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How To: Create a Seamless Diagonal Line Pattern in Illustrator

How To: Create a Seamless Diagonal Line Pattern in Illustrator

Over the years, I’ve gotten plenty of emails about how to create a seamless diagonal pattern in Adobe Illustrator, so here we go! Illustrator comes with some default pattern brushes, but no diagonal love. Diagonal line patterns are a bit more tricky to make than a simple horizontal, or vertical pattern, but with some rock-solid alignment,…

Convert Text to Vector in Photoshop in 1 Click (Vectorize Text)

Convert Text to Vector in Photoshop in 1 Click (Vectorize Text)

I love this Photoshop feature so much that I want to ensure you all know about it. Convert Text to Vector in Adobe Photoshop First, open a new Photoshop file, and use the text tool to type anything you want on the artboard. Then Control + Click (right click) on that text layer in the…

How to Take Vector Paths from Photoshop into Illustrator

How to Take Vector Paths from Photoshop into Illustrator

Many times in the past, I found that I wanted to take a vector path from Adobe Photoshop and somehow get it to Illustrator for further use. There are many great and free Photoshop custom shapes out there, many of which might be more useful to you in Adobe Illustrator if that’s what you prefer….

How to Draw Smooth Lines in Illustrator with the Smooth Tool

How to Draw Smooth Lines in Illustrator with the Smooth Tool

This may seem trivial to a good many of you, but when I first started using Adobe Illustrator, it seemed to present itself as a serious challenge. I want to show you a couple different ways to make your line work a little smoother in Illustrator. With a couple easy tool settings, you’ll be making…

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…

5 Essentials To Boost Your Business Advertisements

When we have a product we’re about to release to the market, we make teasers and advertisements to touch our hungry customers who wish for something new. With our crazed efforts to showcase it to the world, we explore all available options on the Internet to boost its performance. For marketers who have been hard…

5 Benefits Of Creating A Video Content Library For Businesses

To thrive, businesses today are encouraged to market themselves digitally. Now, there are tons of ways to do this. Businesses can utilize websites, social media, blogs, and other types of online platforms to promote their brand. This includes video content or vlogs as well.  Many people love to watch videos online. Videos are among the…