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In Tutorials, by spoongraphics, September 6, 2010
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Blackletter or gothic script fonts are hugely popular in a range of modern cultures. Metal bands, tattoo artwork and extreme sports brands all make use of the awesome blackletter style. Often the sharp letter shapes are enhanced with elaborate swirls and decorations. Follow this step by step guide to customizing your own gothic typographic design, [...]

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In Graphic Design, by spoongraphics, September 3, 2010
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In this week’s Question Time video post I give some rambling answers about taking on more than you can chew with client projects; things that help me find more freelance clients; whether a degree is important to be a designer; and I show off my fluent Spanish. This week’s questions How do you deal with [...]

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In Tutorials, Graphic Design, by spoongraphics, August 30, 2010
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Follow this step by step guide to creating a fun cartoon style poster design. We’ll combine a quick character doodle with some bold and blocky text, then bring it to life with a muted colour palette and a mix of textures to give the poster an old and retro feel. The design I’ve created is [...]

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In Web Design, by spoongraphics, August 27, 2010

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In Tutorials, Graphic Design, by spoongraphics, August 23, 2010
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Follow this Illustrator design tutorial to create a super detailed sugar skull illustration made from lots of sweet vector elements. We’ll use a mix of basic and advanced Illustrator tools to build various decorative objects to slowly build up the features until we have an awesome looking skull design that pays homage to the Mexican [...]

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In Graphic Design, by spoongraphics, August 20, 2010
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Last week I introduced my new little Question Time video series. This week I run through a bunch of viewer submitted questions, including why designers use Macs, how I find my clients, how often I trim my eyebrows and what camera I use to record these things. This week’s questions Why do designers tend to [...]

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In Graphic Design, Inspiration, by spoongraphics, August 18, 2010

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In Graphic Design, by spoongraphics, August 16, 2010
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Using an unsuitable image resolution is one of the most popular errors designers make when creating designs for print. The result is a fuzzy print quality, or having your file is rejected by your local printer. If you don’t keep an eye on your image resolution right from the start you may end up having [...]

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