Eric Freitas I’ve just discovered some wax materials that I’m very excited about! Yes, that’s right, I just said I’m excited about wax….what of it? I’ve been diving more seriously into the world of casting, and I like some of the creative doors that the process opens up. I wanted to start creating my originals from something other than the expensive brass that I’m used to using, but I needed the tolerances and machinability that I’ve grown accustomed to. I’ve found a couple of professional grade materials that will work great! Graphic Design Portfolios: The New Online Resume Building an online portfolio is possibly the most important step you can take in your graphic design career. Here at HOW, we decided it was time for a three-part HOW-to guide on graphic design portfolios and the process of building them. Included is advice from well-known designers like Malika Favre, tips from in-house designers and tricks from students going through the portfolio building process themselves.
Ruth Sanderson's Golden Wood Studio - Welcome I am happy to share the process for creating the cover illustration of my upcoming book A CASTLE FULL OF CATS, due to be released in early 2015. Yes, it takes almost a year for a publisher to produce a book after the artwork is delivered. I’ll be doing lots of sneak previews during the year. As you can see from my initial storyboard sketch, I envisioned the cover as a view looking out a window with cats watching the outdoor activities from the inside of the castle. At the next stage, I created a more detailed cover sketch to focus on the queen’s “favorite” cat.
Art School Exercises Happy New Year, Followers! I hope 2015 brings you positive change, renewal, and happiness. As for me, I will be bringing these things in my life, especially the latter, which I have been too long without. As a way to reduce my time on social media, I’ve decided to put this blog on hold (but don’t worry all the resources will still be here!) and jump into my dreams with both arms. I would like to draw my own manga. 9 Fresh Free Fonts for your Projects Here at WDL, we like to gather all types of freebies for our readers. We know designers need as much resources as they can get to keep their designs fresh and beautiful. Since fonts certainly play an important role in a design and also because we know you can never have enough fonts at your disposal, today we gathered a new round for you to use in your projects.
25 fun fonts for font snobs Updated: Hello wonderfuls! When these posts were made, these fonts were free. If they are not free now, please know this post is now older, so sites sometimes start charging. Top 40 Free Fonts for 2011 Top 40 Free Fonts for 2011 Best Fonts To Enhance Your Web Designs//+ One should not overlook the importance of Fonts when it comes to web design. Fonts play a major role while designing graphics, logos, headings, typography etc. 10 Extremely Good Free Fonts for Your Designs Here at WDL we know that our readers love to get some freebies, especially when it comes to beautifully designed fonts. We know that having a library filled with nice fonts is really important, so today we will show you 10 new and beautiful free fonts. Go ahead and visit each font’s website to learn more about the type, designer and also to download them.
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