How to Create a Flag Effect with Text in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

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This tutorial covers how to create a flag effect inside Illustrator using a mix of shapes and text. One of the key things that makes this effect look cohesive is grouping the rectangle that makes the shape of the flag and the text together. Doing so applies the effect evenly to both, leading to great looking results.

A cool bonus to this workflow is that this works awesome for all sorts of different warp effects inside Illustrator. These sorts of effects are perfect for creating other looks like banners as well!

How to Brush Texture onto Type in Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

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This video goes over how to use standard brushes that are available in Photoshop to create some really amazing textures that can be used for type. I go over how to select a font that's suitable to use for this effect, how to give your text an outline to help it stay legible with the texture, and then how to use a brush to add the texture on. Once the texture is brushed on, I also show how to use levels inside of Photoshop to really create some interesting effects that will make you think about what you can do with brushes a little bit differently.

How to Create Colorful 3D Text Blends in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

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This tutorial covers how to create super colorful 3D text blends inside Adobe Illustrator. This video is building off what was learned in my previous video about blending shapes inside Illustrator, so be sure to check that out before this if you want a more basic intro.

In this video I cover not only how to make the blend effect that you see in the thumbnail, but also how to blend colors in order to create an awesome color palette to use for your design! It's a helpful different way to use blends inside Illustrator to pull even more value from the tool. :)

How to Create 3D Isometric Text Effects in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

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This tutorial covers how to create 3D isometric text effects inside Adobe Illustrator. This is done using the built in 3D tools which makes the process fairly easy! I go over the various 3D options and how to use them to achieve different styles, as well as how to use the 3D tool in a way that makes it easier to understand how your text is going to look.

Past that I go over how to expand the appearance of the 3D text you made in order to give it custom fill and stroke colors as well as play around with the shapes to change the overall appearance. Overall this process is quite fast and easy to do once you get the hang of things! Woop!

How to Blend Shapes in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

This tutorial covers how to quickly and easily blend shapes together inside Adobe Illustrator! The way I show in this video is a method that creates a live blend effect, so you can change how the blend works, or even the way the shapes look, all in real time without having to re-do any work.

How to Make Pixel Art in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

This tutorial covers how to make pixel art inside Adobe Illustrator. The cool part of making pixel art inside Illustrator is that you have an immense amount of control over each and every pixel, and you can also scale the artwork infinitely large due to it being in a vector format. While the tool wasn't designed for working in the concept of "pixels," I go over how to make a pixel grid using squares!

The video goes over how to create the pixel grid out of squares, gives some basic tips for recoloring and working with each individual pixel, and in the end I show some tips for successfully exporting the artwork to prevent some technical glitches that can occur when you turn vector artwork into a raster format. Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator for Beginners Tutorial

This tutorial covers the basics of getting started inside Adobe Illustrator! I walk through how to set up documents, how to create and modify type, how to draw basic shapes and also give them rounded corners, give a very basic overview of using the pen tool, and then finish showing the brush and blob brush tools.

I tried to have this be fairly comprehensive in order to give you all the basic skills you need to start to creating stuff inside Illustrator! With these building blocks you can start to work towards creating more advanced designs. :)

How to Create Sandblasted Distressed Text in Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to create a sandblasted text effect on your type inside Photoshop!

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This tutorial goes over how to how to create sandblasted text (or this works on other objects too!) inside Photoshop. This is done using the dissolve blending mode on the layer in combination with masks. You essentially paint on the sandblasting effect using a brush to the layer mask, and because you're using a mask, it's non-destructive and easy to change and adjust as needed. I also show how to put the finishing touches on the design using a variety of layer effects. Overall this is super fast to do and should only take you a few minutes! Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

How to Make a Retro Geometric Leaf Pattern in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create a retro inspired leaf / flower petal inspired geometric pattern. This will cover how to convert a square into an object with two rounded edges, and then how to combine those into the complete pattern. I cover 2 different potential styles for this pattern - one that looks like an artistic tile design, and one that is much more graphic in nature. Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

How to Make a Modern Geometric Pattern in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create a modern looking geometric pattern by using a triangular grid! The video covers how to make the initial triangular grid, how to combine shapes within that grid to make the pattern, and some basic strategies for how to color the pattern that you make. Some concepts covered in the video are smart guides, the pathfinder window, and using clipping masks. Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

How to Create Split Text Designs Using Different Fonts in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to create split text using different fonts in Adobe Illustrator!

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This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create a split text effect using different fonts or different weights of fonts. This video will cover a handful of different features inside Illustrator including the properties window, using pathfinders, and a handful of helpful shortcuts. While this tutorial shows how to create this effect using different font weights as opposed to totally different fonts, you can feel free to mix and match both fonts and font weights to create the exact sort of effect that you're hoping to achieve. That's all part of the fun of making things. :)

How to Make a Mid-Century Modern Pattern in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to make a mid-century modern pattern in Illustrator!

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This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create a mid-century modern pattern! The cool thing is all you need to make this pattern is a square and a circle, and from there I'll show you how to build a template for quickly making various patterns. It's actually super fun and quite calming to make new patterns once the template is in a good place. :) Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

How to Make Sticker Style 3D Typography in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to create sticker style 3D text inside Adobe Illustrator!
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This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create 3D extruded sticker style typography inside the tool that is still live and fully editable. This tutorial covers a ton of different features inside Illustrator including: adjusting the font leading, using the touch type tool, using the properties and appearance windows, creating 3D extrudes, flattening complex objects, and creating objects with multiple strokes.

Illustrator vs Photoshop - When to Use Each One

Learn about the differences between Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop!
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This video goes over when to use Adobe Illustrator vs. Photoshop. Ultimately both programs are super versatile, so it's likely that you can accomplish whatever you're up to in either program. That being said, each program also brings certain strengths and weaknesses to the table when doing design work, so it's helpful to consider those when taking on new projects.

Illustrator is a fantastic vector program and Photoshop is a fantastic raster program, and I'll walk through what that means and why you should care about it. :)

How to Create Offset Type in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to create offset text inside Adobe Illustrator :)

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This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how to create offset text inside the tool that is totally non-destructive. This means that once you set the effect, you can still go in and change the effect and what the text says whenever you want. I also go over how to make a screen print style color overlay in case that's a style that interests you.

How to Make Squeezed Type in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

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This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how you can easily create a squeezed text effect inside the tool! Illustrator is a super powerful tool for typography in general, and the built-in effects make it very easy to customize the type in a way that is non-destructive leaving your text still editable!

Creating the squeezed type effect is the result of using two different types of warp effects, so it's fast to go from the text into the effect. Also at the end I'll go over how to make the text look a little bit more handmade by using a built-in roughen filter.

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How to Bring Back Legacy Hold Shift to Scale Proportionally Behavior in Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

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TLDR - Edit > Preferences > General > Use Legacy Free Transform :)

This tutorial goes over how to bring back the legacy behavior in Photoshop where you had to hold shift to scale proportionally. For whatever reason Adobe decided to change this behavior in a somewhat recent update to the tool, and if you're a long time Photoshop user to me, it's pretty hard to break old habits which makes that change frustrating.

Luckily changing the behavior back to needing to hold shift in order to scale proportionally inside Photoshop is quite easy to do! Hope this is helpful.

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How to Create Text Out of an Image Inside Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

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This tutorial goes over how to quickly and easily make text out of images inside Adobe Photoshop! This video will cover bringing in an image and setting up the text that you want to create the effect on. From that point it will show you how to turn your text into an image that you can then manipulate using either hue/saturation or color balance to help the text stand out even more. There is also some slight info on how to add an outer glow to further help your text "pop" if the effect is desired on your particular image. I think the end result is particularly cool when used on something like a sci-fi movie poster or other projects where abstraction can have a powerful impact. Hopefully you find this Photoshop tutorial helpful!

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How to Simplify Paths by Reducing Points in Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial goes over how you can simplify the amount of points that are used in the paths for your objects & illustrations inside the program! I cover both the simple way of accomplishing this, and also more advanced options if you want even more control over how your object is simplified.

Simplifying the paths on objects is often most important when you're dealing with very complex images that can have thousands of points, which can lead to Illustrator crashing or running more slowly than is ideal. Simple is often good, but I also show what can happen if you over simplify and lose some of the fidelity of your image. Have any questions about what you've seen in the video? Feel free to leave a comment!

Learn How to Conduct UX Research Interviews Part 2 - Interviews, Analyzing Data, and Reporting

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This video is the second part of a 2 part series going over the basics of how to conduct UX research interviews! The 1st part of the series, linked above, covered determining research goals, recruiting participants, and writing an interview guide.

This part covers conducting / moderating research interviews, analyzing the data from those interviews, and reporting what you learn. Hopefully these 2 videos combined can help you get started on gathering valuable information to improve the things that you work on! Have more questions? Feel free to leave a comment and hopefully I or someone else can help you out. :)