In the world of coloring books, there's always room for innovation. One way to make your coloring pages stand out is by incorporating quotes into the designs. In this post, I'm going to walk you through the process of adding text to your coloring pages, using tools such as Affinity Designer, … [Read more...]
Free 2015 Calendars as PDF, Illustrator and InDesign files for Download!
Here are free 2015 Calendars to download in PDF, INDD, AI and other formats. The other files that are included here are the Adobe Illustrator (AI) and Adobe InDesign (INDD) I used to create them. I also have legacy files so they can be opened by older versions of Adobe software. Free 2015 … [Read more...]
Free Download: 2014 Calendar in PDF, Illustrator (AI), InDesign (INDD) Format
It's never too early to plan ahead! I'd like to wish whoever's reading this all health, luck and happiness for the coming year, 2014. And, as a token of my appreciation, dear website visitor, I'd like to offer you a gift of free 2014 calendars in PDF to download, plus the files that created them in … [Read more...]
Whether To Use Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign?
Adobe's Creative Suite of programs includes some heavy-weight applications that are mainstay tools for millions of graphic designers all over the world. Everyone knows what Photoshop does – it's the photo-manipulation software. It's forced it's way into the English language. You hear kids … [Read more...]
Free 2013 Calendars as PDF, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop files for Download!
Hello there! I want to wish you good health, good luck and happiness in 2013! Free 2013 calendars PDFs to download Here is a PDF of a 2013 calendar all on one page. You may prefer to right-click and save the PDF to your computer rather than clicking on the link and have it appear in your … [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...]
What you need to start a graphic design business
It pains me to think of the $3000 I spent on a Mac Performa 6400 complete with a huge monitor and in-built 28K dial-up modem in the mid-90s. The machine chugged along like an aging donkey and the information super-highway felt more like a traffic jam. I wish I was starting now with readily available … [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...]
Free open source alternatives to Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
For web designers, developers and amateur creative types that work with a lot of graphics and image manipulation, the decision of which software to use is an important one. While Adobe Photoshop and its related Creative Suite programs are well respected throughout the world, open source software … [Read more...]
Free 2010 Calendar in PDF and Adobe Illustrator file format
Every year I send Christmas cards to all my wonderful clients with a calendar of the next year on the back. You never know, somebody may pick one up and think of putting some design business my way, that's the idea anyway! I'm a bit late this year but I'll be artworking it up this weekend and … [Read more...]
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