Published on
September 9, 2007 in
Illustration, art, cartooning and updates.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, cartoon, cartooning, drawing, fun, graphics, Halloween, Illustration, illustrator, licensing, monster, pumpkin, skeleton, sketch, skull, stock illustration, vector.
Just posted this funky cartoon skull illustration to my iStockPhoto illustrator account. I was trying to get a good chunk of Halloween imagery uploaded for the upcoming holiday, but with other work projects I just have not had the time to get much done, and it’s getting pretty close to printing deadlines for October/Halloween this year.
Regardless, I have always loved drawing skeletons, and anything Halloween related - monsters, zombies, The Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula - you name it.
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Published on
September 7, 2007 in
Illustration, tools and updates.
Tags: Adobe, Apple, art, CMYK, color, color theory, design, gadgets, graphic design, graphics, Mac, Pantone, print, printing, software, tool.
Pantone just released a brand new color matching system, touted as a “complement” to the PMS system they’ve used for 45 years. Once Adobe gives it the OK, PMS colors will be out the window. This has been in the works for about 4 years, so it predates the X-Rite buyout.
Supposedly the new numbering system is much more logical and expandable. It even comes with it’s own software now — even those who just opt for the standard fan books. Adobe hasn’t yet embraced the new system, but I can’t see why that won’t happen eventually.
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Published on
September 6, 2007 in
Illustration, art, cartooning and reviews.
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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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 26, 2007 in
art and tools.
Tags: Apple, art, artist, calibration, CMYK, color, design, graphic design, graphics, Mac, Pantone, printing, RGB, software, tool, web links.
Color matching wizards Pantone have been bought out by color management gizmo maker X-Rite (yeah, I never heard of them either). Seems they have been collaborating for some time now, with the Pantone Huey being one of their joint efforts. The Huey is a pretty cool, essential and affordable tool, so perhaps this is a good sign of things to come (see my review of the Pantone Huey monitor calibration tool).
Pantone swatch books are essential tools for any artist/designer working with color, but it’s good to see that the hardware side will no doubt be more aggressively pursued by this merger, since the new owners are hardware based. Such a huge part of the work of many artists and designers create these days is done on the computer monitor, and proper calibration for predictable print output is essential.
via Daring Fireball
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