Design Talk: Single Patterns vs Pattern Collections
Disclaimer: This design talk series on my blog is ment to be a discussion. All things in this blog post are my opinions, however, I would love to hear what you think in the comments. Almost every surface pattern designer has
Making a Popsicle in Adobe Illustrator: Part 2
This tutorial is a continuation of my previous tutorial. If you want to learn how to draw the dripping popsicle in Adobe Illustrator click here. This tutorial is going to talk about how to color in your popsicle and create
Making a Popsicle in Adobe Illustrator: Part 1
I want to do more tutorials teaching you to make specific objects so in this tutorial I am going to teach you how to make a simple flat design popsicle. This tutorial is going to be split into three parts.
How to Get Stamp-Like Edges on Your Stamp Designs
The blog is offically back and I thought for my first post I would go back to the basics and do a tutorial for you. If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed one of my recent patterns
My Worst Pattern Designs
I was going through my old designs and I found some designs that I don't think I have ever shown online before because they are some of my least favorite designs. One of these designs is my very first design
How to Make a Simple Snowflake Pattern in Adobe Illustrator
Winter is almost approaching so I thought I would show you how to make a simple festive snowflake pattern. This pattern utilizes Illustrators pattern tool so you don't have to know a lot of the technical stuff to make this
How to Create Rosy Cheeks in Adobe Illustrator
In a lot of designs, you will often see what I consider to be flat design rosy cheeks where the rosy cheeks are drawn on top of the face. There is really no blending in these types of cheeks and
How I made my first $15.40 on Creative Market
When I decided to sell my designs on Creative Market, I would often read about success stories online and while those success stories are really encouraging, they don't always represent reality. I have been on Creative Market for a while
Adding Textures in Adobe Illustrator (Part 2)
I have done texture tutorials before, but they mainly dealt with adding textures to patterns or making your own textures. This tutorial is going to mainly focus on adding textures to elements of your designs instead of adding whole pattern
Design Talk: Responding to Criticism
As a designer, criticism is an inevitable nuisance. I remember on my first blog I received a comment about one of my tutorials. At the time I didn't get a lot of comments on my blog so any comment was
