As a print graphic designer, you will be hired to create various types of traditional print design work. For large, multi-page projects we recommend using Adobe InDesign or Quark. But, for single page designs, we like to layout the work in Adobe Illustrator

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Today we will create a vector cartoon character from a hand drawn sketch. This is an Adobe Illustrator tutorial covering the process of creating Captain Blackspoon.
Using similar techniques, follow this tutorial to create your own vector character; Freddy the Fish.

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This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple poker chip. Once the chip is created, we can change colors, stack them together, rotate, and whatever you want.

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In this tutorial, we'll cover how to create a dark graveyard scene with bats and a glowing moon. Lets get in the spooky holiday spirit and have some fun making this Halloween poster design.


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Type is always communicative, even if it wasn't designed with that goal in mind, but there are some great ways to really make it shout. In this tutorial, we'll explore some basic as well as some more clever ways to use type to communicate a feeling, message or idea.


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It often happens that after you create your designs, especially a logo or the work that you need to print, the color swatch of which are either in CMYK or RGB & you want to convert it in Pantone colors. Converting the colors from any mode (i.e RGB, CMYK, HSB) inot Pantone colors is now very easy to do with Illustrator CS3, let me tell you how to do that!! And, we will also tell you how to do that in Photoshop as well!!

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In this tutorial, we'll create a detailed icon of a battery similar to the one used for the iPhone touch. The battery "fuel" color can be changed as well as the "fuel" level, allowing the icon to be used to create a battery or power meter for applications, or simply as a graphic in any type of design.


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In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a Jeweled Dollar Sign. This tutorial uses some basic Illustrator features like Gradients, Offset Paths, and Divide. The image might look complicated but when you break it down, it is relatively simple, and easy to apply to other fonts and objects.

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In this tutorial you’ll learn several different techniques and tools, and at the end of it should have a cute little creature that you can scale up and down to any size!

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Today we will be showing you how to make a nice little map. Some Armin van Buuren thumping in the background helps the creative process.
Secondly Make sure your computer is on. Really. Enough small talk, let’s get started.

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