Category Archives: How To

Tutorials, Technical Processes and Other Step by Step Instructions

Using Expert Features of Illustrator: Glyphs and Pathfinder

This is a guest post by Esben Thomsen. I’m always looking for guest authors for Creative Curio!

Some time ago I saw Alec’s beautiful wallpaper artwork (shown above) on Flickr.com. He has a big crush on Minion Pro—who doesn’t like stressed o’s? Another awesome feature of Minion Pro, is how many glyphs come with that typeface.
I noticed […]

Printing Large Format? Read This First.

The first time you design a billboard or a large banner for a tradeshow is an intimidating experience. I had so many questions the first time!
Many of you might be wondering where I have been for the past few weeks. At the beginning of March, I took a cruise in the western Caribbean. It was wonderful! […]

Learn to Use Three of the Most Important Tools in Illustrator

by Esben Thomsen
In this tutorial we are going to make a PDF icon and I know what most of you are thinking… “PDF icon, what should I use that for? That’s completely useless, just like Illustrator!” But hear me out!
Aside from a lesson in using the three basic Illustrator tools—Pen tool, Selection tool and Direct Selection tool—to […]

On Designing a WordPress Theme

Charity is the author of Design Adaptations and is a freelance graphic and web designer in Wyoming, USA. Recently Charity launched her own premium WordPress theme, Cornerstone, and I invited her to share what she learned while taking on this monumental project (she has also released several other free themes). I was eager to read […]

Everything You Need to Know About Creating an RSS Icon in Illustrator

By Esben Thomsen
The purpose for this tutorial is to learn how to use the palettes mentioned previously. I will be using Illustrator CS3 for this article. In addition to the RSS icon, I will show you how to crop artwork in CS3 and how you should be able to do it in CS2 and older versions.
I would […]

How to Design Unique Photoshop Brushes

Jacob Cass started his blog, Just Creative Design, in January of 2008 and it has grown at an incredible rate thanks to his quality articles on design and creativity. Currently he is hosting a $5000 prize giveaway graphic design group writing project that is sure to be worth bookmarking when all the contributions are compiled! […]

How to Set Up a Consistent Baseline in InDesign

I’ve talked about setting up a consistent baseline before, but I realized I’ve not explained exactly how to do it; I’ve only mentioned it briefly at best.
First, you should be familiar with the points and picas system, and also how to use them.
It will require a bit of planning, but your documents will turn out much more […]

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