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Illustrator Tutorial: Background Design
This is a great tutorial in which I encourage you be as creative as you want to be. It is an intermediate illustrator tutorial. We will be creating a background design that you can use for your websites, business card designs and even stationery designs.
Here is a picture of the background design that we will be creating:
At the end of this tutorial, there is a detailed video that will...
A new brand image and identity for the United States Mint
I’m not sure where if comes from but I think that it is pretty safe to say that most of us collect things. As children, we grow up with a seemingly instinctual fascination with collections. I remember collecting stamps, coins, baseball cards, rocks and caterpillars. For whatever reason - perhaps it stems from our primal hunting and gathering instincts or from our inherent drive...
CMYK vs. Pantone colours
When it comes time for printing your logo design, business cards or stationery, it is very important that you have a good understanding of colours and the different colour options available to you at your printers. What exactly are CMYK colours? How are they made and how are they different from Pantone colours? What colour process should I use to print my 2-colour logo design? The...
Skype vs. Sky: what’s in a name?
When I first heard about Skype, I was impressed to say the very least. Having already spent hundreds of dollars on long distance phone bills over the years, here was a new software that allowed me to chat with my friends and family for FREE. The fact that it was free was not the only thing that impressed me however. Skype also had real-time video. I could now talk to my mom as if we were...
Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW Sculptures
Lexus has come up with a brilliant concept to draw attention to their new compact CT 200h vehicle. Working in collaboration with the Los Angeles-based Nondesign studios, Lexus has created a sculpture of their newest hybrid model car. Lexus’ new compact CT 200h is a luxury car with an eco-friendly twist. This sculpture was created to compliment the Lexus debate series tour called ‘Darker...