Illustrator doesn’t have a built-in emboss effect, but you can make one yourself, with few quick steps, using the Appearance panel. Then you can apply it to just about anything.
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How to Create an iOS Style Sandwich Icon
Tired of your old icons? Follow this creative recipe to cook up a great looking iOS styled sandwich icon. We will use a few of tasty ingredients, like meshes, gradients and blending modes to spice up your design!
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Rives Tells a Story of Mixed Emoticons
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a quirky story told in emoticons by Storyteller and poet Rives at TED2008. See the power of visual storytelling and how typography can convey much more than words.
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Quick Tip: How to Create a Blueprint Illustration
Have you always wanted to be an architect, but really just because you want to show people cool blueprints? Well‚ neither has Ryan, but he’ll certainly show you how to create a blueprint illustration in Adobe Illustrator. It all starts with a square filled with a gradient, and demonstrates techniques that will help you create almost any type of document.
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Mike Matas: A Next-generation Digital Book
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an interesting demo by Software developer Mike Matas at TED2011. In this talk Mike demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad — with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is “Our Choice,” Al Gore’s sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth.”
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Quick Tip: How to Create a Futuristic Scarlet Eclipse Effect
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a dark eclipse design which could be a perfect base for a poster or a flyer. We will use blends, effects, various transformations and spice up the effect by adding texture to the final design.
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Paul Boag: Get Clients to say ‘Yes!’
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a great talk from Carsonified. In this talk at FOWD NYC, Paul Boag covers strategies for working better with design clients.
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Quick Tip: How to Make an iOS Style Mobile Navigation Bar
In this Quick Tip you will learn how to make an iOS style mobile navigation bar complete with icons. This easy to follow tutorial is great for a beginner to intermediate skill level. let’s get started!
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Craig Mod: Post Artifact Book Design Thinking
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a great talk from MFA Interaction Design. In this talk, Craig Mod, discusses the theory behind what books mean in a digital context and thinks deeper on the design and typography of digital books.
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Jason Santa Maria Talks About Web Design
Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing a great talk from MFA Interaction Design. In this talk, Jason Santa Maria, discusses web design and interesting ways it can be shaped and inspired by print design.
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