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ByBrant Wilson
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I want to show you an easy and quick way to make a grunge-textured background in Photoshop. Of course, this isn’t the only way, but it’s not hard to do if you have a decent set of brushes to work with. If you find yourself without a decent set of grunge brushes, you can download…
ByJake Rocheleau
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Designers often work project-to-project which can leave gaps in earnings. But this can be solved by creating digital products to sell for some backend income. All designers have a skillset that can offer something valuable to the world. Whether it’s a website template, an iconset, or a video course, there’s always room for more resources…
ByBrant Wilson
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I’m going to walk you through a technique to create vintage looking 3d stars in Illustrator. You guessed it, 100% vector. By the time we’re done, there will be 0 (zero) effects, or filters. You will have a very useful vintage star vector on your artboard, and a new skill to go with it. With…
ByJake Rocheleau
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The toughest part of creating a great design is gauging the quality. When you work in a team it’s much easier to get critiques that help you along the way. But working by yourself or for a client leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Clients don’t know how to critique so it’s up to…
ByBrant Wilson
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Today I want to share a quick alignment tip for Illustrator. First of all let me say that this is a very simple tip but it won’t be useful every time. You have to need one of your points not to move. That’s the purpose of this technique. Like I said, it’s easy, so let’s…
ByJake Rocheleau
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Digital UI kits are extremely popular amongst designers because they help save time designing interfaces from scratch. If you’re constantly working on new design projects then you’ll know the importance of a great GUI kit. For this post I’ve curated the freshest UI kits from all around the web organized into one list. These are…
ByBrant Wilson
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Here’s a great Adobe Illustrator tip I wanted to share with you all. 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…
ByBrant Wilson
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Sampling from a photo is an excellent way to pull colors for painting, digital design, or any creative project. However, manually sampling each color is time-intensive and only useful when you really need a precise color match. Otherwise, it’s a whole lot easier to build new swatches dynamically through Photoshop. Extracting swatches from the high-resolution…
ByBrant Wilson
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What are Photoshop Actions? Photoshop Actions are editing steps recorded into downloadable presets When users download actions, they can then apply the actions to their own images to create a stylized photo or an image collection This allows Photoshop users to alter photos very quickly in a specific style, without constantly repeating steps during editing Actions can be…
ByBrant Wilson
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If you aren’t familiar with Illustrator’s extremely handy “Pathfinder” palette, you might sit down for a few moments to play with it, because it is a true time saver and an excellent tool for manipulating paths. First, of all let me say that “Pathfinder” is a horrible name for this palette. It doesn’t actually “find”…