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Our Secret Stash of Awesome Free Website-Building Tools. When I first started learning to code, I remember feeling overwhelmed by 2 things: everything I didn’t knowall the possibilities When I built my first simple, one-page website, I saw the world of tech was opening up in front of me. What?! I can put ANY of these fonts on here? You mean I can just add an About page if I want one?

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Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator. This post was originally published in 2008 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Follow this Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a range of simple vector objects based around the theme of a designer's lifestyle, then tile them together into a cool looking repeating pattern.

The creation of objects based on Illustrator's basic shapes makes for a great tutorial for beginners while resulting in an awesome outcome which can be put to use in a range of design projects. The idea of basing the pattern around a theme helps develop a list of objects that can be used within the pattern. Being a website owned by a designer and written for designers the topic of design is natural! Here's the list of stereotypical items we’ll be using that make up the lifestyle of any graphic or website designer: Macbook Pro LaptopApple Mac MousePencilPenRulerSet SquareNotepadiPhoneMug of Coffee Using the Rounded Rectange Tool, draw a shape of similar proportions to the Macbook.

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