Sat.Jan 18, 2014 - Fri.Jan 24, 2014

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Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline

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Wondering how to learn graphic design on your own? Fortunately, it isn't required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer. A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. There are plenty of graphic design tutorials and resources you can check out, and we've put together a graphic design course outline for you here.

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Quick Getaway

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

I have only just realised I never posted this finished painting on the blog. Quick Getaway Watercolour / Gouache 24 x 31cm This painting was partly inspired by the moonlit paintings of Atkinson Grimshaw and with any good night-time scene you have to have the moon silhouetting the branches of a gnarled tree in winter - it's the law. The pub which the sly fox is running away from is base on the Wagon & Horses at Beckhampton which is about 7miles from where I live.

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Tesco Magazine Illustrations

Emmeline Illustration

Hi everyone! I'm totally excited to announce that Tesco Magazine's January issue is now out and features my illustrations throughout their Big Health Pick & Mix section! Check them out on pages 7-21. I have to say I made more than one excuse to 'need' to go to Tesco to check if the issue had hit the shops (I just had to have that butternut squash, okay?).

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Create Simple Flowers With Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator

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What You'll Be Creating. Follow this flower Illustrator tutorial and learn how to create simple flower illustrations with the help of the Gradient Mesh function in Adobe Illustrator. We will start with the shape of the petal and then, using the Gradient Mesh, we will add the mesh points and color it. After this, we will compose the flower followed by the stamens in the center.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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How to Create a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop

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What You'll Be Creating. Do you like vintage boxing posters? In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a boxing poster in Photoshop. We'll take a look at some basic graphic design principles and cast an eye over the boxing poster aesthetic from yesteryear. Creating a retro look is nothing new, but there are some things to keep an eye out for when mimicking graphic design from any decades past.