Free Dotty Women Vector Graphics
It’s time for another vector freebie, these four women silhouettes have been created with a trendy style similar to the colour blindness tests that make use of a variety of coloured circles to make up an object or shape.
Feel free to post up links to examples of how you put these [...]
May 28, 2008
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Adobe Illustrator has some nifty built in features when it comes to working in three dimensions. This example gives a quick walk through on using such features to create a 3D rotatable globe , allowing the earth to be revolved in order to show the desired countries and continents.
One of the first steps is to [...]
April 24, 2008
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This collection of free vector graphics features an extremely useful compilation of country and map outlines from across the web. A great addition to any designer’s toolbox!
A detailed world map complete with lines of latitude and longitude from Macdaddy:
Download World Map
A vector dotted map with three different sizes to cater for different needs and purposes [...]
April 19, 2008
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Following the popularity of our “print techniques” article and “Pantone swatch download” we have decided to do some more on simple tools that can help fashion designers and graphic designers in their quest for the perfect design for print. If you already know it all then skip this article.
Typical designers’ paint or pigment:
primary colours [...]
April 18, 2008
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If you are a designer, printer or photographer you might find this useful. Printers love to know what Pantone reference your designs are using so help yourself by helping them.
Use a Pantone reference guide. It may speed things up a bit.
From print and digital color reproduction to product development for fashion and interiors, Pantone continues [...]
April 6, 2008
Categories: Downloads, Graphic design, Print techniques, Screen printing, Tutorials . Tags: colour managment, colour reproduction, Embroidery, fashion, Interior design, Pantone, printer, RGB, Screen printing, t shirt printing, YMCK . Author: octoberonline . Comments: 2 Comments
How create ribbon effect in Illustrator. As seen at Blog.SpoonGraphics.
First of all, select your palette of colours. Maybe like me you have just bought a new belt with a cool combination of stripes that you can pinch the colours from, otherwise head over to ColourLovers and pick out a trendy selection.
Create blocks of your [...]
April 2, 2008
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