January 2016

Hand Lettering, Illustration, Roundups, Typography

Vday Envelope Prep: Lovely Letters

With holiday “thank you” card writing winding down and Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I’ve been making a ton of trips to the stationery aisle at Target, bouncing back and forth between Valentine’s card ideas for my friends. Last year, it was a batch of homemade cards with funny pick-up lines handwritten on them; the year before that, individually selected cards from Paper Source; and the year before that, I actually gave out Valentine’s (yes, like the ones you’d find in a 3rd grade classroom). This year, with so many of my friends living out of town now (and, therefore, cards needing to be mailed), I thought 2016 would be the perfect opportunity to try my hand at envelope calligraphy!

January 28, 2016

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Branding, Business, Illustrator, Tutorials

Create 3 Business Card Design Layouts in Illustrator

Happy Tuesday! I’ve gotten quite a few requests lately on layout design for a business card, so this week I wanted to share some design friendly layouts that could be used for different types of businesses, and also make each one print-ready using Illustrator. At the end of this tutorial, you’ll have 3 business card design layouts (front and back!) you can print at home using the bulk print method, or send off to a professional printer. Read on to see how – links to the fonts and resources used included below!

January 26, 2016

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Fonts, Hand Lettering, Typography

Introducing Tuesday Script!

Oh my gosh, you guys. It’s finalllllly done! Today I’m happy to announce the debut of my first ever brush script font, Tuesday Script! I started this font in early December, following the same processes as the font project, but this time in script form, so there were a few adjustments to make sure all the letters flowed and connected properly together. Plus – this font comes with international supported characters so how those were made in the program was another learning experience 🙂 I took the leap and purchased the pro version of Glyphs (which is not so cheap, but I was able to get a discount by providing them with my itunes receipt from my Glyphs Mini purchase). I’m no expert yet, and when I figure some of the fancier features out, I may create a full class (is that something you’d want?), but for now, I’m celebrating the win of having the font complete and ready for you!

Spencer coded up another text editor, so you can try the full font out below. I’d love to hear what you think!

January 25, 2016

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InstaLove, Roundups

InstaLove 01

One of the changes I’m happiest I made last year was finally joining the amazing people on Instagram (I know, superrrr late to the party). I had created an account a couple of years before, but I had been so focused on creating tutorials and getting the blog to a good place that sticking to regular Instagram postings seemed too overwhelming at the time.

Last year, I felt like I had finally hit a rhythm and I’m so glad that I decided to add Instagram into my weekly mix. I am literally amazed every single day by incredible artists creating and posting breathtaking art (cue guilt on party lateness). I love the camaraderie, the new insta-friends I’ve made and the ability to connect with people/artists/designers who are passionate about the same things. In honor of them, I wanted to start a new monthly/bi-monthly post where I share some instagrammers who I deeply admire and who I think you’ll also love. Welcome to post #1 where I’m sharing my first 5 (of many, many, many) InstaLoves.

January 21, 2016

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Tutorials, Typography

Create Stacked Long Shadow Typography

Happy Tuesday! This week’s tutorial comes courtesy of Brittany, who shared this photo with me, which I agreed would make a great quick tip tutorial! As a bonus, I’m sharing how to create multi-colored long shadow typography, in case you’d like to use more than one color for your shadows 🙂 We’ll create every version quickly in Illustrator using one simple tool and a couple of extra time saving options. This is perfect for gig posters, MTV-esque retro designs, greeting cards, or paired with simple icons. Read on to see it all!

January 19, 2016

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Roundups, Textures

Digital Foil and Glitter Inspiration for Your Designs

With the launch of my recent Skillshare class, Metallic Magic, and the Glitz + Glam Digital Foil and Glitter Kit, I wanted to dedicate a post to some inspiration on how you can use your new digital foil and glitter making skills. While I had a blast creating those sparkly textures, I’ve had even more fun applying them to designs, hand lettering, stamp effects and more. Today I want to share some digital foil and glitter inspiration to get you excited about all the opportunities out there to get your logos noticed, enhance your portfolio, make your website shine, etc. Have a look below and get ready to take your designs further 😉

January 14, 2016

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Branding, Photoshop, Textures, Tutorials

How to Create a Foil Stamp Effect in Photoshop

With the launch of my newest Skillshare class, Metallic Magic last week, I thought it would be fun to show how you could apply those textures, either from the class, or if you’ve picked up the glitz + glam kit, to a foil stamp effect in Photoshop. This is perfect if you’d like to show off logo designs you’ve created to a potential client, a stationery set for your portfolio, or to an illustration you’d like to add a little shine to 🙂 Read on to see how quickly it can be done!

January 12, 2016

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Products, Resources

New Products Page is Live!

Happy Monday! Ever since I started creating design assets for those who were maybe short on time or wanted to spend their time on other things, I’ve had the dream of creating a seamless product browsing experience on Every-Tuesday. The potential was there to make something really wonderful, but there were a few behind the scenes blog items to figure out first.

January 11, 2016

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Freebies, Hand Lettering, Typography

Freebie: January 2016 Hand Lettered Desktop Wallpaper

With January already well underway, it was definitely time for a desktop wallpaper update! Since we didn’t travel for the holidays, Spence and I have started our 2016 working hard on some exciting new projects! My first ever brush script font is getting ready to enter the font-editor phase (will be available later this month!) and every other extra minute has been spent creating classes, new tutorials, and writing the ebook on getting a full time graphic design job (coming in March!). Spence just finished designing our first Every-Tuesday products page (launching this coming Monday) and created this cool barbershop website template, which he’s currently converting into wordpress. Yep. Haven’t left our computers much, haha. Whatever you’re up to this month or have plans for in the coming weeks, I hope this January 2016 hand lettered desktop wallpaper will get you excited for the new beginnings of new things 🙂

January 7, 2016

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Photoshop, Skillshare, Textures, Tutorials

Metallic Magic: Create Impressive Digital Foil Textures

My brand new Skillshare class, Metallic Magic, just launched! I’m so excited to share the Photoshop tricks I learned when creating the Glitz + Glam Kit. In the class, I take you step by step, providing all of the color builds and settings you need to create your own digital foil from scratch in Photoshop. The class finishes up with us applying the foil textures we create to social media posts for quick sharing in any network you choose. By enrolling in the class, you’ll receive a free social media sizes cheat sheet, resources pdf and special glitter file ✨ If you’ve never tried Skillshare before, you can enroll in the class for free by using this link! In celebration of the class launch, I wanted to share the class trailer today so you can see everything you’ll be able to make after you take the class!

January 5, 2016

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