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Photoshop Tutorials and Brushes. 25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together for Outstanding Results. Photoshop and Illustrator are two of the most indispensable tools for web and graphic designers.

25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together for Outstanding Results

For those of us who are always looking to learn more and improve skills, there are plenty of great tutorials out there for each of these programs. Most designers feel a bit more comfortable in one over the other as a result of more experience or better understanding. However, sometimes the two can be used together in a way that emphasizes the strengths of each program. In this post we’ll feature 25 of the best tutorials that utilize both Illustrator and Photoshop to create amazing results.

Flash Website Tutorial – How to Create a Flash Website. 1. Before I begin – for those of you who want an easy way out of this 50 step tutorial, you can create a free website with Wix (I strongly suggest you check this out before continuing reading). Now let’s continue with the tutorial. 2. Open the page properties if its not already opened which it should be Window/Properties/Properties 3. 4. 5. Using Social Promotion for Online Exposure of Your Art. Have you considered using online communities for self promotion?

Using Social Promotion for Online Exposure of Your Art

Today we talk about the use of social networking to help gain online exposure for your art and tips on interacting with your audience. Whether you want to promote your art for sale or for feedback, there are a variety of ways you can go about this. In this day and age, the most cost effective way is to promote yourself via the internet.

Last month we talked about promoting your work and yourself via a website portfolio. This month we're going to be looking at the option of social media as a vehicle for self promotion. The amount of networking opportunities out there are massive. By notifying the people who follow our work across these platforms, we gain online exposure. There are many guides out there that will claim this or that is the sole way to increase followers. Free Website Builder - Wix - Create a Free Flash Website. Your Portfolio, Starting Out with a Low Budget. So you've decided you want a portfolio, but aren't sure what you want in it, or which route to go.

Your Portfolio, Starting Out with a Low Budget

Maybe you've just started out and have a low budget. In today's article I look at starting a new portfolio with advice from vector artists and a look at two low budget portfolio options. Introduction When I started taking my work more seriously, I decided the right path for me to go to get my work out there more was to create a portfolio.

Now almost a year down the line and with different things happening in my career, I feel it's time to reassess my portfolio to cater to the audience I wish to please. For changing any portfolio, I suppose one of the first questions you have to ask is what is your budget? Portfolios and Vector Artists In my research for this issue, I decided to ask some fellow vector artists about their portfolios and any tips they've learned along the way for constructing an effective portfolio. Fantastic InDesign Tuts from Vectortuts+ At Vectortuts+ we love your feedback, it helps us bring you the very best tutorials and articles about the things that you want to learn.

Fantastic InDesign Tuts from Vectortuts+

One request that's been coming though loud and clear has been that you would like to read more fantastic tutorials and Quick Tips about InDesign. So today, I bring you a selection of Vectortuts+ Tutorials, Quick Tips and Premium Tuts all about InDesign. Take a moment to browse the many InDesign Tutorials already in the Vectortuts+ library. If you're a beginner, you may find the Basix section helpful. 25 Creative and Challenging Vector Poster Design Tutorials. Jump into this roundup of some of the most creative and challenging vector poster design tutorials on the web.

25 Creative and Challenging Vector Poster Design Tutorials

There is a large assortment of styles and approaches here to review, from spacey psychedelic poster design, to geometrically influenced poster design, to robotic stomping power, to retro aesthetics and more. Check out these inspiring poster design tutorials. Blend and Mask Yourself a Great Poster Veerle Pieters shows us how to create a strong geometric central poster design, which utilizes flowing blends, masked shapes, and subtle gradients, to create a sophisticated final work.

She covers each step of creating this work in detail and uses a quick workflow that uses tools like Smart Guides to speed things up. The Making of 3 – A Limited Edition Poster Design To celebrate the third birthday of Chris Spooner's blog Spoon Graphics, he created a limited edition poster design. Making of "Robot Earth 3009" Typographic Illustration Poster Illustration: Go Forth & Create! Beautiful Creative Typography Tuts from Vectortuts+ Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. 16,306 free fonts for Windows and Mac. Formatting Typography and the Use of Styles in Adobe InDesign. After working for a couple agencies as an Art Director, I noticed many entry level designers and old pros alike still use InDesign very inefficiently when it comes to typography and formatting.

Formatting Typography and the Use of Styles in Adobe InDesign

This tutorial will cover the formatting of type within Adobe Indesign using their wonderful paragraph and character styles feature. This tutorial assumes you already know some of the basics of InDesign, but I will cover some of the basics quickly for new users. We'll look at paragraph styles first, and then learn about character styles. Let's get started! The final styles we will be working with throughout this tutorial are shown below. Create a new one page document with half inch margins to begin with. You should now have a 8.5 inch by 11 inch document with half inch margins, giving you a 7.5 inch by 10 inch live area to work with. Using the Type Tool, lets create a 7.5 inch by 10 inch type box. Portraits with a soul. Big Cartel - Simple shopping cart for artists, designers, bands, record labels, jewelry, crafters.