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 [...]
Andi “Toon” Creffield is a friend I met on Estetica Design Forum (formerly graphic-design-forum.com). He invited me to join the forum around the beginning of this blog and I have enjoyed being a member and networking with other designers from around the world. Toon has worked in the web and print design industries since 1999, [...]
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 [...]
I can’t remember exactly when and where I met Kristarella, but she has since become a regular commenter here on Creative Curio. Whenever I write about Photoshop, she always lets us know whether The GIMP, an open source (read “free”) alternative to Photoshop, can do the same things and if not, then she looks into [...]
Sometimes when working in Illustrator it is necessary to go into view modes that are beyond the basics. But what are they? When is the best time to use them?
Esben, our resident Illustrator expert, returns with several ways, detailed below, that Illustrator can display your artwork.
Outline Mode
Normally you draw in preview mode, but outline [...]
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