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03 Dec 2020 found in Design Process

Click! Book Cover Design

A while ago I was asked by Vitaly Friedman from Smashing Magazine to design the cover of Paul Boag's new book ...
23 Jan 2019 found in Tutorials

Colorful Pattern Masking in Illustrator

Ever wondered how you can mask a colorful pattern into letter shapes, while keeping the text editable? Sounds ...
24 Sep 2020 found in Tutorials

Create a Circle Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator

Complex looking graphics like spirographs look like they're difficult to create, but as I mentioned before, this can be ...
08 Nov 2018 found in Tutorials

Create a Cubical Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Geometrical shapes and patterns have always been my thing. I've used them in many of my creations and client ...
18 Nov 2019 found in Tutorials

Create a Full Spectrum Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator

There is a lot of beauty we can achieve in design using a bit of math and geometry. Think about the creation of ...
20 Mar 2019 found in Tutorials

Create a Hexagon Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

Back in 2010, I wrote this same tutorial, but back then Adobe Illustrator didn't have a Pattern 'tool'. The ...
21 Jan 2020 found in Tutorials

Create a Line Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator

Spirographs look complex, but most of them aren't that hard to create. As promised, here is a follow-up tutorial on how ...
31 Aug 2019 found in Graphic Design

Illustrator Guides & Grids

Guides are something I use in every Adobe Illustrator creation. Definitely on creations where I divide things up in ...
24 Mar 2022 found in Graphic Design

Transforming Patterns in Adobe Illustrator

It more than often happens that after I've created a Pattern Swatch and applied it to an object, that the pattern is ...

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