Illustrator

CS4 Quicktip: Pathfinder

While the Pathfinder functions themselves have not changed inside of Illustrator CS4, what has changed is their default behavior… and this might cause some confusion. In previous versions of Illustrator you could select two shapes and click a Pathfinder button to create a compound shape… continue

Flag Button Devkit

In many cases you have to provide different options or features for different nationalities. I guess the most popular example is Apple’s iTunes Store, where you click a small flag button to access the store of your country. Here is a development kit to create such buttons. continue

Shopping Cart Icon

The other day I was working on an icon for an online shop. However at the end it turned out that we don’t need it. So I thought it would be a good idea to share it with you guys, instead of leaving it getting dusty somewhere in a folder. continue

Optimizing strokes

When creating artwork and especially icons with Adobe Illustrator you may have already faced the problem that your rasterized icon looks a bit blurry. Most of the time this is the result of poor scaling or because of the wrong use of strokes. continue

Creating graphs, Part 2

In the first part of the tutorial I showed you how to create three dimensional charts using Adobe Illustrator CS2. In the second part we will focus on how to visually enhance those charts. continue

Creating graphs

Every now and then you may come into the situation that you have to present some sort of statistical data to your client. Of course you may use Excel’s graph tool to easily create a bunch of charts — but let’s face it, more or less all of those predefined designs suck. So you have to look for another option. continue

Feed icon template

I really appreciate Microsoft’s decision to adopt Firefox’s feed icon. So you might guess that I was even more excited when I heard of Matt Brett’s “Feed Icons” project. continue

Design your PillBoy

Just a quick note for all you graphics enthusiasts out there. Gavin Strange from JamFactory has started a great vector illustration project that you may be interested in. continue

Creating organic desktops

The following tutorial shows how to create organic desktops using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. continue

Blue Crystal 7 Desktops

In the last months I got a bunch of emails from people, asking me when the next release of the Blue Crystal desktop collection will be released. Well I am proud to announce that the 7th edition is now available for download. continue

Aqua-Style mit Illustrator

Bartelme:Design zeigt Ihnen in dem folgenden Tutorial, wie Sie mit Adobe Illustrator in ein paar einfachen Schritten ein Aqua-Symbol erstellen. continue

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