Create a smooth, ribbon‑like 3D letterform in Adobe Illustrator, with sexy curves and a contoured metallic sheen. Sounds easy, right? There are several ways to achieve the effect, but we’ll focus on the method that I feel is the simplest, most flexible, and easiest to adjust.
Read MoreThe perspective grid is one of the more obtuse and finicky tools in Illustrator—it’s imprecise, buggy, and asks a lot of the user. Let’s take it for a spin!
Read MoreAdobe Illustrator is almost never the last step in a 3D project, but it can certainly be the first. Its new 3D tools have been redesigned to focus on simplicity and quality (and slowness 🥴) and allow designers to dip their toes into the realm of 3D compositions.
Read MoreLovecraft lore is amazing. It’s vast, dense, and varied enough to offer plenty of opportunities to grow a brand. This is a small personal project based on a design brief to create packaging for a fictional brand of coffee. Let’s get Lovecrafty!
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