Heavenly Cupcakes Located in San Antonio Texas. Learn Adobe Illustrator: All the Basics for Beginners. A few weeks ago we published a post, Learn Photoshop, that included links to well over 100 resources for mastering the basics of Photoshop and the use of the various tools. In response to reader request, we’re publishing this post to help designers who want to get started with Adobe Illustrator, or maybe just sharpen their existing skills. Illustrator is a powerful program, but it can be overwhelming or confusing at times, simply because of everything that is possible. If you’re new to Illustrator, taking the time to understand the basics and how to use the specific tools will go a long way towards setting you up for success. In this post we’ve categorized more than 100 resources that will teach you everything you need to learn.
Basic Intro to Illustrator and the User Interface: What is Illustrator? Getting Started in Illustrator Working with Illustrator’s Workspaces (video) Fun with Illustrator’s Lessor Known, Yet Powerful Tools How to Use Smart Guides in Illustrator (video) Magic Wand Tool: The Street is a Catwalk on Photography Served. El Mac's Most Amazing Street Art. Graffiti artist El Mac brings the streets to life with his most amazing murals.
From the urban scenes of the USA to Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland and recently in far-east places like Vietnam and Singapore, El Mac has made his mark and I’m sure people are happier for it. Like-minded artist Retna sometimes joins El Mac on his adventures. Have a look at some of his and their combined work after the jump. Miami, USA Salt Lake City, USA Los Angeles, USA Montreal, Canada Berlin, Germany Dublin, Ireland Milan, Italy Tilburg, Netherlands Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Little India, Singapore Here’s a time-lapse video of El Mac and Retna working on a piece, Of Our Youth, in Culver City. And here’s another clip of El Mac’s exploits in Singapore. See loads more of El Mac’s fantastic murals on Flickr and visit his blog.
[via Looks Like Good Design] Share this post: Banksy versus bristol museum. A few years ago i attended an uh-mazing banksy exhibition in downtown los angeles and have been eagerly awaiting the elusive graffiti artist's return. alas, mr. bansky choose instead to set up his latest wares in new york and bristol. on june 13th, banksy's largest exhibition entitled "banksy versus bristol museum" was unveiled at the bristol city museum. it features more than 100 of banksy's works mixed amongst the museum's permanent collection (including a mouse with a backpack tucked inside of a natural history case. someone, please send me a picture!
Check out the mouse here. thanks, matt, more the picture!). On opening day, a line of eager fans snaked around the corner, waiting more than an hour for admission. and finally, a picasso banksy WHORANGE philosophy... {images via art of the state, nikolaasB, and the guardian uk.} UPDATE! More banksy vs. bristol images here, including a bong in the china cabinet! Top Pictures of 2010 Part 2. As promised. This is Part 2 of our Pictures Of The Year 2010 review. If you’ve missed Part 1 , make sure you check it out for some amazing photography by photographers who often put themselves in harms way to get that perfect shot which makes us think, wonder , cry or smile.
Part 2 is much of the same as Part 1. That means more images of anguish, pain, death, conflict, joy and hope. There are some really cool shots in this review and we’re sure you will enjoy them. Let us know in the comments which are your favorites. . Join TotallyCoolPix on Facebook and Twitter or join our Flickr Group . 1 01. 2 02. 3 03. 4 04. 5 05. 6 06. 7 07. 8 08. 9 09. 10 10. 11 11. 12 12. 13 13. 14 14. 15 15. 16 16. 17 17. 18 18. 19 19. 20 20. 21 21. 22 22. 23 23. 24 24. 25 25. 26 26. 27 27. 28 28. 29 29. 30 30. 31 31. 32 32. 33 33. 34 34. 35 35. 36 36. 37 37. 38 38. 39 39. 40 40. 41 41. 42 42. 43 43. 44 44. 45 45. 46 46. 47 47. 48 48. 49 49. 50 50.
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