As many of you know, I sell several collections of premium high resolution textures in my online shop which I’ve been selling for around $25 USD. Today, I’m dropping that price from $25 to just $15 from now until…
Last month I discussed how to Create a Burberry Style Plaid with Illustrator in 4 Steps. Creating a basic plaid in Illustrator is fun and easy but some of you may have noticed (especially those of you who…
This week I had the opportunity to interview Steven Snell, the man behind Vandelay Design, DesignM.ag and Traffikd. I visit all three of his blogs fairly regularly and find them all to be excellent resources for design-related and social…
As bloggers and designers, we’re used to getting a lot of things for free. Free content is an excellent way to bring new visitors to your website and many visitors these days expect to see free content. Personally,…
November was by far the biggest month this website has seen in terms of popularity and traffic. I’ve been humbled and excited by the support that I have received from my readers and friends in the design community…
The first graphic design software I ever learned was Macromedia Fireworks. For those of you familiar with the software you may be aware of the many tileable vertical, horizontal, diagonal and crosshatch patterns that ship with the software.…
This week I have another cool set of vector freebies for you. Lately, I have been doing a lot of experimentation with seamless patterns. I have found that pattern design is both fun and challenging so this week…
This week I had the opportunity to interview Sean Hodge, Editor of PSDTUTS and VECTORTUTS; two of my favorite websites. I have a great deal of respect for Sean and I was very excited when he agreed to the…
Since I posted my set of 50 Plaid Pattern Illustrator Swatches I’ve had quite a few requests for a tutorial on how I created them. The cool thing about plaid patterns is that they are very easy to create;…
This week I had the opportunity to interview Fabio Sasso from Abduzeedo. He is always cranking out amazing tutorials and inspirational posts on his blog and I have wanted to interview him for some time. I initially discovered…
If you’ve looked at my gallery, you may have noticed my fascination with kaleidoscopes. I think they’re amazing to look at and I’ve been experimenting for some time in Illustrator trying to come up with the best way…
When I released my set of 50 Astonishing Illustrator Swatches last week I was really happy with how they turned out and really excited about the response that I received but as I was doing some shopping last weekend,…
I subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds; so many in fact, that I could spend hours browsing through my feed reader. I love feeds because they put all my favorite sites into one place. Below is a…
I found this really great set of fashion sketching demonstrations by Kathryn Hagen, a fashion illustration instructor at Otis College. Ms. Hagen is a master at mixing media to achieve life-like and beautiful results. Her tools include copic…
Well, it’s been another exciting month here on Colorburned. In terms of traffic, October 2008 was the best month ever receiving over 35,000 visits and 85,000 page views. The site has come a long way in the last…
In this tutorial I explore how to create a stunning ad in the sparkle/glow trend. I am pulling inspiration from one of the coolest ad designers around, Chuck Anderson.
How To Build Your Reputation And Authority As A DesignerWhether you are just starting out in the design business, or you have been around awhile but few people have ever heard of you.
Create a Candy Inspired Vector Snowboard DesignLearn how to put together a sweet candy inspired design in Illustrator by cutting, splitting and joining vector paths to produce an intricate weave of shapes.
How to Make a Beautiful Spring Butterfly SceneryIn this tutorial I will show you the steps I have used for making the Butterfly in the spring image.
Creative Fashion Photography by Steven LippmanA native Southern Californian, Steven Lippman possesses a modern charm & personal aesthetic that only the Golden State can imbue.
Create a Tasty Burger Icon in IllustratorThis tutorial shows you how to create a detailed, tasty burger icon in Illustrator.
Interview with Chris Spooner : Spoon Graphics & Line 25Through blogging and social networking
I had the chance to meet Chris Spooner of Blog Spoon Graphics and Line 25.
Chris has the ability to create consistently appealing resources for designers
Beautiful and strongly professional fashion photography by Stefano Moro, Italian fashion photographer, who has done advertising campaigns for clients such as Dolce & Gabbana
What Designers Can Learn from Other ProfessionsThere are a myriad of different professions and although we hopefully agree that being a designer is the most awesome one ever, there are many other jobs that can teach designers some valuable lessons
Book Review: Logo Design Love by David AireyThere is so much high quality information and it covers all the areas we really need to know about without all the BS.
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