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Vector banks. Tag "Illustrator" on Smashing Magazine. People often ask how I arrived at a finished illustration.

Honestly, it’s different every time, but it always starts with a hand-drawn sketch. Sometimes, I paint it completely by hand; sometimes I’ll scan in a pencil drawing. Tag "Freebies" on Smashing Magazine. Posts Tagged ‘Freebies’.

We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Freebies’. Freebie 30 Sugar-Sweet Valentine’s Day Icons So, you want to give your projects some extra love? With Valentine's Day coming up soon, we've got a fresh new set that consists of a delicious selection — just like a good box of chocolates. Tag "Photoshop" on Smashing Magazine. Posts Tagged ‘Photoshop’.

We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Photoshop’. Pen Tool Vs. Live Trace: The Big Comparison In this tutorial, I will teach you how to work digitally on an image you draw by hand. You will learn two completely different ways to approach the image: through the Live Trace Tool and the Pen Tool. Along the way, I will give you some Photoshop tips, too.

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We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Inspiration’. Part Seven Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry A balanced composition feels right. It feels stable and aesthetically pleasing. While some of its elements might be focal points and attract your eye, no one area of the composition draws your eye so much that you can’t see the other areas.

Balancing a composition involves arranging both positive elements and negative space in such a way that no one area of the design overpowers other areas. Free Stock Photos. 40+ Excellent Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials. Back when Mickey Mouse was drawn by Walt Disney in 1928, it was all pencil and paper, and the frequent use of the ever dependable eraser.

More than 80 years has passed and yet we still see Mickey Mouse cartoons all around the world. That 80+ years has also brought advances in computer technology and software which now allows us to move away from the pencil, paper and the ever dependable eraser, to advanced drawing applications and input (drawing) devices. In this edition/article, we’ll be featuring the best 40+ tutorials on drawing cartoons with Adobe Illustrator and we hope it would expand your creativity and imagination to be the next Walt Disney.

Here are some related post you might be interested: Full list after jump. Happy Sun CharacterLearn how to create fun sun character tutorial in Illustrator. 85 Free High Quality Silhouette Sets. Initially silhouette was applied on portraits or pictorial which were be used for thin black card.

But nowadays, we can easily find silhouette images in many media forms like artworks, illustration, photography, movies, graphic design or even fashion and fitness. Modern designers use silhouette to create dramatic effect in many art works because silhouette emphasizes the outline and view of an object. The mystery of silhouette objects create a space for viewers’ imagination. Apple’s iPod advertisement is a successful example of using silhouette. This week, we’ve managed to compiled 85 free high quality silhouette sets to speed up your designing job. People Businessmen Silhouettes Pack 01 (12 shapes) Businessmen Silhouettes Pack 02 (12 shapes) XVIII-XIX century silhouettes. 27 Free PSD Mock-Up Templates. 50 Free Creative UI Kits for Swift Website Mockups.

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Some years age it was so difficult to get PSDs format for web designers to create professional website mockups, But nowadays all and sundry gives facilities for web designers. Here I have collection of “50 Free Creative UI Kits for Swift Website Mockups” In these Free User Interface Kits i have creative text-fields, beautiful check-boxes, inspiring radio buttons, well-designed buttons, drop down menus, beautiful popup windows, navigations and some other cover extensive list of free wen elements. You are thinking that what I do with these UI Kits? As i said above try these to modernize your website designs and give them more professional look, one important thing behind all of these freebies which is author license agreement, hopefully you all will follow the author instructions then use accordingly. Wireframe Shapes Chutzpah User Interface Kit.

35 Excellent Wireframing Resources. Advertisement Wireframing is one of the most valuable parts of any web design project. It can save a designer tons of time by hashing out the details of a site’s architecture, functionality, and content prior to actually starting a visual design. But if done inefficiently, it can end up costing more time and can even create bigger headaches for both the client and the designer. Below are more than 35 resources for creating better wireframes, including tutorials on different methods and a variety of tools available.

50 Kick-Ass And Creative Dark Website Designs. Dark web designs are my personal favorite so I felt it was needed for me to showcase some of the best from around the web.

Not only are they creative, eye catching and interactive, but they’re truly different than what most websites look like today – with the light, clean minimal designs taking center stage lately, there’s something to be said about a killer creative website that’s dark & eye catching. 40 Creative Design Layouts: Getting Out Of The Box. Advertisement Over the last months we have seen a strong trend towards more individual web designs.

These designs use realistic motifs from everyday life, such as hand-drawn elements, script fonts, pins, paper clips, organic textures and scrapbooks. Kuler. 5 Infographics to Teach You How to Easily Create Infographics in PowerPoint [+ TEMPLATES] Despite the spattering of headlines that have popped up over the past couple years proclaiming "infographics are dead," infographics are, in fact, alive and well.

We just checked -- they're totally healthy. I mean, there are a lot of them, but when marketers spend the time aligning the topic, content, and style of their infographics with the needs and preferences of their target audiences, they're still finding success. Infographs. Free Stock Images. DeMilked - Design Milking Magazine. Dafont.com. How To Choose A Font. 80 top-class typography tutorials. The web is brimming with typography tutorials, but many are low quality and others are very out of date. So we’ve trawled the internet to uncover the diamonds in the rough, in the form of 50 top-quality typography tutorials, to bring your knowledge and skills up to speed.

Get Creative Cloud Perhaps you’re looking for a good introduction to the fundamentals of typography? Or perhaps you want to develop and push your type abilities further? Either way, you’re sure to find just what you’re looking for on this list, which includes typography lessons in the form of traditional text-and-image tutorials, animations and video, and even games.

COLORS. Data & Visualisation. Infographics tools. DESIGN NEWS. GRAPHIC. Free Vector Resources. Free PSD Resources. PACKS. The Ultimate List of the Top Best Logo Design Resources. Posted on 02'08 Dec Posted on December 2, 2008 along with 259 JUST™ Creative Comments Below are the best logo design resources you will find on the web. Period. You can click on the links below to quickly go to that section. Top Best Logo Design Inspiration Galleries. Illustrator tutorials: 80 amazing ideas to try today! Since its release, Adobe's Illustrator has grown to become the designer's right-hand man when it comes to creating premier vector graphics and elements. The Ultimate Collection Of Free Vector Packs. Free Vector Art & Graphics.