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 the first of an upcoming series of free vector downloads, Vectortuts released a set of exclusive water color Illustrator brushes on their site today. This is very exciting for a number of reasons. First, Vectortuts is one of…
I don’t know about you guys, but I love argyle! I love argyle sweaters, scarves, hats and socks; if I could find argyle pants, I’d probably wear them too. So last weekend I decided to create a set…
Recently, I’ve become very interested in graphic design for the fashion industry. You may have seen a fashion sketch that I designed in Illustrator a while back. Most typical graphic designers probably don’t think of the fashion industry when…
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jay Hilgert from Bittbox.com. On his website, Jay offers some of the highest quality design resources on the net. Jay describes himself as a “designer, blogger, web enthusiast, and Apple…
Here is a very quick way to create fluffy clouds in Illustrator – from scratch. It’s really easy to accomplish this and they fit perfectly in any colorful nature theme artwork you might create.
How to Create a Colorful Textured Tiki Mask in IllustratorIn this tutorial we will create a Tiki mask from scratch, starting from a pencil sketch and a few references.
How to Create a Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie In IllustratorIn this simple tutorial, I will show you how to create a super detailed cookie illustration inside Adobe Illustrator.
Create a Blood Text Effect in IllustratorIn the following steps I will show you how to create a simple blood text effect.
Conceptual Illustrations by Micah LidbergMicah Lidberg, grew up in the Middle West of America,He switched to the eastern beach. As for his work – He is shaken up by nature – every bit of it.
Create the Mini Logo in IllustratorHi there. In the next tutorial you can learn to create the Mini logo. You’ll start with some basic tools and simple shapes.
50 Creative Vector Character IllustrationsCheck out these inspiring vector character illustrations! If you’re looking for ideas, you’ll love this post because it features a wide variety of vector techniques and unique styles.
Sexy Photography of Women’s Handbags and PursesThis time we specify the fashion with the handbags and purses. A Woman’s companion and a container for her accessories and many secrets.
Coloring Techniques: Toadstool IllustrationEver wondered how concept artists take a pencil sketch and quickly turn it into a digital masterpiece? Andy Quick demonstrates his techniques for rapidly creating effective concept art illustrations.
Create an iPod Nano in IllustratorHi there. In the following tutorial I will shown how to make an iPod Nano. It’s a very simple one. For the overall shapes you will only have to use the Rectangle Tool and the Ellipse Tool.
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