I got “The Pig of Happiness” mug by Edward Monkton from my sister some time ago. She brought it from her trip to London and … it instantly became my favorite mug (who doesn’t have one). It says: “May his JOYFUL SMILE remind us how much there is to be HAPPY about”
So, inspired by this totally cool “making me smile” mug, I made my own version of Happy Pigs. I gave them wings and made them fly, so now they’re called
The Flying Pigs of Happiness
and I turned them into
Photoshop brushes
And I dedicated that brush to all my loving GBG members which will get it for free in our GBG eZine July 2010 edition (you too can joing GBG here ->)!
These 8 flying piggies will be available as .abr and .png files and I hope you will have fun using them as a decoration for your designs! I know I had fun creating them!
So, here they are 8 flying piggies, I hope they will put a smile on your face :
Colored version
Flying piggies – monochrome version
:D
| Preview The Flying Pigs of Happiness, Photoshop Brushes |
So, you will get it in our next GBG eZine which should come out soon.
In the mean time, don’t forget to check out on our Summer 2010 Competition Page and take part in it!
Enjoy the day, love you all.
Silvia
P.S.
Do you have your favorite mug? Where (and who) did you get if from? What does it look like? Leave a comment, it would be great to hear from you.
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Guys! My apartment is a mess! It is the first day of the removal (we’re moving to that house we bought few months ago) and, you can imagine, it’s just boxes all around this place.
So, I thought, since I won’t be making any new posts for a next few days, I’d just show you my mock-up for the next Photoshop brushes I had in mind. I’ll call them: Fantasy birds :)
I started to make this draft today, but, since the movers are coming on Monday, there was now way for me to finish it today too. I mean, I would need at least two days anyway. So, I hope you like the preview and I promise to have the full package ready as soon as I settle down at my new place.
Until then, stay well, have a great weekend and we’ll talk soon.
:)
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
In the mean time maybe you’d like to take a look at the 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET offer.
Because, if you purchase 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET before 1st of April, I will send you the Fantasy Birds for FREE ($9.99 value)! And that’s IN ADDITION to all other freebies and bonuses that come with that set.
If you prefer to purchase brushes on CD, then you will probably want to take a look at The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD ->
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Guys!
Since all PREMIUM Photoshop brushes and other products from my shop are sold as digital downloads, many of you were asking if you can order a shippable CD with Photoshop brushes. Well, as of now, you can!
And you’ll get much more than just Photoshop brushes.
Commercial potential
I really need to emphasize – this CD has a great commercial potential. Whether you are a professional graphic artist, enthusiast or a business start-up, this CD can help you in various activities.OK. It won’t make you a coffee, but here is what it will do:
- If you are a business start-up it will help you create a logo for your company,
- If you are a graphic designer it will help you create various designs for your customers
- If you are a photographer it will help you create photo-books for your clients and
- If you are a scrapbooker it will help you make scrapbooks for your private use or for sale.
- You may be in rubber stamps business, or videography as well – this CD can help you a great deal in all of those scenarios
This CD has a great commercial potential – whatever you do. Trust me on that. Here is what it is:
I’ve put together 1393 of my best selling PREMIUM Photoshop brushes and if you don’t know how to use them (or even if you don’t have Photoshop) I added a dozen of tutorials on how to use them, spiced it all up with some great bonuses and put it all on
The Ultimate Photoshop Brushes CD
The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD features:
- 1393 unique PREMIUM Photoshop brushes in 42 Photoshop brushes sets
- 20 Video Tutorials and simple instructions for adults and kids (btw. believe it or not – kids too really love to play with PS brushes!)
- 12 high-res backgrounds
- 2 scrapbooking sets
- Compatible with PC and Mac
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS4 & Free upgrade to Photoshop CS5
- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 4.0 up to 8.0
- Video tutorials on how to use Photoshop brushes with: Photoshop (7.0 up to CS4) - GIMP - Paint.NET - Paint Shop Pro
As always, commercial license is included so you can use them in your commercial projects!
So, if you are one of those who like to have your stuff on a CD, this one is for you.
Content of the CD:
- Photoshop brushes
The core component of this CD are Photoshop brushes. The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD features 1310 PREMIUM (1393 with bonuses, see below), HiQuality, professional Photoshop brushes with Commercial use license included.
These brushes are categorized in 36 Photoshop brushes sets as follows:
- Valentine’s (21+21) Second Edition + 21 PNG file
- Baby Doodle (20+20) +20 PNG files
- Birds (45+45)
- Good Old Snail Mail (28)
- Winter in Swirls (33+33+33)
- Finest Floral Swirls (120)
- Hawaiian Flowers (35+35)
- Renaissance & Medieval (42+42)
- Renaissance & Medieval 2 (84+84)
- Swirls Floral (42+42) Second Edition + 42 PNG files
- Swirls 5.0 (40)
- Paisley Designs (75+25)
- Banners and Frames (21)
- Floral Shapes (37)
- Floral Signs (20)
- Photo Corners (20+20)
- Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau (30+30)
- Tattoo Designs Second Edition
- Floral DUO (62)
- Swirled Floral Edges (18)
- Retro Swirls (18)
- Hearts (32)
- Borders (25)
- Swirls Butterflies (20+20)
- Swirled frames (18)
- Swirls 2 (36)
- Grunge alphabet and numbers with swirls (36)
- Swirled Corners (20)
- Tag shapes (24+5)
- Floral (plant) (25)
- Circled hearts (40+40)
- Lightworks (61)
- Outlined Swirls (23)
- St. Patrick’s (35)
- Fractal (29)
- Christmas (55+55)
- Tutorials
There are 20 tutorials to help you out if you’re just staring with Photoshop brushes.
Also, if you want to use these Photoshop brushes but you don’t have Photoshop don’t worry!
These tutorials will show you how to use Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements, GIMP, Paint Shop Pro and Paint.NET too!
Here is the list of tutorials:
- How to load Photoshop Brushes in Photoshop 7.0
- How to load Photoshop Brushes in Photoshop CS4
- How to use Free ABR View software – ABR View software is FREE and easy to install. With ABR View you will be able to preview all Photoshop brushes on your computer.
- How to use Free ABR Viewer software – Video instructions on how to use ABR Viewer. This should put you on the fast track with this Photoshop brushes preview application.
- How to use Photoshop brushes in GIMP – GIMP is free, easy to use but installing Photoshop brushes maybe not so easy if you are not familiar with the software. This video tutorial will help you out.
- How to use Photoshop brushes in Paint.NET – Paint.NET is free and really easy to use but installing Photoshop brushes maybe not so easy if you are not familiar with the software. This video tutorial will help you out.
- How to use Preset Viewer – Preset Viewer is not just another Photoshop brushes viewer. It is so much more. You can preview Photoshop gradients, color palettes, custom shapes, even jpg, psd, tiff, bmp and other bitmap files.
- How to use Love Bears brushes set – Working with Love Bears is fun and easy. This tutorial will put you on the fast track to great designs with Love Bears.
- Playing with the brushes in Photoshop 7.0 Video Tutorial – This short but helpfull video will show you how to use PS brushes in Photoshop 7.0 – yes, all brushes on this CD are compatible with PS 7.0 up to CS4.
- Playing with the brushes in Photoshop CS4 Video Tutorial – When it comes to Photoshop brushes there are only some small differences between Photoshop 7.0 and Photoshop CS4 , but this video tutorial should give you the general idea on the potential of Photoshop brushes.
- Playing with Floral DUO Photoshop brushes set – Floral DUO PS brushes set is one of the unique sets that let you combine two (or even three) brushes and create new and unique shapes (flowers). In this video tutorial we will show you how to do it.
- Playing with Medieval&Renaissance Photoshop brushes set – When using Medieval and Renaissance Photoshop brushes set you can use only one brush, but you can also combine two or three brushes to get one shape. In this tutorial we will show you how to use Medieval&Renaissance Photoshop brushes.
- Playing with Paisley Designs Photoshop brushes set – Paisley Designs Photoshop brushes set is also made so that new and unique shapes can be made of two, three or even more brushes. By choosing different brushes and different colors you can create new and exciting paisley shapes. Playing with Paisley Designs is really fun!
- Playing with Swirls 5.0 Photoshop brushes set – Using Swirls 5.0 Photoshop brushes set is really easy: just follow this video tutorial and create many different designs just by using this set.
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4 – This video tutorial will show you how easy (and fun) it is to use Photoshop brushes as photo masks! Enjoy!
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4 – sample two – Of course, there are many ways to create similar effects in Photoshop, in this we will show you yet another easy way of using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 4.0 – Yes! – all Photoshop brushes on this CD can be used in Photoshop Elements 4.0 (up to Photoshop Elements 8.0) – this tutorial will show you how you can use Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop Elelments 4.0
- Using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0 – Follow this short and easy video tutorial in order to learn how to work with PNG files and use them as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0
- Using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0 – sample two – Yes, there’s another way on using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0. Follow this tutorial and you will learn how to create unique wedding “Thank you” card.
- Using Photoshop Brushes in Paint Shop Pro – In this tutorial we will show you how to use Photoshop brushes in Paint Shop Pro.
Still, just to make sure that this CD really is The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD and that you really have loads of fun using it I added:
- Special bonuses
And these special bonuses are:
1. Another 6 Photoshop brushes sets (83 UNIQUE Photoshop brushes)
- Photo Frames – special edition (9+9)
- Christmas Ornaments – special edition (25+25+25)
- Burnt Paper – special edition (9)
- Love Bears – special edition (10+10)
- Valentines Bokeh – special edition (14)
- Wedding Swirls – special edition (16)
2. 12 HiRes JPG backgrounds
- Blue Mac Style Background, 3200×2400 pix (10×8 inches), 300dpi
- Purple Mac Style Background, 3200×2400 pix (10×8 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background 2, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Grunge Background, 2200×3000 pix, 300dpi
- Grunge Background, 2582×3524 pix, 300dpi
- Halloween Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Halloween Background 2, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Halloween Background 3, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Sunset Background, 5000×3500 pix, 300dpi
- Thanksgiving Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background 3, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
3. 2 scrapbooking sets
- Scrapbook Set Love (15), 15 elements (JPG and PNG), high resolution 12×12 inch scrapbook page kit
- Scrapbook Set Pink Valentine (21), 21 elements (JPG and PNG), high resolution 12×12 inch scrapbook page kit
And now, finally, this is the end of the list.
If you are interested to see what other had to say about my work please see testimonials ->
Since this is a brand new product I want to make sure that early birds are rewarded!
Regular price for all these brushes (if bought individually) is $359,64.
However, if purchased on this CD, the price is $210,00.
AND first 20 orders will go for $190.00 only. Now, I know you can recognize a bargain when you see it and this is it:
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Hello to all you creative minds!
Today, I wanted tell you about one great idea! It is all about being creative, making some great presents and even some money at the same time.
So, here it is:
Some three days ago, I was wandering around the Internet when I stumbled upon Spoonflower web site. Spoonflower offers creative people possibility to have their own designs on fabric for pillows, clothes, table clothes, bags…. and many other things.
Creating unique fabric design with Spoonflower is easy: make your own pattern, upload it to their web site, choose your preferred fabric size, make an order and wait. The fabric with your own unique design should be printed and shipped within 3 weeks.
Right now, they are in beta mode: that means that you can register and create an account only by invitation. But I managed, so there should be no problem at all.
If you know how to sew or make any clothes – you can use this to make some great and unique Christmas presents, or even sell some of your unique stuff! But if you don’t know, don’t worry – you can find some basics on the topic at Instructables.com and if you want to sew using sewing machine you can try this tips: How to Sew, using sewing machine.
One thing is for sure: Spoonflower offers you a great way to express yourself! And here it is my pattern sample:
Here, I used Vector Floral Shapes set (30) (now ON SALE!). These were used to create the pattern that’s applied to fabric, so, my final product in 2 yards size (42×72 inch) will look like this: [ PREVIEW MY UNIQUE FABRIC DESIGN ]. Out of this fabric I will make pillow covers!
So, feel free to use some of my Photoshop brushes or Vector sets to help you out in your new fabric designs!
That’s it for today!
Have fun creating!
S*
P.S.: While I’m waiting for my unique fabric, you can browse through my catalog and find more useful tools for creating your own fabric designs :), also take a look at this special 50% OFF price on ALL Photoshop brushes!
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I don’t know about you gals ‘n guys, but I’m kind of a cat person. Not that there’s anything wrong with dogs and other living creatures under the sun, but I love cats.
Just a look at the cat stretching out on the sun is enough to fill my heart with joy.
So, what does it have to do with happiness? Loads, I’d say. At least in my case.
So, I said to myself, how about making a Cat theme Photoshop brush set?
I did a few sketches and it looked like a good beginning. Check them out. Tell me what you think. Are you a cat or a dog person? Would you like to see such a theme in your Photoshop brushes palette? What makes you happy?
Love,
Silvia
P.S.: Brushes finally finished!
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Hello you Photoshop junkies! I don’t know about you but I haven’t slept much last night. And here is the reason why.
I was making a brand new, yet unseen, absolutely fresh Photohop brushes set that I named: Circled hearts.
As usual they come in two editions:
1. LITE Circled Hearts Photoshop brushes set edition, 6 brushes in a set (available in 2 sizes! Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 compatible.) Subscription-free download will be available for the next 5 days! – over!
Join GBG and get free downloads!
2. PREMIUM Circled hearts Photoshop brushes edition – 40 brushes in a set (also available in 2 sizes! Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 compatible.)
PayPal and Credit Card payments accepted!
As usual, next thing you know, I’ll present some new graphics and tutorials based on this new Photoshop brushes set!
Slogan of the day: Don’t watch TV. Create!
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Hello Gang!
How many of you downloaded free icons from some web only to find out that they’re in .gif or .ico or some other bitmap format meaning that you just can’t modify them?!
Well, call me crazy, but I’m not that protective over my work. I made some icons and I’m offering them for free and I’m offering them in vector format so that all of you can freely modify it and adapt to your needs.
So, there are: FREE set of icons:
LITE Web 2.0 vector Icons set – green – free download (4 icons in .eps, .ai, .cdr format), – for free, even in commercial projects! Join GreenBulbGang.Com for FREE Download (without subscription for next 5 days – over)
Have fun creating!
S*
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Hello everyone and Happy Easter!
For today I have prepared another tutorial on how to create your own brush.
This time it is about creating fractal Photoshop brushes.
I am sure many of you will like this kind of graphics:
But, if you are a beginner you probably assume that it’s extremely difficult, first, create your own custom brush and then create such graphic with it.
Well, it’s not! And I intend to show you how to do it in this tutorial.
So, for starters, to follow this tutorial you will need to have CorelDRAW! or Adobe Illustrator or some other software that does vector graphics. First, we will create a shape in CorelDRAW!, then export it to .EPS file, import to Photoshop and make a brush out of it. And that’s it!
So, let’s start CorelDRAW! and make a nice curved line using Bezier Tool:
Then, duplicate this line by dragging it and right-clicking the mouse on a new location:
Then select both line and go to Effects->Blend, Apply (you can leave all settings as they are)
Modify and adjust the shape by selecting various curves from top or bottom line and moving it around until you are happy with the shape.
I must say, I was quite happy with this one :)
So, basically, our work here at CorelDRAW! is over. Now, when I think, maybe I should have used Illustrator, but let’s leave it for another occasion.
The last thing that is to be done here in CorelDRAW! is to export that shape in to .eps file. Go to File->Export-> On the pull down menu select “.eps”, give it some name, leave “Selected only” switched on and click Export:
Click ok and save it.
Now, let’s move onto Photoshop. Here I used Photoshop CS3 but you can use any version from Photoshop 7.0 onward.
In Photoshop go to File->New, Give it dimensions 2500px by 2500px (that is the largest brush size you can get) at 300px (it has to be big so that it can be used for large format printing as well, not just web).
Now, go to File -> Place, browse to our .eps file and place it into this new Photoshop file. Make sure to stretch it before hitting enter so that it is stretched from end to end like this:
Fine! We’re getting there, bare with me just a few more minutes :)
As you have probably noticed the .eps we placed onto our new Photoshop file is not really black as it should be. This can cause this brush to appear transparent when used in the future and therefore we need to make sure that our future brush is really black. Therefore, make sure you selected the layer with our shape and go to Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Curves and to the following:
Now, our future brush will be black!
So, after this we are ready to finish and create our first, custom made, Photoshop brush. Go to Edit -> Define Brush Preset and give it a name:
It will automatically appear as the last one on your present brushes list.
That’s it! Voila! Congratulations! You just made your own brush! Now, if you want to save it as an independent .abr file you will need to delete all brushes from your brushes list because otherwise your .abr (brush file) will contain all brushes from the list. So, after you deleted all other brushes except for the one you just created
Now, you just go to save brushes, give it a name and save it to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes
And, now that’s really the end.
Now with a little playing with brush settings and Filter -> Render -> Lens Flare in no time you can create image like the one on the top of this post.
Look, in case you don’t want to go through all this and think that the trouble of creating some 29 fractal brushes is worth $9,99 - I’ll be much obliged if you go and buy the whole 29 Fractal Brushes Set.
Brushes are ready to download in two editions:
Lite edition: Fractals – set of 3 Photoshop brushes
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Photoshop brushes set + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Premium edition: Fractals – set of 29 Photoshop brushes (Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5… and all newer versions compatible)
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Let’s say you have a graphic design project (scrapbook for instance, or blog header design, or … you name it) where swirls would fit nicely, but, you just can’t afford to spend time to make them by yourself?
I know I’ve been in similar situation number of times and that is why I decided to offer the visitors to this site, graphic designers, enthusiasts, professionals or amateurs a fast pace solution to this problem.
I assembled swirls package . Each of the 4 swirls in free LITE edition is offered in different formats so they can be used in different applications (CorelDRAW! 8, Illustrator 8, Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 – and all newer versions).
So, they’ re ready to use, fully scalable and they are a real time savers!
So, you can:
- join GreenBulbGang.Com and get the free (lite) version or
- get the Premium version design package that contains 16 swirls
Swirls set – Vector images (16)
Swirls set includes 16 swirls in following formats:
1. ai (Illustrator 8)
2. eps (Illustrator 8)
3. cdr (CorelDraw 8)
4. png (2500×2500 pix, 300pix/inch, transparent)
5. psd (Photoshop 7.0 and newer – placed eps)
Preview Swirls set – Vector images (16)
Have fun creating!
S :)
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I was just getting ready to become depressed as nothing interesting was happening today and it was just about to became… boring? until few hours ago I run into that shoemoney blog.
It seemed like every blogger in the universe knows about that guy except for me. OK, I am a designer and a photographer so I guess It’s forgivable. Anyways, if he is to be trusted it seems like that guy is making some serious money with his blog which, of course, grabbed my attention.
Now, among other stuff that he does, he also takes a pictures of himself. A lot. I don’t know, maybe some think he’s sexy being bold with glasses and all. Anyway, if he gets all that attention (like thousands of visitors every day) I thought it would be nice if he published a picture of him self wearing a T-Shirt with my logo on it.
So, to cut the short story long (or was it the other way around) I decided to send him a T-Shirt with my logo on it and let him make one his “Free Shirt Friday” post using it. He gets a shirt and I get exposure.
I was just figuring this whole thing out when the following funny spam email popped in (what a laugh!):
“Award Claim
This is to inform you that your email ID has won US$1,000,000. 00 in the first category of our computer ballot email lottery with the said winning numbers giving below;
Ticket Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number:VNFL/2986542754/AAFContact the claim dept office:
E-Mail: ecoworldintern3@aim.com, ecoworldintern4@aim.com
TEL: +31-610-698-963
www.staatsloterij.nlYou are also advice to provide the following information:
Names:
Telephone
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I’m rich!!! I’m a millionaire!!! Despite the fact that I never played that freakin’ lottery, that woman found me and decided to give me one million dollars! Now, how lucky is that! :)
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I assume that you worked on your swirls creation technique with a little help of my previous tutorial (How to draw swirls illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, Part One).
Now, let’s make a little case study. To make a Swirl Illustrations that looks like the one in the header of graphics-illustrations blog, we need:
- Swirls symbols set, Adobe Illustrator
- Ink Splatter symobls set, Adobe Illustrator
- Classic artist brush set or Classic Artist brush symbols set
- Adobe Illustrator Floral Brushes set
Determine the size and shape of the blank space. We will now use simple quadrant shape.
Create a new layer bellow. Use the simple artist brush symbol below the layer that contains the quadrant to create an “outline”
Again, create a new layer. Now add some ink splatters around, on that layer.
Add some swirls on the layer above the layer that contains ink splatters (but bellow the layer with the shape and layer with it’s outline)
Add some more swirls, and also add some swirls on the new layer on the top.
In the end, add some stars… and that’s it.
© Photographer: Bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
If you’re wondering how to colorize the symbols or even change their shapes: select all symbols and use the “Break Link to Symbol” – now you can manipulate shapes and colors until the dawn breaks or until you’re happy with the results – whatever comes first
:)
Hugs!
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I received several inquiries on how to draw a swirls illustration. Swirls illustration does not require extensive knowledge, only a little practice and a visit of a “Muse”.
One of the problems that beginners face when entering the world of adobe illustrator is proper positioning of the vector control points.
For starters, my advice is to make a circle (use Elipse tool+Shift combination). Select the circle using “Direct SelectionTool”, four basic points and vector controllers (red extension lines).
Draw using “Pencil tool” and practice making various swirls. This is just for practice, we are not making any swirls there, but it is important to play with handles here and try to create some shape for the practice purposes.
Play with “Pencil Tool Preferences”, see how they affect the drawing.
Now, take it to the next step and make a simple “swirl” shape. Something like this:
Then make it’s inner (or outer) outline following the existing line. Connect outer and inner line in order to get closed shape: select two starting points and to Object -> Path -> Join. Do the same with two ending points. Reduce or add points using “Pen Tool” in order to fine tune the swirl shape.
Color the swirl and store it as a Brush or a Symbol. Make a small database of various shapes that will later be used for drawing Swirls Illustrations, like mine “Adobe Illustrator Swirls Symbols” – Subscribe to my newslwtter and download them for free
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31.07.2008.
And here is latest addition – another approach to creating swirls in Adobe Illustrator – Video:
Important notice:
In order to follow this video effectively please make sure that your mouse pointer is always close to “Pause” button, as you will need to press Pause a lot in order to follow this exercise effectively, i.e. by taking the same actions on your computer.
Thank you Rachid for allowing me to use your music for this video!
Love,
S :)
P.S.: You can buy Swirls Illustrations for your graphic designs for $1!
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Wrapping scrolls around illustrations or images are quite popular designers little trick these days. I’ll show you how to draw a scroll “easy way”.
Step 1
Assuming that you know how the scroll (banner) looks like, draw just one half of it (start left or right from the center). I am using the Wacom tablet and usually I use the “Pen tool”, but I think that drawing with the “Path tool” is easier for those of you who use a mouse.
Step 2
You can modify the shape as you wish, just keep in mind that you have to draw a folded part on the side.
Step 3
Now draw the folded part, which will “fly on the wind”.
Step 4
The folded part of the banner must be placed just bellow the main part, now you have to follow the path between the main part and the folded part and draw another folded part between them.
Step 5
That connection should look like this:
Step 6
Now copy+paste these three parts, and mirror them horizontally. Join middle anchors and the banner is finished. Color them as you wish. Add some cracks and you’ll get the “old-world” style.
I’m using banners (scrolls) in my “emblem” designs
© Photographer: Bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
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There is this community web site that really made me think about drawing and how much does it have to do with talent and what part of the success lies in hard work and persistence. Web site called dragoart
I believe in tutorials as much as I believe in hard work. Especially if you are not blessed with a true, natural talent for drawing. And there is only a minority of such people.
So, if you are willing to put a little effort to improve your drawing skills and particularly if you are into dragons and fantasy (I know I am) – here is a compilation list of tutorials about drawing a dragon –>
Anyway, your first attempt might probably look like this.
However, after several attempts and attacks on that dragon – here is the result:
Much better, huh? Maybe I’ll buy that sketchbook soon and work harder! Black one, of course :)
Happy thoughts!
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Let me show you how I created a simple web shop icon (shop trolley). In Illustrator (or similar vector software) make a simplified shop trolley “L” shape (the handle + basis).
Now, we will select the basis line and copy it two more times to get something similar to E shape where the left vertical line end up above the top horizontal line.
Draw one vertical line that will close the shape.
As for the wheels, create two circles below the basis of the trolley. Make one ellipse and then a second one, smaller in the middle of the first one.(Do that using Ellipse tool). Select both ellipses, and subtract them with “Pathfinder -> Subtract from shape area” option. There is our wheel :)
Copy that wheel and position them under the basis.
Now for the background circle follow the same procedure as for the wheels. One small difference is that holding ALT+TAB will make this ellipse a perfect circle. Color it, place it behind the trolley and – voila!
© Photographer: Bsilvia | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Simple, innit?
Let me know if you need any help.
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Try a little exercise called “Vase/Faces” where you can see how a side benefit of learning to draw is getting to know your own brain a little better.
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