I recently had the need to create a realistic looking license plate for a project and I wanted to do it completely in Adobe Illustrator in order to keep it easily editable and total flexibility in sizing for later use. I knew I had read a tutorial years ago, so a quick search found it.
Real World Illustrator offers this fantastic emboss text effect tutorial that yields near perfect results every time.
I recently wrote fantastic QR Code generator website that offers free analytics to go with the downloadable vector QR Code itself.
The biggest waste of money ever used in advertising... QR Code on an outdoor board
What the site does not tell you is how to use QR Codes that brings the most success. This is a fairly deep subject to discuss, so I thought I would share WTF QR CODES instead. The site features numerous visual examples of how NOT to use QR Codes… unless you really WANT it to fail. It wasn’t long before I came across my QR Code pet peeve, putting them on outdoor boards. What a waste! (more…)
Click for the free Photoshop Action file
Grab this free Photoshop Action file to create a realistic simulation of a letterpress business card. Handy for presenting mockups to clients.
DesignrFix offers up 13 beautiful examples of predicted color trends for 2012 in this post. (more…)
