LETTERING + GRAPHIC
DESIGN LEARNING
In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create a retro style vector badge in Illustrator from scratch. We’ll set up our print ready document, define a color palette, create the shapes used and add typography. Let’s get started!
With graduation season fast approaching, I recently added a new item to creative market – a retro style graduation announcement. In this video tutorial, I show how I made the entire template from scratch, using only Adobe Illustrator. The final file is print ready @300dpi CMYK and is sized 5″x7″ with 1/8″ bleeds on all sides.
Saving down an Illustrator file is one of my most common habits as a designer. Whether I’m making templates or creating a logo for a client, I always save my Illustrator files down to at least CS3, so anyone who has older software will still be able to open and edit the files I provide. Much like InDesign, if you save a file in a recent version, like CS6, someone working in CS4 wouldn’t be able to open that file. In this quick tip tutorial, I show how easy it is to save an Illustrator file down to an older version of Illustrator.
In this week’s tutorial, I use some simple vector elements to create a basic animated gif in photoshop. We go through the steps of setting up an RGB web artboard in illustrator to create our elements, setting up the correct photoshop file to create the animated gif, and finally, we save for web and properly export our animated gif.
In this week’s tutorial, I demonstrate the data merge function in InDesign – a great tool for applying variable data in bulk to the same application. In this example, I apply different names to the same certificate at the same time and create a high resolution pdf with crop and bleed marks for final output.
Last week’s tutorial was how to make a custom concert ticket in Adobe Illustrator. In today’s video tutorial, I’ll show you how to take that same Illustrator file and make it a Photoshop file. If you’re more comfortable working in Illustrator, or ever have a client asking for a psd when you only have an ai, this a great method to use, and you don’t have to remake a single thing!
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.
A couple weeks ago, I gave this set of Thanksgiving vectors away for free. Today, I’ll show you how I made the native american girl using Adobe Illustrator.
With the retro style in full swing these days, I thought I’d create a quick tutorial on how to make a print ready retro business card. We’ll be using the off white paper pattern freebie for this, so be sure to download it here before we begin!
With Halloween quickly approaching (and lots of holiday themed parties), I thought it’d be the perfect time to create a tutorial on designing a print ready Halloween invitation.
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