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Quick Tip: Microstock Illustrations with Corel Draw, Tricks and Tips

Quick Tip: Microstock Illustrations with Corel Draw, Tricks and Tips

on May 14th 2012 with 4 comments

With the vector software Corel Draw you are able to draw everything you can imagine. However, if you are using it to create illustrations for the microstock agencies – there are some issues that you must take into consideration. The problem comes with the industry requirement to provide an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file, which is mandatory for almost all agencies. See, EPS is Adobe standard and Corel developers don’t like Adobe standards very much. And because they did a poor job with it – you will have to save your EPS 8 files from Illustrator. See how here: Quick Tip: Saving Files from Corel Draw for Microstock Agencies

What’s interesting is that even Adobe developers say that the EPS format has no future, and they prefer to concentrate their efforts on the AI and PDF file types. Nevertheless, for one reason or the other – the microstock industry loves it, and we must accept this, no matter which vector software we are using. By the way, to make things even more complicated, agencies now accept EPS 8 and EPS 10. But for now let’s concentrate on EPS 8.

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Quick Tip: How to Draw an Apricot with the Mesh Tool

Quick Tip: How to Draw an Apricot with the Mesh Tool

on May 7th 2012 with 3 comments

Follow this simple but detailed quick tip and learn how to draw an apricot using the Mesh Tool. It includes step by step instructions about how to create all the mesh points and lines plus all the color shades used so you can draw a realistic apricot from scratch. Let’s begin!

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Quick Tip: The Line of Action, Make Your Character Poses More Dynamic!

Quick Tip: The Line of Action, Make Your Character Poses More Dynamic!

on Apr 26th 2012 with 8 comments

The line of action is a key ingredient to making your character’s poses look more dynamic. In this guide, we will explore what the line of action is and how it can be used to make your character poses come alive.

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Quick Tip: Create a Simple Set of Web Sliders

Quick Tip: Create a Simple Set of Web Sliders

on Apr 18th 2012 with 3 comments

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple sliders set. First, we’ll use the Rectangle Tool and the Rounded Corners effects to create the base shapes. Next, using some Offset and Pathfinder options we’ll create the highlight shapes. Finally, for the colors we’ll use several linear and radial gradients, some simple effects along with basic blending techniques.

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Quick Tip: Start a Sketch in Adobe Ideas and Finish it in Illustrator
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Quick Tip: Start a Sketch in Adobe Ideas and Finish it in Illustrator

on Apr 12th 2012 with 12 comments

Adobe Illustrator isn’t the only vector game in town. In fact, you have the power of vector art on the go with Adobe Ideas, the drawing app for Apple’s iPad. In this video Ryan shows us how to take a quick little doodle in Ideas, and add a little more love in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll only need to know pen tool for this one, plus having an iPad would be helpful.

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Projector Screen Illustration

Quick Tip: How to Create a Projector Screen Illustration

on Apr 10th 2012 with 7 comments

In this new quick tip you will learn how to create a simple Projector Screen illustration using some basic shapes and the Appearance Panel. Let’s begin!

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Quick Tip: How to Create an Abstract Curly Banner

Quick Tip: How to Create an Abstract Curly Banner

on Apr 9th 2012 with 5 comments

Follow this quick tip and learn how to create an abstract curly banner. We will use multiple appearances and many Art brushes along with the Transform effect. Also, if you like curls this is good opportunity to practice drawing so let’s begin!

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Quick Tip: Brainstorming Head Design, a Focus on the Eye Line

Quick Tip: Brainstorming Head Design, a Focus on the Eye Line

on Mar 21st 2012 with 6 comments

Varying the horizontal axis line (the eyeline) and adjusting the spacing of the eyes are two excellent methods used to brainstorm new character designs. In this tutorial, we look at a few simple, but effective, techniques you can employ to give your characters personality while making them both fresh and visually interesting.

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Cute Cartoon Dinosaur

Quick Tip: How to Create a Cute Cartoon Dinosaur

on Feb 27th 2012 with 7 comments

This Quick Tip will show you how to create a cartoon dino using only basic shapes like rectangles and circles. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find the tool and function I am describing in the text. Let’s get started!

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Quick Tip: Creating a Custom Brush Illustration with Sketchbook Pro and CocoaPoTrace
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Quick Tip: Creating a Custom Brush Illustration with Sketchbook Pro and CocoaPoTrace

on Feb 22nd 2012 with 8 comments

In the following video tutorial, you will learn how to customize Autodesk Sketchbook Pro’s pencil tool to develop a nice, streamlined brush that you can use for digital inking. Next, we’ll take digital line art from a raster-based Photoshop file and quickly convert it into a vectorized format using the freely available CocoaPoTrace application.

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