Do you want to try something new thats fun? I'm lovin' making and selling coloring books on Amazon! Have you got an eye for design or art? Or, even if you don't, do you want to exercise your creative muscles? Well, creating a coloring book for Amazon might just be your next big thing! Here's a … [Read more...]
Create a Custom Logo Font with Round Corners in Illustrator
This is about how to manipulate the text of a font in order to create a logo in Adobe Illustrator. The text in the logo above has had its corners rounded and other changes made to make it look more attractive and original. Here is the word written out in the base font (Sansumi). In … [Read more...]
Free 2011 Calendars to download in PDF, InDesign and Illustrator formats!
Here's a present for my visitors and subscribers as a BIG "thank you" for all the support and encouragement I've received over the year! Every year I send Christmas cards to all my clients with a calendar of the next year on the back. Putting something useful like a calendar on the back of a … [Read more...]
American flag inside country map outline
A while ago I did an article explaining how to create a country,s flag inside its map outline and I used as an example the Australian map and flag. I've since had a lot of interest from Australians who wanted to use the image so I thought I'd do one for Americans as I get a lot of visitors from the … [Read more...]
Creating a country’s flag inside its map outline
Quite often I'm looking for a simple iconic device to represent a country without having to just reproduce the flag alone. So, as you can see above, why not put the flag inside the country's shape. Also, it's free! It's relatively easy to find a country's flag and shape on the internet and … [Read more...]
How to turn a photo into an illustration
Remember Adobe Streamline? Adobe stopped upgrading its vector conversion application some time ago. But with the advent of CS2, Illustrator's old Trace Tool became the new super Live Trace and opened up a new world of possibilities! As soon as you place or paste a photo into Illustrator a button … [Read more...]
Designing waves and wavey lines in Illustrator
You can use this tutorial to make weeds or grasses swaying in the wind as above. Or colour them orange, yellow and red and you've got flames. They are also a useful decorative feature that seems to be quite common these days. Start with a line... Go Filter > Distort > Zig Zag, or Effect … [Read more...]