By Steve Bain
When approaching virtually any Web, graphic, or layout design project, there’s a common workflow you can use that will progressively and successfully steer you from the idea or concept stage through to delivering the final product. Design workflow is a relatively logical process which...
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on 01-05-2009
Filed under: printing, design, illustration, Layout Strategies, Workflow, Creative process, Design planning, Distribution, Content planning, Promotion, Audience research
By Steve Bain
In part 1 of this 2-part tutorial, we learned how to create the illusion of chiseled effects in CorelDRAW using very basic shapes. Now we’ll explore how to work with more complex shapes. We’ll also reveal how to add realistic color schemes to simulate various lighting levels...
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on 12-28-2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools, 3D lighting
Chiseled graphics emulate the look of 3D shapes. In this tutorial, you learn a technique to create graphics that appear either raised or recessed. Your success will depend on your object's shape, your skill at node editing and path commands, and your imagination.
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on 12-20-2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, design, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Chisel shapes, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools
By Steve Bain
If you’ve found yourself wishing that you knew how to create those cool, glass-like transparent buttons popular in certain interface designs, your wish is granted. I’m talking about those pill-shaped buttons that appear to be made from colored glass or see-though plastic. In...
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on 11-29-2008
Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, buttons, Advanced, Glassy effects, Special Effects, Tips, Transparent buttons
By Steve Bain
In these three mini tutorials, we’ll explore three basic types of transparent highlights you can quickly add to graphic scenes to simulate reflected light: The window reflection, the sunlight glare, and the star highlight. To demonstrate I’m using CorelDRAW 11, but these techniques...
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on 11-28-2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Transparency, Star highlight, Sunlight glare, Window reflection, Highlighting, Transparent highlights