061-Ribbon

Followed this tutorial today and embellished it a bit. Used Envelope Distort again. It's a powerful tool. I am realizing that the word "envelope" is not the noun like the thing that you put letters or documents into and mail but is actually the verb that means to enclose or encase completely. It makes much more sense to think of it in this way.

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

026-Perspective Stripes

I saw this website and got inspired. For the blur in front, I tried one gradient with 17 colors but found that 16 two-color gradients end to end worked much better.
Font: Bauhaus Bold

016-Textured Ribbon

Someone asked me how I made the tapered drop shadows earlier in the week. Here is how. Thought I would try and make a textured ribbon passing through the slit, similar to Apple's website last Christmas.

011-Over Under Through

It's all an illusion.

009-Trendy Lines

Followed this tutorial this morning for trendy geometric lines. I kept it all Illustrator and skipped the Photoshop parts. Don't usually get a chance to use Gill Sans Ultra Bold but I think it works here.

007-Crazy 3D Stripes

While working on a web site design, last month, I was playing with drop shadows and for some reason drew 1/4 of this shape. Today, I ran across it and decided to finish what I had started. It is a hard design to make in Illustrator with the shadows and continuous piece overlapping - but now I have a system.