Category: Graphic Design
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Tutorial: Designing an Icon Library Using a Grid in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through designing an icon library with a grid in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll create three icons that symbolize creativity using a 24-pixel grid. Practice files and the grid are available in the description. Download your free icon grid and practice files for this tutorial. Step 1: Research Icon Styles Before…
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Type combination logo – Graphic design exercise
I’m going to show you how to design a custom type treatment logo using the free version of Canva. We are only going to work in black and white type for this exercise The goal of the project is to give personality and meaning to these words We will not be using a template, we…
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Beginner Poster Design Tutorial in Adobe InDesign – with practice files
In this step-by-step tutorial for beginners, we’ll show you how to make a surf poster using Adobe InDesign. This tutorial will cover the following: ► Learn to set up a poster file in InDesign► Learn how I get inspiration for my design projects► Add text, images, logos, color, and gradients to make the poster come…
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Prep an image for print in Adobe Photoshop
In today’s tutorial we will get an image print ready in Adobe Photoshop. All images that will be printed must be 300dpi and CMYK color profile. Here is how you get an image ready for printing: Watch a video about how to prepare an image for print: