Illustrator Workflow: “Persistent” Brush Palettes

March 25, 2008 | Posted in Illustrator | 22 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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Illustrator 101: Faster Font Selection

March 3, 2008 | Posted in Illustrator | 37 Comments »

It’s important to note that this will also work in Photoshop, but I’m using Illustrator as an example. If you’re anything at all like me, you have a ginormous font collection and scrolling through the entire list to find the one your looking for can be cumbersome at times. Here’s a quick tip to spend less time scrolling and more time designing.

Illustrator 101: Faster Font Selection
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Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor

February 13, 2008 | Posted in Freebies | 70 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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Free Vectors: Tree Silhouettes

January 10, 2008 | Posted in Freebies | 65 Comments »

It’s free vector time again, and I’ve got some tree silhouettes to share with everyone. Download ‘em and stick ‘em in your archive. Hopefully they’ll be of good use! Details after the jump.

Free Vectors: Tree Silhouettes
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Illustrator: The Tilde Trick

December 19, 2007 | Posted in Illustrator | 86 Comments »

BittBox Reader Jeff F tipped me off about this neat little Illy trick. It just so happens that if you hold down the “tilde” key on your keyboard, you can get a neat effect using any of Illustrator’s drawing tools. Holding down the tilde key, (the little squiggly line above the tab key, left of the number 1 on your keyboard.) while using a drawing tool will cause Illustrator to repeat the shape rapidly as you move your mouse. Examples after the jump. Thanks Jeff!

Illustrator: The Tilde Trick
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