” Just doing what I like and getting paid for it. Most people never get that luxury.”
Adam is a Polish designer and illustrator who is currently living in London, UK. He is also the co-founder of the design blog artisnavi.com, “an outlet for presenting inspiring, promising and basically great things.” We talked to him about inspiration, work and life in general.
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print24:
Hi Adam,
Thanks for taking time to answer our questions. You were born in Poland, what brought you to London?
Adam:
Work, London is a great place for designers as the market is very vast.
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When working with Gimp, Photoshop etc. there is one thing that you don’t want to miss: Textures. Pictures often have these “clean” surfaces which can be enhanced with using different textures. They are easy to implement and create an artistic and more realistic effect. We already shared a collection of 30 texture packs and 30+ texture collection for flyer design with you.
As we all can’t get enough of that we provide you with another collection of 50 amazing textures for creative use.
Before using them, try to get permission from the designer. Even if you gave him credit by providing a link it might be better for both sides to directly ask for it to avoid trouble, especially when you’re using the work commercially. In most cases he will be more than happy to do so.
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Tags:creativity, design, gimp, Illustrator, Inspiration, photoshop, picture editing, surfaces, textures
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There are quite a few rules to consider when designing icons. The visuals have to work on very small scale, which means that every pixel has to be well placed. A well designed icon is a symbol that works without description when used within a graphic interface.
It’s also important to take note of existing standard sizes for icons used in operating systems or interfaces before you start working. This collection of icon design tutorials, however, is more about the techniques, styles, tips and tricks for creating convincing symbolic visuals. The workshops may also serve as a great source of inspiration for your work.
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Creating cool lettering for flyers or posters belongs to the everyday routine of professional illustrators. In this overview of high quality text effects for Adobe Illustrator you’ll certainly find loads of inspiration for your own projects.
Letters become distorted and chunky. They turn into smoke, plants or juicy pieces of cake. Others get some emphasis by adding a 3rd dimension for plasticity. There really is a directly applicable example for almost every case of use. Detailed instructions allow even beginners to achieve the presented outcomes.
Enjoy!
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Tags:3d, Adobe Illustrator, digital art, Illustrator, Inspiration, text effects
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Should you wish to upgrade your illustration skills this collection of tutorials for Adobe Illustrator might be your perfect starting point. More than 30 step-by-step instructions guide you towards formidable results.
The spectrum ranges from cool text effects, cartoon characters and handy patterns to icon design and logo drafts or complete graphic artworks – all created with Illustrator only. There should be something for every graphic designer. Besides new techniques to pick up, the goals of the individual workshops might also serve you as great source of inspiration.
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Tags:Adobe Illustrator, artwork, cartoon, design, graphic design, Illustrator, Inspiration, logo design, text effects, Tutorials
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Valentine’s day is less than 2 weeks ahead. February 14 is probably the most romantic day of the year. You wish to give your loved one a beautiful present but don’t have a good idea about the styling? We gladly help you out and scanned the web for useful resources to create a beautiful Valentines design for your gift. From brushes to textures and suitable tutorials our collection contains everything you need for a lovely creation.
You found something beautiful, too, or even created it yourself and want to make it available for others? You’re absolutely welcome! Just add it through the comment section below or share it with our Facebook community.
We wish you a nice time designing and giving!
Brushes
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Tags:brushes, design, design resources, graphic design, Illustrator, Inspiration, photoshop, St. Valentine's, textures, Tutorials, Valentine's Day
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That Adobe Illustrator is a perfect tool to create cartoon characters becomes quite obvious looking at this collection. You see rabbits and robots, pirates and hamsters, but also more complex characters. Info graphics are, of course, another big topic. The same is true for product packaging, icons and lettering. The results you can achieve with Adobe Illustrator are manifold.
The tutorials presented here are supposed to give you an advanced understanding of the program and to fire up your imagination. These are the current Adobe Illustrator highlights:
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In addition to our gift wrap tutorial yesterday we now also provide you with some gift wrap designs for download. They were created exclusively for you by our brand new design elf Eva. Due to the upcoming Christmas season they mostly fit this theme. But we also have something for elk fans.
The readymade designs are already prepared for poster print at print24. To print a design simply download the pdf-files linked under the pictures in this article and upload them to print24 as you do normally as well. That’s it. As we prepared them for printing in size A1 (841×594 mm) they can be quite voluminous and take some time to download. But for patience while downloading you’ll be rewarded with optimal print quality.
To coat the cake with sugar we also provide most of the patterns Eva used in 2 open eps files for creative minds. You can open them in Illustrator for direct use or editing. Just ungroup them to edit. Your creativity is the only limit! Maybe the patterns serve you as some inspiration for our gift wrap design competition.
We wish you loads of fun!
Gift wrap paper for download
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Vector graphics for a variety of output formats can be created with Adobe Illustrator. As the software can be as demanding as Photoshop the learning curve you have to go through may be quite steep. Tutorials and workshops are therefore quite welcome to improve skills. They are a good way to learn the basics and get valuable tips and tricks. Also, you can follow and apply them at your own pace while enjoying the creature comforts of your home..
The results often are comic characters, symbols and lettering. Illustrator is simply more geared towards planar or two-dimensional work, even though “dirty” grunge effects are possible. Limits are mostly set by your creativity and skill. Both you can extent and improve with these fine tutorials. All of the featured tutorials are free.
You found another cool or useful Illustrator tutorial? Tell us in the comments.
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