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How to reveal female symbol a little more in this design?
Ambiguity or unreadability is not always a bad thing in a logo. Being too literal can, at times, cause a design to suffer. It all inevitably comes down to how a mark is going to be used. An unreadable ...
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Does this particular style of image mashups have a specific name?
I'd call it scrapbook, collage or paper and paste style - emulating the traditional school book art.
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How to effectively combat or response to the unfounded design-feedbacks?
The client is never "ignorant". They are the client. They are paying the invoices, their opinion always matters.
How you combat feedback you don't deem worthwhile...
You provide information to ...
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What processes may have been used to create this image?
In 1973, it was hand drawn/painted.
There's no reason to believe he didn't merely draw it all. And there's especially no reason to believe he didn't specifically hand color the image how he wanted. ...
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How do I wrap text around a cylinder in Illustrator?
To wrap text around a cylinder in Illustrator you need to start by creating a cylinder. (Make it a color that will contrast nicely with your text color)
Create a smallish circle:
Beginning with a ...
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Illustrator elements showing through each other in group with graphic style applied
There's an unwritten aspect about Graphic Styles....
There are 2 kinds of them:
Object Level Styles - Where appearance adjustments are made on objects.
Group Level Styles - Where appearance ...
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What is this style of art called? Its like shaded sillouhetes
I'd say it's merely a Monochrome Vector Illustration. Maybe slip in "cartoon" or "comic" as a keyword.
I don't think there's a specific name for the style itself.
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Why does blend smooth not work perfectly for two black objects?
By default, Illustrator's Blend is set to Smooth Color. This creates a blend between the color of the first object and the color of the last object.
If there is no color variation, Illustrator's ...
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Photoshop Graphic styles file (*.asl) to illustrator
Photoshop Layer Styles are not compatible with Illustrator. In addition, there is no way to "convert" them.
You would need to construct Illustrator styles within Illustrator.
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Research: Grainy/Noisy Gradient
I use different method in photoshop to achieve similar results. It all boils down to getting more details in the noise (by creating it on a bigger image/layer) and blowing up the contrast.
Here is a ...
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My works are boring with the same layout all the time
Yes, this is a problem.
If you aren't pushing yourself to try new ideas and find interesting solutions, you aren't going to grow as a designer.
Look up some of your favorite graphic designers, try ...
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How to apply Graphic Style correctly in Illustrator?
I did some tests to see if I could find out what you were talking about...
I figured it out. What you need to do is this...
Go into the flyout menu of the Graphic Styles Panel
Make sure that '...
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How to prevent someone from copying my work?
In the United States, you can file a copyright with the Library of Congress (LOC) prior to production:
See https://copyright.gov/
This does not prevent anyone copying the idea, but it does protect ...
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Can this rough design show the required message?
That looks like a good use of negative space to convey your message. Things to look out for:
make sure the "7" shape doesn't look like it's a different font from the other numbers.
keep it simple, ...
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Creating a fading shadow in illustrator
Duplicate
Gradient
Angle 85.7°
Change Slider Opacity
Change Slider Location
Change Opacity
Final Image:
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What is the significance/importance/use/purpose/need of this design?
Does it make you think? Remember it a bit longer than something else?
Will you remember the Ogilvy name?
There's the purpose/significance entirely.
It's merely a self promotion piece designed to "...
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Is it possible to have an unique graphic style as an average graduate yet?
You can have a unique style at any level of a design career - even as a hobbyist. Many do inherently. But one also needs the ability to show off your style in any portfolio if employment is the goal.
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Create graphic style out of attributes illustrator CS6
If you can create something using the Appearance Panel, it can be saved as a Graphic Style.
All of those settings can be accomplished using live text and and then saved as a graphic style to apply to ...
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How would you make something like this using illustrator?
You could use a polar grid, and a grid of vertical lines snapped to the edge of each circle, then use the shape builder, delete the outer vertical lines, and fill in the chequered pattern.
For example
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How can I make this striped background?
Open a new blank image in Photoshop, add a new layer, and create a rectangular selection 25 pixels high. Fill it black. Copy and paste it and space it 25 pixels down, and repeat for a third stripe. ...
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Is there anywhere I can sell my sketchbook drawings?
Deviant art and other sites allow viewers to order prints of your work but if that is not working you need to promote your work, maybe with a stand alone online gallery.
You can print and mount them ...
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How to prevent someone from copying my work?
Disclaimer: This question is verging on a legal question, and since I am not a lawyer, this answer doesn't constitute legal advice. If you want legal advice hire a lawyer.
You can't really do ...
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Creating a fading shadow in illustrator
Here's one method
Create pieces with simple linear gradients
Draw a curved shape with the Pen Tool, fill it black and add a Gaussian blur effect.
In the Appearance panel, set the Opacity to about ...
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How do you decide the text direction when written in vertical direction?
There exist relatively common graphical representations that frequently have rotated vertical text. These are called technical drawings. The standard here states that vertical text is always rotated ...
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