If you think Twitter is just for micro-bitching… umm, micro-blogging, you’re wrong. It can be used for real business too. That’s how the November 2011 cover began: with a short tweet from Halifax Magazine Art Director Jay Hiltz: @that_jay_guy  Jay Hiltz Call for vector illustrators for @HalifaxMagazine cover. Are u good? Interested? Send me your  [ Read More ]

3D Tutorials The ‘Best’ Tutorials for Creating 3D in Illustrator 35 Useful 3D Tutorials Various 3D Tutorials 30 3D Tutorials Collection 35 3D Tutorials for Illustrator And Yet Another Collection of 3D Tutorials for Illustrator 50 Excellent 3D Tutorials for Illustrator 40 Useful Illustrator 3D Tutorials 114 3D Illustrator Tutorials 3D Objects (video) Creating a  [ Read More ]

A few links to tutorials and tips on the use of the Illustrator Blend tool: The Blend Tool Blend Tool Basics More Blend Tool Basics Still More Blend Tool Basics Fun with the Blend Tool Blending Tool Morphing Guide to the Blend Tool More Fun with the Blend Tool Blend Tool Tips and Tricks Typography  [ Read More ]

While getting ready for my next NSCC Music Business class (covering graphic design with Illustrator), I ran across a few collections of links to Illustrator Tutorials… well over 200 of them! There are a few repeats, but over all, it’s a great collection of useful, if slightly older, tutorials. 40 Tutorials for Working with Shapes  [ Read More ]

Some Photoshop goodies, some Illustrator items, and a nice selection of design inspirations.   2000 Free Photoshop Patterns 40 Photoshop Effect tutorials 30 Photoshop Actions for Touch-ups 30+ Photoshop wallpaper tutorials 20+ Photoshop icon design tutorials Illustrator: Envelope Distort with Grids Negative space in logo design Type-based logo inspiration Poster Showcase Vector Artworks

Another collection of cool Illustrator Tutorials… got a couple of great tutorials on creating vector artwork from photo references! Psychedelic Design in Photoshop and Illustrator How to Turn a Photo into Vector Artwork Creating Vector Portraits Creating ‘Natural, Hand-drawn’ Vector Graphics Using the Variable Width Tool for Illustration 5 Cool Tricks and Tools for Illustrator

Vectors rock. They rule. They roll. And so on. But mostly, they are a great way to create clean, highly adjustable and scalable designs for a variety of purposes. Here are some new Illustrator tutorial links to get your vector groove on… Vector Diary BittBox – Averaging Points Latest Illustrator Tutorials from ProDesign Tools Skyje  [ Read More ]

A nice little tutorial, combining a photo and a hand drawn sketch overlay… http://www.psdeluxe.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/mix-hand-drawing-sketch-with-photo/ A related tutorial is also on the same site: http://www.psdeluxe.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/beauty-woman-effect-in-photoshop/ aaaaand… a few tutorials on the subject of Poster/Wallpaper design: http://www.webanddesigners.com/51-photoshop-tutorials-for-creating-wallpaper-and-poster/

Have suddenly gotten a hankerin’ to do some motion comic style animation. Aside from the obvious choices of Flash, Photoshop and After Effects, there are other ways to accomplish such. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/3d__and__animation/create_an_animatic http://www.calicomonkey.com/development/episode-10-scene-anatomy.php http://beta.toonboom.com/ http://en.softonic.com/s/comic-animation-software

Some examples of incredible Illustrator art pieces, plus a few artists’ galleries. http://www.ebypaidrick.com/Gallery.html http://www.bertmonroy.com http://www.arabezier.com/Gallery.htm http://homepage3.nifty.com/highside/gallery.htm http://i-evermind.deviantart.com/gallery/ http://www.illustratorworld.com/users/enikone/ http://www.illustratorworld.com/gallery/ http://www.nickdiggory.com/ http://www.real-trace.com/page1/gall1.html http://www.krop.com/techvector/ http://lifeinvector.com/category/vectors/ http://www.khulsey.com/masters_yukio_miyamoto.html http://www.wizard2.com/