There’s something about the mystical powers of crystals and gems that beckons us – their beauty and mystery fascinate us, and you know what? Now, you can add that same touch to your design projects, be you a brand or a designer. How, you ask? That’s because today, we have got you a list that … Read more
Who doesn’t love the idea of starting a blog? But of course, the main problem starts when you have to choose a niche – you just decide to start a blog and then, just write about anything that comes to your mind; blogging doesn’t work that way. So, then, choosing a niche for your blog, … Read more
During your stint as a graphic designer, you will come across many fonts that you will have to choose to use in your design project – and by now, you must have known that the appearance of the font will affect the general look of the design project; after all, a font plays a big … Read more
So, blogging, eh? Heard that you have considering this option – you want to make blogging your career? Of course, why wouldn’t you? It’s one of the most admired and sought out career options today – after all, who wouldn’t want to live a free life without depending on the daily grind of 9 to … Read more
Birthday, wedding, valentine – no matter what the occasion, fonts play an integral role in creating stylized designs. You can say that it’s important for the designer to know how to choose the right font for the right project. One such font is the ‘wood font’ – it is such a font that can be … Read more
Want to enhance your designs? Opt for textures – and with literally millions of them to choose from, you won’t be at a loss on how to take your design project to the next level. And one such texture is the ‘grass texture’- of course, it goes without saying that lawns and grasslands look amazing … Read more
Today, with the way, the design industry is heading, the ‘fonts’ have become the hottest trend – and with thousands and thousands of fonts to choose from, the designers are spoilt for choice. Every day, fonts are being designed, and one such font is ‘inline fonts’ – they have been ruling the scene recently; these … Read more
Want to craft high-quality native interfaces for iOS and Android apps? Then, you are right – you have to use “Flutter” – it’s the mobile app ‘Software Development Kits’ of Google and one of the best parts about Flutter is that it works with existing code, and is thus, used by organizations and developers around … Read more
If you need to crop a photo, Adobe Illustrator really is NOT the best program to do that. You can do it but it’s best to use Photoshop instead. However, if you need to crop your vector artwork or an embedded image, or simply have no other options, there are several ways you can do … Read more
Curving text is one of those things people want to use Adobe Illustrator for, since that is the app specifically intended to work with curves. And there are indeed many ways to curve text there for all sorts of scenarios. Type on a Path Not the simplest to use, but the most direct and customizable … Read more
Tracing is a way convert a raster image into a vector image. Raster images consist of pixels and are good at storing rich details and complex textures of real-world pictures. But as you zoom in or resize the image those pixels start to show as square blocks or blurred spots. Vector images on the other … Read more
Layers in Illustrator can be confusing as they are not as straightforward as say in Photoshop or any other programs. What you might understand as a ‘layer’ can be something else in Illustrator’s terminology. But let’s just cut through that and review some of the most common ways you may achieve your goal. Layers Panel … Read more
By default, Illustrator’s background is shown as white, which doesn’t allow you to see whether some of your objects themselves have white background or transparent. And unlike in Photoshop, there is no background layer that you can turn off or delete to see transparency. You would have to check by placing something with a color … Read more
Patterns are special types of fills, alongside with solid colors and gradients, that consist of repeating objects. They can be made out of any objects an are stored as swatches on the Swatches panel or as separate libraries. Make a Pattern Create new document of any size or designate an area in your existing one … Read more
Outlining text can actually mean two different things: creating (or converting to) outlines before sending off for print or making your text look outlined. Creating Outlines A common requirement before submitting your files for printing is converting your text to outlines. This is actually easily achieved in one step. Select your text and go to … Read more