Illustrator Tackle Twill

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I’m sure you’ve seen tackle twill on a hoodie before. It’s a widely used embroidery technique that involves sewing down nylon twill to a garment with zig zag stitching. This tutorial will show you how to simulate a tackle twill look with Illustrator’s Appearance palette. I’ve found that most people don’t understand the Appearance palette [...]

Photoshop Halftone Effects

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Quick little tutorial for taking a photograph and with a few tricks in Photoshop creating a Halftone Effect design for screen printing. Step 1 The key to this technique is to pick a starting image with lots of light/dark contrast and a good amount of dark shadows. Depending on what use you have in mind [...]

Illustrator Diamond Plate Pattern

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Create a really simple seamless Diamond Plate pattern to fill most any text or objects within Illustrator and get that edgy look. Step 1 Create a new Illustrator document 460px wide by 230px high with the color mode set to RGB color. Step 2 Select the Ellipse Tool (L) and click anywhere on the art-board [...]