Typography. Illustrator. Preloader. Web Design: Grain Texture. I'm designing my new portfolio, and lately I've been checking many sites to get somekind of reference for inspiration.
One of the main style that I've check as a cool trend is the Grain Texture, that can be done really easily in Fireworks. So I've made a list of sites that use this simple, yet awesome texture! Also, do you guys know anymore sites that "wear" this texture? Adanced Shading Techniques by ~Snigom on deviantART. Latest Design Resources on the Web.
Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials. Creating Halftone Effects in Illustrator. It used to be a time consuming process to create a halftone.
First, I would open a picture in Photoshop, convert it to grayscale, apply a halftone effect, open it up in illustrator, trace it, and if didn’t get messed up somewhere in the process, I would use the halftone in Illustrator. In Illustrator CS3 it is quite a bit easier to create halftones without leaving Illustrator. Notes.