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Doing a Spot-To-Spot Gradient (Pantones) with Overprint

Doing a Spot-To-Spot Gradient (Pantones) with Overprint

March 16, 2012

In this tutorial, I cover how to use opacity masks to successfully make a spot color to spot color blend without that nasty looking grey problem in the center. This tutorial also covers a little bit of printing process terms, and helpful hints.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 7

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 7

February 24, 2012

This is the seventh and final part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are Carbon Figures and Fat Quotient from my third album, Approach The Infinite.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 6

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 6

February 24, 2012

This is the sixth part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are All Things Impermanent and Fringe from my third album, Approach The Infinite.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 4

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 4

February 24, 2012

This is the fourth part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are Level and Carnivale from my second album, Heavy Rotation.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 3

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 3

February 24, 2012

This is the third part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are You Said and Strobe Minor from my second album, Heavy Rotation.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 2

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 2

February 24, 2012

This is the second part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are Woven Timeless, Mother, Mary and You Said from my second album, Heavy Rotation.

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 1

Let’s Make Art - Fh_Hyperbole Font, Part 1

February 24, 2012

This is the first part of this Let's Make Art episode, covering the creation of the Fh_Hyperbole font from start to finish. Since there's like 30 hours of material here, this is once again sped up to 8x speed to show the process. If you have any questions about anything I'm doing, just ask and mention the time, and I may even turn it into its own tutorial. The songs under this footage are Demographic and Medium from my second album, Heavy Rotation.

Making Custom Brushes In Illustrator For Fonts and Illustration

Making Custom Brushes In Illustrator For Fonts and Illustration

February 24, 2012

In this tutorial, I cover how to create your own custom brushes in Illustrator that have better features than the custom brush settings allow in the brushes palette. I also cover how to create a looping brush for paths that are continuous, like a circle.

A Quick Overview of the Transform Palette, and How It Can Help With Type Adjustments

A Quick Overview of the Transform Palette, and How It Can Help With Type Adjustments

July 30, 2011

In this tutorial (discussion?) I go over how to use the transform palette for adjusting points in type so that they are mathematically correct, as opposed to simple relying on the align palette. While it may seem tedious to do everything this way, which I agree it would be, it can be very helpful to be familiar with the transform palette in certain cases.

Efficient Use Of Warp Effects In Illustrator

Efficient Use Of Warp Effects In Illustrator

July 24, 2011

In this tutorial I cover a quick way to hide the overlaying points when working with warp effects to make modifying your logos and illustrations super easy, and keep the clutter away while you work.