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Captain Jack Sparrow Sketch By Jayesh Yewale

Captain Jack Sparrow Sketch By " Jayesh Yewale "   __________________________________________________________     __________________________________________________________   __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

My Pencil Sketches

My Pencil Sketches

25 Amazing Photographer Portfolio Websites

Portfolio sites are often excellent sources of design inspiration. With photography portfolios the primary focus is of course the photography itself, so the design is often minimal to allow the photos to have the attention of visitors. In this post we’ll showcase 25 photography portfolios that show how design and photography can work together to create a beautiful portfolio site. You may also be interested in these posts from our archives: 25 of the Best Photographer Portfolio Websites 25 of the Best Photographer Portfolio Websites – Part II 25 of the Best Photography Portfolio Sites – Part III Glitz Photography Kiran Owal Ben Thompson Photography Gavin Gough Kevin Murray Golf Photography Twin Photographie Jochem Gugelot Brandon Taelor Aviram Jewell & Ginnie Arbutus Photography Nicole Fields Photography Brent Stirton Fredrik Clement Joey L. Lara Jade Micah Albert Mitchell Kanashkevich Sarah & Simon Wedding Photography Andrea Smith Photography Tricia Harrison Ph...

How to Create a Set of Marker Brushes for Illustrator

Today we’ll be going through the process of creating a set of Adobe Illustrator brushes that will allow you to easily duplicate the look of a marker stroke. We recently released a set of marker brushes for Vandelay Premier members, and in this tutorial we’ll show how you can create your own. What you’ll need: A piece of thick white paper or photo paper A dark marker A scanner Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator We’ll be making these Illustrator brushes by creating some strokes with the marker on paper. Then we will scan them and do some basic editing in Photoshop before moving to Illustrator to vectorize the image and create the brushes. At the end we’ll show how to compile the brushes and save them as a set that can be easily distributed or stored for your own use at a later time. Step 1: Creating the Strokes I’ll be using a dark blue Sharpie chisel tip marker that you can purchase just about anywhere that sells office supplies or art suppli...