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Learn Web Design with Lynda.com
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Free Motion Graphics Training
Inspiration
Here are the Rain City Coffee House logo and packaging assignments created by my Langara Electronic Media Design class.
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Ashley Robertson
Damian Piper
Elise Stella
Jenna Lillies
Patricia Trinidad
Trevor Record
Viviana Matheus
Here are some great illustrations for the Light Post Banner Assignment from my Monday evening Illustrator 1 class at Langara College. Great work guys!
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Lindsay Donovan
Leon Lee
Sasha Mullen
Tanya Bennett
Tashanna Ducharme
Tashanna Ducharme
Tashanna Ducharme
Gagan Dhillon
Here is a collection of some great ‘to-go-cup’ designs.
Do you want to be an Illustrator power user? Of course you do. That’s why it’s so important to become familiar with Illustrator’s Appearance panel. Control every aspect of a vector objects appearance, from multiple fills, transparency and blend modes and even effects, all from this one panel. This video shows how to do all that and more. Download and open the sample illustration and then click on any object and examine it’s various attributes in the appearance panel.
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Here are a couple of links to some good gig poster tutorials.
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/screen-print-effects
http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/30-photoshop-tutorials-in-creating-amazing-posters/
Below are the light post banners produced by the Electronic Media Design students for their Illustrator I class. Click the thumbnails to see a larger version.
Read the original brief here.
In this six part video tutorial series we’ll examine how to create a complex illustration using Adobe Illustrator. We’ll start with blocking in basic shapes using the pen tool and then adding detail shapes by altering blending modes. Along the way we’ll look at creating modelled form using some basic effects. Download the exercise files and follow along.
Compositing in Photoshop is the process of assembling a variety of images, graphics and typography into one seamless whole. This is Photoshop’s biggest strength and when done well can produce amazing results. In this three part video tutorial we’ll look at how to make basic selections within photographs, how to make adjustments to photos and graphics, how to use blending modes and much more.
