Basically just experimenting with linear gradients and blending modes from this tutorial. Once again all vector.
Font: Rockwell Extra Bold
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
057-Abstract
Watched this tutorial today. Was surprised to see how many tutorials are on YouTube. This blew my mind. Such a cool effect and way to achieve it. All vector.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
054-Wavy Halftone
Followed a cool tutorial tonight. Basically created a halftone from a linear gradient, live-traced it then manipulated it. Used Envelope Distort for the first time.
Labels:
envelope distort,
halftone,
tutorial,
vector
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
048-spirograph
Followed this tutorial tonight. The hardest part was making the color pallet. I also have a new hero, Andy Gilmore.
Labels:
Andy Gilmore,
spectrum,
vector
047-Sketchy Trees
My first non-vector post.
Doodling during a meeting. Abstract trees, hills and sun. Pencil on black paper.
Doodling during a meeting. Abstract trees, hills and sun. Pencil on black paper.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
046-Another Stripe
Made something like the white shape at work today. Thought I would try running a stripe over, under and through it tonight. I'm digging the one pixel strokes for subtle shadows and hi-lites.
Font: Myriad Pro Bold
Font: Myriad Pro Bold
Labels:
drop shadow,
stripes,
vector
Monday, February 15, 2010
045-3d Lighted Text
Followed this tutorial. It took too long and I don't think I did it right and am not happy with the results. It happens. Did notice that using a complex gradient mesh significantly increases your file size.
Font: Avant Garde
Font: Avant Garde
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
042-Blueprint
Another tutorial tonight. Gets the job done. Used a gradient mesh as a mask which is a pretty cool idea.
Font: Zurich BT Ultra Black
Font: Zurich BT Ultra Black
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
041-Rays
Found this Photoshop tutorial and thought I'd try and do it with all vectors instead.
Font: Bureau Agency Bold
Font: Bureau Agency Bold
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
039-Rope
Ran across this tutorial about how to make a climbing rope pattern brush. Very cool (as long as you don't let the ends show). Feeling a little weird about basing my numbers off of the font Giddyup.
Monday, February 8, 2010
038-Weber
Started this on Saturday when I was grilling some chicken skewers. Another study in simple shapes but with some reflections this time. Vector on the left, photo on the right.
Labels:
reflections,
vector
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
035-New
Ran across the book cover for New Typographic Design and got inspired. Found out that to extrude two or more objects at the same time in the same way, they need to be a compound path first.
Fonts: Helvetica Neue 45 Light, 77 Bold Condensed
Fonts: Helvetica Neue 45 Light, 77 Bold Condensed
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
034-Inspiration
Saw these desktop wallpapers and got inspired. I don't understand why the shapes get all effed up after you expand the extrude effect. Vector texture in the background, too.
Font: Myriad
Font: Myriad
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
033-Swirls
This took way too long to have it turn out like this–a mess. Followed this tutorial on swirls. Did learn about the Feather effect and replacing the spine in a blend. Good stuff to know.
Monday, February 1, 2010
032-Diamond
Another tutorial. Pretty simple but learned that you can make a layer a Template layer that will lock and make a graphic transparent for easy tracing.
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