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Freebie: Flat Vector Infographics

Happy Tuesday! This week’s freebie is a set of flat vector infographic elements for all of your informing needs 🙂 The download includes the full set as an ai + eps file for versions of Adobe Illustrator, CS3 or newer.

August 19, 2014

How to Create a Retro Type Invitation Postcard in Illustrator

Happy Tuesday! In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create a retro type invitation postcard from scratch using Adobe Illustrator. We’ll start by setting up our document, organize our layers and apply a simple typographic effect. The final result is a print ready, 300dpi CMYK invitation postcard which can easily be colored however you like.

August 5, 2014

How to Create a Hipster Style Vector Badge in Illustrator

In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create our own hipster-style vector badge in illustrator, perfect for branding all that you do as a sticker or website badge! We’ll create the badge from scratch in illustrator using basic shapes and our pathfinder tool. Let’s get started!

July 22, 2014

Quick Tip: How to Create a Vector Lovebird in Illustrator

A few weeks back, I released this wedding pack over on graphic river and since I got engaged a couple weeks ago and am a little extra lovey, in this tutorial I’ll show you how I made the lovebirds 🙂 We’ll create everything from scratch using Adobe Illustrator and finish the scene with a quick vector flower. Let’s get started!

July 15, 2014

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Photoshop, Tutorials

How to Create a Business Card Mockup in Photoshop

Happy Tuesday! In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create a business card mockup using a free stock photo and a couple of design assets. We’ll start from scratch and use smart objects to make our mockup easily editable – perfect for anyone looking to add a mockup to their website or portfolio!

July 1, 2014

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How to Create a Wedding Invitation in Illustrator

Now that we’re in wedding season, it felt fitting to make a wedding themed tutorial! So! In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create a fairytale themed wedding invitation from scratch using Illustrator. We’ll create the decorative flourishes using a wacom tablet, then typeset and organize our final, print ready file. Let’s get started!

June 19, 2014

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Freebies, Hand Drawn, Photoshop, vector

Freebie: Hand Drawn Vector Dividers

Dividers are one of the handiest design elements out there. Whether online or in print, they help to separate information, add style to a layout, and even a little personality. Some of my favorite places to drop them in are on invitations, social media posts and greeting cards. Since hand drawn is one of the best ways to infuse personality, this week’s freebie is a set of 10 hand drawn vector dividers, perfect for web + print. The download includes all 10 dividers as an ai, eps, and psd file for versions of Illustrator and Photoshop, CS3 or newer. Start incorporating them into your work immediately, no matter which program you’re using! Preview below 😉

June 17, 2014

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Tutorials, Typography

How to Hand Letter ‘Father’ in Illustrator

In this week’s tutorial, we’ll hand letter the word ‘Father’ in Adobe Illustrator in honor of Father’s Day. We’ll use a wacom tablet to draw the letterforms, then clean up our points using our direct select tool.

June 12, 2014

Tutorials, Typography

How to Hand Letter 'Father' in Illustrator

June 12, 2014

Photoshop, Tutorials, Typography

How to Create an Offset Ink Effect in Photoshop

In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create an offset ink effect in Photoshop in just a few easy steps! We’ll begin with a solid background, add a skew to our text, create the effect, then add texture to our background to create consistency between our font + ink effect. Let’s get started!

June 5, 2014

How to Create a Vector Decorative Frame in Illustrator

On Tuesday, I gave away 3 free vector decorative frames. In today’s tutorial, I show how I made them! We’ll create a custom vector decorative frame in Adobe Illustrator from scratch using this wacom tablet to draw the foundation of our frame, then use our mouse to clean up points. Finally, we’ll join all pieces together for one seamless path.

May 29, 2014