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Join the Haiti Poster Project
News: Written on February 5, 2010
This collaboration of artists and designers from around the world will benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Please donate your work before March 15, 2010.
New Wireless Wacom Tablet
News: Written on February 2, 2010
The $399 ambidextrous Intuos4 Wireless pen tablet by Wacom uses Bluetooth connectivity to deliver the flexibility of a wireless work environment.
Create All Kinds of Maps and Plans with Ortelius
News: Written on January 25, 2010
Ortelius is a Mac-only vector-based map illustration tool. The new version 1.0.5 is a free update for existing users.
Recreate a Beatles Rock Band Ad in Illustrator
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on January 25, 2010
Promotional materials for the Beatles Rock Band game make heavy use of gradient shapes. Here's how to reproduce the look in Adobe Illustrator.
Flickr Friday: January 22, 2010
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 22, 2010
This delicate drawing was created for an international exchange of Moleskine notebooks.
Stop-Motion Animation for Book Lovers
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 18, 2010
The New Zealand Book Council desecrates a book, but the results are so memorably beautiful that the end justifies the means.
Free Mac App Taps Into Adobe's Kuler
News: Written on January 14, 2010
Mondrianum is a Mac-only plug-in that enables apps to leverage the color themes of the kuler community.
New Book on Logo Design
News: Written on January 13, 2010
"Logolounge Master Library, Volume 1" is the first in a series. Book 1 is all about initials and crests: It includes more than 3,000 examples!
New Epson Papers for Photographers and Artists
News: Written on January 13, 2010
Epson's new Hot Press and Cold Press Fine Art papers are now available. These new papers join the Exhibition Fiber Paper in Epson’s line of available Signature Worthy papers for professional photographers and fine artists.
Illustrator CS3 and CS4 Users, Protect Yourself!
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 12, 2010
In its Security Bulletin APSB10-01, Adobe lays out recently identified vulnerabilities in Illustrator CS4 (version 14.0.0) and Adobe Illustrator CS3 (versions 13.0.3 and earlier) and provides free, downloadable security updates.
Corel Updates Painter 11
News: Written on January 7, 2010
The free update delivers on key requests from the Painter community, including improvements to transformations, color management, copy/paste, performance, and auto-painting.
Protect Your Wacom Tablet
News: Written on January 5, 2010
New sleeves from be.ez fit Wacom's Intuos4 and Bamboo tablets.
Browse Vintage Ads Online for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 5, 2010
The Vintage Ad Browser is a Web site with more than 120,000 ads organized into 53 categories.
Enter HOW's Promotion Design Awards
News: Written on January 3, 2010
Your work could be on the pages of HOW magazine! Winners also get a free trip to the 2011 HOW Design Conference. Mail your entries by March 5, 2010, to avoid late fees.
New Source of Poster Inspiration
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 29, 2009
The Web site called "typo/graphic posters" includes hundreds of poster examples to study.
See 50 Corporate Logos Evolve
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 22, 2009
In this examination of logos from global companies, you'll read about their history and see their logos change with the times.
Artrage Studio & Artrage Studio Pro Released
News: Written on December 18, 2009
New digital painting products provide comprehensive tools for the skilled hobbyist and professional artist.
Hidden Type Treasures
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 17, 2009
Typefaces from Hoefler & Frere-Jones and other foundries hols glyphs that you can use like illustrations in miniature.
Create InDesign Effects that Wow!
How-Tos: Written by David Blatner Diane Burns Mike McHugh Mike Rankin Rufus Deuchler Ted LoCascio on December 17, 2009
These quick tutorials will add seven tricks to your toolbox: everything from a ripped-paper look to the reflection effect so popular right now. And you can do them all in InDesign, not Photoshop or Illustrator!
These Prints Are Great Gifts for Geeks or Designers
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 7, 2009
Even people who don't care about astronomy will enjoy these stellar examples of graphic design.