Guys! My apartment is a mess! It is the first day of the removal (we’re moving to that house we bought few months ago) and, you can imagine, it’s just boxes all around this place. So, I thought, since I won’t be making any new posts for a next few days, I’d just show you […]
Floral Shapes, Unique Fabric Design and Creativity
Hello to all you creative minds! Today, I wanted tell you about one great idea! It is all about being creative, making some great presents and even some money at the same time. So, here it is: Some three days ago, I was wandering around the Internet when I stumbled upon Spoonflower web site. Spoonflower […]
Happiness
I don’t know about you gals ‘n guys, but I’m kind of a cat person. Not that there’s anything wrong with dogs and other living creatures under the sun, but I love cats. Just a look at the cat stretching out on the sun is enough to fill my heart with joy. So, what does […]
Creating Your Own Fractal Photoshop Brush: Tutorial
Hello everyone and Happy Easter! For today I have prepared another tutorial on how to create your own brush. This time it is about creating fractal Photoshop brushes. I am sure many of you will like this kind of graphics: But, if you are a beginner you probably assume that it’s extremely difficult, first, create […]
I just gave away a graphics-illustrations T-shirt to someone I don’t even know
I was just getting ready to become depressed as nothing interesting was happening today and it was just about to became… boring? until few hours ago I run into that shoemoney blog. It seemed like every blogger in the universe knows about that guy except for me. OK, I am a designer and a photographer […]
Tutorial: How to draw a banner (scroll) in Illustrator
Wrapping scrolls around illustrations or images are quite popular designers little trick these days. I’ll show you how to draw a scroll “easy way”. Step 1Assuming that you know how the scroll (banner) looks like, draw just one half of it (start left or right from the center). I am using the Wacom tablet and […]
Tutorial: Simple web shop icon
Let me show you how I created a simple web shop icon (shop trolley). In Illustrator (or similar vector software) make a simplified shop trolley “L” shape (the handle + basis). Now, we will select the basis line and copy it two more times to get something similar to E shape where the left vertical […]
Learn to draw, for beginners
Try a little exercise called “Vase/Faces” where you can see how a side benefit of learning to draw is getting to know your own brain a little better. Starting the journey to learn how to draw isn’t just about mastering lines and shapes; it’s a profound exploration of understanding your own cognitive processes. This intriguing […]
Tutorial: Vectorizing an image
Turning a photo into an illustration in Illustrator Step 1 First, place a high-contrasted image (high-key image, in this case my model Iva) into Illustrator work area. Step 2 There is a bunch of tracing software and plug-ins out there, but for this example I decided to do tracing manually with pencil tool. Step 3 […]
Illustration function and history
A few words about history of illustration. Illustrations can be used to display a wide range of subject matter and serve a variety of functions like: Early history The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric cave paintings. Before the invention of the printing press, illuminated manuscripts were hand-illustrated. 15th century through 18th century During the […]