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Guide to Design File Formats and Deliverables

Guide to Design File Formats and Deliverables

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Source files are the files you, the designer, have used to create your designs and are provided to clients so they can print scalable versions of the design or edit them as they see fit. Grab our free rad poster featuring the file formats and deliverables.  Read more

Best Keyboard Shortcuts To Speed You Up In Illustrator

Best Keyboard Shortcuts To Speed You Up In Illustrator

DesignCrowd - Tuesday, March 21, 2017

As any designer knows, there's only so much Photoshop can do, so as part of a cheat sheet offering, we've created a set for Mac and Windows use, giving you the hidden pathways of Illustrator CC. Read more

The Power Of Shading - How To Bring Illustrations To Life

The Power Of Shading - How To Bring Illustrations To Life

Danielle Tarroza - Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Shading is a technique that allows for depth and character to be added to an illustration. In traditional pencil drawing, these definitions are created through a combination of lines, pressure, and grades. Now, with computer image programs, you can have even greater control with a huge range of tools available to enhance your designs. Read more

Minimalist Illustration Designs that Demonstrate Less is More

Minimalist Illustration Designs that Demonstrate Less is More

Danielle Tarroza - Wednesday, January 27, 2016

There is often a lot of elegance in simplicity, and that is certainly the case with illustrations. For guidance on how to deliver on 'less is more', check out this beautiful, minimalist, design, along with logo examples from DesignCrowd. Read more

How To Reproduce Your Logo Design in Digital Format For Presentations

How To Reproduce Your Logo Design in Digital Format For Presentations

DesignCrowd - Tuesday, November 24, 2015

If you manage any area of your business' branding, you'll know how important uniformity, appearance, and execution is to making the right impression. Here are some tips on how to reproduce your logo design on digital presentations. Read more

Design Using Adobe Illustrator – How To Use Different Brushes And Opacity levels For Shading

Design Using Adobe Illustrator – How To Use Different Brushes And Opacity levels For Shading

Danielle Tarroza - Thursday, November 5, 2015

Adobe Illustrator is one of the staple tools for anyone wanting to create beautiful vector art and illustrations. In this guest article, Danielle Tarroza explains three ways to use basic features to create shading in the popular design program. Read more

6 Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials for Eye-Catching Book Cover Designs

6 Photoshop and Illustrator Tutorials for Eye-Catching Book Cover Designs

Divya Abe - Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Book cover design can be a fun and rewarding job for a designer, if they know how to go about it. If you're interested in expanding your skills and learning more about a unique niche of design work, have a look at these tutorials we've reviewed to give you the best start possible. Read more

Step by Step Guide To Setting Up Digital Illustrations

Step by Step Guide To Setting Up Digital Illustrations

Divya Abe - Wednesday, September 2, 2015

We recently showed you how to take your hand-drawn masterpieces to fully functioning vectors for digital finishing and implementation. Here, we share five steps to create a stunning digital illustration in Photoshop and Illustrator. Don't worry, once you know the process it's really straightforward, so if you get nervous at the thought of flawless digital artworks, read this tutorial, get practicing, and fear no more! Read more

8 Simple Steps to Convert Hand Drawings into Vectors

8 Simple Steps to Convert Hand Drawings into Vectors

Divya Abe - Monday, August 17, 2015

Illustrator and Co are great tools for designers of course, but sometimes no amount of digital innovation can substitute good, old-fashioned pen and paper. Of course, with the majority of design work and team collaboration happening online these days, those beautiful hand drawing will need to go digital sooner or later. Here's a tutorial on how to turn your hand-drawn sketch into a fully functional digital vector. Read more

Logo design: Achieving Colour Consistency Across Web and Print

Logo design: Achieving Colour Consistency Across Web and Print

DesignCrowd - Thursday, September 26, 2013

This guest post was written by BigBlueCurrant, a talented graphic, web and logo designers on DesignCrowd. BigBlueCurrant is ranked #21 in the DesignCrowd global rankings. He was profiled on the DesignCrowd blog in 2012.Logo design: Achieving Colour Consistency Across Web and PrintThe logo is often the starting point when businesses decide to create/refresh their brand, and with that usua Read more

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