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A collection of tutorials to help learn what constitutes good graphic design

Working With Pattern Swatches In Adobe Illustrator

Rachel Humbrecht
By Rachel Humbrecht

Graphic Design Tutorials

Through all my years of playing around with Adobe Illustrator, I think one of the coolest features I’ve found to date is the pattern swatches. Everyone knows about the basic color swatch palette and the color mixer that allows you to create any color you want on the hexadecimal spectrum. What many people may not […]

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The Grand (Color) Scheme of Things

Rachel Humbrecht
By Rachel Humbrecht

Graphic Design Tutorials

There are many elements that make up a successful design, but the one that stands out as the most important is a good, solid color scheme. You can have a beautiful crisp design that looks great in its black & white wire frame form, but if your color scheme is weak it could ruin the […]

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Illustrator Tutorials That Go Beyond Themselves

Rachel Humbrecht
By Rachel Humbrecht

Graphic Design Tutorials

As a graphic designer, Adobe Illustrator has become the most frequently used program on my laptop next to Google Chrome (because it’s perfectly normal to spend the majority of your day on the internet, right?). Despite this, I must admit that Ai and I didn’t always get along; we started out as mortal enemies, so […]

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