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January 2014

This week’s tutorial is my first ever video tutorial! It’s a two parter that shows you how to create a retro concert ticket from scratch in Illustrator, with the final file being 100% print ready. I show you how to set up your document, layer your file properly, apply bleed, use the blend tool, what expanding an object means, and finally, placing a rasterized texture for the final retro feel.

I’m preparing to update/redo my entire portfolio site, so I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect theme for quite awhile now. The problem is, so many themes I come across are full of flashy parallax driven gimmicks. Don’t get me wrong; an unexpected smooth moving parallax effect still gives me the ooo’s and ahh’s, but it’s been tough finding ‘the one’ that doesn’t completely overdo it for me. I don’t think it’s that I’m too picky, I actually think it’s because with all of the options to get funky, it’s harder to get simple.

Happy Tuesday! I’ve always loved incorporating hand drawn vector arrows into my artwork. Arrows work especially well for step by steps images, or for before and afters. If there’s a specific place you’d like your reader to look, an arrow is perfect for drawing attention to it. Instead of using the default Photoshop arrows, hand drawn has always been my method of choice. 🙂 This week, I’m sharing some arrows from my own collection that you can begin using for your own work. This download contains 35 free hand drawn vector arrows as both an ai + eps file for Illustrator, CS3 or newer. Download link and preview image below!

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