Author: Brant Wilson

I'm the editor-in-chief of Bittbox.com. I'm a designer and developer by day, and a writer and musician when the feeling strikes. I enjoy vintage advertisements and puzzles with an absurd amount of pieces. Follow me on Twitter.
How to Make Swirls, Swooshes, and Curls in Adobe Illustrator

How to Make Swirls, Swooshes, and Curls in Adobe Illustrator

Swirls and swooshes, or whatever you want to call them, are pretty hard to come by as a freebie (except here on BittBox), and they’re even rarer in vector format. Part of the reason is that most people, even avid Illustrator users, don’t realize how easy it is to create these shapes with a few…

Photoshop Gradients to Download and Use in Your Designs
|

Photoshop Gradients to Download and Use in Your Designs

Utilizing presets in Photoshop is a great way to speed up the design process. Of course, Photoshop comes with some default presets for things like gradients, patterns, custom shapes, and layer styles, but you can also create your own presets or install presets that you’ve downloaded. Today, we’re showcasing Photoshop gradients you can download and…

How to Scale Vector Stroke Width Proportionally in Adobe Illustrator

How to Scale Vector Stroke Width Proportionally in Adobe Illustrator

In Illustrator, when you draw an object, apply a stroke, then resize that object up or down, you can control whether or not the stroke size gets scaled too, or stays the same. The way you control this feature is from the “Transform” palette (Window > Transform). This can be very useful for things like…

How to Hire a Remote Developer for Your Startup in 2022

The IT sphere is growing very rapidly, covering more and more aspects of our lives: AI, analytics, robotics, integrating new technologies into business, and more. The growth trend will remain high, according to foreign analysts’ estimates, until 2026. The IT field attracts many people. Both those who are just deciding on their future profession and…

Must-Have Rebranding Deliverables in 2022

Must-Have Rebranding Deliverables in 2022

Rebranding is no small task for any business to undertake. When you initiate a rebrand, you can change everything from the appearance of your company to its tone of voice and personality. Going into the process with the right set of “deliverables” you expect from your branding team is crucial. Knowing your rebranding deliverables means…