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Indie Vector Graphics App DrawIt – Free ‘Lite’ Version Now Available

Published on February 18, 2008 in software. 0 Comments Tags: free, graphic design, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, shareware, software, vector.

Vector graphics software application DrawIt is one of many recent entries into the indie Mac developer vector graphics software field, including LineForm DrawBerry, VectorDesigner, and EazyDraw among others. Not only has the full version been updated to version 3.3.1, but a 1.0 release of the new — and free — lite version of DrawIt is now available as well.

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Essential Adobe Illustrator Plug-in: Select Menu

Published on January 13, 2008 in productivity, software and tools. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, CS3, free, freeware, illustrator, Mac, plugin, productivity, software, tool, vector.

A plugin that I always forget to tout, since the functionality it provides seems so intrinsic to Illustrator once it’s installed, I forget it’s a third-party enhancement.

Select Menu for Adobe Illustrator (Mac and Windows, free) from Graffix Software is available for every version of Illustrator from 8 on up to CS3. It adds additional selectable items under the Select -> Objects menu.

This plugin really comes in handy at the production stage of prepping your art, allowing you to find all sorts of items that you need to preflight. It especially comes in handy after flattening transparency, such as when you export art to an older version of Illustrator. I find lots of klunky and open paths all over the place after flattening transparency, and I couldn’t imagine how much of a pain in the neck it would be to clean up art without Select Menu.

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Monster Initial Sticker Name Generator

Published on October 21, 2007 in art. 0 Comments Tags: art, cartoon, cartooning, creature, free, fun, Halloween, monster, trading cards.

Monster intitial sticker name image - George
A cool online image generator at I-Mockery.com that will create your name out of 1974 Topps Monster Initial Stickers letter art.

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Color Blindness Software Tools for Artists

Published on October 12, 2007 in software and tools. 1 Comment Tags: art, artist, calibration, CMYK, color, color theory, design, free, freeware, graphic design, graphics, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, resources, software, tool, web, web design.

Color blindness screenshot Just stumbled across these handy Mac OS X software applications to help designers and artists simulate the effects of color blindness on-screen: Sim Daltonism and Color Oracle.

Sim Daltonism works as a floating palette which converts an area under your mouse cursor to the selected type of color blindness — it works similar to the Apple Digital Color Meter sampling utility. There are 8 different types of color blindness to test. Color Oracle works as a menubar item which converts the entire monitor to the selected mode of color blindness, but only offers the three most common forms.

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Podcast review: The Illustrative Designer

Published on September 6, 2007 in Illustration, art, cartooning and reviews. 0 Comments Tags: art, artist, cartoon, cartooning, cartoonist, creativity, design, drawing, free, graphic design, graphics, Illustration, illustrator, podcast, review, web links.

Illustrator extraordinaire Von Glitschka has a very cool podcast out that I just started listening to, The Illustrative Designer podcast. Each podcast is basically an interview by “the Vonster” (as he calls himself) with a chosen professional illustrator, cartoonist or designer. The most recent illustrator interview was with (the unimaginably prolific) cartoon illustrator & designer Bob Staake.

The “illustrative designer” moniker comes from Von’s idea that when asked to describe his work, he says he’s not a graphic designer that can draw, but rather an illustrator who can design. Hence, “illustrative designer”.

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