If you're into neutral colors, subtle palettes, muted tones, and pink creamy salmon hues, boy are you in for a treat! Here's a collection of 57 color palettes distilled from this large collection of like-minded websites.
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Draw Inside is a method to add textures, brush strokes, and other patterns directly into shapes without worrying about creating complicated masks. Think of it as the more streamlined cousin to the other forms of masking in Illustrator.
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Ballantyne, North Carolina is easily one of the worst commutes in the region. Here’s a little fact sheet to visualize the beautiful frustration. Maybe it isn’t a terrible place per se, but driving there activates a Mad Max Road Warrior vibe in just about everyone.
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I was digging through a bunch of folders the other day and ran across banners and one-off promotional images I had made throughout the year. Felt this was a nice little time capsule of the varied (and often unusual) requests that land on my desk.
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Here are a couple infographics I wanted to share. A lot of projects that pass through the marketing department have tight deadlines a very small time/budget to complete. Having only two days to work on each, these were a nice exercise in content & data layout using only stock illustrations.
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Woven knots have always been a fascinating subject — they are symbolic and mathematically clever… and tricky to create. This tutorial will break down the process of creating a loosely woven knot graphic (Celtic knot, braid, etc.) in Illustrator.
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Thought I’d share a quick art asset kit I made for a pickle-themed technology company. The brief called for wireframes, icons, and custom illustrations.
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This tutorial covers the various ways to mask and clip in Adobe Illustrator — such as simple clipping masks, transparency masks, compound clipping paths, and cleaning up masked art with the pathfinder.
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This tutorial will take you through creating a pop art portrait in Adobe Illustrator, and will use a few simple tools & techniques to make the process fast and painless.
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