently ran a giveaway of customized flyers together with our friends at Next Day Flyers, an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials. We had many Design Instruct readers participate in the giveaway, and in this post, we reveal the two lucky winners.
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