Create a Padlock with Adobe Illustrator and VectorScribe
Advertise here In this tutorial you will learn how to use Shape Building, Clipping Paths and Opacity Masks to make a metallic Padlock. You will also learn how to use the VectorScribe Adobe Illustrator...
View ArticleColoring and Line Work in Illustrator CS5
Advertise here Do a search on “coloring comics,” and you get dozens of Photoshop tutorials. They all seem to involve building up areas of color with transparent brushes. Now you can achieve that same...
View ArticleHow to Create a Smokin’ Western Type Treatment in Illustrator
In this easy tutorial, I will show you how to create a western type treatment primary using Illustrator’s Effects. Using the effects from this tutorial, you can easily apply them to other type...
View ArticleQuick Tip: How to Use the Align Panel in Adobe InDesign
The Align panel is a simple feature within Adobe InDesign. It gives total control to the user over objects contained within a document. This tutorial is written with InDesign novices in mind and will...
View ArticleDesign a Custom, Print Ready Pocket Folder in Adobe InDesign
A pocket folder is a very powerful business device when created the right way. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up a dieline, create a multi-page spread with bleed to accommodate your...
View ArticleHow to Create Ice Skates in a Softly Drawn Vector Style in Illustrator
It’s pretty much winter in the northern hemisphere and the winter Olympics are right around the corner. As such, I’ve got figure skating on my mind with soft lines, sweet pastels, and scalable...
View ArticleCreate a Magazine Cover, Inner Spread With Mock-Ups in Adobe InDesign
In the second of our two part tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use our cityscape graphic to create a magazine cover and then two versions of an inner spread in Adobe InDesign. I’ll then go on to...
View ArticleCreative Arabic Calligraphy: Putting It All Together
What You’ll Be Creating Before starting, we need a word, or a sentence to work on. For this purpose I chose the expression: عيد سعيد ( Eid Sa’eed ). Its exact translation is “Happy Holiday”, and it...
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