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If you’ve known me for more than 5 minutes, then you probably already know that I am a huge… HUGE fan of comic/animation style illustration. I’ve been drooling over comic art and cartoons since grade school, and I still can’t get enough. I find myself month after month plunking a nice chunk of income down on my funny book addiction… and I don’t see it slowing anytime soon.
India ink is fun stuff to play with. I spilled a little onto some bristol board a few days ago, and started spreading it out so that it wouldn’t drip. It began to look interesting, so of course, I spilled a little more, and started scribbling in different directions. Before too long a new vector pack was born from this little mishap. Sometimes the best stuff is found by accident . I love having stuff like this on hand. They’re great for adding some background texture, and interest to your vector artwork.
Every time I visit Misprinted Type, I have to stop and drool for a moment. The design and layout of the site is very unconventional and off the wall, but it works very well. And it makes me think a little, which is always a good thing. There is a new addition to the free font section there called Moksha. This is a great grunge style font that’s a little dirty, and a little off balance… Which I love.
Yep… The holidays are upon us. You can smell it in the air, and feel the temperatures dipping a bit. It’s even cooled down to a crisp 85 degrees here in Texas… Burrrr. So to help bring in the holiday spirit I’m going to talk a bit about creating vector snowflakes in Adobe Illustrator. Knowing how to create these festive flakes comes in very handy when adding a touch of winter wonderland to your designs… and remember no two flakes are alike so all the more reason to create your own from scratch.
At long last… The 3rd installment of the now famous Sidewalk Series of Photoshop brushes. This set includes 9 high resolution brushes of what I can only describe as concrete rust. These are spots on the sidewalk that appear as worn areas of brown rust, usually caused from a hole or chip in the concrete. These are great for adding a bit of grunginess to your design work. Enjoy!
When working with the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator I find myself going back and forth between the tools found within the Pen Tool’s pullout tray a lot. A great work flow tip is to actually “tear off” the pen tool’s pullout tray and move the tools closer to where you are working on the screen.
I’ve owned a couple of Wacom tablets over the years, but it’s only been in recent months that I’ve really been making an attempt to become good at using one. And in my opinion, I still need a lot of practice. It really is a lot of fun to use, but it takes a lot of getting use to. As I practice, I’ll share the work here, and if anyone has any tips or suggestions feel free to pass them on. Here is my first attempt at a vector skull.
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