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Using vector illustrations in designs to deliver your message

Do you ever wish you didn’t use stock photography so much? Recently I’ve found myself trawling through pages of stock images from sites such as Shutterstock, iStock and Fotolia, usually looking for a well-presented young professional smiling to camera. These sites contain some good photography but I’m always worried that the stock approach lacks creativity [...]

August 15, 2008 54 Comments Filed Under: Design, Illustrator
Tagged With: client, colouring, design, email, Illustrator, illustrators, images, Marketing, message, photography, Photoshop, simple, trace, vector, vectors

Doing eye-catching designs in Illustrator

I’m always on the look out for simple eye-catching ways to communicate a message. I think this is a great example of a visually appealing background that could be used when there are no images, graphics or other ways to improve the typography. This is especially useful in direct marketing (email or mail shot). How [...]

August 6, 2008 35 Comments Filed Under: Design, Illustrator, Marketing
Tagged With: art, art brush, background pattern, brushes, design, equilateral triangle, gradient, graphic, graphics, Illustrator, images, isosceles, margins, menus, message, palette, polygon tool, radius, rectangle, simple, swirls, triangle, typography

Get your message across with graphics and photography

Everybody knows that your marketing message will be enhanced by the creative use of graphic imagery. A competent graphic designer will be able to communicate your message to your market. But have you ever wondered what is the best way to make the graphic communicate the message? The above picture provides an answer. And it [...]