http://www.illustratortips.com/ 2026-04-03T19:23:10+00:00 text/html 2010-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/insprirational-gig-poster-designs-part-2.html <img width="100" height="100" align="left" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/inspiration/design/gigposters/gigposters_head.png" alt="gigposters.com" style="margin-right: 8px;" /><em>Here's more poster goodness from <a href="http://www.gigposters.com/index.php">GigPosters.com</a>! <br /> <br /> Be sure to take a moment to click on some of the artist links below the poster images to see some of the most unique and creative artist websites around.<br /> <br /> If you're <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/insprirational-gig-poster-designs-part-2.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2010-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/insprirational-gig-poster-designs-part-1.html <img width="100" height="100" align="left" style="margin-right: 8px;" alt="gigposters.com" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/inspiration/design/gigposters/gigposters_head.png" /><em>If there is one site on the web I visit almost every day, it's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gigposters.com/">www.gigposters.com</a>. Gigposters is by far my favorite website of them all. For inspiration and for fun. For incredible typography and some of the best visual communication <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/insprirational-gig-poster-designs-part-1.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2010-02-16T04:13:45+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Advanced-Tips/cowboy-grunge.html <img width="100" height="99" align="left" style="margin-right: 8px;" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/Advancetips/cowboygrunge/cowboy_grunge_head.png" alt="cowboy grunge" <strong>I recently had to design an article lead-in for a motorcycle sportbike freestyle event in Nashville, TN. I wanted something that looked new and hip because the photo I chose to use of one of the riders was really sharp <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Advanced-Tips/cowboy-grunge.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-11-17T04:45:16+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Intermediate-Tips/cool-tutorial-rolling-stones-inspired-illustration.html <p><img width="100" height="100" align="left" alt="" style="margin-right: 8px;" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/Inttips/stones/stones_head.jpg" /><strong>Check out this fun tutorial from Chris Spooner of <a href="http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk">Spoon Graphics</a>. (I've drawn this logo so many times, I could draw it with my left foot, standing on my head with my eyes closed!) While this tutorial might be a little <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Intermediate-Tips/cool-tutorial-rolling-stones-inspired-illustration.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-11-16T13:30:55+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Illustratortips.com http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Information/Adobe/adobe-to-lay-off-nearly-700-workers.html <em>Adobe Systems will lay off 680 staff, or 9 percent of its workforce, in its latest move to cut costs, the company confirmed Tuesday.</em> <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Information/Adobe/adobe-to-lay-off-nearly-700-workers.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-11-05T21:03:24+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Intermediate-Tips/how-to-use-the-illustrator-pathfinder-palette.html <p><img width="100" height="100" align="left" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/Inttips/pathfinder/pathfinder_head.jpg" style="margin-right: 8px;" alt="" /><strong>Many people find the Pathfinder Palette or Tool in Adobe Illustrator to be a little bit confusing because, if for no other reason, there are so many little buttons and different actions that it can be hard to remember what each one <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Intermediate-Tips/how-to-use-the-illustrator-pathfinder-palette.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-10-24T15:33:45+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/inspiration-for-business-cards.html <img width="100" height="100" align="left" style="margin-right: 8px;" alt="business card inspiration" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/inspiration/design/cardonizer/cardonizer_head.jpg" /><em>Need an idea or some inspiration for business card designs? It's easy to get stuck and force yourself to think "outside the box" (hate that phrase...), especially if you design a lot of business cards, but the coolest business cards <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Inspiration/Design/inspiration-for-business-cards.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-10-21T06:09:31+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Information/Site-News/new-and-improved-comments.html <em><img width="100" height="100" align="left" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/Information/sitenews/disqus/disqus_head.jpg" alt="disqus" style="margin-right: 8px;" />I've installed a new commenting system here at Illustratortips.com that I'm really excited about and would like to tell you about!<br /> <br /> </em><em> </em><em>The new system is is calld <strong>Disqus</strong> and you've got to check it out!</em><em> What was wrong with the <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Information/Site-News/new-and-improved-comments.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-10-13T21:07:03+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Craig Watkins http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Beginner-Tips/5-essential-illustrator-pen-tool-tutorials.html <img width="100" height="100" align="left" type="image" style="margin-right: 8px;" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/begintips/pentooltuts/pen_tool_tuts_head.jpg" alt="" /><strong>Okay, let's face it. Of all of the tools in Illustrator, the Pen Tool is by far the most important to master. Without being able harness the power of the Pen Tool, Illustrator doesn't do a whole lot more than any <p><a href="http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Instruction/Beginner-Tips/5-essential-illustrator-pen-tool-tutorials.html">Read more...</a></p> text/html 2009-10-08T04:44:14+00:00 http://www.illustratortips.com/ Illustratortips.com http://www.illustratortips.com/index.php/Information/Freebies/freebie-free-vectors.html <em><img width="100" height="100" align="left" style="margin-right: 8px;" alt="free vectors" src="http://www.illustratortips.com/images/stories/freebies/dragonartz/dragonartz_head.jpg" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dragonartz.net/"> DragonArtz Designs</a> is one of my favorite places to get free vectors for projects. I really like this site because there is a great variety of artwork under many different topics and the artwork is really free. 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