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The Artwork of Sean Kane
Sean Kane tells us how he incorporates VectorScribe into his workflow to achieve some great designs. Explore one of the many possibilities that come from combining Astute Graphics’ plug-ins with...
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9 Ways to Minimize File Size in Adobe Illustrator
Large files can significantly slow down your workflow. Editing, zooming of the screen and just saving the file may take several minutes. In addition large file sizes are often the reason of application...
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Carlos Garro and Astute Graphics: Taking Adobe Illustrator to new heights
When a creative mind gets hold of blue-ribbon technology, there’s no predicting the result, but you can bet it won’t be ordinary. In creating “Stylism“, Carlos Garro, an artist and graphic designer,...
View ArticlePop-up Webinar Recording’s – July 3 and 9 – Working with Shapes and Slicing...
Astute Graphics’ latest two Pop-up Webinar’s are now available on our YouTube channel. On July 3 our in-house Trainer and Graphic Scientist, Sebastian Bleak, demonstrated how you can use live shapes...
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NSL: Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 – Live Shapes
For the third NSL (Never Stop Learning) feature on our blog Sebastian Bleak looks at ‘Live Shapes’ in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014. Discover the cool new tools; the Rectangle Tool and Rounded Rectangle...
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Featured Artist: John Harman #AGjune2014 Winner!
Astute Graphics’ Twitter competition #AGjune2014 is the first in a monthly competition that allows designers to really show off what they are currently creating while using our plug-ins. The winner of...
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Featured Artist: Rob Holmes #AGjuly2014 Winner
Last month we saw our first ever Twitter competition winner, John Harman, receive a one-off t-shirt printed with his winning entry. This month, we’ve welcomed many more entries and can congratulate Rob...
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New Unified Installer
It is with great pleasure that we can announce the arrival of our new Unified Installer. We all know the task of installing, upgrading and uninstalling can be a long laborious process, especially with...
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Featured Artist: Eduardo Martinez #AGaugust2014 Winner
Our Twitter competition is gathering momentum nicely! This month’s winner is Eduardo Martinez. As the winner of #AGaugust2014, Eduardo has won a unique mug with his awesome design on, printed and...
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Smart Remove Brush in VectorScribe2
From now on users of the new version of the VectorScribe v2 have the opportunity to apply the Smart Remove Point feature in a more simple and intuitive manner using Smart Remove Brush Tool. This also...
View ArticlePop-up Webinar Recording: How to create a Denim Texture
As anticipated, our first 2 part Pop-Up Webinar on How to Create a Denim Texture in Adobe Illustrator was incredibly popular. The inspiration for this Webinar came from one of our most successful...
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How to Create Business Card with Spiral Elements
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a business card, which has a spiral pattern. Trajectory of these elements can be easily managed using the Extend Path Tool (VectorScribe plug-in). After...
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Hipster Logo with Astute Graphics
Today we will learn how to create dynamic Hipster logo using VectorScribe, InkScribe, Rasterino and Symbols. Using this knowledge, you can easily create a collection of logos using only one template....
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Long Shadow Effect with Snap to Collisions Tool and Extend Path Tool
In this tutorial we will cover a technique for creating a Long Shadow effect using the ColliderScribe and VectorScribe plug-ins, which will allow us to make it easy and quickly. Long Shadow is a...
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Featured Artist: Josh Cleland #AGnovember2014 Winner
Last month’s Twitter competition winner is Josh Cleland, as the winner of #AGnovember2014 Josh has won a premium poster with his wonderful winter scene design on. Keep reading to see how Josh used our...
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Catch Up If You Missed It! Adobe Connect UG ‘The Magic of Wacom Tablets’
In case you didn’t manage to catch it yesterday, Sally Cox hosted a user group from San Jose via Adobe Connect, featuring Carlos Garro on Adobe Illustrator, Sebastian Bleak on Astute Graphics in...
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Featured Artist: Doc Reed #AGjanuary2015 Winner
January’s Astute Graphics Twitter competition winner was Doc Reed, as the winner of #AGjanuary2015 Doc has won his design on a mug so he can think of us every time he hits the caffeine! Doc is a...
View ArticleHow to use Wacom Intuos and Cintiq with Adobe Illustrator
Last month our very own Sebastian Bleak joined fellow Wacom and Photoshop experts Carlos Garro and Jesus Ramirez in a special online meeting organised by amazing Sally Cox of The Creative Cloud User...
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Featured Artist – David Figueiras shows how his Illustrator Workflow has...
Here at Astute Graphics we’re always on the look our for amazing artwork being produced using our plug-ins. David Figueiras from The Toon Planet showed us one of his pieces using DynamicSketch and...
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Featured Artist: Zsolt Már #AGmarch2015 Winner
March’s Astute Graphics Twitter competition winner is Zsolt Már, as the winner of #AGmarch2015 Zsolt won his design on a mouse mat! Zsolt used Stylism and VectorScribe to create his winning piece and...
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