Feb 06
SVG stroke made from beads
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 06/02/2017
A cool pen made by Yoksel on Codepen: create SVG strokes made from beads.
Jan 09
Powers of Ten
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 09/01/2017
Watch Charles & Ray Eames’ Powers of Ten, the 1977 Film That Put the Scale of the Universe into Brilliant Perspective.
Nov 11
Decorative Stitch Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 11/11/2016
For a client project, i created decorative borders in Illustrator. When this project was done, i decided to create a new collection of these decorative brushes for use on any vector element.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a shiny and decorative look and feel. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a shiny and decorative look and feel. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations.
Sep 14
Tutorial: How to Make Seamless Pattern Repeats in Adobe Illustrator
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 14/09/2016
Ever wondered how to create seamless patterns in Illustrator? This short video gives you short instructions on how to accomplish this.
Video is by TheVectorLab
Sep 08
Drawing a map in Illustrator
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 08/09/2016
I'm currently in the drawing process of a map in Illustrator. In fact, it's a series of maps. The maps need to be in good print quality and also available online in a pdf.
I searched for a good solution to cover both needs. Obviously, you go to Google Maps and take a screenshot of your map and location but this results in poor quality as the screenshot has a low resolution. I found some work arounds - i tried "my maps on Google" but the quality for print is not what i was looking for, it was poor quality and poor adjustment options.
So i decided to draw them myself in Adobe Illustrator with the Google Map as a template layer as a starting point.
I found some good, short video tutorials on how to create roads, rivers and labels in your maps:
Aug 30
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 30/08/2016
With a brand new school year starting within a few days, i watched again this brilliant talk by Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Aug 15
How to use graphic design
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 15/08/2016
Talks at Google: Michael Bierut about graphic design.
May 25
Understanding vector graphics
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 25/05/2016
Short and comprehensive tutorial on vector graphics versus bitmap
May 18
The new Instagram logo
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 18/05/2016
Designer Tobias van Schneider gives his thoughts after many people ventilated their opinion on Twitter on the new icon and Instagram design refinements.
This is a quick video about this. Sums up my idea about it.
Apr 28
Bister Brushes
Posted by Benedikte Vanderweeën on 28/04/2016
I was experimenting with scanned drawings in Illustrator, and this resulted in a new collection brushes I created.
These can be used to add some bister borders to illustrations.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a bister, brown ink look. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations. This is a set Bister Brushes and all illustrations come with the brushes applied.
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