A reader recently asked me about using the eyedropper tool to adjust the (one of 2+) colors in an Illustrator gradient. If you’ve never witnessed this frustration, it is quite annoying. In Illustrator, when using the gradient palette, (Adobe should have figured this out by now) you can’t double-click on one of the gradient color [...]

Something that just came to my attention is the contest that Vecteezy.com is holding for it’s contributors. Today (Sept 20th, 2007) is the last day (**UPDATE Vecteezy has extended the deadline to: Monday Sept 24th, 2007, winners announced Tuesday**) to submit your original vector designs and the winner gets an iPod shuffle, and a $15 [...]

The folks over at the Go Mediazine blog just released a set of 2 High-Res Watercolor Textures for everyone to feast on. You can never have too many textures, and these are 2 good ones. (jpeg format) While your there, be sure to check out the rest of their freebies section, and they have some [...]

I don’t know if this would be as useful to you as it is for me, but I leaped for joy when I discovered this little Illy CS3 feature. If you deal with client-delivered vector artwork, this could make your life a ton easier. By selecting any or all of the artwork and then clicking [...]

If you’re a CSS-savvy designer and you wouldn’t mind owning an iPhone, I have some good news. The kind souls over at CssMenuMaker.com have just announced a contest where users can submit accessible CSS menus, and the best design will bring home a free 4G iPhone! I’ve agreed to help judge the contest. (I won’t [...]