Create the First Page of a Fairy Tale Story Book, with a Hint of Kitsch Once upon a time there was a tutorial. A tutorial which told of magical and enchanting ways to create Fairy Tale pages in Adobe Illustrator. Are you sitting comfortably? Final Image Preview Below is the final image we will be working towards. Step 1: Setting Up The Document Size is arbitrary for this tutorial; it's up to you to decide how large or small you want to work. With your artboard made, place a rectangle of the same dimensions on it and align it centrally. Step 2: Guides Call this first layer "guides" - that's all we'll be placing on it. Paste the copied rectangle in place (Command + F) and offset it's path by -10mm (Effect > Path > Offset Path..). We're now going to split this smaller rectangle into a grid which we can use as a guide. Splitting pages into multiples of three is usually a sound way to build good aesthetics. Step 3: Layers With the benefit of foresight, I can tell you in advance what you'll need for the document and how best to organize things. Step 5: Fonts Step 8: O
Neiio Pitchengine: 5 Tips for Effective Social Media Releases Last week, I introduced a new media-relations tool called Pitch with Me, a resource designed to improve media relations. (Not sure what Pitch with Me is? Check out this review from Kellye Crane.) I thought Pitchengine was cool before. Are you familiar with Pitchengine, the web-based service that helps PR people create content-rich releases? Enter Pitchengine. I’ve used this service for a number of clients, in addition to sharing my own news. Pitchengine: 5 Tips You don’t have to know HTML to use Pitchengine. If you’ve used Pitchengine already, what’s your experience been?
GameSpy Arcade - Play Hundreds of Online Multiplayer Games! How PR and Marketing Professionals are using PitchEngine to promote their branded content Over the last few weeks, I’ve posted Q&A with some of PitchEngine’s most loyal clients in hopes of showing our audience the ways that the social publishing tool can be used to showcase all types of branded content. I will continue to bring new interviews to you every Wednesday until we integrate PitchEngine into CisionPoint, our campaign managment software later this Fall. Stay tuned for more about this new service in October. In the meantime, this week’s Q&A is with Ian Anderson, Public Relations Director for Backbone Media. Backbone Media specializes in the active lifestyle marketplace. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. This post is the third in the series entitled “PitchEngine: The tool you didn’t know you needed”.
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