Archive for the ‘Graphic Design’ Category

Three Ways to Distort a Shape in Perspective in Adobe Illustrator

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

road in perspectiveThree ways to have perspective in Illustrator, this was performed on the CS3 version, but I don’t think it’s much different on CS2 ..

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How to Count Paths in Adobe Illustrator

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Document Info on IllustratorI always wanted to know how many paths contains an illustration I make, just to have an idea about its complexity & brag about it, but couldn’t find that info in Illustrator. Actually it’s very simple, should have searched better ..

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A Multi Language Plugin & a Symmetrical Shape

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

OK, two things I learned today totally unrelated:

How to make Wordpress multilingual, I need that for a new project that’s planned to be in three langauges, Arabic, English & French, it’s a Plug-in named Language Switcher: (more…)

Make a Shining Sun & Rays in Adobe Illustrator

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Sun & Sun Rays Progress

OK, I had to invent this for an illustration I was making, & here I’m making a quick tutorial, I will give you the large lines, then you can experiment & have a final result that satisfy you :)

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How to Avoid Rejections when Submitting Vectors to iStockphoto

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

OK, I already talked about my Vector application on iStockphoto then about the rejection of one of the samples required; well since then, I replaced the file rejected & got approved & now I’m officially an iStock illustrator yippeee!

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My iStock Vectors Application - Follow up

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Moon & StarsAbout 10 days ago I posted about my application to upload Vectors to iStock Photo, yesterday morning I finally got an email from them (they previously said the response would take up to two weeks).

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Selling Graphics at iStockphoto - Steps to Respect

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Blue EyesToday I finally applied to sell vectors at iStock Photo, first you have to read their guide for vectors submissions, then you take a simple quiz, after that you are presented to an agreement & invited to submit a JPEG of a government issued ID piece of yours; the last step is to submit three samples of your work, they recommend that you send them diverse styles to give them an idea of your potential.

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How to Make a Scatter Brush in Adobe Illustrator

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Custom Scatter BrushToday as I was creating some stuff on AI (Adobe Illustrator, a rather new software for me) I needed some dust effect & for that had to create a custom brush & use it with a path created with the pen tool.

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