Working in a creative field, such as design, can be taxing on the imagination. Here are some ways that have proven effective to folks who have faced these times.
Liam McKay is a designer that is constantly growing and improving. Every design he creates seems to top the one prior. Check out his interview on MyInkBlog!
This tutorial covers the use of filters, brushes, the pen tool, masks, and maybe a couple other techniques; all in order to create a realistic sandwich bag from scratch.
It’s been another fantastic month in the design blogosphere. Here ’s my collection of the best articles, tutorials, freebies and more from the design community for the month of October. Enjoy!
A look into how retro designs can affect newer trends. It ’s that borrowing of design details that you see rampantly recycling through the community, and it’s done with awesome effectiveness. And these throw-backs to an earlier time seem to be reson
In every field there is a set of standards that folks follow which grant a certain uniformity to the group as a whole. If you don't follow along are you out of touch, or setting trends?
This post is a showcase of creative and original uses of tabbed web navigation, topped off with some helpful tutorials for making your own tabs. Enjoy!
I'm stoked to announce the launch of my first ever contest here at MyInkBlog! The concept is simple and the prizes are cool. I think just about everyone in the design community loves big typography design. So here’s your chance to let your creative
A round up for the best of August in the design community, it’s what I call “MyInkTrail.” So here are some interesting links I found along the trail this month…
One of the biggest perks of working on MyInkBlog is networking with some of the incredibly gifted designers. It’s through my blog and other social networks that I’ve had a chance to meet fellow designers like Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design. Jaco
Illustrator is an amazing tool for building scalable vector art. I’ve decided to see what you can do for texture within Illustrator. The results of this experimentation are summed up in this tutorial.
These are the awesome animations of Alan Becker for the two videos in his “Animator vs. Animation” series. If you’ve done some work in Flash you are really gonna love these! Check ‘em out…
It’s very common these days to see swirls and flourishes within graphic design. You can use brushes or vectors to achieve this look, but if you want to customize your own you ’ll have to dig in and spend some time creating them. This tutorial will c