ARTDiCTiVE HABiTS

Illustrator: The wizard’s hat | Tutorial

Just in time for the bewitching month, learn how to create a very cool
wizards hat icon using Adobe Illustrator! Another great tutorial sent in by IconShock

Artist at Work Pencils Hat by Lorilei

Maybe if we wore this hat whilst working, we wouldn’t get interrupted? Would make a great gift for the artist in your life (or yourself!)

Having read Why Every Artist Needs a Blog on Art Print Issues, you are ready to take the plunge into the blogoshpere. But, you are concerned you won't know what to write.

If you think people don’t want to know what you had for lunch, you’re correct and win a gold star. Here then are 52 suggested blog topics designed to get you through your first year without ever mentioning peanut butter and jelly. Several topics could easily be multi-part posts:

via A Year of Blog Topics for Artists – No Reason to Hold Back Now – Art Print Issues by Barney Davey.

Good project!

came across this tonight whilst browsing thru various sites.

IllustrationWeb.com

We’re here to help you find the perfect illustrator for the job you are working on.

How? Well, we’ve been busy locating the best talent from all over the World. We’ve been discovering hot talent since 1929 so we know where to look and how to stay on top of trends

via Illustrators, Representatives, Graphic Illustration Agents, Illustration Advertising Agency, Illustrators Artists – illustrationweb.com.

Only just minutes ago i’ve come across another site for us Artdictives can sell our designs – this place, Inkd – a Marketplace for Print,  is attractive for graphic designers who design templates using Illustrator and/or InDesign and create paper products like Business Cards, Brochures, Postcards, Flyers, Invitations and more. You can earn at least a 20% commission when your designs sell on Inkd.

visit Inkd to get all the info

I like and find it important to read books to keep me motivated, teach me and inspire me with my dreams and goals, especially when working for youself and doing it alone. Today I came across this link via the CrowdSpring blog – which i am going to add to my wishlist of books i’d like to read..

Delivering Happiness is an outstanding book for anyone who wants to better understand the turbulence of a startup and the effort and personal sacrifice needed to succeed.

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I am currently catching up to my external studies, Diploma in Commercial Arts (Graphic Design) at CATC. Am currently 3/4 thru my second assignment, and peeked at the next section which is Produce Electronic Design (Fundamentals).

The initial three books i need to buy are:

• Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book
• Adobe Illustrator CS4 Classroom in a Book
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book

All the books above have a DVD/CD

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15 Graphic Design Podcasts you should check out
List of 15 design-related podcasts categorized by freelancing, graphic design, web design, tutorials and more.

read up more and get the podcast at the Design Cubicle

An quick way of folding t-shirts.