How to Create Vintage Vector Light Rays in Illustrator
With this tutorial you will be guided step by step through the process of creating unique vector light rays in Illustrator. This vintage style effect is perfect for embellishing and adding visual impact to typography. We will creating the light rays first, and then inte...Read more
Quick Tip: How to Create Halftone Grunge Textures in Photoshop
Halftone textures can add an interesting vintage effect to your designs. Halftones use a series of solid colored dots or lines to create a tone or gradient. The use of solid colors in halftones make them great for screen printing, or to simulate the look of screen print...Read more
How to Create a Hand Drawn Fox Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a hand drawn illustration of this adorable fox. You will need some basic drawing skills and most of all a good mood....Read more
10 Typography Tools from the Past You Still Use Today
Typography can easily make or break your web page, blog, business or application that you've just developed. The use of right fonts in accordance to the overall style and flow of a design is so crucial, that people will simply leave a page they've entered - if it proves...Read more
How to Create Custom Letterforms in Illustrator
Creating custom letterforms is a useful skill for any designer to have. Whether you’re planning to create your own font or working on a logo or typography project. Not only is it good fun, it ensures that you are producing something completely unique....Read more
Designer Showcase: Shane Clester
The mark of a true artist or a designer is when that person always has a writing utensil in hand, whether it's a stylus, pencil, pen, paint brush, or crayon. The ideas of an artist are so plentiful that one can find themselves going through withdraw if there's too big o...Read more
Create an Easy Worn Press Text Effect in Photoshop
Lately I've seen a lot of lettering artists use a technique to give their artwork an old printed or worn out look. In the tutorial below, I'll walk you through a process that I've used to achieve such a look. It's pretty easy to do, and you can vary it to customize your...Read more
Quick Tip: How to Work With Vector Icons in GIMP
Here at Medialoot we strive to save time for designers, developers and entrepreneurs. But we also understand that not everyone is using Adobe, so we also want to help you save money. In this tutorial, I'll walk you through how to work with our Vector Icons in GIMP, a fr...Read more