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Tuts+ Premium Cash Back Offer: 3 Days to Go
May 16th
This offer ends soon! Act now and don’t miss out on cash back when trying a monthly Tuts+ Premium subscription. At $19 a month, Tuts+ Premium is fantastic value. But it’s even better when we hand your first $19 right back to you! For a limited time we’re offering $19 cash back to new Tuts+ Premium monthly subscribers when signing up via PayPal. If you’ve been thinking about checking out our extensive library of courses, tutorials, eBooks and guides there’s never been a better time to join up and dive in. This offer ends at noon on the 20th of May AEST, so act fast. Become a Tuts+ Premium Member and take your creative & technical skills to a new level. What can you learn on Tuts+ Premium? Glad you asked! Currently, more than 15,000 members are sharpening their skills in a wide range of areas including web design, web development, Photoshop, vectors, video effects, and many more. With Tuts+ Premium you
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Tuts+ Premium Cash Back Offer: 3 Days to Go
My Top Links of the Week for May 10th 2013
May 10th
I regularly post links to interesting design tutorials and articles over on my Twitter and Facebook accounts, but in case you missed them here’s a roundup of my top pickings from my recent browsing of the web. This week we have some great content from GoMediaZine, DesignM.ag, Codrops, Vectortuts+ and Psdtuts+. How to Design and Print Custom Silk Screen Die-Cut Stickers I’ve always enjoyed GoMediaZine’s illustration tutorials and walkthroughs. This latest post from Jeff Finley shows his process for designing a set of die cut stickers from the initial sketch right through to the various stages of print production. 35 Creative Single Page Portfolio Designs Single page websites always include great navigation and layout ideas. This roundup from DesignM
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My Top Links of the Week for May 10th 2013
Try Tuts+ Premium, Get Cash Back!
May 7th
Try Tuts+ Premium and get cash back on a monthly subscription. At $19 a month, Tuts+ Premium is fantastic value. But it’s even better when we hand your first $19 right back to you! For a limited time, we’re offering $19 cash back to new Tuts+ Premium monthly subscribers when signing up via PayPal. If you’ve been thinking about checking out our extensive library of courses, tutorials, eBooks and guides, there’s never been a better time to join up and dive in. But this offer ends at noon on the 20th of May AEST, so act fast. Become a Tuts+ Premium Member to take your creative and technical skills to a new level. What can you learn on Tuts+ Premium? Glad you asked! Currently, more than 15,000 members are sharpening their skills in a wide range
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Tuts+ Workshop: Alphabet Design Challenge, Round Two, Final Round!
Jan 29th
Our latest Tuts+ Workshop asked you to create an illustrative letter in our Alphabet Design Challenge based on whatever theme you wish! We received several designs over on the Vectortuts+ Facebook page and we’re so proud to share with you the creative and colorful designs you have submitted to the challenge. Tuts+ Workshop: Alphabet Design Challenge, Round Two, Final Round! Check out these great vector letter designs by our readers in this final installment. Missed your submission? Check out our first round to see what’s been received! S is for Snake Athanasios My name is Athanasios, I am an illustrator from Xanthi, Greece. I currently work as an Arts teacher in a public primary school, while on my free time I sketch. F is for Footprint Eva Bristol W is for Watermelon Eva Bristol Z is for Zipper Eva Bristol Z is for Zipper. I used a random font for the Z just as a guide. Then I used Blend to create the teeth of the zipper. Had to look various times at my jeans zipper. Then a simple background to make it pop…
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Tuts+ Workshop: Alphabet Design Challenge, Round Two, Final Round!
Tuts+ Workshop: Created by You, Round Four
Nov 6th
We publish a wide variety of tutorials and tips on Vectortuts+, but it’s not often we get to see the other side of our tutorials. In our “Created by You” Tuts+ Workshop, we shine a spotlight on the fantastic work created by the students of Vectortuts+ and give you the opportunity to take part in Round Five! Find out how you can join in on the next installment after the jump! Introduction From time to time, we have readers show us what they’ve been able to create by using our tutorials or what’s been inspired by one of our tutorials. Often seeing what others have made inspires others to give it a go. This is what this Tuts+ Workshop is all about… sharing with our readers what you’ve created! Tuts+ Workshop: Created by You, Round Four Check out these great vector pieces by our readers in this fourth installment and then find out how you can join in on this Tuts+ Workshop. There is more to come so if you don’t see your vector here, keep your eyes open for the next one. Barbara O’Neal ” Hello, My name is Barbara O’Neal, and I am a 52 yr old self-taught graphics designer from North Florida USA. My first love was Photoshop, but when I learned my way around Illustrator, I fell in love with the clean crisp lines and scalability of it all! I still use Photoshop daily, but when I …
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Tuts+ Workshop: Freestyle Map Infographic Challenge, Final Round!
Oct 31st
Our latest Tuts+ Workshop Design Challenge asked you to create a Freestyle Map Infographic based on whatever theme you wish! We received several designs over on the Vectortuts+ Facebook page and we’re so proud to share with you the creative and colorful designs you have submitted to the challenge. Tuts+ Workshop: Freestyle Map Infographic Challenge, Final Round! Check out these great vector infographics by our readers in this first and final installment. Don’t worry if you’ve missed this challenge, there is a new Tuts+ Workshop just around the corner! Christof Jork I´m working in German Film productions, so I have to get permits for every location that we want to shoot at. I work in Illustrator to do the maps and use Google maps as reference. I add the road layer, building layer, symbol layer etc. David Moore I’m David – web designer at Symphony Online, this community project got me thinking about a cool way to show some of our website stats since launch. Check out David Moore’s website…
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Tuts+ Workshop: Freestyle Map Infographic Challenge, Final Round!
Stop Making Bad Logos
Oct 3rd
There’s article after article on websites that talk bout how to make a great logo. But If you’re a logo machine, and you’ve been doing it a long time, chances are that you’ve developed some pretty awful habits. How do I know this? Because I suffered from some of the same habits I’m about to talk about. A true master of logo creation will refine their work on every project, forcing themselves to get better with each design. It all bears down to a few key things to make sure you’re not doing when you’re going to create a logo. And while you can take a stab at selling generic logos on places like GraphicRiver, you’ll do your best work when you deeply understand your clients and their company. Now lets dive into the ways you can stop making bad logos. Throw Out Extreme Detail and Intricacy While some of the best designers and illustrators often find themselves wanting to flex their illustrative muscles, and express the insane levels of detail they’re capable of producing, this often makes for terrible logos. Don’t forget to realize that your logo is going to show up in a lot of places at a lot of sizes. No one can see your pen and ink stippling from a thousand feet away. Don’t worry though, even some of the most simple logos that exist today once went through difficult dry spell. If you found yourself creating complex logos in the past or even are…
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Stop Making Bad Logos
Tuts+ Workshop: Created by You, Round Three
Oct 2nd
We publish a wide variety of tutorials and tips on Vectortuts+, but it’s not often we get to see the other side of our tutorials. In our “Created by You” Tuts+ Workshop, we shine a spotlight on the fantastic work created by the students of Vectortuts+ and give you the opportunity to take part in Round 4! Find out how you can join in on the next installment after the jump! Introduction From time to time, we have readers show us what they’ve been able to create by using our tutorials or what’s been inspired by one of our tutorials. Often seeing what others have made inspires others to give it a go. This is what this Tuts+ Workshop is all about… sharing…
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Create a Simple Sea Horse in Adobe Illustrator | Vectortuts+
Sep 24th
In today's tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a stylized but simple illustration of a sea horse I'll be using a stock image only to give me a basic. … Sharon Milne aka ChewedKandi is an Illustrator and Writer specialising in vector art . She's from the North East of England. She's also our Associate Editor here on Vectortuts+. You can check out her website portfolio by going to ChewedKandi.net and keep up to date via her Facebook page. Plus Premium …
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Tuts+ Workshop: Cassette Design Challenge, Round Two!
Sep 11th
Our latest Tuts+ Workshop Design Challenge asks you to design your own cassette based on whatever theme you wish, it could be based on music or something random, it’s completely up to you! We received a massive amount of designs over on the Vectortuts+ Facebook page and we’re so proud to share with you some of the creative and colorful designs you have submitted to the challenge. Tuts+ Workshop: Cassette Design Challenge, Round Two! Check out these great vector pieces by our readers in this second installment and then find out how you can join in on this Tuts+ Workshop. There is more to come so if you don’t see your vector here, keep your eyes open for the next one. Missed the first round? You can still check it out . Aubrey Sarna I’m a freelancer from Chicago, and I chose to do a simple design with playful colors because the theme of this song is about enjoying the simple things in life. Aubrey Sarna’s website Benson Atieli Carol Abinti Cims Stanley Esther Njeri Hi, my name is Esther Njeri am a student at Nairobits School Of Design. This is my design for the Tuts+ Workshop Cassette Design, I got inspired by the reggea music. Eve Mbugua Hi, I tried…
