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Quickly Locate Objects in Sublayers

Chris Roubis — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:39:41 +0000

Quickly Locate Objects in Sublayers

Inspiration | May 17th, 2012

Here’s a handy tip if you work with a bunch of Layers. Illustrator can automatically expand and scroll to a sublayer that’s hidden within a collapsed layer. All you have to do is click on the object in your artwork and choose Locate Object from the Layers panel menu. The sample image below is taken from CS6 but should work in older versions of Illustrator.

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Jelly-Like Advertising Text Effect using Photoshop

Chris Roubis — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:16 +0000

Jelly-Like Advertising Text Effect using Photoshop

Posted by irenethompson80 on May 16th 2012 via (printingdesign.artician.com)

This tutorial is for creating jelly-like text on your design. This kind of typography is perfect when printing event flyers, promo postcards, themed web designs or practically anything that needs to exude that feeling of fun and celebration.

Adobe Photoshop » Text Effects

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Creating Retro Style Abstract Poster Art

Chris Roubis — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:15 +0000

Creating Retro Style Abstract Poster Art

Posted by irenethompson80 on May 16th 2012 via (printingdesign.artician.com)

In this tutorial, we will teach you a couple of tricks that should be easily integrated into your own retro styled abstract poster art. You may also integrate these effects when designing flyers or catalogs for print.

Adobe Photoshop » Drawing

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Abstract monochrome and color artwork

Chris Roubis — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:13 +0000

pIn this tutorial I will show you how to create an abstract artwork in Photoshop by combining black and white and colors. This kind of technique can be used to create beautiful abstract artworks and minimalistic wallpapers./p

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Scrabble Tiles Text Effect

Chris Roubis — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:13 +0000

pCreate your own scrabble tiles set from scratch, so that you can use them anytime with any background you like./p

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Fit Text Frame to Content Script

Chris Roubis — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:47:28 +0000

Fit Text Frame to Content Script

Tips and Tricks | May 15th, 2012

Nathaniel Kelso created a couple of really handy scripts to fit text boxes to their content. This might seem like a really basic problem, but these problems are usually the most annoying. There is a script for a text box’s Depth and a script for the text box’s Width. If you work with a bunch of typography in Illustrator I’m sure they will come in handy. Thanks to John Wundes for pointing it out. Download the script here (you need to scroll down a little ).

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Winners of UPrinting Die-Cut Business Cards

Chris Roubis — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:09:12 +0000

The Winners

Here are the winners:

I’d like to congratulate all of our winners! The winners should’ve already received an email from UPrinting with information about their prize.

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About UPrinting

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Humor in Design

Chris Roubis — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:09:08 +0000

Humor allows us to connect and share a universal experience in a light and positive manner. For designers and creatives, having humor in your tool-belt is most appreciated if not completely necessary in certain cases. In fact, I think creativity requires a little laughter.

I’ve never really considered myself to be extraordinarily funny but I do recognize the great value of being humorous. Most days, I end up spending most of my time laughing with friends and the people around me. Being light and always ready to laugh elicits positive reactions and endears you to the people around you and is one of the most rewarding things about being alive. As a designer, it’s no surprise that sometimes that’s exactly what you need to produce fresh and relevant work.

Everyone Has a Sense of Humor

I refuse to believe that some people don’t have a sense of humor. Everyone laughs and is amused by something. Even if you’re the driest, most uptight person in the world, you still laugh at whatever makes you laugh. You are still amused by whatever amuses you. Therefore, the job of the designer tasked with finding or creating humor in a design is to tap into what makes that particular situation funny or amusing.

by Michelle Romano

By Jacob Gilbreath

Try sarcasm, irony, irreverence or just plain silliness. All of these things have the ability to connect and engage people pleasantly and lightly. Sometimes even making fun of yourself can be effective.

Think Levity, not Hilarity

Bad jokes or unfunny jokes often occur when someone is trying to say something hilarious and they fail miserably. There’s nothing worse than jokes that go horribly wrong. Anyone who’s been to a standup comedy show knows the feeling in the room when a comedian’s joke falls flat. Everyone in the room gets uncomfortable and silence grips the audience. The best jokes are the ones that come out naturally. Funny is funny. There’s no need to try to be funny.

Instead aim for levity, or lightness. Keep it simple and easy to grasp. Let your audience play with the situation. Sometimes, just hinting at the lighter side of things is enough to be humorous.

Choose Your Audience

Humor varies between audiences. Not all jokes will be funny to everyone. Use that to your advantage. People like the feeling of “getting it.” It binds your audience and fosters connection between them which ultimately is great for the effectiveness of your designs or your creative endeavors.

When you create something with very specific and targeted humor, it creates a sort of inside joke for those who recognize why something is funny. You know the feeling. For instance, these posters done by Gary Nicholson are humorous to typographers and graphic designers but to someone uninitiated in the art of typography, these posters would not be as amusing.

Also, pick your moments. When you can’t find something funny to say, it is best not to try to be funny. Sincerity is just as effective in conveying messages as humor.

Parting Words

I think you’ll agree that humor is one the best things about being human. It homogenizes us as a species since we all laugh or at the very least are capable of finding humor in something. It reminds us that while life sometimes does get serious and sad, there are still a lot of things in this world that we can laugh and be happy about. So use these things in your work. Don’t be afraid to laugh and soon you’ll find everyone is laughing with you. Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Typography Inspiration: May 2012

Chris Roubis — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:09:02 +0000

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Today, we’ve compiled some amazing typographic designs done by some very talented artists! We love seeing the new ideas that artists are coming up with and we like it even more when they apply it to words! Check them out. Enjoy!

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Weekly Vector Inspiration #170

Chris Roubis — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:19 +0000

Weekly Vector Inspiration #170

Inspiration | May 11th, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.