by Design Workshop Sydney
Jul18
Adobe Illustrator is by far the best program for creating vector artwork, especially when it comes to creating complex shapes. We use Illustrator‘s set of Pathfinder tools. We show you how to utilize these to their fullest extent in all of our Adobe training courses. To create the complex shapes shown here we first have to create a new document... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Mar24
Step and repeat effects can be easily created in Adobe Photoshop. This is one of the many features we look at in our Photoshop training courses. To create an effect similar to the one illustrated here we would first create a new document within Photoshop via the top File menu. This will open a dialog box where we can either... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Feb17
Creating technical illustrations in Illustrator is a matter of getting the correct workflow. We show you how in our Adobe Illustrator training courses. To create a professional-looking 3D mock-up of an engineering part like this spark-plug, first create a new document, A4 size, for example. Change the orientation to landscape. Next we need to import our reference, whether this is... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Sep14
Working with keyboard increments is a great way creating artwork in Illustrator. We show you several easy shortcuts to making art in our Adobe Illustrator training courses. For example, to create the simple geometrical artwork illustrated here, first create a new document A5 in size. Then select the Rectangle tool and click on the artboard to display the Rectangle tool’s... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Sep14
There are several methods of creating seamless patterns in Photoshop, which we explore in our Adobe Photoshop training courses. Firstly, open Photoshop and create a new file, 500 by 500 pixels at a resolution of 150 ppi, which is a good print resolution. And the colour mode of RGB. Next go to the shape tools and select the Ellipse tool.... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Jun15
In these Illustrator blog posts we describe how to create a simple landscape and sun using some of the basic drawing tools. These are some of the many features we explore in our Adobe Illustrator courses. The next step would be to create the sky, clouds, sun and trees. Firstly, the sky: create a rectangle and add a gradient blend... Read more...
by Design Workshop Sydney
Apr21
Creating a paisley pattern design in Adobe Illustrator is an easy process which we demonstrate in out Illustrator for Textiles courses. The design itself was popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries and utilizes the earlier Persian droplet motif. The main producers of Paisley pattern shawls were the weavers of Paisley in Scotland, between 1800-1850, their hand and... Read more...