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Cowboy Grunge - Illustrator/Photoshop Tip |
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Written by Craig Watkins
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 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 looking, but I wanted it to have a kind of country-western feel to represent what most people think of when they think of Nashville. (I know Nashville people... Nashville is a thoroughly modern city and not all about the country music scene, but I was going for the home run here!) So what I wanted was a combination of Nashville, "cowboy looking" and grunge.
I found an old tutorial somewhere about how to create a wood burned effect in Photoshop, like a brand, and got to work. I abandoned the tutorial about halfway through and just started playing around. Here's the final design I came up with... |
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Cool Tutorial: Rolling Stones Inspired Illustration |
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 Check out this fun tutorial from Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics. (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 "tounge-in-cheek", it also takes you through a few nifty tricks of logo/icon design.
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5 Essential Illustrator Pen Tool Tutorials |
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Written by Craig Watkins
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 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 rudimentary graphics program. The Pen Tool gives you all of the power to create what you want. There is really no way around learning to use the Pen Tool if you plan on creating vector graphics beyond simple boxes or circles. |
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Create Navigation Bar in Illustrator |
 How to use Illustrator to create a crisp and clean navigation bar for a website.
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How to Use the Illustrator Pathfinder Palette |
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Written by Craig Watkins
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 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 does unless you are using the Pathfinder all the time. While I do use the Pathfinder very often, I find that I tend to use the same actions over and over, so I am reposting this tip (originally posted in October of 2005) as a reference / breakdown of the different Pathfinder Tools in the Pathfinder Palette and what each one does. (Probably mostly as a quick reference for myself, but I hope this post is useful for you too!)
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