Published on
April 26, 2008 in
thoughts.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, artist, design, FreeHand, illustrator, Mac, opinions, Photoshop, rants, software, vector.
After an engaging exchange on Twitter with illustrators: Garth Bruner and Von “Vonster” Glitschka, who are constantly Twittering about their frustrations with being forced to switch from Freehand to Illustrator after Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia, things reached the point where all involved thought that we need a way to band together and get some feature requests implemented in the next version of Adobe Illustrator.
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Published on
September 5, 2007 in
Illustration, art, cartooning and thoughts.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, business, cartoon, cartooning, drawing, graphic design, graphics, how-to, Illustration, Mac, money, opinions, Photoshop, protect, protection, rants, sketch, tip, vector, watermark.
It’s going to happen you you eventually — a client who doesn’t pay their bill. And unless the project was for a significant amount of money, the unfortunate truth is that many times it isn’t worth the cost of suing. The legal fees can very quickly outweigh the money you’ll get, and that’s the positive side!
Because of this, I make it a standard practice to ask for a 50% deposit for all work before starting a project. But this only covers you so far. I also do not transfer any high-resolution or vector art until the final balance is paid, but sometimes this doesn’t cover your butt — for example, the client may only want to use the art on their website, or may have no clue about proper printing resolutions and will go ahead an use the low-resolution JPEG preview images you’ve been sending them.
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Published on
August 15, 2007 in
reviews, software and thoughts.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, Creative Suite, CS3, drawing, illustrator, InDesign, Mac, Mac OS X, opinions, OS X, Photoshop, review, software, tool, Wacom.
Adobe’s Creative Suite 3 arrived this morning, and was immediately installed on both my trusty G4 and the MacBook. Here are my very initial thoughts on the first run of the main software applications: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
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Published on
August 6, 2007 in
productivity, thoughts and tools.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, artist, cartoon, cartooning, drawing, Illustration, illustrator, Mac, Photoshop, process, productivity, sketch, software, technique, tip, tool, Wacom.
Still using that pencil you found in the couch and an old dictionary as a drawing board? Don’t feel like the biggest computer wiz when it comes to graphics software? There are plenty of inexpensive tools out there that will boost your productivity and enjoyment level when drawing, sketching or just doodling. And you don’t have to spend a ton of money to expand your tool kit in ways that are sure to make your life much easier, giving you more time to draw.
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