Free “Flat” Vector Icon Set
The new buzzword in the design world is “flat” design. Basically this refers to design that has no skeumorphism and/or depth and simply employs a simple, flat, color & appearance. I’m actually very happy that the trend is moving in this direction. I find myself much more capable of flat
The Inspiring Artwork of James White
Recently while at Adobe MAX I was able to get a glimpse of the work of James White at Russell Brown’s “Designing in the Cloud with Classic Movie Monsters“ lab. I was familiar with his work before attending the show, but seeing it up close and personal made it even
Lightroom for iOS Could Be Really Good, or a Complete Failure
Recently Adobe’s Group Product Manager for Lightroom, Tom Hogarty, went on The Grid to show off an early version of a mobile Lightroom application. The app itself was quite obviously in the early stages of development, but the concept was really great. The idea is that more and more photographers
Creating Photoshop Shape Layers from Your Illustrator Artwork
The ability to share artwork across Photoshop and Illustrator is nothing new. In fact, Smart Objects have been around for some time now. However, there are some things that Smart Objects just can’t do. Like becoming a Shape Layer, for instance. In this little tutorial I’m going walk you
Adobe Ideas Updated to Version 2.6
Adobe Ideas [App Store Link] has been updated to version 2.6, and with this update come a nice set of new features. According to the official update info, version 2.6 contains the following updates/enhancements: Extract & save color themes right from your Ideas artwork Sync color themes between Ideas
Surface Pro Gets Pressure Sensitive Update from Wacom
One of the biggest gripes of Microsoft Surface Pro users when it first released was that it didn’t have support for pressure sensitive stylus controls in apps like Photoshop. According to The Verge, Wacom has now released such a driver for Surface Pro users which will now allow them to have
How to Become a Designer: Part Two – Learning the Trade
This is part two of a multi-part series I’m doing called How to Become a Designer. If you missed part one of the series, you can check that out here. In this article we’re going to be talking about learning the graphic design trade. We will focus primarily on
Designing for Any Screen Using Vector Graphics – MAX 2013 Presentation
This is another one of my presentations from Adobe MAX 2013, and it was titled “Adobe Illustrator: Designing for Any Screen with Vector Graphics”. In this presentation I discuss why Adobe Illustrator and vector graphics are a great tool for web/screen based design. That’s not to say that you
Adobe Photoshop Designing for Screens – MAX 2013 Presentation
I’m finally back home after a long week at Adobe MAX. I’ll be writing a wrap up blog post later this week, but I wanted to go ahead and share something with you today. One of the great things about presenting at MAX is that the sessions are recorded
Adobe Creative Cloud 101
There’s been a lot of talk and a lot of confusion surrounding the Adobe Creative Cloud announcement this week. Many people are concerned because Adobe is shifting its business model away from a traditional software retail business and migrating towards a SAAS (Software as a Service) model instead. That