This article will present you an overview of how the design process flows inside the apparel industry — in particular, a shirt firm. Afterwards, we will break it down into pieces, digging deeper into each part of the process. Like any other design/creative field, apparel design follows the basic methods, processes, and techniques. However, I want to emphasize some important things to be considered when designing “in-house” in the apparel industry.
There’s something about using vintage elements that give a design a refreshing appearance. Applied in business cards, it can give the card a distinct and memorable look. For your inspiration, here is a showcase of well-designed business cards that use a vintage theme.
With this guide, we are going to examine ways to prepare files for print, covering applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. The examples used are for InDesign, but can apply to Photoshop and Illustrator. This is a basic guide aimed to help people just starting out in the print design business or are looking to learn more about preparing files better to send to press.
In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to combine drawing skills, typography and the use of Photoshop to create a desktop wallpaper. We’ll cover how to set up your document for screen, how you get your pencil drawings into Photoshop, how to add some colour into the pencil drawing, and finishing it off to create the illustration.
Here is an assortment of cardboard textures that you can freely download and use in your projects. Each image has a dimension of 1944×2896px. Using the cardboard textures is permitted on commercial and personal projects with no limitations. The only thing you can’t do is redistribute the files and the texture pack without prior consent from Design Instruct.
The nature of commercial art (i.e. graphic design, illustration, photography) is that it is artwork that you get paid to make. However, beyond the work you do for clients, you’re also able to sell your work on your own. A great way to do that is to have an online store. Support your fellow artists and designers by visiting and supporting their stores. It’s a great way to find inspiration and maybe even a great poster for that empty wall in your office.
Placing your portfolio on the Web gives you an additional venue to feature your work and gain more clients. In addition, in this day and age, clients expect you to have some form of web presence. For your inspiration, here is a visual showcase of some eye-catching web portfolios of creatives in various industries. This showcase follows up on Matthew Heidenreich’s tutorial on creating a portfolio web layout in Photoshop.
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