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I'm an aspiring graphic designer from Michigan. I love playing on Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.

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Creating Realistic Texture and a Sharp Vector Knife

Jul 4th in Illustration by Dan Hess

Creating convincing vectors can be a daunting task. I will show you how to make wood and metal textures for a vector knife using the Gradient Mesh Tool, layering Gradients, and the Pathfinder Tools.

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