Archive for the 'Art and Design' Category
Drawing Basics - Putting the shapes together
Yazan: yahshar | 14 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Art and Design
In this second installment of the drawing tutorial series, I show you how to take the shapes from the last video and create meaningful images with them. Once you get these first steps mastered you’ll be able to draw just about anything you want. So lets get to it!
If you’d like to see a drawing [...]
Drawing Basics - Learn 4 Pillar Shapes
Yazan: yahshar | 12 May 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Art and Design
You can find lots of How To drawing tutorials Online, but aside from being wowed and inspired, you are left with very little instructional guidance.
This leads me to the question, are these videos truly tutorials? Many of them are usually set at high speeds, to accommodate time limits. And the only audio is music playing. [...]
Quick and Easy E-Book cover in Expression
Yazan: yahshar | 24 March 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Art and Design, Reviews
If you’ve been surfing the web for any length of time, no doubt you’ve come across a e-book. Back when I was a 9-to-5er I was sent to a book publishers convention where one of the workshops was introducing the idea of e-books to the attendees. Now mind you, this was 1999 and there where [...]
6 Answers to Designing on a Shoestring
Yazan: yahshar | 17 March 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Art and Design, General
If you ever wondered how you could get something design related done as inexpensively as possible, maybe one of these tips is the answer to your prayers.
Let me remind you that cheap or free is not always the best way to go. You are either going to spend your money or your time getting things [...]
Basic Drawing For Design
Yazan: yahshar | 20 February 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Art and Design
Hey everybody, here’s another video how-to.
Many non-designers assume that you have to really know how to draw to design good business cards, brochures or newsletters, and that’s not the case at all. When I got my first paying gig as a production artist I became frustrated over time because I didn’t get to draw anything. [...]
