It’s almost Valentine’s day and rather than getting your loved one the same old cheap gifts you get every year, why not create a chocolate covered strawberry illustration for them? You can easily apply this illustration to your own greeting card, t-shirt, or anything else you can think of. Moreover, you can apply this tutorial to other illustrations and logos.
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a neat toothpaste text effect in Adobe Illustrator using a pattern brush. For starters you will learn how to setup a simple grid and how to build pixel perfect vector shapes using basic tools and the Pathfinder panel. Moving on you will learn how to use a simple script and how to ease your work using the Shape Builder Tool. Next, you’ll learn how to easily and rename two simple patterns and how to create your own pattern brush. Finally, using your pattern brush along with some subtle Drop Shadow effects you will create your text effect.
A popular typography trend in web design and print design is letterpress styled text. This text styling is easy to do in Photoshop, but in Illustrator, it is super simple to create letterpress styled text while keeping the text editable. Utilizing the Appearance panel and Graphic Styles, you can quickly and consistently apply this style to any editable text and other vector objects.
Christmas and the Holiday season are times to enjoy our families and friends, and get ready for the new year. Before you do that though, download all these Christmas vector files for your holiday designs!
The November Font Bundle from TheHungryJPEG is now available, and it’s jammed-pack with a ton of awesome fonts that I know you’ll love to get your hands on.
This month, they’ve really gone above and beyond with their font bundle–it’s one of the largest font bundles we’ve seen around in a while, with 76 super fonts included. Plus all of the fonts are well-designed and super trendy so you’ll definitely be able to use any of all of them in your upcoming winter projects. And last but not least, this bundle is priced at only $29, so with 76 fonts included, that equals out to be only $0.38 cents per font! You can’t beat that price for such an amazing collections of fonts, so be sure to check on the Fontabulous Font Bundle before it’s gone.
Here’s a sneak peek at just a few of the fonts included in the November Font Bundle:
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Most all designers use one or more design resources to help with their design projects. But finding the right design resources that perfectly suit your current projects’ requirements is a difficult and time-consuming task. You need to make sure that the design resource that you use is compatible with your project and is easy to download and work with.
To help simplify the process of finding design resources, our friends at DealFuel have put together a list of some of popular design resources for you to use for free! These design freebies are sure to enhance your graphics collections and simplify many a design project.
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We are always excited to see the latest bundle from the guys over at TheHungryJPEG.com, and we are never disappointed! The Beautiful October bundle is definitely no exception. The 33 fonts included are all so unique that we don’t know which to use first! Plus there are two bonus fonts and lots of bonus goodies such as funky catchwords, watercolour backgrounds and much more. This pack isn’t just fonts though..
Those of you who love premium graphics will be in their element as this bundle includes 19 huge packs, from banners, doodles and florals to papers, nautical graphics and photography overlays! As always, all items come with commercial licences and useful documentation to help you know exactly what’s included in your purchase so you get the most out of your latest TheHungryJPEG.com bundle. See some of the awesome items included here:
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