Nov 22
Inspiring talk by Tina Eisenberg aka Swissmiss
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 22/11/2017
This year at the Adobe MAX conference, Tina Eisenberg aka Swissmiss gave this inspiring talk:
Category: Graphic Design
Jan 09
Powers of Ten
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 09/01/2017
Watch Charles & Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten, the 1977 Film That Put the Scale of the Universe into Brilliant Perspective.
Nov 11
Decorative Stitch Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 11/11/2016
For a client project, i created decorative borders in Illustrator. When this project was done, i decided to create a new collection of these decorative brushes for use on any vector element.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a shiny and decorative look and feel. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a shiny and decorative look and feel. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations.
Aug 15
How to use graphic design
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 15/08/2016
Talks at Google: Michael Bierut about graphic design.
May 18
The new Instagram logo
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 18/05/2016
Designer Tobias van Schneider gives his thoughts after many people ventilated their opinion on Twitter on the new icon and Instagram design refinements.
This is a quick video about this. Sums up my idea about it.
Apr 28
Bister Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 28/04/2016
I was experimenting with scanned drawings in Illustrator, and this resulted in a new collection brushes I created.
These can be used to add some bister borders to illustrations.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a bister, brown ink look. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations. This is a set Bister Brushes and all illustrations come with the brushes applied.
Mar 30
18 Scatter Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 30/03/2015
I was experimenting with scanned scribbles in Illustrator, and this resulted in a new collection brushes, this time these are scatter brushes.
These can be used to add some texture in a flat background, like a sky or a sea.
The brushes are made for illustration work, they have a pencil, handmade feeling. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations. In the set are 18 vector Scatter Brushes and 5 illustrations in PNG with the brushes applied.
Feb 10
Handdrawn Ink Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 10/02/2015
For some time now, I have been working on brushes to give a handdrawn pencil effect on vector drawn illustrations. I have created a bunch of brushes in Illustrator.
In case you are looking for a handdrawn, ink brush, check out the brushes i created.
Feb 08
Wasco Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 08/02/2015
I have been working on Wasco brushes to have an effect on vector drawn illustrations. I have created some wasco brushes in Illustrator. These brushes are meant to have a handdrawn look and feel on your illustrations.
May 14
The history of Adobe Illustrator
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 14/05/2014
Back in time: the first time i created a logo (sort of) on a Mac with Adobe Illustrator was late in the nineties in a friend's studio. It was my first experience with Illustrator and since then it has captured me till today in my daily work. My friend had her own studio at that time and I was eager to learn how she made all these beautiful stuff so i asked her to introduce me to the basics of drawing on a computer.
It took me some time to learn these drawing skills and i am still finding new ways to accomplish certain drawing tasks but it quickly became a tool that i use on a daily basis. In that period of time, i used Freehand and learned most of vector drawing in that tool, later on i switched to Illustrator. I was watching these wonderful short movieclips about the history of Illustrator and want to share them with you - i particularly like the story about the logo and the Botticelli "The Birth of Venus" painting in the Chapter 2.
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