BittBox Freebies In The Wild: Bonnaroo 2008

May 19, 2008 | Posted in News | 43 Comments »

It’s always nice to see people put BB freebies to good use, but there’s no way to spot them all. I was flipping through Rolling Stone over the weekend and spotted some of my Illustrator brushes (teardrop foliage) in an ad for Bonnaroo 2008, a huge music & arts festival in Tennessee.

BittBox Freebies In The Wild: Bonnaroo 2008
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Illustrator: Load Brush Libraries Faster [CS3]

May 12, 2008 | Posted in Illustrator | 10 Comments »

This is a very quick Illustrator CS3 tip that will hopefully save you some time in the long run. I’m sure a lot of you, if not all of you, know how to load a Brush Library. There are 3 ways, actually, but my favorite, and quickest way is the Brush Library icon.

Illustrator: Load Brush Libraries Faster [CS3]
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Working with Illustrator ‘Art’ Brushes: Options and Adjustments

April 21, 2008 | Posted in Illustrator | 32 Comments »

In this tutorial, I’m going to cover several things that effect the way we use Illustrator brushes. Remember, there are 4 types of Illustrator brushes, and this tutorial will be covering “Art” brushes. There are many things that effect the way your brush stroke will take form, and I hope by the end of this tutorial, you have a better idea of what you can tweak to get the results you’re looking for when using your art brushes.

Working with Illustrator 'Art' Brushes: Options and Adjustments
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Illustrator Workflow: “Persistent” Brush Palettes

March 25, 2008 | Posted in Illustrator | 23 Comments »

Workflow is always important for productivity. Avoiding as many clicks as possible is an everyday battle, and, with this little Illy tip, I hope to help you avoid yet another 3 clicks. For some reason, the folks at Adobe decided that Illustrator shouldn’t have a ‘Preset Manager’ like Photoshop, so here we are working around it. I’d like to share with you one way I get around a lack-of-a-preset-manager in Illustrator when it comes to brushes.

Illustrator Workflow:
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Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor

February 13, 2008 | Posted in Freebies | 72 Comments »

I’ve got another set of Illustrator brushes for everyone. I previously released these shapes as vectors, but decided to go ahead an make a brush library out of them. I hope you can put them to good use. Screenshot after the jump.

Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor
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