Quick Pattern Tricks in Illustrator There's something about perfect symmetry that just catches your eye. When you have a beautiful pattern, you can get a lot of attention. When you have a beautiful pattern made up of different shapes, you can really stand out....
Fruit and Vegetable Vector Shapes You can never get enough free vector shapes. They're infinitely scalable, and incredibly handy. They're also 100% editable, which is awesome, too. I love vector graphics, and this week's free set of vector graphics are of fruit and...
Blend Shapes in Illustrator Photoshop and Illustrator both have their strengths and weaknesses. I love both of them for different reasons. Photoshop is great for lighting and effects. Illustrator is great for working with shapes. In Photoshop, you can't blend two...
30 Free Action Sports Vector Resources For many sports are not just restricted to games. For some it is a passion, for others it is their life, and for some it is even a religion. Why else do supporters of one team end up fighting with the supporters of other when one...
Free Trees and Foliage Vector Shapes Last week's collection of vector animal shapes was a smash hit! Everyone seemed to like them, so this week, with fall just around the corner, I figured that I'd find some trees and foliage vector shapes for you guys. This is a...
Free Plants Animals & Insect Vectors Having a collection of free shapes and vector files can really boost productivity. By having a library of common vector shapes for plants, animals & insects, you can drop them into your projects whenever the situation...
Free Vector 3D Chart Icons If you're in business, especially in the corporate world, every little detail counts. Everything gets noticed when you are pitching to a big business or giving a presentation. Everything is important, right down to the color choices for...
Creating Custom Shapes In Illustrator is Faster Photoshop is great for a lot of things, but some tasks I prefer to do in Illustrator, simply because I can do them much quicker there. One of those tasks is building complex and precise shapes. Honestly I feel like I can...
Create a Futuristic Interface in Photoshop We go to the movies because they thrill us. We go there to escape reality and see things that just aren't possible in real life. Movies can bring fiction into real life, such as the comic books that we read, and the...
I really love to work with Adobe Fireworks when making graphics for the web. It is simple, intuitive, and has a few features that give you a little more control than what you find in photoshop. It is almost like Fireworks is a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop...
This is a great method to get great masks in Photoshop. You can actually have 2 masks on an image at the same time. You can use a vector mask and use a custom shape to mask out an image, creating a clean mask for sharp edges. The pixel mask is great for creating...
Appearance Panel in Illustrator This is extremely handy when working in Illustrator. This effect can be placed on objects and text, and on clipping paths. You can arrange the stacking order and the size, as well as the colors. One great advantage is that you can add...
This tool is one of the best tools if you want to create a sketch within Illustrator. You can really draw and add to an existing shape like you would if you were drawing with an ink pen. the best part about this, is that with a drawing tablet, you can very closely...
Make Hi-res Custom Brushes in Photoshop We are going to use a shape to create a custom brush. You can take a shape you have made in Illustrator, or you can use a custom shape in Photoshop, or you can paint your own with other brushes in Photoshop. First, create a new...