surface design, the crafted object, tutorials
Well OK OK OK, Gestalt NEARLY rhymes with Salt, but it depends a bit on where you live in the world and who taught you about it. Anyway the question really is, what IS Gestalt and why is it important to design? Gestalt theory came about in the 1920s when a group of...
surface design, tutorials
Repeating Patterns : tutorial by Sew Heidi Repeating patterns in Illustrator used to be a very manual process and more than a little bit frustrating. With the introduction of the Pattern Making Tool in CS6 (if you’re in CS5 or earlier, you won’t have access to this...
small biz, surface design, tutorials
Designing repeats for surface patterns: Hi there! And welcome to part 3 in this series on getting started in surface design (find part 1 here – it’s all the basics of editing your images ready for uploading, and part 2 here – it’s all about how...
small biz, the crafted object, tutorials
Monday Mini Makeovers {part 6} Welcome to Part SIX of Monday Mini Makeovers! That means we’ve covered quite a few shops, and helped them with a lot of business presentation issues, ESPECIALLY the visual. So if you don’t find the information...